The certificate of association shall be acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and a copy of the certificate, duly certified by the secretary of state, shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties where the lands or works are located. The certificate or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state or county clerk shall be evidence in all courts and places.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-27-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1990, ch. 60, § 4; 2013, ch. 75, § 1.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required that certificates of association be filed with the secretary of state; after the "filed in the office of the" deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"; after "a copy of the certificate, duly certified by the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"; and after "a copy thereof duly certified by the", deleted "commission" and added "secretary of state".
The 1990 amendment, effective March 2, 1990, substituted "The certificate of association" for "Said certificate" at the beginning of the section and made minor stylistic changes.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 28 - Water or Natural Gas Associations
Section 3-28-1 - Water or natural gas associations; powers.
Section 3-28-2 - Intercommunity water or natural gas supply association; directors.
Section 3-28-3 - Certificate of association.
Section 3-28-4 - Acknowledgment and filing of original certificate; recording of copy.
Section 3-28-5 - Powers of association as body corporate.
Section 3-28-6 - Amendment of certificate of incorporation.
Section 3-28-7 - Notice of first meeting.
Section 3-28-8 - Board of directors; powers.
Section 3-28-9 - Officers or agents; manner of appointment.
Section 3-28-10 - Revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-11 - Terms and provisions of revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-12 - Resolution for issuance of bond; execution.
Section 3-28-13 - Payment of bonds.
Section 3-28-14 - Refunding authorization; terms.
Section 3-28-14.1 - Publication of notice after adoption of resolutions; limitation of action.
Section 3-28-15 - Financial assistance.
Section 3-28-16 - Establishment of rates or contracts for service; lien against property served.
Section 3-28-17 - Proceeds from bond issues not to be diverted from purpose.
Section 3-28-18 - Violations of act; penalty.
Section 3-28-19 - Eminent domain.
Section 3-28-20 - Associations not subject to utility laws.
Section 3-28-21 - New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] jurisdiction.
Section 3-28-22 - Validation; existing association and outstanding bonds.