{"id":11961,"date":"2021-06-03T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emnrd.nm.gov\/officeofsecretary\/?page_id=11961"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:04:48","slug":"legal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emnrd.nm.gov\/officeofsecretary\/legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;ce4db8ec-b34b-42ae-b247-103d0a13f28d&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;1d9c0f5d-35f2-480d-b415-624f9e38b5a0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; module_class=&#8221;vertical-align&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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