New Mexico Public Records

To begin, add a public record or view a list of counties, locations and resources for New Mexico public records.

It is the primary duty of the Commission of Public Records State Records Center and Archives to maintain all public records in New Mexico. This commission is charged with administering the Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978] through each of its five divisions: Administrative Law, Administrative Services, Archives and Historical Services, Office of the State Historian, and Records Management.

In New Mexico, public records must meet certain criteria to be deemed such. According to the PRA, ?In order to be considered a "public record," an item must have some continuing significance or importance. There must be some purpose or reason for its preservation. Therefore, general correspondence files are not public records per se." For this reason it is possible that certain public records in New Mexico may not be available because their continued significance was not important enough to warrant its maintenance in the New Mexico public records system.

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There is a great deal of organization that goes into the maintaining of important documents and information in this state. For this reason, you should begin with the state website in order to decide who you need to contact for your New Mexico public records search. You might need any one of five divisions: administrative services; administrative law; office of the state historian; archives and historical services; or the management of vital documents.

New Mexico County Public Records