{"data":{"id":"us-nm/3-41-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"3-41-4","heading":"Flood control; right of entry; obstructing.","body":"A. An employee or representative of a municipality has free and unobstructed ingress and egress on any land or premise if such ingress or egress is necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 3-41-1 through 3-41-5 NMSA 1978, and is not liable for damages because of such entry except for wanton and malicious injury. Any person obstructing such ingress or egress is guilty of a misdemeanor.\nB. If the state engineer files a written objection with the governing body, no dike, embankment, dam, ditch, structure or excavation shall be constructed or maintained in any public stream except in a manner approved by the state engineer.","path":["Chapter 3 - Municipalities","ARTICLE 41 Flood Control"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18504/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"ad450ef94de17858488de04b7a5965f8fec4d47ab2da63cbae695e745fa5774f","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/3-41-3","next":"us-nm/3-41-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}