Section 3-1-3 - Municipalities; name; prohibiting the use of name of another municipality

Any municipality may be known as the: A. 'city of ............'; B. 'town of ............'; or C. 'village of ............'; but no municipality which changes its name or incorporates shall adopt the name of an existing municipality. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-1-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For changing name of municipality, see 3-6-1 and 3-6-2 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions § 29. Use of abbreviations of name of municipal body or private corporation in designating party to judicial proceedings, 167 A.L.R. 1217. 62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 34.