New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - contract management B. Description: Records related to settlements of contract or agreement disputes. C. Retention: destroy 14 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Court calendars. C. Retention: destroy one year from date file created

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration. B. Description: Court case files, including, but not limited to, dockets; does not include DUI or domestic violence cases, district, appellate, supreme court or probate case files. C. Retention: (1) Judgement satisfied: des…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Court case files, including, but not limited to, dockets; does not include DUI or domestic violence cases, district, appellate, supreme court or probate case files. C. Retention: destroy one year from date fi…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Juvenile court case files. C. Retention: destroy 22 years from date of birth

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Court case files including, but not limited to, dockets. Court cases include, but are not limited to, all DUI and domestic violence cases, district, appellate, supreme court or probate case files. C. Retentio…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Dismissed case files. C. Retention: destroy one year from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Exhibits. C. Retention: destroy one year from date of final disposition of associated case

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Records related to the management of juries. C. Retention: destroy three months from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: Records related to probation at the lower court level. C. Retention: destroy five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - court administration B. Description: records related to court proceedings including, but not limited to, tapes, court reporter notes, and transcripts. Does not include appellate case files. C. Retention: destroy when associated case is no longer…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to adoptions including, but not limited to, agreement and consents. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives 25 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to research and correspondence related to legal issues including, but not limited to, precedents and opinions. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Court ordered bonds and related records. C. Retention: destroy three years from the close of the fiscal year in which created

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to extraditions and requisitions. C. Retention: destroy three years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to extraditions and renditions issued by the governor. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives when no longer needed for reference

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to signatures including, but not limited to, facsimile and digital signatures. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to hearings and appeals. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to hearings and appeals which affect public policy. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to investigations with merit of alleged criminal activities and not identified in other classifications. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to investigations conducted by the attorney general. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Legal case files other than historical case files. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Legal case files pertaining to the office of the governor, attorney general and regulation and remediation. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Missing person files and related records. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Public defender and district attorney case files for adults, does not include capital offenses. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Public defender and district attorney case files related to capital offenses. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives 25 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Public defender and district attorney case files for juveniles. C. Retention: destroy 22 years from date of birth

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Records related to waivers and releases. C. Retention: destroy two years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Victim claim files and related records. C. Retention: destroy 100 years from date of birth of claimant

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - legal matter management B. Description: Dismissed case files C. Retention: destroy one year from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to brands. C. Retention: destroy six years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licenses for businesses not determined to be historical. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date entity is no longer licensed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licenses for businesses including, but not limited to, financial institutions, funeral homes, zoo, burial transit, child placement agency (foster care), private investigation, constru…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to concealed firearms. C. Retention: destroy two years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licensed dealers, agents and outfitters. C. Retention: destroy three years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to general discipline and investigations of license and certification violations. C. Retention: destroy 25 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to discipline and investigations of violations pertaining to licenses determined to be historical. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives 10 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to issuing and tracking drivers' licenses including, but not limited to, revocation and suspensions not identified in other classifications. C. Retention: destroy three years from date f…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to vehicular homicide and DUI license suspension and revocation. C. Retention: destroy 55 years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to permanent commercial driver's license suspensions and revocation. C. Retention: destroy 100 years from date of birth of licensee

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licensing and certification of facilities, establishments and products. C. Retention: destroy five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to motor vehicle titles. C. Retention: destroy 25 years from date of change of ownership

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to motor vehicle registration. C. Retention: destroy three years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to motor vehicle identification. C. Retention: destroy three years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to motor vehicle license plates. C. Retention: destroy one year from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licenses for notaries. C. Retention: permanent, transfer to archives five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to professional licenses not identified as historical. C. Retention: destroy 10 years from date individual is no longer licensed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to professional licenses including, but not limited to, attorney, architect, certified public accountants, body art and piercing, nutritionist, dietician, optometrist, osteopathic, pharm…

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licensing securities. C. Retention: destroy five years from date file closed

A. Category: Legal and judiciary - licensing and registration B. Description: Records related to licenses and permitting for hunting, angling and trapping. C. Retention: destroy five years from date file closed