{"data":{"id":"us-nm/3-18-1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"3-18-1","heading":"General powers; body politic and corporate powers.","body":"A municipality is a body politic and corporate under the name and form of government selected by its qualified electors. A municipality may:\nA. sue or be sued;\nB. enter into contracts or leases;\nC. acquire and hold property, both real and personal;\nD. have a common seal which may be altered at pleasure;\nE. exercise such other privileges that are incident to corporations of like character or degree that are not inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico;\nF. protect generally the property of its municipality and its inhabitants;\nG. preserve peace and order within the municipality; and\nH. establish rates for services provided by municipal utilities and revenue-producing projects, including amounts which the governing body determines to be reasonable and consistent with amounts received by private enterprise in the operation of similar facilities.","path":["Chapter 3 - Municipalities","ARTICLE 18 Powers of Municipalities"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18504/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"aa65a15f54e4f2d6725114ffbf7e49eefbe86882f45c7ee208cb7a21308fecf1","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/3-17-7","next":"us-nm/3-18-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}