The administrator and every other custodian of public records shall carefully protect and preserve such records from deterioration, mutilation, loss or destruction and, whenever advisable, shall cause them to be properly repaired and renovated. All paper, ink and other materials used in public offices for the purposes of permanent records shall be of durable quality.
§ 14-3-13 NMSA 1978
Protection of records
Known as the Public Records Act
The act spans §§ 14–14 (28 sections).
1953 Comp., § 71-6-13, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 245, § 13.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.