2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14: Records, Legal Notices and Oaths
Article 3: Public Records, 14-3-1 through 14-3-25
Section 14-3-8: Records center.

14-3-8. Records center.

A records center is established in Santa Fe under the supervision and control of the administrator. The center, in accordance with the regulations established by the administrator and the commission, shall be the facility for the receipt, storage or disposition of all inactive and infrequently used records of present or former state agencies or former territorial agencies which at or after the effective date of this act may be in custody of any state agency or instrumentality, and which are not required by law to be kept elsewhere, or which are not ordered destroyed by the commission.

Records required to be confidential by law and which are stored in the center shall be available promptly when called for by the originating agency, but shall not be made available for public inspection except as provided by law. All other records retained by the center shall be open to the inspection of the general public, subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the administrator. Facilities for the use of these records in research by the public shall be provided in the center.