Whenever it is necessary to straighten or alter any street to facilitate traffic, the governing body may: A. with the consent of the owner, exchange the land on which the street lies for any land owned and held in fee simple; B. convert the land received from the owner in fee simple to a street; and C. execute a deed to the land on which the street lies to the owner who has exchanged his land with the municipality for the land on which the street lies. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-50-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
New Mexico Legal Code