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Public Access and re:Search®NM

On April 7, 2023, all active SOPA accounts were migrated to re:Search®NM. Anyone with an active SOPA account should have received an email with instructions for logging into re:Search®NM. If you have an active SOPA account and did not receive an email notice, please email support@nmcourts.gov.

Public Access to Court Records

As provided by the New Mexico Supreme Court Order and the Case Access Policy for Online Court Records, there are two ways to access New Mexico public court records:

  • Case Lookup for the general public
  • re:Search®NM for registered users

CASE LOOKUP – FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Court records for the New Mexico Appellate Courts, District Courts, Magistrate Courts, Metropolitan Court, and Municipal Court are available online at the New Mexico Case Lookup.  To request access to records prior to 1997, complete an online request here.

Exceptions:

  • Documents are not available through Case Lookup.
  • For security purposes, Personal Identifying Information (PII), such as social security numbers 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.

For some Case Lookup search instructions, see the last section below.

re:Search®NM – REGISTRATION REQUIRED
re:Search®NM is a software application that provides access to Odyssey court case information and documents to registered users. It provides access to civil, criminal, family, and probate cases from appellate, district, magistrate and metropolitan courts by user profile based on guidelines developed by the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Online Access Subcommittee of the Judicial Technology Council. It will replace Secured Odyssey Public Access (SOPA).

re:Search®NM is the replacement for Secured Odyssey Public Access (SOPA), and all active SOPA accounts were migrated to re:Search®NM on April 7, 2023. Anyone with an active SOPA account should have received an email with re:Search®NM login credentials. Users are asked to use re:Search®NM , as the SOPA application will be retired in May 2023.

re:Search®NM

re:Search®NM is a software application that provides access to Odyssey court case information and documents to registered users. It provides access to civil, criminal, family, and probate cases from appellate, district, magistrate and metropolitan courts by user profile based on guidelines developed by the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Online Access Subcommittee of the Judicial Technology Council. It has replaced Secured Odyssey Public Access (SOPA).

Types of re:Search®NM users and how they get access:

  • Attorneys of Record and Pro Hac Vice attorneys with a CAID number from the New Mexico Supreme Court will self-register on the re:Search®NM site to receive an account with Attorney of Record / Tier 1 access. Go to https://researchnm.tylerhost.net and click on the Register link. Nothing else is required to start using re:Search®NM. Attorneys requesting access higher than Tier 1, see the guidelines below for Tier 2.
  • Attorneys requesting Tier 2 access will self-register with a CAID number as noted above, and then submit a Tier 2 Attorney application form to the service desk requesting Tier 2 access.
  • Attorney staff will self-register and then submit an Attorney Staff application form to the service desk. The form must be signed by their supervising attorney prior to submitting.
  • Justice Partners will self-register and then submit a Justice Partner application form to the service desk.
  • FBI Justice Partners will self-register and then submit the FBI Justice Partner application form to the service desk.
  • Press will self-register and then submit a Press application form to the service desk.
  • Self-Represented Litigants must self-register for their re:Search®NM account and then submit the SRL Application form to the service desk.

See the “Tiers and Application Forms” section to download the applicable form.

Glossary of Terms

Attorney = Attorney licensed by the New Mexico Bar Association, in possession of a New Mexico Supreme Court CAID number, 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, tribal court judges and tribal 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) = A person or party, marked as Pro Se in their case, who advocates on their own behalf before a court, rather than being represented by an attorney.

Tiers, Glossary, and Application Forms

Tiers

Court records and documents for the New Mexico Appellate Courts, District Courts, Magistrate Courts, and Metropolitan Court are available online for those who meet the criteria.

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, domestic violence, parentage proceedings, and criminal case types. To request access to view cases in Tier 1 you must complete Part A of the application and the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts’ Terms of Use and Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Tier 2.1: Cases in Tier 2.1 include delinquency proceedings in Children’s Court cases. To request access to view Tier 2 cases in re:Search®NM, you must complete Part B of this application, and the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts Terms of Use and Non-Disclosure Agreement. Tier 2.1 does not include cases restricted to Tier 2.5 noted below.

Tier 2.5: Cases in Tier 2.5 are subject to strict confidentiality protections. Tier 2.5 cases include proceedings under the Abuse and Neglect Act, the Families in need of Court-Ordered Services Act, adoption proceedings, and mental health proceedings. Only Law Enforcement Officers may view these cases.

Application Forms for re:Search®NM  

The applicant requesting access must submit their own application from their
own email address for confirmation purposes. Only one application per email.

    1. Self-register for an account here: https://researchnm.tylerhost.net
    2. Submit the SRL Application form to the JID Service Desk (click here for the SRL application)

Self-Represented Litigants

Self-Represented Litigants can get access to cases on which they are marked Pro Se. 

Self-Represented Litigants can click here for the Quick-Start Guide, and must follow these steps to register for access to re:Search®NM:
Self-register for an account here: https://researchnm.tylerhost.net
Submit the SRL Application form to the JID Service Desk (click here for the SRL application)

Guidelines and Search Instructions for re:Search®NM and Case Lookup

re:Search®NM:
re:Search®NM FAQs
Quick-Reference Guide
Quick-Reference Guide for Self-Represented Litigants
User guide for navigating through and using features in re:Search®NM

Case Lookup:
SEARCHING BY CASE NUMBER:
To narrow your search, enter the entire case number to search for a specific case by its assigned case number. New Mexico 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, Metropolitan, Municipal 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.

For example, a 2nd District court case number would look like this:
Type of Court: DCourt Location: 202Case Category: CVYear: 2009Case Number: 00052
D-202-CV-2009-00052

Type of Court: S-1-SC = Supreme Court, A-1-CA = Court of Appeals, D = District court, M = Magistrate court, T = Metropolitan court, LOOK FOR MUNICIPAL DWI FOR EXAMPLES

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, Tularosa Municipal = 143

Case Category: CR = Criminal, TR = Traffic, CV = Civil LIST ALL OF THEM?

Case Number: For the District, Magistrate, Municipal and Metro 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: DCourt Location: 202Case Category: CVYear: 98Case 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: DCourt Location: 202Case Category: CVYear: 2002Case Number: [00]132

SEARCH BY ATTORNEY
Attorney Information: First and Last Name are required; Middle name is optional
Attorney Number: This is the CAID number, not the Bar Number
Case Status: Select All, Open, or Closed
Date Filed: Enter date by using slashes. Example: 09/05/1958
Sort By: Select Filed Date, Filed Date Reverse or Status

ADDITIONAL FILTERS FOR SEARCH RESULTS
Results returned can be filtered by:
Case Status: All (default), Open, or Closed
Date Filed: “On or After” a given date OR “On or Before” a given date