New Mexico Statutes

§ 14-3-16 — Attorney general may replevin state records

New Mexico § 14-3-16
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 14Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Art. 3Public Records

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 14-3-16 (2026).

Text

On behalf of the state and the administrator, the attorney general may replevin any papers, books, correspondence or other public records which were formerly part of the records or files of any public office in the territory or state of New Mexico, and which the state still has title to or interest in and which have passed out of the official custody of the state, its agencies or instrumentalities.

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Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 71-6-16, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 245, § 16.

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