New Mexico Code § 3-16-13

Books and records of combined organization; filing of instruments
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instruments.
A. If there is a city and county consolidation, and on and after the date the
combined municipal organization government becomes operative, adequate books and
records shall be provided in the municipal corporation for recording or filing instruments
in the municipal corporation, as will be more specifically provided in the combined
municipal organization charter. All books and records provided and kept by a county
officer prior to the consolidation of the city and county shall continue to be made
available to the public by the combined municipal organization and copies thereof
furnished as now provided by law by the combined municipal organization official who,
under the charter, is required to keep and maintain the records, with the same force and
effect as if the consolidation had not occurred.
B. Instruments required or authorized by law to be filed or recorded with county
clerks in order to constitute public notice, shall be filed with the clerk of the combined
municipal organization or officer designated in the charter for such purposes, and when
so filed or recorded shall have the same force and effect and constitute public notice in
the same manner and to the same extent as if filed with county clerks of a county.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-15-13, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

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