§ 37-7-105 — Nonresident landowners to be specified on affidavit with petition; notice by mail; personal service to establish jurisdiction

If any of the persons owning or entitled to possession of land
in said district are nonresidents of the county or counties in
which the proposed district lies, the petition shall be
accompanied by an affidavit giving the names and post-office
address of each such nonresident, if such are known, and if
unknown shall state that, upon diligent inquiry their names or
post-office addresses (whichever may be the fact) cannot be
ascertained. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the
notice aforesaid to each of said nonresident owners whose post-
office address is known, within six (6) days after the first
publication of the same. The certificate of the clerk of the
court, or other public officer, or the affidavit of any other
person who knows the facts, affixed to a copy of said notice,
shall be sufficient evidence of the posting, serving, mailing or
publication thereof. Personal service of said notice on (or
service by leaving at the last usual place of abode of) all
persons owning or entitled to possession of lands or interest in
lands within said district, shall give the court complete
jurisdiction, without posting, publication or mailing of said
notice.