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2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 12 Underground Waters
Section 72-12-2 Right to use waters.
NM Stat § 72-12-2 (2015) What's This?
72-12-2. [Right to use waters.]
Beneficial use is the basis, the measure and the limit to the right to the use of the waters described in this act [72-12-1 through 72-12-10 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 1931, ch. 131, 2; 1941 Comp., 77-1102; 1953 Comp., 75-11-2.
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