New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Article 18 - Powers of Municipalities

Section 3-18-1 - General powers; body politic and corporate powers. - A municipality is a body politic and corporate under the...

Section 3-18-2 - Prohibition on municipal taxing power. - Unless otherwise provided by law, no municipality may impose: A....

Section 3-18-3 - Animals. - A. A municipality may: (1) prohibit cruelty to animals; (2)...

Section 3-18-4 - Buildings; construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for. - A municipality may construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for and adopt...

Section 3-18-5 - Dangerous buildings or debris; removal; notice; right of municipality to remove; lien. - A. Whenever any building or structure is ruined, damaged and...

Section 3-18-6 - Building construction and restrictions; establishing fire zones. - A. Within its planning and platting jurisdiction, a municipality may...

Section 3-18-7 - Additional county and municipal powers; flood and mudslide hazard areas; flood plain permits; land use control; jurisdiction; agreement. - A. For the purpose of minimizing or eliminating damage from...

Section 3-18-8 - Cemeteries. - A municipality may: A. cause any cemetery to be removed;...

Section 3-18-9 - Census. - A. A municipality may provide for the taking of a...

Section 3-18-10 - Power of eminent domain; purposes; proceedings. - A. Both within the municipal boundary and for a distance...

Section 3-18-11 - Fire prevention and protection; insurance for volunteer firemen. - A. A municipality may by ordinance: (1) adopt regulations for...

Section 3-18-11.1 - Fingerprinting of fireman applicants required; authorization for municipality to communicate such information to the federal bureau of investigation. - After July 1, 1985, anyone applying for the position of...

Section 3-18-12 - Food and merchandise; regulation and inspection. - A. A municipality may regulate the sale of food and...

Section 3-18-13 - Industrial nuisances and nauseous locations; regulation and prohibition. - A municipality may within one mile of its boundary direct...

Section 3-18-14 - Municipal libraries; establishment; contract services; state publications; gifts and bequests. - A. A municipality may establish and maintain a free public...

Section 3-18-15 - Works of art; other works; acquisition and maintenance. - A municipality may acquire works of art and other works...

Section 3-18-16 - Markets and market places. - A municipality may establish and regulate municipal markets and market...

Section 3-18-17 - Nuisances and offenses; regulation or prohibition. - A municipality, including a home rule municipality that has adopted...

Section 3-18-18 - Parks. - Within or without the municipal boundary, a municipality may build,...

Section 3-18-19 - Park and recreation construction authorized. - A municipality may create an improvement district as authorized in...

Section 3-18-20 - Police ordinances; county jails. - A municipality may use the county jail for the confinement...

Section 3-18-21 - Railroads; street railroads; crossings. - A. A municipality may, within its boundary: (1) regulate the...

Section 3-18-22 - Requirement for sanitary facilities; notice to owners; failure to comply; municipality to perform work; lien; interest. - A. By general ordinance, a municipality may require the owner,...

Section 3-18-23 - Steam boiler inspection. - A municipality may provide for the inspection and regulation of...

Section 3-18-24 - Licensing and regulating secondhand and junk stores. - A municipality may: A. regulate, tax or license secondhand dealers...

Section 3-18-25 - Water systems; sewers; assessments. - A. For the purpose of Sections 3-27-1 and 3-49-1 NMSA...

Section 3-18-26 - Toll bridges. - A municipality may establish, license, regulate and fix the tolls...

Section 3-18-27 - Trees and shrubs. - A municipality may, by ordinance, regulate the planting, transplanting, growing,...

Section 3-18-28 - Municipal employees' retirement system. - A municipality may enter into contracts with private insurance companies...

Section 3-18-29 - [Foreign-trade zones.] - The governing body of any municipality, pursuant to the federal...

Section 3-18-30 - Parking citations; certain municipalities; administrative cost assessment. - A. Each municipality with a population over one hundred thousand...

Section 3-18-31 - Sale of gasoline; authority of the municipality. - The governing body of the municipality may provide, by ordinance,...

Section 3-18-32 - Limitation of county and municipal restrictions on solar collectors. - A. A county or municipality shall not restrict the installation...