N.M. Stat. § 3-20-14 (2026)

Any owner, or agent of the owner, of any land located within the platting jurisdiction
of the planning commission of any municipality who transfers, sells, agrees to sell, or
negotiates to sell the land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat or
subdivision of the land before the plat has been approved as provided in the Municipal
Code and recorded in the office of the appropriate county recorder, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the owner or his agent shall pay a penalty of one
hundred dollars ($100) for each lot transferred or sold, or agreed or negotiated to be
sold. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other
document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction
from such penalties. Any municipality, through its attorney or other official designated by
its governing body may enjoin the transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunction
or may recover the penalty by civil action.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-19-13, enacted by Laws 1966, ch. 64, § 4; 1973, ch. 348, §
36.

                                       ANNOTATIONS

Repeals. — Laws 1966, ch. 64, § 4, repealed former 14-19-13, 1953 Comp., relating to
voiding of plat and voiding sale of land without approval of plat, and enacted a new 14-
19-13, 1953 Comp.

Law reviews. — For comment, "Regional Planning - Subdivision Control - New
Mexico's New Municipal Code," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 135 (1966).

For note, "County Regulation of Land Use and Development," see 9 Nat. Resources J.
266 (1969).

For note, "Public Labor Disputes - A Suggested Approach for New Mexico," see 1
N.M.L. Rev. 281 (1971).