New Mexico § 73-2-22 - 1 Acequia and community ditch associations; additional powers; water rights acquisition; nonforfeiture
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 73-2-22 — 1 Acequia and community ditch associations; additional powers; water rights acquisition; nonforfeiture, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-2-22. 1 Acequia and community ditch associations; additional powers; water rights acquisition; nonforfeiture
A. Any acequia or community ditch association has the power to acquire and hold property
and water rights and transfer and use the property and water rights so acquired pursuant
to law. B. The rights of an acequia or community ditch association to the waters of the acequia
or association or their use or the lands and property owned by the acequia or association
shall not be lost by the acequia or community ditch association by prescription or
adverse possession or for nonuse of waters except as provided in Section 72-5-28 NMSA 1978 .
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 73-2-22 ("1 Acequia and community ditch associations; additional powers; water rights acquisition; nonforfeiture") 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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