To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. The reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record. The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by regulation.
§ 24-14-26 NMSA 1978
Reproduction of records
Known as the Vital Statistics Act
The act spans §§ 24-14-1 to 24-14-9 (31 sections).
1953 Comp., § 12-4-46, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 24; 1981, ch. 309, § 20.
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.