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NM Stat § 14-10-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 10 - Index of Records|Section 14-10-2 - Index books.

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. ANNOTATIONSThe 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.
NM Stat § 14-10-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 10 - Index of Records|Section 14-10-3 - County recording index; required fields.

The county recording index shall contain, at a minimum: A. the following administrative fields: (1) the book and page or instrument number; and (2) the date and time of recordation; and B. the following descriptive fields: (1) the name of the grantor or grantors; (2) the name of the grantee or grantees; and (3) legal descriptions, references to recorded instruments in the county containing legal descriptions and miscellaneous information. History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 3; Code 1915, § 4800; C.S. 1929, § 118-124; 1941 Comp., § 13-303; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-3; 2013, ch. 214, § 7. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, standardized county recording indexes; added the title; at the beginning of the section, after "The", deleted "said" and added "county recording"; after "index shall", deleted "be ruled and headed in the same manner and form substantially as shown on the following form"; deleted the model form and added "contain, at a minimum"; and added Subsections A and B.
NM Stat § 14-10-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 10 - Index of Records|Section 14-10-4 - Entries to the index; description of lands.

Each name, descriptor or reference placed in a descriptive field constitutes a separate entry in the county recording index. All real property or lands shall be entered and described in the county recording index in the manner indicated, according to numbers, metes or bounds; provided that where this is impossible from the nature of the description, the tract or tracts may be described by some appropriate title. History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 4; Code 1915, § 4801; C.S. 1929, § 118-125; 1941 Comp., § 13-304; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-4; 2013, ch. 214, § 8. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For record of survey requirements, see Section 61-23-28.2 NMSA 1978. The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, standardized county recording procedures; added the title; added the first sentence; in the second sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, after "All", deleted "town" and added "real"; after "described in the", deleted "said" and added "county recording"; and after "some appropriate title", deleted "or the owner's name".
NM Stat § 14-10-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 10 - Index of Records|Section 14-10-5 - Standard form.

The form of county recording index provided in Chapter 14, Article 10 NMSA 1978 shall be the standard form of index and shall be used throughout the state. History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 5; Code 1915, § 4802; C.S. 1929, § 118-126; 1941 Comp., § 13-305; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-5; 2013, ch. 214, § 9. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, standardized county recording forms; added the title; at the beginning of the section, after "The form of ", added "county recording"; and after "provided in", deleted "the two preceding Sections" and added "Chapter 14, Article 10 NMSA 1978".
NM Stat § 14-11-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-1 - "Legal notices and advertisements" defined.

Any notice or other written matter whatsoever required to be published in a newspaper by any law of this state, or by the order of any court of record of this state, shall be deemed and held to be a legal notice or advertisement within the meaning of this act [14-11-1 to 14-11-4, 14-11-7, 14-11-8 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 12-201; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-1. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Notice § 23. Validity of legislation relating to publication of legal notices, 26 A.L.R.2d 655. 66 C.J.S. Notice § 2.
NM Stat § 14-11-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-3 - [Frequency of newspaper's publication; effect.]

Except as otherwise provided by law in express terms or by necessary implication, daily, weekly, semiweekly and triweekly newspapers shall all be equally competent as media for the publication of all legal notices and advertisements. History: Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 12-203; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-3. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 14-11-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-4 - Proof of publication.

Proof of the publication of any such legal notice or advertisement may be made by the affidavit of the printer, business manager, editor, publisher or proprietor of the newspaper in which the publication is made, or by any other competent person who has personal knowledge of the essential facts, which affidavit, in addition to the other matters required by law to be set forth therein, shall state that such notice or advertisement was published in a newspaper duly qualified for that purpose within the meaning of this act [14-11-1 to 14-11-4, 14-11-7, 14-11-8 NMSA 1978], and that payment therefore has been made or assessed as court costs. History: Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 12-204; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-4. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Newspapers, Periodicals, and Press Associations § 54. 66 C.J.S. Newspapers § 19.
NM Stat § 14-11-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-5 - [Affidavit of proof; contents.]

Proof of the publication of any notice required by law to be published shall be made by the publisher, editor or business manager of the newspaper in which said notice is published, making an affidavit, which affidavit shall recite the name of the newspaper in which said notice is published and the date or dates upon which said publication is made; there shall also be attached to said affidavit a copy of the notice as published, which copy when so attached to said affidavit shall be taken and considered as part of the affidavit of publication. History: Laws 1931, ch. 120, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 12-205; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-5. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The initial language of this section may be superseded by Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 3. See 14-11-4 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 14-11-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-6 - [Filing affidavit of publication; evidential value.]

Any officer, board, commission or party to any legal proceeding required to publish any notice required by law shall obtain and file in his or its office, or with the clerk of the court in which any suit or legal proceeding is pending, as the case may require, the affidavit of publication referred to in Section one [14-11-5 NMSA 1978] hereof. Such affidavit so filed shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated as to such publication. History: Laws 1931, ch. 120, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 12-206; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-6. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 14-11-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-7 - Rates for legal notice or advertisement; costs.

