New Mexico § 14-1-1 - Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger of damage or destruction
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 14-1-1 — Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger of damage or destruction, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 14-1-1. Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger of damage or destruction
Whenever any map, plat or other document on file with or in the official custody of
any county clerk in this state shall be in danger of damage or destruction by reason
of age, mutilation or any other cause, it shall be lawful for the board of county
commissioners of such county to authorize the county clerk to have a true and correct
copy thereof made and filed in the office of said county clerk, after having been
certified by such county clerk to be a true, correct and compared copy of the original.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-1-1 ("Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger of damage or destruction") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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