For failure to comply with the responsibilities and duties in Chapter 14, Article 8 NMSA 1978, each county clerk is responsible on the clerk's official bond for damages suffered by the injured party.
History: Laws 1855-1856, p. 18, § 5; C.L. 1865, ch. 88, § 5; C.L. 1884, § 433; C.L. 1897, § 780; Code 1915, § 4783; C.S. 1929, § 118-105; 1941 Comp., § 13-108; 1953 Comp., § 71-1-8; Laws 1965, ch. 97, § 1; 2011, ch. 134, § 11.
Cross references. — For provision requiring fees to be paid in advance of filing or recording, see 14-8-15 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, eliminated the former list of recording fees.
Fee for certificate and seal controlling. — This section is controlling and in direct conflict with 14-8-13 NMSA 1978, and the fee which it sets out for each certificate and seal to documents recorded is the proper fee to be charged by county clerks. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-53.
County clerks must charge for certified copies of public records requested by the American Red Cross. 1943 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 43-4221.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Section 14-8-1 - County clerks to be recorders.
Section 14-8-2 - County clerk; duty as recorder.
Section 14-8-3 - Recording books.
Section 14-8-4 - Acknowledgment necessary for recording; exceptions; recording of duplicates.
Section 14-8-5 - [Mining location notices; recording.]
Section 14-8-6 - County clerks; to endorse and record land titles; notice.
Section 14-8-7 - Standards; durability requirements.
Section 14-8-9 - Security of books of record; delivery to successors.
Section 14-8-9.1 - Public records; inspection; exceptions.
Section 14-8-10 - County clerks; failure to perform duties as recorder.
Section 14-8-12.1 - Temporary provision; validation.
Section 14-8-12.2 - County clerk recording and filing fund; uses.
Section 14-8-13 - [Fees; copying records; issuing licenses; acknowledgments.]
Section 14-8-14 - Searching records; reproduction of records; fees.
Section 14-8-15 - Payment of fees; disposition.
Section 14-8-16 - Filings of legal descriptions and plats of real property authorized; recording.