New Mexico Statutes
§ 72-5-17 — Excess waters; sale
New Mexico § 72-5-17
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 72-5-17 (2026).
Text
The owner or owners of any works for the storage, diversion or carriage of water who may make application to store or carry water in excess of their needs for irrigation or other beneficial use, shall be required, as trustee of such right, to deliver such surplus at reasonable and uniform rates to parties entitled to use the same under like conditions and circumstances.
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Legislative History
Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 39; Code 1915, § 5698; C.S. 1929, § 151-151; Laws
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 72-5-17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/72/72-5-17.