2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 4 Surveys, Investigations and Adjudication of Rights
Section 72-4-19 Adjudication of rights; decree filed with state engineer; contents of decree.
72-4-19. [Adjudication of rights; decree filed with state engineer; contents of decree.]
Upon the adjudication of the rights to the use of the waters of a stream system, a certified copy of the decree shall be prepared and filed in the office of the state engineer by the clerk of the court, at the cost of the parties. Such decree shall in every case declare, as to the water right adjudged to each party, the priority, amount, purpose, periods and place of use, and as to water used for irrigation, except as otherwise provided in this article, the specific tracts of land to which it shall be appurtenant, together with such other conditions as may be necessary to define the right and its priority.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, 23; Code 1915, 5677; C.S. 1929, 151-128; 1941 Comp., 77-408; 1953 Comp., 75-4-8.
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