New Mexico § 3-16-17 Substitution of combined organization in pending court

New Mexico Statutes

§ 3-16-17 — Substitution of combined organization in pending court

New Mexico § 3-16-17

Ch. 3Municipalities

Art. 16Combined Municipal Organizations

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-16-17 (2026).

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proceedings. If any action, suit or proceeding is pending in any court for or against the city or county at the time the combined municipal organization becomes operative, the combined municipal organization shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, in such action, suit or proceeding, and the same shall proceed as if the claim, right, debt or demand upon which the action, suit or proceeding was founded, had originally existed in favor of or against the combined municipal organization.

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proceedings. If any action, suit or proceeding is pending in any court for or against the city or county at the time the combined municipal organization becomes operative, the combined municipal organization shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, in such action, suit or proceeding, and the same shall proceed as if the claim, right, debt or demand upon which the action, suit or proceeding was founded, had originally existed in favor of or against the combined municipal organization.