When an easement is acquired pursuant to the Gathering Line Land Acquisition Act and the use for which the easement is acquired is subsequently abandoned, the easement is extinguished and the property interest reverts to the landowner or his successor in interest of the fee, free from any rights in the mineral developer.
§ 70-3A-7 NMSA 1978
Abandonment of easement
Known as the Gathering Line Land Acquisition Act
The act spans §§ 70–70 (7 sections).
Laws 1988, ch. 26, § 7.
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.