Any notice required to be served by Section 61-1-4 or 61-1-21 NMSA 1978 and any decision required to be served by Section 61-1-14 or 61-1-21 NMSA 1978, may be served either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the licensee or applicant at his last know [known] address as shown by the records of the board. If the notice or decision is served personally, service shall be made in the same manner as is provided for service by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts. Where the notice or decision is served by certified mail, it shall be deemed to have been served on the date borne by the return receipt showing delivery or the last attempted delivery of the notice or decision to the addressee or refusal of the addressee to accept delivery of the notice or decision.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-26-5, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 247, § 5; 1981, ch. 349, § 5.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For service of process, see Rule 1-004 NMRA.

Requirement of actual notice to licensee. — The Uniform Licensing Act requires actual notice to be given to an individual who may lose a license, pursuant to the hearing requirements contained in the law. In that case, a public policy-making body which convenes a hearing on a licensing matter and which is subject to the provisions of the act must follow the act's specific notice tenets. In these cases, mere posting of such notice is insufficient as it affects the individual licensee. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-29.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 51 Am. Jur. 2d Licenses and Permits §§ 60, 61.

53 C.J.S. Licenses §§ 37, 54.