Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 3 - Municipalities. > Article 57 - Metropolitan Boundaries for Class A Counties, 3-57-1 through 3-57-9. > Section 3-57-4 - Methods of annexation.

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 [3-1-1 NMSA 1978] or any other act shall have no application within class A counties.