New Mexico § 68-1-5 - Timber subject to mortgage on February 1, 1939; partial exemption from cutting restrictions
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 68-1-5 — Timber subject to mortgage on February 1, 1939; partial exemption from cutting restrictions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 68-1-5. Timber subject to mortgage on February 1, 1939; partial exemption from cutting restrictions
That it is not the intention of this act to abrogate any existing mortgage or encumbrance
upon timber, or contract for the sale, cutting or logging of timber, and it is therefore
provided that any timber included in and described in a bona fide mortgage, encumbrance
or contract entered into prior to February 1, 1939 shall be and the same is hereby
exempted and excepted from all of the provisions of Section 2, Subparagraph C, of
this act for the term and duration of such mortgage or contract; provided that in
any event no trees shall be harvested less than ten inches in diameter outside bark,
at a point twelve inches above the ground.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 68-1-5 ("Timber subject to mortgage on February 1, 1939; partial exemption from cutting restrictions") 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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