New Mexico § 14-3-7.1 Access to confidential records

New Mexico Statutes

§ 14-3-7.1 — Access to confidential records

New Mexico § 14-3-7.1

Ch. 14Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths

Art. 3Public Records

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 14-3-7.1 (2026).

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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

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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.