2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Article 8 - Recording
Section 14-8-14 - Searching records; reproduction of records; fees.
A. Records maintained in the office of the county clerk are available to be searched without charge during regular business hours.
B. County clerks:
(1) may charge reasonable fees for conducting searches and for reproducing or permitting reproduction of their records as well as for certifying documents;
(2) shall not charge fees in excess of one dollar ($1.00) per page for documents eleven inches by seventeen inches in size or smaller;
(3) may require advance payment of fees before making copies of public records;
(4) shall not charge a fee for the cost of determining whether any public record is subject to disclosure; and
(5) shall provide a receipt, upon request.
C. County clerks shall establish reasonable fees for conducting searches and for reproducing or copying records maintained at the office of the county clerk.
History: Laws 1886-1887, ch. 10, § 6; C.L. 1897, § 3958; Code 1915, § 4785; C.S. 1929, § 118-107; 1941 Comp., § 13-112; 1953 Comp., § 71-1-12; 2011, ch. 134, § 13.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For delivery of certified copies by county clerk, see 4-40-5 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, rewrote this section to permit county clerks to charge fees for conducting searches and reproducing records.
Certificates of nonencumbrance as to state lands. — For each certificate of nonencumbrance, required by commissioner of public lands, as to state lands, the county clerk was entitled to a fee of 25 cents, and five cents for each year for which search was made. 1915-16 Op. Att'y Gen. 49.
