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N.M. Stat. § 14-3-1 (2026)

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Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Public Records Act".

History: 1953 Comp., § 71-6-1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 245, § 1; 1995, ch. 110, § 7.

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Cross references. — For Public Health Act records being confidential, see 24-1-20
NMSA 1978.

For the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act, see Chapter 14, Article 15 NMSA
1978.

The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, substituted "Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA
1978" for "This act".

Names and charges of juvenile arrestees. — A law enforcement agency is not
prohibited by the Children's Code, 32A-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., the Arrest Record
Information Act, 29-10-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., or any other law of New Mexico from
releasing to the public the names of juveniles who have been arrested for criminal acts,
and the charges for which they were arrested. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-29.

Law reviews. — For 1984-88 survey of New Mexico administrative law, 19 N.M.L. Rev.
575 (1990).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Crutchfield v. New Mexico Dep't of Taxation & Revenue, 106 P.3d 1273 (N.M. Ct. App. 2004).
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Crutchfield v. New Mexico Dep't of Taxation & Revenue, 106 P.3d 1273 (N.M. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “1(C)(l)-(5) (1995) of the Public Records Act (PRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-3-1 to -23 (1959, as amended through 2002), and not the IPRA.”
State v. Clark, 772 P.2d 322 (N.M. 1989). · cites it 4× “We have addressed his claims and decided either that no errors were committed or that certain errors which were waived did not individually amount to fundamental error.”
State v. Garcia, 664 P.2d 969 (N.M. 1983). · cites it 2× “Section 31-20A-5(D) includes the murdering of a prisoner as an aggravated circumstance.”
Texasfile LLC v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs of the Cnty. of Lea, 446 P.3d 1173 (N.M. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “…of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12 (1947, as amended through 2018), the Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-3-1 to -23 (1959, as amended through 2015), and the Recording Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-8-1 to -17 (1855-56, as amended through 2017). The County…”
Edenburn v. New Mexico Dep't of Health, 2013 NMCA 45 (N.M. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “is considered anon-record.” See, e.g., 1.13.3.7(Z) NMAC (6/30/2008); 1.”
New Energy Econ., Inc. v. Martinez, 2011 NMSC 6 (N.M. 2011). “” The Records Center was created under the Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 14-3-1 to -25 (1959) (as amended through 2005), and is under the supervision and control of the State Records Administrator, who in turn is employed by and serves at the pleasure of the State…”
City of Sunland Park v. Santa Teresa Concerned Citizens Ass'n, 792 P.2d 1138 (N.M. 1990). · cites it 2× “No territory [part of] within an urbanized territory [area] shall be incorporated as a municipality [as provided under Section 14-3-1 through 14-3-5, 14-4-1 through 14-4-3, 14-23-15 and 16, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 compilation] unless the: [A.”
Isler v. New Mexico Activities Ass'n, 893 F. Supp. 2d 1145 (D.N.M. 2012). · cites it 2× “Similarly, pursuant to statute, the NMSAA is subject to the inspection provisions of the Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, Section 14-3-1 et seq., which applies to the records of “any state agency, department, bureau, board, commission, institution or other organization of the…”
State v. Ellis, 622 P.2d 1047 (N.M. Ct. App. 1980). “Pursuant to the Public Records Act, § 14-3-1, et seq., N.M.S.A. 1978, the contracts are to be filed with the Supreme Court Librarian.”
TexasFile LLC v. Bd. of Cty. Comm’rs of Lea Cty. (N.M. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “…of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12 (1947, as amended through 2018), the Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-3-1 to -23 (1959, as amended through 2015), and the Recording Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-8-1 to -17 (1855-56, as amended through 2017). The County…”
State v. Lopez (N.M. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Alternatively, the State asserts that a precise statutory definition of the term is not necessary to maintain a prosecution for an alleged violation of Section 30-26-1, but if clarification was needed as to the meaning of “public record” under the statute, the district court…”
Am. Civ. Liberties Union of N.M. v. N.M. Corr. Dep't (N.M. 2026). · cites it 2× “For example, 3 in Edenburn, the Court of Appeals held that Department of Health regulations which 4 provided that certain draft documents were nonrecords for purposes of the Public 5 Records Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-3-1 to -23 (1959, as amended through 2015), did 6 not serve as a…”
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