New Mexico court records
Who holds it: State judiciary: Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, district courts in 13 judicial districts, magistrate courts, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, 33 county probate courts and municipal courts1
On this page
Copy fee supreme court
Supreme Court clerk: 10 cents per folio, 5 cents for additional copies ordered together; $1.00 per certificate2
Statewide case search
New Mexico Courts Case Lookup1
Fees
- Fees
- District court civil docket fee $117 for original, reopened, appealed or transferred causes; $107 instead in matters where the Section 40-12-6 domestic relations mediation surcharge is collected2
What is public and what is sealed
- What is public
- Court records are public unless sealed by order or otherwise protected3
- Public record request
- ipra.nmcourts.gov Judiciary IPRA request portal1
- Sealed docket still visible
- Docket number and case type stay visible for those classes unless a court orders otherwise3
- Sealed and confidential records
- Automatically sealed classes include adoption, adult protective services, mental health, deposited wills not yet in probate, guardianship and conservatorship appointments, and expungement after release without conviction3
- Arrest public parts
- Court records of public proceedings are open even under the Arrest Record Information Act4
More details
- Magistrate
- Magistrate courts are courts of limited jurisdiction; civil cases (tort, contract, landlord/tenant) up to $10,000, plus felony preliminary hearings, misdemeanors, DWI/DUI and traffic1
- Use limit
- Case Lookup may be used only to view individual records; bulk download is prohibited5
- Expungement
- A person convicted may petition the convicting district court to expunge after completing the sentence and paying fines or fees owed4
Related records in New Mexico
- Criminal history checks: state repository
- State Central Repository, Law Enforcement Records Bureau, NM Department of Public Safety6
- Criminal history checks: who may order
- The individual, in person, through counsel or through an authorized agent6
- Criminal history checks: fee
- $15.00 per record check by money order or cashier's check6
- Divorce records: who holds it
- District court where the order was filed7
- Probate: who holds it
- Clerk of the probate court, or clerk of the district court, depending on where filed8
How New Mexico handles it
- Two-tier probate. Probate is split: part-time elected county probate judges hear informal, uncontested estates; district courts hear formal matters2
- Veteran discharge papers. Veterans' discharge papers recorded with the clerk are segregated from public records9
- Bernalillo County has a Metropolitan Court of limited jurisdiction1
Court records in New Mexico counties with a full guide
The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.
| County | Office | Search online | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | — | Second Judicial District Court10 Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court11 Bernalillo County Probate Court10 | District Court copies $0.35 per page; certification $1.50 per document plus copies; exemplification $4.50 per document plus copies; audio/CD $4.0012 |
| Doña Ana County | — | Third Judicial District Court13 | Copies of court records $0.35 per page, plus mailing and storage-device charges when applicable14 |
| San Juan County | — | Eleventh Judicial District Court, San Juan County15 Magistrate court15 | — |
| Sandoval County | — | Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Sandoval16 Bernalillo Magistrate Court; Cuba Magistrate Court16 | — |
| Santa Fe County | — | First Judicial District Court17 Santa Fe County Probate Court18 | — |
For any other county, see the county list on the New Mexico guide.
Official copies vs look-alike sites
A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any New Mexico office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.
Rules in other states: court records in every state. Everything else in New Mexico: New Mexico public records guide.
Sources
Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.
- New Mexico Courts Public Records pageNew Mexico Courtschecked November 4, 2026
- NMSA 1978 Chapter 34 Court Structure and AdministrationNM Compilation Commission (NMOneSource)checked November 4, 2026
- Rule 1-079 NMRA, Public inspection and sealing of court recordsNew Mexico Supreme Courtchecked November 4, 2026
- NMSA 1978 Chapter 29 Law EnforcementNM Compilation Commission (NMOneSource)checked November 4, 2026
- New Mexico State Judiciary Case Lookup disclaimerNew Mexico Courtschecked November 4, 2026
- Law Enforcement Records BureauNM Department of Public Safetychecked November 4, 2026
- Vital RecordsNM Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
- NMSA 1978 Chapter 45 Uniform Probate CodeNM Compilation Commission (NMOneSource)checked November 4, 2026
- NMSA 1978 Chapter 14 Records, Rules, Legal Notices, OathsNM Compilation Commission (NMOneSource)checked November 4, 2026
- Probate Court Case LookupBernalillo County Probate Courtchecked November 4, 2026
- Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court homeNew Mexico Courtsarchived copychecked November 4, 2026
- Case Records RequestSecond Judicial District Court (New Mexico Courts)archived copychecked November 4, 2026
- Third Judicial District home pageNew Mexico Courts, Third Judicial Districtchecked November 5, 2026
- Office of the Clerk - Third Judicial DistrictNew Mexico Courts, Third Judicial Districtchecked November 5, 2026
- New Mexico Courts Public Records pageNew Mexico Courtschecked November 7, 2026
- New Mexico Courts Public Records pageNew Mexico Courtschecked November 4, 2026
- Probate JudgeSanta Fe County, NMchecked November 5, 2026
- Probate Case Look-UpSanta Fe County, NMchecked November 5, 2026