2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 6 - County Subdivisions
Section 47-6-29 - Jurisdiction.
Nothing in the New Mexico Subdivision Act shall be construed as limiting the municipal extraterritorial subdivision and platting jurisdiction provided for in Sections 3-20-1 through 3-20-15 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-5-29, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 348, § 41; 1979, ch. 172, § 4; 1995, ch. 212, § 31.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1996, deleted "as presently enforced or as hereafter amended" following "New Mexico Subdivision Act".
Severability. — Laws 1995, ch. 212, § 33 provides for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 1973, ch. 348, § 29A, provided that the New Mexico Subdivision Act applies to subdivision approved after the act's effective date when approval occurs in a county with regulations adopted pursuant to the act. Subsection B provides that 47-6-18 NMSA 1978 applies to sales and leases of subdivided land commencing six months after the act's effective date.
Effect of this section is that a plat of a proposed subdivision in an area within a municipality's extraterritorial subdivision and platting jurisdiction must be approved by both the appropriate municipal authority and the appropriate county authority. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-68.
