§ 3-1-3 NMSA 1978

Municipalities; name; prohibiting the use of name of another municipality

Known as the Municipal Code

The act spans §§ 3-1-1 to 3-1-6 (6 sections).

1953 Comp., § 14-1-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

Any municipality may be known as the:

A. "city of............";

B. "town of............"; or

C. "village of............"; but no municipality which changes its name or incorporates shall adopt the name of an existing municipality.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.