41-7-204. Hearings; service of notice generally; contents.

(a) On such petition being filed the court or judge thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place of the hearing thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of said circuit court, for the county in which the proceedings are instituted, shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of such petition to be given:

(i) By serving or causing to be served a copy of such notice on each person owning, or entitled to possession by virtue of public land filing, of land within said proposed district, residing in any county in which any lands in said proposed district are situated, either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at his last usual place of abode, with a person of suitable age and discretion, and by registered mail to any mortgagee, mortgagees or judgment lienholder whose address is of record in the record of said lien in the county or counties in which said district is situated; and

(ii) By publishing a copy thereof at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county within which any of the lands of the district are situated. If there be no newspaper in any such county, such notice may be published in a newspaper published in an adjoining county.

(b) Such notice shall:

(i) State in what court said petition is filed;

(ii) Give a general description of the proposed work;

(iii) Give the proposed boundaries of said district (or a general description of all the lands in said proposed district);

(iv) Give the name proposed for said irrigation district;

(v) State the time and place by the court fixed, when and where the petitioners will ask a hearing on said petition; and

(vi) Direct all persons owning or having an interest in any lands within the boundary of the proposed district, to appear at the time and place stated, then and there to show cause why their land should not be included in said district.