Each name, descriptor or reference placed in a descriptive field constitutes a separate entry in the county recording index. All real property or lands shall be entered and described in the county recording index in the manner indicated, according to numbers, metes or bounds; provided that where this is impossible from the nature of the description, the tract or tracts may be described by some appropriate title.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 4; Code 1915, § 4801; C.S. 1929, § 118-125; 1941 Comp., § 13-304; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-4; 2013, ch. 214, § 8.
Cross references. — For record of survey requirements, see Section 61-23-28.2 NMSA 1978.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, standardized county recording procedures; added the title; added the first sentence; in the second sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, after "All", deleted "town" and added "real"; after "described in the", deleted "said" and added "county recording"; and after "some appropriate title", deleted "or the owner's name".