N.M. Stat. § 73-9-43
[Allowance of petition for annexation; certified copy of
order and plat; recording; effect; evidence.]
Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no protest has been filed with the
board within thirty days after the entry of said order as aforesaid, a certified copy of the
order of the board of directors making such change, and a plat of such district showing
such change, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the
office of the county clerk of each county in which are situate any of the lands of the
district, and the district shall remain an irrigation district as fully to all intents and
purposes as if the lands which are included in the district by the change aforesaid had
been included therein at the organization of the district; and said district as so changed
and all the lands therein shall be liable for all existing obligations and indebtedness of
the organized district.
Upon the filing of the copies of the order and the plat, as herein mentioned, copies
thereof, certified by said county clerk, shall be admissible in evidence to prove the
inclusion of said lands in said district.