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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Section 5 Public Records Recovery
Section 14-5-5 Return of public record.
NM Stat § 14-5-5 (2014) What's This?
14-5-5. Return of public record.
If the recipient of the public officer's letter complies with the demand and produces the document or documents, the public officer:
A. shall determine if the document produced is a missing record or a copy of a missing record; and
B. then shall duplicate the document and return the private party's document to him if it is a copy, or if it is the original public record, give the private party a copy and keep the original public record.
History: 1953 Comp., 71-8-5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 270, 5.
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