New Mexico Code § 49-4-16

Protection of common lands; delinquency; forfeiture
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A. If the board of trustees brings an action in accordance with Subsection B of Section 4 of this 2007 act [49-4-5 NMSA 1978] and judgment is rendered in favor of the board of trustees, the court may award to the board of trustees possession of the tract, piece or parcel of the land and such damages as it may have proved for the wrongful detention and any other remedy provided for by law.
B. A delinquent heir shall lose all right that the heir may have had to use the common lands of the land grant-merced unless the heir pays in full all legal assessments or dues due by the heir.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 145, § 15.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 145, § 22 made Laws 2007, ch. 145, § 15 effective July 1, 2007.

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