Currently, there are three ways to access New Mexico public court records: Case Lookup, Secured Odyssey Public Access, and re:Search®NM , as provided by the New Mexico Supreme Court Order No. 17-8500-001. Case Access Policy for Online Court Records.

CASE LOOKUP – NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Online access is available for New Mexico District Court, Metropolitan Court, Magistrate Court, Municipal Court, and Appellate Court records at the New Mexico Case Lookup.  To request access to records prior to 1997, complete an online request here.

Exceptions:

• For security purposes, Personal Identifying Information (PII), such as social security number and address information is not available.
• Municipal court data is limited to criminal Domestic Violence and DWI historic convictions beginning September 1, 1991.
• Effective July 1, 2007 the New Mexico Judiciary no longer displays juvenile criminal cases.
• Effective July 1, 2008, the New Mexico Judiciary no longer displays Family Violence Protection Act Order of Protection cases.

RE:SEARCH ACCESS – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Online access is available to New Mexico District Court, Magistrate Court, Metropolitan Court, and Appellate Court records for those who meet the criteria.

Attorneys of Record with a CAID number from the New Mexico Supreme Court must register, but do not need to submit an application to receive Tier 1 access. Click here to find out How to Get Access to re:Search®NM . For access higher than Tier 1, see the guidelines below.

Self-Represented Litigants can click here for the Quick-Start Guide, and must follow these steps to register for access to re:Search®NM:

1. Submit the SRL Application form to the JID Service Desk (click here for the application)
2. Register for an account at here: https://researchnm.tylerhost.net (click here for the SRL Quick-Start Guide)

Currently, access to case information at either the Tier 2 or Tier 3 levels is not available in re:Search®NM.

Due to varying restrictions on public access for certain case types as provided by law, cases in re:Search®NM  are divided into three tiers with three corresponding levels of access, which are defined as follows:

Tier 1: Most cases that are viewable in re:Search®NM  fall within Tier 1, including most civil, probate, domestic relations, and criminal case types.

Tier 2: Cases in Tier 2 include delinquency proceedings in Children’s Court and criminal proceedings that involve Domestic Violence. This access level is currently unavailable in re:Search®NM.

Tier 3: Cases in Tier 3 are subject to strict confidentiality protections and therefore are not viewable in re:Search®NM . Tier 3 cases include proceedings under the Abuse and Neglect Act, the Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act, adoption proceedings, parentage proceedings, and mental health proceedings. Proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act, i.e. civil domestic violence proceedings, are also in Tier 3, but for public safety purposes, only Law Enforcement Officers may view these cases.

Glossary of Terms

Attorney = Attorney licensed by the NM Supreme Court and in good standing

Attorney Staff = Staff working under the direct supervision of an attorney

Justice Partner = State, municipal (per NMSA 1978, Section 3-1-2(G)) or federal law enforcement, corrections agencies, compliance programs (per NMSA 1978, Section 31-20-5.1), municipal judges and court staff, and any state or federal agency involved in adult, family or child welfare.

Pro Hac Vice = Out of state licensed attorney admitted to practice by the New Mexico Supreme Court on a specific case

Press = Includes any person who regularly gathers, prepares, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes news or information about matters of public interest in any medium and who successfully applies to participate in online access and agrees to comply with all court rules

Self-Represented Litigant (SRL) = Self-represented parties in litigation, also called Pro Se

USER

Registered re:Search®NM user

PURPOSE

How to search for a case

SEARCH BY CASE:

Click here for an Attorney Quick-Start Guide for how to use re:Search®NM.
Click here for a Self-Represented Litigant Quick-Start Guide for how to use re:Search®NM.

Type the case number into the search field – there is no need to include the dashes or leading zeros. You can also refine your search using the search terms and connectors found by clicking on the “?” in the re:SearchNM search field.

Case numbers consist of 5 parts that indicate Type of Court, Court Location Code, Case Category, the Year, and the Case Number for the District, Magistrate, and Metropolitan Cases. For the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the case numbers consist of 4 parts that indicate Type of Court, Court Location Code, Case Category, and sequential listing.

Type of Court: D
Court Location: 202
Case Category: CV
Year: 2009
Case Number: 00052

Type of Court: S = Supreme Court, A = Court of Appeals, D = District court, M = Magistrate court, T = Metropolitan court

Court Location Code: this is up to 4 digits. Examples are Second Judicial District = 202, Tenth Judicial District = 1010 or 1027, Santa Fe Magistrate = 49, Metropolitan Court = 4, Supreme Court = 1, Court of Appeals = 1

Case Category: CR = Criminal, TR = Traffic, CV = Civil

Case Number: For the District, Magistrate, and Metropolitan cases this is a 10-character alpha-numeric field. Case numbers are constructed two different ways, depending on whether the case was filed before or after the year 2000. For the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases this is a 5 – character numeric field.

Cases prior to 2000

Although there are exceptions in cases filed prior to 1998, generally the case numbers begin with the last two digits of the year, followed by five numeric digits

Type of Court: D
Court Location: 202
Case Category: CV
Year: 98
Case Number: 00132

Cases filed after 2000

The case number includes the 4-digit year, and then the five numeric case digits. It is not necessary to enter leading zeros

Type of Court: D
Court Location: 202
Case Category: CV
Year: 2002
Case Number: [00]132