The certificate shall be acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A copy thereof 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, and 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: Laws 1909, ch. 76, § 3; Code 1915, § 5647; C.S. 1929, § 150-103; 1941 Comp., § 77-1603; 1953 Comp., § 75-17-3; 2013, ch. 75, § 45.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For form of acknowledgments, see 14-14-8 NMSA 1978.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required that the certificate of organization be filed with the secretary of state; added the title of the section; in the first sentence, after "filed in the office of the", deleted "state corporation commission and" and added "secretary of state"; in the second sentence, after "A copy thereof duly certified by" deleted "said commission" and added "the secretary of state" and after "or a copy thereof duly certified by the", deleted "commission" and added "secretary of state".
Association must pay fee. — Water users' associations that desire to organize as nonprofit corporations must pay fee for filing the certificate of incorporation, as provided for in Section 53-2-1 NMSA 1978. 1943 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 43-4250.