{"data":{"id":"us-nm/70-12-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"70-12-2","heading":"Applicability.","body":"The Surface Owners Protection Act applies to:\nA. private fee surface land; and\nB. 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.","path":["Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas","ARTICLE 12 Surface Owners Protection"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18573/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"9a2eb47b387002cbcf22b336e2801b4dc1caf9fe3157688853d64d2257589d19","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/70-12-1","next":"us-nm/70-12-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}