New Mexico Genealogy Records

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Birth, marriage and death records are managed by the Department of Vital Records and Health Statistics, a division of the New Mexico State Board of Health. The division was created in 1919, and vital records are available from that year to the present. State statute 7.2.2 governs the operation and maintenance of the Department.

New Mexico genealogy records are confidential, and as they are sometimes used to commit fraud and identity theft, access to the records is tightly regulated and monitored. Because of the recent surge in cases of identity theft, New Mexico's Vital Records Department operated its own fraud investigation department. Only immediate family members of the person specified on the record may gain access to any document held by the Department of Vital Records, and this includes any genealogy records. New Mexico provides certified copies of records only to those immediate family members with a ?tangible legal interest"in the information.