New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Annexation of Territory
Section 3-7-9 - Annexation; arbitration; selection of seventh member; procedure; qualifications.

A. Within five days after the board of county commissioners has canvassed the results of the election required in Section 3-7-7 NMSA 1978, the members of the board of arbitration shall meet and select a seventh or neutral member of the board of arbitration. He shall be a qualified elector of the county and the owner of real property in the county but shall reside outside the boundary of the municipality and the territory proposed to be annexed.
B. If within five days after the board of county commissioners has canvassed the results of the election required in Section 3-7-7 NMSA 1978, the six members of the board of arbitration fail to select by a two-thirds vote the seventh or neutral member, the board of arbitration shall certify to the district court its failure to select the seventh member. Within ten days after the certification by the board of arbitration of its failure to select a seventh member, the district court in which the county lies shall appoint the seventh member who shall possess the qualifications required in this section.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Law reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).

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Chapter 3 - Municipalities

Article 7 - Annexation of Territory

Section 3-7-1 - Methods of annexation.

Section 3-7-1.1 - Traditional historic community; qualifications; annexation restrictions.

Section 3-7-2 - Extension of utility service by municipality or other utility.

Section 3-7-3 - Limitation on annexation.

Section 3-7-4 - Annexation; territory owned by the United States, state of New Mexico or a political subdivision; interposition not to prohibit annexation.

Section 3-7-5 - Annexation; arbitration; resolution of intent.