For the purpose of the county recording index created pursuant to Section 14-10-1 NMSA 1978, the county clerk shall maintain a searchable database, which may include index books, and all instruments affecting title to real estate shall be indexed.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 2; Code 1915, § 4799; C.S. 1929, § 118-123; 1941 Comp., § 13-302; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-2; 2013, ch. 214, § 6.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required county clerks to maintain a searchable database, including index books; added the title; after "purpose of the", added "county recording"; after "county recording index", deleted "mentioned in the preceding" and added "created pursuant to", after "Section", deleted "there shall be provided index books" and added "14-10-1 NMSA 1978, the county clerk shall maintain a searchable database, which may include index books"; and after "shall be indexed", deleted "in their regular order alphabetically arranged, as well as in their reverse order in the same manner".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Failure to properly index conveyance or mortgage of realty as affecting constructive notice, 63 A.L.R. 1057.
76 C.J.S. Records § 9 et seq.