Section 70-12-2 - Applicability.

NM Stat § 70-12-2 (2019) (N/A)
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The Surface Owners Protection Act applies to:

A. private fee surface land; and

B. leasehold interests in any land on which oil and gas operations are conducted when the tenant incurs damages to leasehold improvements as a result of oil and gas operations.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 5, § 2.

Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 5, § 11 made the act effective July 1, 2007.