It is the duty of the county clerk to maintain permanently all documents that by law should be recorded.
History: Laws 1855-1856, p. 18, § 2; C.L. 1865, ch. 88, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 430; C.L. 1897, § 777; Code 1915, § 4780; C.S. 1929, § 118-102; 1941 Comp., § 13-102; 1953 Comp., § 71-1-2; 2011, ch. 134, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For durability of records, see 14-8-7, 14-8-8 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required county clerks to maintain permanent records of documents that by law should be recorded.
Applicability to boundary commission orders. — No specific language in the statutes regarding filing of boundary commission orders concerning annexation (Section 3-7-15(E) or 3-7-16(A) NMSA 1978) brings either statute within the requirement of recordation contained in Section 14-8-2; "filing" — used in the former statutes — and "recording" as those terms as known to the law are not synonymous. Town of Hurley v. N.M. Mun. Boundary Comm'n, 1980-NMSC-083, 94 N.M. 606, 614 P.2d 18.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws §§ 84 to 86, 132, 133.
76 C.J.S. Records § 9 et seq.