That whenever a new county has been created out of any county or counties of the state of New Mexico it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the new county to arrange within thirty days from the time said commissioners qualify, for the transcribing of all that portion of the records on file in the office of the probate clerk and recorder of the original county or counties which affect persons, real estate and personal property situate or being in the new county.
History: Laws 1899, ch. 70, § 1; Code 1915, § 1123; Laws 1917, ch. 106, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 33-3303; 1941 Comp., § 15-3105; 1953 Comp., § 15-33-12.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For payment for transcription of records, see 4-33-13, 4-33-16 NMSA 1978.
A photographic copy of a county record is a sufficient "transcript." 1921 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 21-2863 1/2.