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The Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) is a New Mexico state law that provides the public and media access to public information. The law requires open access to almost all public records in state and local government, with few exceptions.

Yes, criminal records are public in New Mexico. The Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) allows the public to inspect all government documents, including criminal records. Therefore, potential employers, landlords, licensing bodies, and others may search for and see that someone has an N.M. criminal record.

Procedures for Requesting Inspection: Requests to inspect public records should be submitted to the records custodian, by email to sos.elections@state.nm.us, or by regular mail to New Mexico Capitol Annex North, 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Filing Motions A motion must be in writing and must specifically state the grounds for the motion and the relief sought. The party filing the motion (the ?movant?) must request concurrence of each party at least three working days before filing the motion.

Whenever counsel undertakes to represent a defendant in any criminal action, he will file a written entry of appearance in the cause, unless he has been appointed by written order of the court. For the purpose of this rule, the filing of any pleading signed by counsel constitutes an entry of appearance.

If placing your copy request at the Clerk's office, you may use the public computers to search the court's database at no cost. Copy requests, in general, may be completed within 2-3 hours, but will take more time if it is for multiple documents, the case has multiple volumes, or the record has been archived.