Notice of hearing on petition.

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A. Immediately after the filinig [filing] of such petition the court shall by order fix a place and time, not less than ninety (90) days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk shall cause notice by publication (Schedule Form I) [73-17-24 NMSA 1978] to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, in each county in which there is territory included in the proposed district. If no newspaper is published in any such county, publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed district.

B. It shall not be necessary for said clerk to name the parties interested, nor to describe separate lots or tracts of land in giving said notice, but it shall be sufficient to give such descriptions as will enable the owner to determine whether or not his land is covered by such description.

History: Laws 1927, ch. 45, § 204; C.S. 1929, § 30-204; 1941 Comp., § 77-2707; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-7.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For short form of notice, see 73-17-19 NMSA 1978.

For legal newspapers, see 14-11-2 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319(2).


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