New Mexico § 49-9-3 - Application for deed; fee; survey of land; investigation; execution of deed
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 49-9-3 — Application for deed; fee; survey of land; investigation; execution of deed, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-9-3. Application for deed; fee; survey of land; investigation; execution of deed
Any person, company or corporation desiring a deed or deeds from said city or trustees
to any portion of said lands as aforesaid, shall make application to said city council
in writing therefor by filing his or its application with the city clerk of said city,
setting forth a description of the lands claimed by him or it, by lots, blocks, dimensions,
boundaries and quantities, so that the same can be readily identified, and shall briefly
set forth the nature of his or its title thereto, and the manner in which the same
has been obtained, which application shall be signed and sworn to by the party or
parties applying therefor; said application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen
dollars ($15.00), which fee shall be all the fee required or collected from any such
applicant: provided, that an applicant must, if required by the council of said city,
cause the land claimed to be surveyed and the costs of making such survey shall be
paid by the applicant. Said application when so made shall be by the mayor of said city referred to the
city attorney, or some other attorney whom he may designate who shall investigate
said application and if upon investigation such applicant appears to be entitled to
a deed and no protest has been filed by the said city, or by any other person, for
himself or on behalf of said city, against the granting of said deed as hereinafter
provided, then the said attorney or attorneys shall, within thirty (30) days after
the filing of said application and reference of the same to him, or them, prepare
a deed in proper form covering the said land to the person, company or corporation
entitled thereto, and shall make his report upon said application and deliver the
said deed to the said city council, which may order the mayor and city clerk of said
city to sign and execute said deed on behalf of said city and said cotrustee may also
sign the same.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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