For publication of all legal notices or advertisements that a governmental entity is required by law or the order of any court of record in this state to publish in newspapers, the publishers shall be paid a reasonable rate, to be set by rule or regulation of the secretary of general services. Changes in economic conditions within the newspaper industry, the general economy and inflation shall be considered in determining a reasonable rate. The clerk of any court in the state or any public trustee, county treasurer or other public officer required by law to publish legal notices or advertisements shall tax the cost of publishing notices or advertisements, as prescribed in this section, as part of the costs of the cause or proceeding and shall collect for publication before the cause or proceeding is closed and shall remit to the publisher the proper cost of the legal notices or advertisements. History: Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 5; 1941 Comp., § 12-207; Laws 1947, ch. 188, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-7; Laws 1957, ch. 103, § 1; 1965, ch. 62, § 1; 1975, ch. 238, § 1; 1980, ch. 149, § 1; 1981, ch. 202, § 1; 1991, ch. 207, § 1; 1993, ch. 35, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted the language beginning "paid a reasonable rate" at the end of the first paragraph for provisions specifying the rates allowed to be charged. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, amended the section to restrict its scope to legal advertisements and notices of governmental entities. Generally. — A newspaper was permitted a maximum charge of 12 cents a column line for the first publication whether this was the only publication or merely the first in a series of publications, and, of course, a charge of 10 cents a line after the first publication, whether there be one or more such subsequent publications. 1958 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 58-04. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Newspapers, Periodicals, and Press Associations § 60. 20 C.J.S. Costs § 94 et seq.; 66 C.J.S. Newspapers § 20.
NM Stat § 14-11-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-8 - [Violation of legal publication law; penalty.]

Violation of any of the foregoing provisions [14-11-1 to 14-11-4, 14-11-7 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, such violator or violators shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $500. History: Laws 1937, ch. 167, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 12-208; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-8. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 C.J.S. Newspapers § 22.
NM Stat § 14-11-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-9 - [Legal publications by county, municipality or school district; payment.]

All publications required to be made by any county or incorporated city, town or village, or by any board of education or school directors, or by any officer thereof, shall be paid for out of the general fund of such county, city, town or village. Provided: that the cost of such publications pertaining to school matters shall be paid out of school funds. History: Laws 1912, ch. 49, § 10; Code 1915, § 4652; C.S. 1929, § 113-108; 1941 Comp., § 12-209; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-9. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For publication of municipal and school board expenditures, see 10-17-3 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 14-11-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-10.1 - Legal notices; simple description also required.

In order to allow the general public to determine the location of real property being described in a legal notice, all legal notices containing a legal description of real property shall also contain a simple description of the real property in commonly used terms sufficient to indicate its location in relation to roads, towns, streets, neighborhoods, or other fixed objects. History: 1978 Comp., § 14-11-10.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 28, § 1. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 12 Am. Jur. 2d Boundaries §§ 6 to 9. 11 C.J.S. Boundaries § 23 et seq.
NM Stat § 14-11-10.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-10.2 - Electronic posting of legal notices.

A. Legal notices and advertisements of a state agency shall be posted on the state agency's web site. If a county, municipality, board of education or other political subdivision of the state has a web site, it shall post its legal notices and advertisements on its web site. Electronic posting is not a substitute for required publication of legal notices and advertisements, and failure to electronically post shall not constitute grounds to challenge, void, set aside or otherwise delay a proceeding properly noticed and advertised pursuant to nonelectronic notice requirements. B. Electronically posted legal notices and advertisements shall be indexed in such a way that the general public is able to easily find a particular legal notice or advertisement by subject. History: Laws 2003, ch. 186, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 186 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 2003, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 14-11-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-11 - [County and municipal boards and officers; publication of proceedings; language requirements.]

All publications of proceedings of boards of county commissioners, city and town councils, boards of trustees, boards of education or school directors and of all other officers of any county, municipality, district or other subdivision of the state, which are required by law to be made shall be published once only. In all counties, cities or towns, in which the publication [population] is not less than seventy-five percent English speaking, the publication of such notices in English shall be sufficient; that in all counties, cities and towns, in which the population is not less than seventy-five percent Spanish speaking, the publication of such notices in the Spanish language shall be sufficient; that in all counties, cities and towns, in which the publication [population] using either language is between twenty-five percent and seventy-five percent of the whole, such notices shall be published in both English and Spanish, provided, there be legal newspapers published in both languages in the county, city or town, by different publishers, otherwise, publication in either language shall be sufficient. And, provided further, that in case of question, or disagreement, as to the percentage of the population of any county, city or town, using either language, the district judge of the judicial district of which such county, city or town, is a part, shall determine such percentage upon such information as he may have, without special investigation in the matter, and his opinion and determination thereon shall be conclusive. History: Laws 1912, ch. 49, § 6; Code 1915, § 4648; Laws 1919, ch. 72, § 1; 1923, ch. 148, § 1431; C.S. 1929, § 113-104; 1941 Comp., § 12-212; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-11. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — That part of this section which concerns the publication of school board proceedings was repealed by Laws 1923, ch. 148, § 1431. But see N.M. Const., art. IV, § 18, requiring that each section revised, amended or extended be set out in full. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 C.J.S. Counties §§ 73, 74; 62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 409; 78 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §§ 153, 154.
NM Stat § 14-11-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-12 - [Publication in lieu of posting.]

