New Mexico § 19-2-6 - Fort Bayard military reservation; jurisdiction ceded; limitation
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 19-2-6 — Fort Bayard military reservation; jurisdiction ceded; limitation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-2-6. Fort Bayard military reservation; jurisdiction ceded; limitation
Exclusive jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over all the territory now owned
by the United States and comprised within the limits of the military reservation of
Fort Bayard, in Grant county, as declared from time to time by the president of the
United States, and over such lands as have been or may hereafter be acquired for the
enlargement of said reservation; provided, however, that the state of New Mexico
reserves the right to serve civil or criminal process within said reservation in suits
or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred or crime
committed in said state, but outside of such cession and reservation; and provided
further, that the jurisdiction herein ceded shall continue no longer than the United
States shall own and hold said reservation for military purposes.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-2-6 ("Fort Bayard military reservation; jurisdiction ceded; limitation") 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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