New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 14-1-1 (2026)

[Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger

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of damage or destruction.]
   Whenever any map, plat or other document on file with or in the official custody of
any county clerk in this state shall be in danger of damage or destruction by reason of
age, mutilation or any other cause, it shall be lawful for the board of county
commissioners of such county to authorize the county clerk to have a true and correct
copy thereof made and filed in the office of said county clerk, after having been certified
by such county clerk to be a true, correct and compared copy of the original.

History: Laws 1939, ch. 130, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 13-401; 1953 Comp., § 71-4-1.

                                      ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not
part of the law.

Cross references. — For state records administrator advising and assisting in
programs for disposition of records, see 14-3-18 NMSA 1978.

For durability of records, see 14-8-7, 14-8-8 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording
Laws §§ 81, 128.

76 C.J.S. Records § 2 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1967–2019 · leading case: City of Hobbs v. Biswell, 473 P.2d 917 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970).

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City of Hobbs v. Biswell, 473 P.2d 917 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970). “At least one section of the “Municipal Code,” see § 14-1-1 et seq, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol.”

Beverly Wood Assocs. v. City of Albuquerque, 431 P.2d 67 (N.M. 1967). “, § 14-1-1 et seq. (1953 Comp.1965 Supp.), as showing a legislative interit to authorize such a sale as here proposed.”

San Juan Agric. Water Users Ass'n v. KNME-TV (N.M. Ct. App. 2019). “{22} Plaintiff’s June 2007 request contained the following language: Dear Records Custodian: This firm would like to inspect and copy the following documents, which we are requesting pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act, § 14-1-1, et seq.: 1. All documents relating…”

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