2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 15 Municipal Charters
Section 3-15-8 Boundaries; prior rights and property; saving clause.

NM Stat § 3-15-8 (2015) What's This?

3-15-8. Boundaries; prior rights and property; saving clause.

The territorial limits of the municipality shall remain the same as under its former organization until changed in accordance with law, and all rights and property of every description which were vested in any municipality under its former organization shall remain vested in the municipality under the organization herein contemplated and provided for, and no contract or franchise, and no right or liability, either in favor of or against the municipality, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by any such reorganization.

History: 1953 Comp., 14-14-6, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

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