§ 3-57-4 NMSA 1978

Methods of annexation

Known as the Metropolitan Boundary Act

The act spans §§ 3-57-1 to 3-57-9 (9 sections).

1953 Comp., § 14-58-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, § 4; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 4, § 2; 1998, ch. 42, § 6.

There shall be two methods of annexing territory to a municipality within class A counties:

A. by petition to a municipality as provided by Section 3-57-5 NMSA 1978 or, if the municipality has over two hundred thousand persons, as provided by Section 3-7-17.1 NMSA 1978; and

B. by petition to the district court as provided by Sections 3-57-6 through 3-57-8 NMSA 1978.

Any other method provided by the Municipal Code or any other act shall have no application within class A counties.

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.