New Mexico § 7-1-8.4 - Information that may be revealed to judicial bodies or with respect to judicial proceedings or investigations and to administrative hearings office

§ 7-1-8.4. Information that may be revealed to judicial bodies or with respect to judicial proceedings or investigations and to administrative hearings office

An employee of the department may reveal to: A. a district court, an appellate court or a federal court, a return or return information: (1) in response to an order thereof in an action relating to taxes or an action for

tax fraud or any other crime that may involve taxes due to the state and in which

the information sought is about a taxpayer that is party to the action and is material

to the inquiry, in which case only that information may be required to be produced

in court and admitted in evidence subject to court order protecting the confidentiality

of the information and no more; (2) in an action in which the department is attempting to enforce an act with which

the department is charged or to collect a tax; or (3) in any matter in which the department is a party and the taxpayer has put the

taxpayer's own liability for taxes at issue, in which case only that information regarding

the taxpayer that is party to the action may be produced, but this shall not prevent

revelation of department policy or interpretation of law arising from circumstances

of a taxpayer that is not a party; B. the Bernalillo county metropolitan court, upon that court's request, the last known

address and the date of that address for every person the court certifies to the department

as a person who owes fines, fees or costs to the court or who has failed to appear

pursuant to a court order or a promise to appear; C. a magistrate court, upon the magistrate court's request, the last known address

and the date of that address for every person the court certifies to the department

as a person who owes fines, fees or costs to the court or who has failed to appear

pursuant to a court order or a promise to appear; D. a district attorney, a state district court grand jury or federal grand jury, information

for an investigation of or proceeding related to an alleged criminal violation of

the tax laws; E. a third party subject to a subpoena or levy issued pursuant to the provisions of

the Tax Administration Act, the identity of the taxpayer involved, the taxes or tax

acts involved and the nature of the proceeding; and F. the administrative hearings office, information in relation to a protest or other

hearing, in which case only that information regarding the taxpayer that is a party

to the action may be produced, but this shall not prevent revelation of department

policy or interpretation of law arising from circumstances of a taxpayer that is not

a party. The office shall maintain confidentiality regarding taxpayer information as required

by the provisions of Section 7-1-8 NMSA 1978 .