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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 18: Libraries, Museums and Cultural Properties
Article 9: Library Privacy, 18-9-1 through 18-9-6
Section 18-9-3: Definitions.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 18-9-3 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)
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18-9-3. Definitions.

As used in the Library Privacy Act [18-9-1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "library" includes any library receiving public funds, any library that is a state agency and any library established by the state, an instrumentality of the state, a local government, district or authority, whether or not that library is regularly open to the public; and

B. "patron record" means any document, record or other method of storing information retained by a library that identifies, or when combined with other available information identifies, a person as a patron of the library or that indicates use or request of materials from the library. "Patron record" includes patron registration information and circulation information that identifies specific patrons.

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