New Mexico Statutes
§ 3-1-3 — Municipalities; name; prohibiting the use of name of another
New Mexico § 3-1-3
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-1-3 (2026).
Text
municipality. 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.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 14-1-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Nearby Sections
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§ 3-1-1
Municipalities; short title§ 3-1-2
Definitions§ 3-1-6
Final day to act§ 3-10-4
Repealed§ 3-10-5
Repealed§ 3-10-8
Officers; delivery of records§ 3-11-1
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New Mexico § 3-1-3, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/3/3-1-3.