New Mexico § 73-2-11 - Community ditches made corporations; ditches taking water from common source
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 73-2-11 — Community ditches made corporations; ditches taking water from common source, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-2-11. Community ditches made corporations; ditches taking water from common source
All community ditches or acequias shall for the purposes of this article be considered
as corporations or bodies corporate, with power to sue or to be sued as such. And every one of said community ditches beginning at the dam or entrance of the
water, in continued course to the end of the same, shall be considered as one ditch
or acequia only, to be superintended by three commissioners and one mayordomo as now
provided by law, except that where two community ditches or more take water from a
common ditch or head, they shall be and remain separate and under separate management.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 73-2-11 ("Community ditches made corporations; ditches taking water from common source") 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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