2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14: Records, Legal Notices and Oaths
Article 8: Recording, 14-8-1 through 14-8-17
Section 14-8-15: Payment of fees; disposition.
14-8-15. Payment of fees; disposition.
A. No county clerk shall receive any instrument of writing for filing or record unless the fees for such filing and recording have first been paid.
B. Unless otherwise specified by law, the county clerk shall collect a recording fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each document filed or recorded by the county clerk.
C. If a document being filed or recorded contains more than ten entries to the county recording index, the county clerk shall collect an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional block of ten or fewer entries to the county recording index from the document.
D. To the extent documents described in Section 14-8-13 NMSA 1978 are filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk, the documents shall be received pursuant to the fees described in this section.
E. For each fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) collected by the county clerk pursuant to this section, eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be deposited in the county general fund and seven dollars ($7.00) shall be deposited in the county clerk recording and filing fund.
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