N.M. Stat. § 73-9-51
[Unprotested allowance of petition; certified copy of order
and plat; recording; effect.]
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 excluded by the change aforesaid, had not been
excluded therefrom.