New Mexico § 19-2-9 - Veterans' administration facility at Fort Bayard; jurisdiction ceded; limitation
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 19-2-9 — Veterans' administration facility at Fort Bayard; jurisdiction ceded; limitation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-2-9. Veterans' administration facility at Fort Bayard; jurisdiction ceded; limitation
Exclusive jurisdiction be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over
all those lands now comprising the reservation of the veterans' administration facility
at Fort Bayard, Grant county, New Mexico, described as follows: southwest quarter (SW 1 / 4 ) of section 25; southeast quarter (SE 1 / 4 ) of section 26; northeast quarter (NE 1 / 4 ) of section 35; northwest quarter (NW 1 / 4 ) of section 36, all in township 17 south, range 13 west, New Mexico principal meridian; provided, however, that the state of New Mexico reserves the right to serve civil
or criminal process within said reservation in suits or prosecutions for or on account
of rights acquired, obligations incurred or crime committed outside the said reservation;
and, provided further, that the jurisdiction herein ceded shall continue no longer
than the United States shall own and hold said lands.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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