N.M. Stat. § 73-9-56
Bond issue; petition for proceedings to determine validity.
The board of directors of the irrigation district shall file in the district court of the
county in which the lands of the district, or some portion thereof, are situated, a petition,
praying, in effect, that the proceedings aforesaid may be examined, approved and
confirmed by the court. The petition shall state the facts showing the proceedings had
for the issue and sale of said bonds, and shall state generally that the irrigation district
was duly organized, and that the first board of directors was duly elected, but the
petition need not state the facts showing such organization of the district, or the election
of said first board of directors.