Section 40-1-15 - Certification of marriages; recording and indexing. - New Mexico Statutes

40-1-15. [Certification of marriages; recording and indexing.]

It shall be the duty of all persons performing the marriage ceremony in this state as herein provided, to certify said marriage to the county clerk within ninety days from the date of marriage. The county clerk shall immediately upon receipt of said certificate cause the same to be properly recorded and indexed in a permanent record book kept for that purpose as a part of the county records.