{"data":{"id":"us-nm/19-8-30","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"19-8-30","heading":"Area of lease.","body":"Leases issued under the provisions of this act [19-8-14 to 19-8-18, 19-8-21 to 19-8-33 NMSA 1978] shall cover a specified area conforming to a legal subdivision or subdivisions and shall not exceed sixteen (16) subdivisions, being 640 [six hundred and forty acres] more or less, all of which shall be contiguous; provided, however, that leases issued in exchange for existing permits as provided by Section Four [19-8-17 NMSA 1978] of this act need not be contiguous if all legal subdivisions be situate and lie within the same township and range.","path":["Chapter 19 - Public Lands","ARTICLE 8 Lease of Mineral Lands"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18519/index.do","current_through":"2025-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"4f90144b0994fd51f332a4858752ef0834861533796bb0bb2aaac0e7fe875368","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/19-8-29","next":"us-nm/19-8-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}