New Mexico § 49-3-2 - Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 49-3-2 — Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-3-2. Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications
That such board shall be a body corporate, having full power to sue and be sued;
in all suits the said body corporate shall be styled as “The Board of Trustees of
the Community Lands of the People of Chaperito,” and all process may be served on
either member of the board of trustees. That all members of such board of trustees shall be inhabitants of and owners of
lands within the limits of the said community lands of the people of Chaperito.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-3-2 ("Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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