New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB98 Compare Versions

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4646 INTRODUCED BY
4747 Janelle Anyanonu
4848 AN ACT
4949 RELATING TO RECORDS; PROVIDING FOR THE AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT OF
5050 EVICTION RECORDS AFTER FIVE YEARS.
5151 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
5252 SECTION 1. A new section of the Uniform Owner-Resident
5353 Relations Act is enacted to read:
5454 "[NEW MATERIAL] EXPUNGEMENT OF EVICTION RECORDS--
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5656 A. All public records held by a court or an agency
5757 of the state or a local jurisdiction that relate to a person's
5858 eviction under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act shall
5959 be automatically expunged five years after the date of the
6060 person's eviction. Automatic expungement under this section
6161 applies to public records regarding the eviction and requires
6262 destruction of the records.
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9090 B. The administrative office of the courts shall
9191 implement a procedure allowing persons eligible for automatic
9292 expungement under this section to verify whether automatic
9393 expungement has occurred and request expedited automatic
9494 expungement if eligible records have not yet been expunged.
9595 C. Requests for expungement to the administrative
9696 office of the courts from persons charged with offenses
9797 eligible for automatic expungement shall remain confidential
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