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2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 5 Appropriation and Use of Surface Water
Section 72-5-16 Priority of liens.

NM Stat § 72-5-16 (2015) What's This?

72-5-16. [Priority of liens.]

All liens on land, provided for in this article shall be superior in right to all mortgages or other encumbrances placed upon the land and the water appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith.

History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, 52; Code 1915, 5711; C.S. 1929, 151-164; 1941 Comp., 77-515; 1953 Comp., 75-5-15.

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