The county clerks of the different counties of this state shall be ex officio recorders in their respective counties.
History: Laws 1855-1856, p. 18, § 1; C.L. 1865, ch. 88, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 429; C.L. 1897, § 776; Code 1915, § 4779; C.S. 1929, § 118-101; 1941 Comp., § 13-101; 1953 Comp., § 71-1-1; 2011, ch. 134, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted "county clerks" for "clerks of the probate courts," apparently to correspond with N.M. Const., art. VI, § 22, providing that the county clerk shall act as probate clerk until otherwise provided by law.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, made a stylistic change.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws §§ 81, 83.
76 C.J.S. Records § 9 et seq.