• ARTICLE 1 General Provisions
    • 49-1-1. Management of Spanish and Mexican grants.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-1.1. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-2. Application.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-3. Board of trustees; management of grant; powers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-4. Board of trustees; qualifications.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-5. Election of members of board of trustees; voters' qualifications; registration.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-6. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-7. Election; canvassing votes.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-8. Organization of board; bonds; vacancies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-9. Meetings.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-10. Quorum.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-11. Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. DISTRICT COURT APPROVAL.
    • 49-1-11.1. Rights of lessees and purchasers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-11.2. Adverse possession.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-12. Meetings to be public; annual report.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-13. Vacancies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-14. Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-15. Removal from land grant-merced; delinquency; forfeiture.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-16. Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-17. Process; how served on board.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-18. Construction.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-19. Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-20. [Sevilleta de La Joya grant; provisions applicable.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-21. [Anton Chico grant; rights of lessees and purchasers.]
    • 49-1-22. Rights of lessees and purchasers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-1-23. Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 2 Corporations for Management of Community Land Grants
    • 49-2-1. [Powers granted to certain community land grant corporations.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-2. Corporate powers enumerated.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-3. Board of trustees; corporate powers; election.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-4. [Judges of election; appointment; notice of election; ballots; canvass; certificates of election.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-5. [Vacancies in board; filling.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-6. [Majority of board constitutes quorum; acts binding.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-7. [Regular meetings of board; sale of community lands; handling of moneys.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-8. [Special meetings; business to be transacted; calling.]
    • 49-2-9. [Selection of officers; rules; duties of secretary.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-10. [Resolutions for disposition of common lands; effective date; binding effect.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-11. [Protests against disposition of common lands; election.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-12. [Compensation of trustees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-13. [Lands held in private ownership.]
    • 49-2-14. [Lands improperly claimed in private ownership; ejectment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-15. [Trespass on common lands or waters; jurisdiction of courts; injunction.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-16. [Conveyances; effect.]
    • 49-2-17. Definition of terms; right to vote or hold office.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-2-18. Conversion of corporations organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86, into general corporations.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 3 Chaperito Grant
    • 49-3-1. [Management vested in board of trustees; number.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-3-2. [Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications.]
    • 49-3-3. [First election of trustees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-3-4. [Election of successors; notice; terms of office.]
    • 49-3-5. Elections; qualifications of electors; canvassing returns; oath.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-3-6. [Officers of board; duties; treasurer's bond; secretary only to be compensated.]
    • 49-3-7. [Meetings of trustees; quorum; vacancies; expenditures; per diem for trustees in attendance.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-3-8. [Powers of board of trustees enumerated.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 4 Chilili Grant
    • 49-4-1. Chilili land grant-merced; ratification of partitions; governance.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-2. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-3. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-4. Management of grant.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-4.1. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-5. Board of trustees; management of grant; powers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-6. Board of trustees; qualifications.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-7. Election of members of board of trustees; voters' qualifications; registration.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-8. Election; canvassing votes.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-9. Organization of board; bonds; vacancies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-10. Meetings.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-11. Quorum.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-12. Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-13. Meetings to be public; annual report.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-14. Vacancies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-15. Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-16. Protection of common lands; delinquency; forfeiture.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-17. Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-18. Process; how served on board.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-19. Registration.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-20. Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-4-21. Rights of lessees and purchasers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 5 Dona Ana County Grants
    • 49-5-1. [Management vested in boards of trustees; exception.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-5-2. [Corporate powers; name; process.]
    • 49-5-3. [Qualifications of trustees.]
    • 49-5-4. [First election of trustees; notice.]
    • 49-5-5. [Election of successors; notice; judges.]
    • 49-5-6. Election; electors; canvassing returns; oath.
    • 49-5-7. [Officers; duties; secretary-treasurer's bond; compensation.]
    • 49-5-8. [General powers of board.]
    • 49-5-9. [Disposition of lands; authorization.]
    • 49-5-10. [Meetings of board; quorum; vacancies; expenditures.]
  • ARTICLE 6 Las Vegas Grant
    • 49-6-1. [Jurisdiction vested in district court.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-2. [Appointment of board of trustees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-3. [Board of trustees; number; residence qualification.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-4. [Officers; quorum in board meetings.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-5. [Control of board by court.]
    • 49-6-6. [Bonds of trustees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-7. [Compensation of trustees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-8. [Transaction of business by board; authority of district court to make rules.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-9. [Lease, sale or mortgage of land.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-10. [Vested rights not affected; issuance of deeds; prior deeds validated.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-11. [Investment of funds; permanent school fund established.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-12. [Bonds and securities; custody by county treasurer; collection of principal and interest.]
    • 49-6-13. [School district apportionment; improvement, repair and construction of school buildings; advertising for bids; contractor's bond.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-6-14. [Construction of veterans' memorial public school.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 7 Manzano Grant
    • 49-7-1. [Body corporate; title; power to sue and be sued.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-2. [Management of grant; commissioners; election; qualifications.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-3. [Appointment of officers; duties; bond of treasurer.]
    • 49-7-4. [Deeds for agricultural purposes; limitation.]
    • 49-7-4.1. Sale of lands held in private ownership to heirs of original owners.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-4.2. Voter qualifications.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-4.3. Commissioners; limitations with respect to certain lands.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-5. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-7-6. [Compensation of commissioners; expenses.]
  • ARTICLE 8 Nuestra Senora del Rosario, San Fernando y Santiago Grant
    • 49-8-1. Nuestra Senora del Rosario, San Fernando y Santiago Grant; trustees; election.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-8-2. Elections; right to vote.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-8-3. Officers; meeting; vacancies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-8-4. Board of trustees; powers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 9 Socorro Grant
    • 49-9-1. [Trustees of grant; applicants for deeds; city of Socorro.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-9-2. [Persons entitled to deed; refusal to grant; appeal to district court.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-9-3. [Application for deed; fee; survey of land; investigation; execution of deed.]
    • 49-9-4. [Notice of application; publication; protest; time limit on application.]
    • 49-9-5. [Protests; institution of suit; adjustment of controversy.]
    • 49-9-6. [Issuance or refusal to issue deeds; contesting right of possession.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-9-7. [Distribution of fees.]
    • 49-9-8. [Disposition of lands; ground rent; deeds; appraisal.]
    • 49-9-9. [Disposition of proceeds of land sales.]
    • 49-9-10. [Ordinances for enforcement of act.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-9-11. [Attorney's fees; method of payment.]
    • 49-9-12. [Application of article.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 10 Tecolote Grant
    • 49-10-1. [Management by board of trustees; name; corporate powers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-10-2. [Qualifications of trustees.]
    • 49-10-3. [Election of trustees; qualifications of electors; canvass; notice of election.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-10-4. [Selection of officers; bond of secretary-treasurer; duties.]
    • 49-10-5. Powers of trustees; limitations on real property transfer.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-10-6. [Meetings of trustees; compensation and expenses.]
  • ARTICLE 11 Land Grant Support
    • 49-11-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-11-2. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-11-3. Land grant council; purpose.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-11-4. Land grant support program; council director powers and duties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 49-11-5. Report to governor and legislature.
      • ANNOTATIONS
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Historical New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978

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Chapter 49 - Land Grants (2009)

Collection Historical New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978
File Number Chapter 49 NMSA 1978

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