Applications to lease or purchase state lands shall be made under oath, and applicants to lease shall, at their own expense, procure appraisements thereof to be made under oath by some disinterested and creditable person or persons familiar therewith. All statements contained in such appraisements, except as to the true value of the land appraised, must be based upon personal knowledge and not upon information and belief. No such appraisement shall be conclusive upon the commissioner.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 17; Code 1915, § 5194; C.S. 1929, § 132-117; 1941 Comp., § 8-801; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For sale, mortgage or alienation of common lands within community land grants, see 49-1-11 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For note, "Administration of Grazing Lands in New Mexico: A Breach of Trust," see 15 Nat. Resources J. 581 (1975).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63A Am. Jur. 2d Public Lands §§ 113 to 121.
73A C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 182, 197.
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