New Mexico § 4-42-12 [Survey books; admissibility in evidence.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 4-42-12 — [Survey books; admissibility in evidence.]

New Mexico § 4-42-12

Ch. 4Counties

Art. 42County Surveyor

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-42-12 (2026).

Text

All surveys made under and by virtue and in compliance with the provisions of this article [4-42-1 to 4-42-15 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed and taken to be in all counties of this state as prima facie correct, and the survey books in this article provided shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state only when the surveyor may be dead, or when it shall be impossible to obtain his evidence either by his personal attendance or by means of a deposition taken according to law.

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All surveys made under and by virtue and in compliance with the provisions of this article [4-42-1 to 4-42-15 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed and taken to be in all counties of this state as prima facie correct, and the survey books in this article provided shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state only when the surveyor may be dead, or when it shall be impossible to obtain his evidence either by his personal attendance or by means of a deposition taken according to law.