Access to confidential records
NMSA 1978, § 14-3-7.1
in effect14-3-7.1. Access to confidential records
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.
Laws 2005, ch. 79, § 2.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18514/index.do#!b/14-3-7.1Fetched: 10/20/2026