New Mexico Statutes
§ 42-7-1 — [Contracts for sale of real estate; venue of action.]
New Mexico § 42-7-1
This text of New Mexico § 42-7-1 ([Contracts for sale of real estate; venue of action.]) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 42-7-1 (2026).
Text
An action to compel the specific performance of a contract of sale of real estate may be brought in the county where the defendants or any of them reside; but if any of the defendants are nonresidents of the state, it shall be brought in the county where the real estate or some part thereof is situated.
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Legislative History
Laws 1933, ch. 9, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 25-1601; 1953 Comp., § 22-18-1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 42-1-40
Recompiled§ 42-10-1
Exemptions§ 42-10-10
Exemption in lieu of homestead§ 42-10-11
When homestead exemption does not apply§ 42-10-12
Repealed§ 42-10-13
Claim of exemption or priority§ 42-10-14
Cost-of-living adjustments§ 42-10-2
Repealed§ 42-10-4
Benevolent associations; benefits§ 42-10-5
[Life insurance proceeds.]§ 42-10-7
Taxes excepted§ 42-10-8
Repealed§ 42-10-9
Homestead exemptionCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 42-7-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/42/42-7-1.