New Mexico § 67-5-8 - Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 67-5-8 — Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 67-5-8. Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining
If any proposed highway be on the county line between two counties, the board of county
commissioners of each county interested shall be petitioned, and each of such boards
shall appoint three viewers, qualified as in other cases, who, or a majority of whom,
shall meet at a time and place named by the board of county commissioners first interested
and proceed to view and mark out the road, and report to the board of county commissioners
of both counties, as in other cases, and the concurrence of the county commissioners
of both such counties shall be necessary to establish it. And, if any such road be established, each of such counties shall open and maintain
a definite part thereof, which the board of county commissioners of such counties
shall apportion by mutual agreement between the two counties, and if the board of
county commissioners cannot agree upon their apportionment, they may refer the matter
to three disinterested freeholders as arbitrators, whose duty it shall be to apportion
the same and report thereon to the boards of county commissioners of both counties.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 67-5-8 ("Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining") 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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