New Mexico § 67-11-1 - Definition of a controlled-access facility

Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 67-11-1 — Definition of a controlled-access facility, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 67-11-1. Definition of a controlled-access facility

As used in this act, “controlled-access facility” means a highway or street especially

designed for through traffic and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting

land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement

of access, light, air or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon

such controlled-access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street

and highway traffic or they may be parkways from which trucks, busses and other commercial

vehicles shall be excluded.

Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 67-11-1 ("Definition of a controlled-access facility") 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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