2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 57 Metropolitan Boundaries for Class A Counties
Section 3-57-4 Methods of annexation.
3-57-4. Methods of annexation.
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.
History: 1953 Comp., 14-58-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, 4; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 4, 2; 1998, ch. 42, 6.
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