All legal process against nonresidents, unknown or absent parties, notices of sale of real estate under foreclosure of mortgages or executions, trespass warnings and other documents, the publication of which is required by law to be made by posting written or printed notices in public places, may be published instead of being pasted up, in English and Spanish, in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, if not, then in some newspaper published in some other county of the state for the same length of time it may be required to be posted, and when so published it shall not be necessary to post such notices in public places: provided, that the person who may have to pay for such publication shall have the right to designate the newspaper in which the same may be published: and provided, further, that no newspaper shall be allowed to charge more than the price fixed by law to be charged for legal advertisements. History: Laws 1891, ch. 46, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 3114a; Code 1915, § 2197; C.S. 1929, § 46-108; 1941 Comp., § 12-213; 1953 Comp., § 10-2-12. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — This section may be superseded for the most part by 14-11-10 NMSA 1978, but trespass notices, at least, are probably still subject to its provisions. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Notice § 38. 66 C.J.S. Notice § 18.
NM Stat § 14-11-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 11 - Publication of Notice|Section 14-11-13 - Official Spanish newspapers.

For the purpose of publishing legal notices in Spanish as required by law for any agencies of the state, the Santa Rosa News published at Santa Rosa, the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Santa Fe News, both published at Santa Fe, El Hispano and El Semanario de Nuevo Mexico, both published at Albuquerque, the Alpha News published at Las Vegas, the Rio Grande Sun published at Espanola, the Taos News published at Taos and Mas New Mexico published at Santa Fe and Albuquerque are recognized as official Spanish language newspapers of this state. History: 1953 Comp., § 10-2-13, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 254, § 1; 1967, ch. 114, § 1; 2009, ch. 77, § 1; 2011, ch. 43, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, added the El Semanario de Nuevo Mexico to the list of official Spanish language newspapers. The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, added "and Mas New Mexico published at Santa Fe and Albuquerque".
NM Stat § 14-12-1 to 14-12-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 12 - Notaries Public (Repealed.)|Section 14-12-1 to 14-12-20 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 27 repealed 14-12-1 to 14-12-20 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2003, relating to notaries public. For provisions of former sections, see the 2002 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For similar present provisions, see 14-12A-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 14-12A-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 12A - Notary Public|Section 14-12A-1 - Short title. (Repealed effective January 1, 2022.)

This act [14-12A-1 to 14-12A-26 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Notary Public Act". History: Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 1. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 21, § 36 repeals 14-12A-1 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2022.Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 28 Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 1 effective July 1, 2003. Cross references. — For acknowledgments and oaths generally, see 14-13-1 to 14-13-23 and 14-14-1 to 14-14-11 NMSA 1978. New notary public law created. — With some exceptions, the 1969 act created an entirely new notary public law. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-79.
NM Stat § 14-12A-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 12A - Notary Public|Section 14-12A-3 - Qualifications. (Repealed effective January 1, 2022.)

A notary public shall: A. be a resident of New Mexico; B. be at least eighteen years of age; C. be able to read and write the English language; D. not have pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or been convicted of a felony; and E. not have had a notary public commission revoked during the past five years. History: Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 3. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 21, § 36 repeals 14-12A-3 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2022.Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 28 Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 3 effective July 1, 2003. Cross references. — For right of women to hold office of notary public, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 11. No citizenship requirement. — There is no longer an express citizenship requirement in the New Mexico notary statutes, and any attempt to impose a citizenship requirement would be unconstitutional. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-16. Residency. — There is no requirement that a person be a New Mexico resident for any particular time before qualifying as a notary public. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-16. Residency criteria. — For the purpose of the notary statutes, residency constitutes the fact of an abode in New Mexico coupled with the intent of remaining in the state for at least an indefinite period of time. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-16. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 C.J.S. Notaries § 2.
NM Stat § 14-12A-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths|Article 12A - Notary Public|Section 14-12A-4 - Application. (Repealed effective January 1, 2022.)

An applicant for appointment as a notary public shall submit to the secretary of state: A. an application for appointment on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that includes a statement by the applicant certifying that the applicant is qualified, contains evidence of the applicant's good moral character as shown by signatures of two residents of this state and the oath prescribed by the constitution of New Mexico for state officers; B. a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) executed by a licensed surety for a term of four years commencing on the commission's effective date and terminating on its expiration date; C. an application that is signed by the applicant using the applicant's surname and one given name, plus an initial or additional name if the applicant so desires, or surname and at least two initials; and D. an application fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00). History: Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 4. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 21, § 36 repeals 14-12A-4 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2022.Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 28 Laws 2003, ch. 286, § 4 effective July 1, 2003.