We have had reports of cyber criminals imitating court telephone numbers (“spoofing”) and demanding that citizens pay money for fines or fees in cases involving relatives. These calls are not valid. New Mexico Courts will never call citizens to ask for payments of any kind.
The Court publishes a Monthly Adjudication Report listing all upcoming deadlines and court hearings, as well as all proposed judgments that, if signed by the Court, adjudicate the water rights described in the judgment s. The Monthly Adjudication Report is available...
Each person claiming a water right in the AUB has the right to object to another claimant’s water right. To object, a person must file a Notice of Intent to Participate in Inter Se Proceeding *FILE WON’T OPEN, CANNOT UPLOAD* when the water right of concern is...
Each month the State of New Mexico (acting through the Office of the State Engineer) mails packets of documents (an “Adjudication Packet”) to several people the State believes claim water rights in the AUB. This mailing is the first step in...
An inter se proceeding, in the context of a water rights adjudication, is a proceeding in which all water rights owners in the basin have the opportunity to object to one another’s water rights. Historically, in New Mexico the Court adjudicated water...
A “water right adjudication” is a legal proceeding in which the District Court determines (i.e. adjudicates) the elements of all water rights in a water basin. The elements of a water right are: the name of the owner and the priority of the water right; the...
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