Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 4 - Counties. > Article 46 - Suits by and Against Counties, 4-46-1 through 4-46-4. > Section 4-46-2 - Service of process; duties of county clerk.

Section 4-46-2 - Service of process; duties of county clerk.

4-46-2. [Service of process; duties of county clerk.]

In all legal proceedings against the county, process shall be served on the county clerk, and whenever such suit or proceeding shall be commenced it shall be the duty of the clerk forthwith to notify the district attorney of the judicial district in which the county so sued is situate, and to lay before the board of county commissioners at their next meeting all the information he may have in regard to such suit or proceeding.