2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 38: Trials
Article 2: Pleadings and Motions, 38-2-1 through 38-2-22
Section 38-2-6: Name of defendant unknown.
38-2-6. [Name of defendant unknown.]
When the plaintiff shall be ignorant of the name of the defendant, such defendant may be designated in any pleading or proceeding by any name or description, and when his true name is discovered, the pleading or proceeding may be amended accordingly. The plaintiff in such case must state in his complaint that he could not ascertain the true name, and the summons must contain the words, "real name unknown".
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