An official charged with the custody of any records and who intends to destroy those records, shall give notice by registered or certified mail to the state records administrator, state records center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, of the date of the proposed destruction and the type and date of the records he intends to destroy. The notice shall be sent at least sixty days before the date of the proposed destruction. If the state records administrator wishes to preserve any of the records, the official shall allow the state records administrator to have the documents by calling for them at the place of storage.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-4-11, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 192, § 2; 1961, ch. 81, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Determination records obsolete to be made. — Prior to destroying any records under the authority of this section, a factual determination that the particular records are obsolete must be made. 1961 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 61-127.
Destruction of original records without action by records administrator. — If microfilmed and certified pursuant to 14-3-15 NMSA 1978, originals of records, including newspapers kept by county clerks, may be destroyed without any action on the part of the records administrator. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-16.