§ 19-7-36 NMSA 1978

[Assignment or relinquishment of lease; consent of commissioner required.]

Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 19; Code 1915, § 5196; Laws 1915, ch. 73, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 132-119; 1941 Comp., § 8-835; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-38.

With the consent of the commissioner any lessee may assign all his right, title and interest in his lease, or relinquish the same to the state, whereupon his lease shall be canceled. Any assignment or relinquishment without the written consent of the commissioner shall be null and void.

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