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§ 14-3-7.1 NMSA 1978

Access to confidential records

Known as the Public Records Act

The act spans §§ 14–14 (28 sections).

Laws 2005, ch. 79, § 2.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public record deemed by law to be confidential and required by a records retention and disposition schedule to be maintained longer than twenty-five years shall not, after twenty-five years from the date of creation, be confidential and shall be accessible to the public, except:

(1) personal identification information deemed confidential by law, which shall remain confidential for one hundred years after the date of creation, unless a shorter duration is otherwise required by law;

(2) records that are confidential pursuant to Section 2-3-13 NMSA 1978, which shall remain confidential for seventy-five years after the date of creation;

(3) records that are confidential pursuant to Section 18-6-11.1 NMSA 1978; and

(4) records whose disclosure is prohibited by court action or federal law.

B. Nothing in this section shall limit or remove the discretion of a records custodian to withhold a public record pursuant to Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978.

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.