Any person, association of persons or corporation claiming any right, title, interest or priority of claim, in or to any state lands, covered by any lease, contract, grant or any other instrument executed by the commissioner, shall have the right to initiate a contest before the commissioner who shall have the power to hear and determine same. The commissioner shall prescribe appropriate rules and regulations to govern the practice and procedure of such contests.
§ 19-7-64 NMSA 1978
[Contesting rights to state lands; rules and regulations.]
Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 69; Code 1915, § 5247; C.S. 1929, § 132-181; 1941 Comp., § 8-863; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-68.
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