New Mexico § 72-2-13 - Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 72-2-13 — Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 72-2-13. Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences
A. In matters pertaining to the public waters of this state which are pending before
the state engineer for administrative action, a party may take the testimony, by deposition
on oral examination or written interrogatories, of any person including a party and
any personnel of the state engineer's office, except the state engineer or his designated
hearing examiner, and may request that the pending matter be set for an administrative
conference before the state engineer in the manner and for the purposes established
for discovery and for pretrial conferences by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the
district courts of New Mexico. B. As used in this section, “party” means the applicant, the protestant and the state.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 72-2-13 ("Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences") 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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