New Mexico § 49-5-9 - Disposition of lands; authorization
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 49-5-9 — Disposition of lands; authorization, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-5-9. Disposition of lands; authorization
That no sale, mortgage, lease or other disposition of the unallotted and unappropriated
lands within the grant, authorized under the provisions of this article, nor any confirmation
or conveyance, as provided in Section 49-5-8 NMSA 1978 , shall take effect or become operative until after the regular meeting of the board
of trustees held next after the meeting at which the resolution authorizing such sale,
mortgage, leasing confirmation, conveyance or other disposition of the lands involved
is passed, and the corporation shall not be bound by any such resolution unless the
same shall have been passed at a regular meeting of the board and by a majority vote
of all the members of the board.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-5-9 ("Disposition of lands; authorization") 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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