As used in the Public Records Recovery Act:
A. "public officer" means any officer or employee of the legislative, executive or judicial departments of the state or any of its agencies, and any officer or employee of any of the political subdivisions of the state, who is the official custodian of any public record or class of public records; and
B. "public record" means all instruments and documents duly recorded in the records of the county clerk, district court or probate court, which affect interest in real property.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-8-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 270, § 2.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Article 5 - Public Records Recovery
Section 14-5-3 - Recovery authorized.
Section 14-5-4 - Method of recovery.
Section 14-5-5 - Return of public record.
Section 14-5-6 - Refusal to appear and produce document; procedure.
Section 14-5-7 - District court findings and orders.
Section 14-5-8 - Replacement of recovered document.
Section 14-5-9 - Effect of replacement of recovered document.