Should it become necessary for any such corporation to acquire the title to any land or other property belonging to any minor or incapacitated person, or which may belong to the estate of any deceased person, the title to any such property may be obtained in such manner as may be provided by law for the conveyance, sale or disposal of the land or other property belonging to minors or incapacitated persons or the estates of deceased persons.
History: Laws 1887, ch. 12, § 20; C.L. 1897, § 487; Code 1915, § 1045; C.S. 1929, § 32-425; 1941 Comp., § 72-219; 1953 Comp., § 68-2-19; Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 8-124.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Sections 62-2-1 to 62-2-22 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 2 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective. See Quintana v. N.M. Dep't of Corrs., 100 N.M. 224, 668 P.2d 1101 (1983). Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.
Cross references. — For administration of decedent's estate, see 45-3-101 to 45-3-1302 NMSA 1978.
For protection of lands of minors or incapacitated persons, see 45-5-401 to 45-5-432 NMSA 1978.