New Mexico § 14-9-8 [Lost patent; recording certified copy; effect.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 14-9-8 — [Lost patent; recording certified copy; effect.]

New Mexico § 14-9-8

Ch. 14Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths

Art. 9Records Affecting Real Property

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 14-9-8 (2026).

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Any person or persons who have acquired and hold any real estate by purchase or otherwise, and have lost or are unable to procure the original patent issued by the United States for such real estate, and such patent never having been recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein such real estate is situated, may procure a certified copy of such patent from the recorder of the general land office of the United States, and have the same recorded in the same manner as the original patent therefor might have been recorded. And the record of such certified copy of the patent issued for such lands shall have the same force and effect as if the original patent therefor had been recorded.

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Any person or persons who have acquired and hold any real estate by purchase or otherwise, and have lost or are unable to procure the original patent issued by the United States for such real estate, and such patent never having been recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein such real estate is situated, may procure a certified copy of such patent from the recorder of the general land office of the United States, and have the same recorded in the same manner as the original patent therefor might have been recorded. And the record of such certified copy of the patent issued for such lands shall have the same force and effect as if the original patent therefor had been recorded.