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HOUSE BILL 98
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Janelle Anyanonu
AN ACT
RELATING TO RECORDS; PROVIDING FOR THE AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT OF
EVICTION RECORDS AFTER FIVE YEARS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Uniform Owner-Resident
Relations Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] EXPUNGEMENT OF EVICTION RECORDS--
PROCEDURE.--
A. All public records held by a court or an agency
of the state or a local jurisdiction that relate to a person's
eviction under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act shall
be automatically expunged five years after the date of the
person's eviction. Automatic expungement under this section
applies to public records regarding the eviction and requires
destruction of the records.
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B. The administrative office of the courts shall
implement a procedure allowing persons eligible for automatic
expungement under this section to verify whether automatic
expungement has occurred and request expedited automatic
expungement if eligible records have not yet been expunged.
C. Requests for expungement to the administrative
office of the courts from persons charged with offenses
eligible for automatic expungement shall remain confidential
and are not subject to disclosure."
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