Section 29-10-7 - Application. - New Mexico Statutes

29-10-7. Application.

A.     Information contained in the following documents shall be available for public inspection:   

(1)     posters, announcements or lists for identifying or apprehending fugitives or wanted persons;   

(2)     original records of entry such as police blotters maintained by criminal justice agencies, compiled chronologically and required by law or long-standing custom to be made public, if the records are organized on a chronological basis;   

(3)     court records of public judicial proceedings;   

(4)     published court or administrative opinions or public judicial, administrative or legislative proceedings;   

(5)     records of traffic offenses and accident reports;   

(6)     announcements of executive clemency; and   

(7)     statistical or analytical records or reports in which individuals are not identified and from which their identities are not ascertainable.   

B.     Nothing prevents a law enforcement agency from disclosing to the public arrest record information related to the offense for which an adult individual is currently within the criminal justice system.  A law enforcement agency is not prohibited from confirming prior arrest record information to members of the news media or any other person, upon specific inquiry as to whether a named individual was arrested, detained, indicted or whether an information or other formal charge was filed on a specified date, if the arrest record information disclosed is based on data enumerated by Subsection A of this section.