Property or property rights acquired by purchase or condemnation by the state or any commission, department, bureau, agency or political subdivision of the state for public road, street or highway purposes shall not revert until such property or property rights are vacated or abandoned by formal written declaration of vacation or abandonment which has been duly declared by the state or any commission, department, institution, bureau, agency or political subdivision of the state in whom the property or property right has vested. The right to abandon and vacate shall exist regardless of whether the public road, street or highway was created by the legislature or otherwise.
§ 67-2-6 NMSA 1978
Abandonment, vacation and reverter of public roads, streets and highways
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Starks v. White (2002)
Most recently applied in Starks v. White (October 2002)
1953 Comp., § 55-1-6, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 192, § 1; 1975, ch. 192, § 1.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.