New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 16-4-12 (2026)

Designation of boundaries

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The Rio Grande valley state park shall include lands owned and controlled by the middle Rio Grande conservancy district in the floodway of the Rio Grande, adjacent levees, service roads, riverside drains and conservancy district lands contiguous to the river in Bernalillo county, with the following exceptions:

A. private land in and adjacent to the floodway of the river;

B. lands held by public agencies other than the conservancy district;

C. lands of the Sandia and Isleta Indian pueblos in Bernalillo county;

D. lands within the municipal boundaries of the village of Corrales unless the governing body of the village of Corrales subsequently requests inclusion; and

E. a two-hundred foot strip on either side of the final center line of existing and proposed bridges whose alignment has been or may be approved by the urban transportation policy planning board of the middle Rio Grande council of governments.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 18, § 4.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1973 · leading case: In re Est. of Tarlton, 500 P.2d 180 (N.M. 1972).
In re Est. of Tarlton, 500 P.2d 180 (N.M. 1972). · cites it 6× “) At the same time appellant made these objections she also filed a motion to transfer the proceedings from probate court to district court pursuant to § 16-4-12, N.M.S.A., 1953. The probate court subsequently found both the objections and the motion to be without merit, entered…”
Rush v. Strickland, 500 P.2d 180 (N.M. 1972). · cites it 3× “Appellant moved the court for the transfer at the same time that she filed her objections to the final report, relying upon § 16-4-12, supra. The pertinent language of that statute reads as follows: “Whenever the probate judge shall, for any reason, be interested or disqualified…”
Stein v. Speer, 512 P.2d 1254 (N.M. 1973). · cites it 3× “ing in any cause or proceedings coming under the jurisdiction of his court, he shall, upon his own motion or that of any interested party, forthwith enter an order transferring such proceeding or case to the district court having jurisdiction in that county * * The language of §…”
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