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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 42A - Condemnation Proceedings
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 42A-1-6 Preliminary efforts to purchase.
NM Stat § 42A-1-6 (2014) What's This?
42A-1-6. Preliminary efforts to purchase.
A. Except as provided in Sections 42A-1-7 and 42A-1-27 NMSA 1978, an action to condemn property may not be maintained over timely objection by the condemnee unless the condemnor made a good faith effort to acquire the property by purchase before commencing the action.
B. An offer to purchase made in substantial compliance with Sections 42A-1-3 through 42A-1-4 NMSA 1978 is prima facie evidence of good faith under Subsection A of this section.
History: 1978 Comp., 42A-1-4, enacted by Laws 1980, ch. 20, 6; amended and recompiled as 42A-1-6 NMSA 1978 by Laws 1981, ch. 125, 3.
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