On behalf of the state and the administrator, the attorney general may replevin any papers, books, correspondence or other public records which were formerly part of the records or files of any public office in the territory or state of New Mexico, and which the state still has title to or interest in and which have passed out of the official custody of the state, its agencies or instrumentalities.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-6-16, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 245, § 16.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Section 14-3-3 - State commission of public records; creation.
Section 14-3-4 - Duties and powers of commission.
Section 14-3-5 - Gifts, donations and loans.
Section 14-3-6 - Administrator; duties.
Section 14-3-7 - Inspection and survey of public records.
Section 14-3-7.1 - Access to confidential records.
Section 14-3-8 - Records center.
Section 14-3-8.1 - Records center revolving fund; created; revenues from sales deposited in fund.
Section 14-3-9 - Disposition of public records.
Section 14-3-10 - Disagreement as to value of records.
Section 14-3-11 - Destruction of records.
Section 14-3-12 - Transfer of records upon termination of state agencies.
Section 14-3-13 - Protection of records.
Section 14-3-14 - Advisory groups.
Section 14-3-15 - Reproduction on film; evidence; review, inventory and approval of systems.
Section 14-3-15.2 - Electronic authentication; substitution for signature.
Section 14-3-16 - Attorney general may replevin state records.
Section 14-3-17 - Approval of existing state agency systems.
Section 14-3-20 - Interstate compacts; filing; index.
Section 14-3-22 - Public policy on certain publications; state commission of public records duties.