The records of the office of the state engineer are public records, shall remain on file in his office and shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times during business hours. Such records shall show all applications filed, with date of filing, and shall show in full all permits, certificates of completion of construction and licenses issued, together with all action thereon, and all action or decisions of the state engineer affecting any rights or claims to appropriate water. Certified copies of any records or papers on file in the office of the state engineer shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof; and when introduced as evidence shall be held as of the same validity as the originals.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 10; Code 1915, § 5663; C.S. 1929, § 151-110; 1941 Comp., § 77-207; 1953 Comp., § 75-2-7.
Cross references. — For self-authentication of certified copies of public records, see Paragraph D of Rule 11-902 NMRA.
For proof of official records, see Rule 11-1005 NMRA.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 72-2-1 - Appointment; removal; qualifications; duties; office; private practice prohibited.
Section 72-2-2 - Assistants; salary.
Section 72-2-3 - [Oath of office; bond.]
Section 72-2-4 - Payment of accounts.
Section 72-2-5 - Annual report.
Section 72-2-6 - Fees; amount; disposition.
Section 72-2-7 - [Records to be public; certified copies as evidence.]
Section 72-2-9 - [Supervising apportionment of waters.]
Section 72-2-9.1 - Priority administration; expedited water marketing and leasing; state engineer.
Section 72-2-9.2 - Office of the state engineer; devices to measure river water.
Section 72-2-10 - [Legal advisers; duties.]
Section 72-2-11 - [Board of water commissioners abolished; pending appeals.]
Section 72-2-12 - Hearing examiners.
Section 72-2-13 - Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences.
Section 72-2-14 - Subpoena power.
Section 72-2-16 - Hearings required before appeal.
Section 72-2-17 - Hearing; notice; conduct; record.
Section 72-2-18 - State engineer; enforcement; compliance orders; penalty.
Section 72-2-19 - Advanced mapping fund; created.
Section 72-2-20 - Notice of applications; online posting; notice by publication; objections.