New Mexico Statutes Chapter 4. Counties § 4-42-3. Licensed professional surveyor; inquiry as to boundaries; oath to witnesses; report

When a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners is called upon to make any survey that is to be used in any court, the surveyor is hereby authorized and required, upon application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any witness who may be brought to prove any corner or line of that survey or any natural or artificial object or mark that may be necessary to identify the same, which testimony shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witness and a return made thereof with the return of the surveyor.