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New Mexico Statutes 1978
Chapter 19 - PUBLIC LANDS
Article 3 - OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC LANDS
Section 19-3-3 - Transfer of rights; consent of wife; exemption from sale under execution

N.M. Stat. § 19-3-3

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Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 19-3-3 - Transfer of rights; consent of wife; exemption from sale under execution

The owner of what is known as a valid claim or improvement under the laws of this state, on public lands of the United States, shall be deemed in possession of a transferable interest therein, and any sale of such improvement shall be considered a sufficient consideration to support a promise: provided, that no such sale shall be valid to convey such improvement when made by the head of a family, unless the wife of the vendor, if any there be, shall give her consent thereto: and provided, also, that such land and the claim thereto shall be exempt from forced sale under execution.

NMS § 19-3-3

Laws 1851-1852, p. 274; C.L. 1865, ch. 86 (2d), § 1; C.L. 1884, § 2571; C.L. 1897, § 3745; Code 1915, § 4634; C.S. 1929, § 111-107; 1941 Comp., § 8-303; 1953 Comp., § 7-3-3.