New Mexico § 42-5-6 - Commissioners; appointment; qualifications; oath; partition of land; report
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 42-5-6 — Commissioners; appointment; qualifications; oath; partition of land; report, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 42-5-6. Commissioners; appointment; qualifications; oath; partition of land; report
The court, when it shall decree a partition of any premises, shall appoint three commissioners
not connected with any of the parties either by consanguinity or affinity and entirely
disinterested; each of whom shall take an oath before some person authorized to administer
the same, fairly and impartially to make partition of the said premises in accordance
with the decree of the court as to the rights and interests of the parties, if the
same can be done consistently with the interests of the estate, and the said commissioners
shall go upon the premises and make partition of said lands, tenements and hereditaments,
assigning to each party his share by metes and bounds, and shall make report in writing,
under their hands, to the court, with all convenient speed, or within the time which
may be prescribed by the court, and the court may upon the coming in and filing of
such report make all such orders thereon as may be necessary to a final disposition
of the case.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 42-5-6 ("Commissioners; appointment; qualifications; oath; partition of land; report") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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