New Mexico § 67-5-5 [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 67-5-5 — [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]

New Mexico § 67-5-5

Ch. 67Highways

Art. 5Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 67-5-5 (2026).

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The board of county commissioners may alter, widen or change any established road or lay out any new road in their respective counties, when petitioned by ten freeholders residing within two miles of the road sought to be altered, widened, changed or laid out. Said petition shall set forth a description of the road sought to be altered, widened or changed and if the petition be for a new road it shall set forth the points where it is to terminate.

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The board of county commissioners may alter, widen or change any established road or lay out any new road in their respective counties, when petitioned by ten freeholders residing within two miles of the road sought to be altered, widened, changed or laid out. Said petition shall set forth a description of the road sought to be altered, widened or changed and if the petition be for a new road it shall set forth the points where it is to terminate.