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New Mexico State Flag

New Mexico State Flag Adopted: March 19, 1925

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New Mexico state flag

New Mexico Law

The following information was excerpted from the New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules, Chapter 12, Article 3.

CHAPTER 12 Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
ARTICLE 3 State Seal, Song and Symbols

12-3-2. [Adoption of flag for state of New Mexico.]

That a flag be and the same is hereby adopted to be used on all occasions when the state is officially and publicly represented, with the privilege of use by all citizens upon such occasions as they may deem fitting and appropriate. Said flag shall be the ancient Zia sun symbol of red in the center of a field of yellow. The colors shall be the red and yellow of old Spain. The proportion of the flag shall be a width of two-thirds its length. The sun symbol shall be one-third of the length of the flag. Said symbol shall have four groups of rays set at right angles; each group shall consist of four rays, the two inner rays of the group shall be one-fifth longer than the outer rays of the group. The diameter of the circle in the center of the symbol shall be one-third of the width of the symbol. Said flag shall conform in color and design described herein.

12-3-3. Salute to state flag.

The official salute to the state flag is: "I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures."

12-3-7. Spanish language salute to the state flag.

The official Spanish language salute to the state flag is: "Saludo la bandera del estado de Nuevo Mejico, el simbolo zia de amistad perfecta, entre culturas unidas."

Sources...

Source: New Mexico Legislature, New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules Unannotated, , October 24, 2007.

Additional Information

Adoption of New Mexico's State Flag from NETSTATE.

New Mexico (U.S.): FOTW "Flags of the World" Web Site.

The Zia Sun Symbol: New Mexico Office of the State Historian.

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