New Mexico § 64-5-2 - Issuance of salvage permits

§ 64-5-2. Issuance of salvage permits

A. The aviation division of the department of transportation may issue a salvage permit

for the salvaging and removal of any crashed aircraft which it finds to be abandoned. The permit shall be issued pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the

aviation division; provided that: (1) no permit shall be issued if the owner or the lessee of the land on which the

crashed aircraft is located has already removed the aircraft or is currently and actively

engaged in such removal; (2) no permit shall be issued until thirty days after notice has been given to the

owner of the aircraft and the owner or the lessee of the land on which the aircraft

is located and if either requests a hearing within thirty days after such notification,

then no permit shall be issued until a hearing has been held by the aviation division,

at which all parties shall have a full and adequate opportunity to be heard, a finding

of fact made and a determination that such permit should be issued or denied; (3) no permit shall be issued until a bond is filed with the division, in the name

of the owner or the lessee of the land on which the crashed aircraft is located, in

an amount and on a form approved by the aviation division, issued by a corporate surety

company licensed to do business in New Mexico and conditioned upon the salvaging and

removing of the crashed aircraft without damage to property, unless the necessity

of the bond is waived, in writing, by the owner or lessee of the land; and (4) no permit shall be issued to a holder of a prior terminated salvage permit for

the same crashed aircraft. B. The holder of a valid permit has title to the crashed aircraft specified therein

free from all claims of the owner, of any holders of a prior terminated permit, of

the owner or lessee of the land on which the aircraft is located and of all persons

claiming through or under them.