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Criminal Records — New Mexico
Criminal case records for New Mexico are kept by the court that heard each case. In New Mexico, felony cases are tried in District Court; misdemeanors, DWI and traffic cases are heard by magistrate courts (in Bernalillo County, the Metropolitan Court), which also handle felony first appearances and preliminary hearings. Many court records are public and can be viewed or copied at the clerk's office of the court that heard the case. Source: nmcourts.gov ↗
⚖️ Official criminal records sources in New Mexico
| State court system | New Mexico Courts |
Criminal Records by County
Bernalillo County
Pop. 671,747
Catron County
Pop. 3,795
Chaves County
Pop. 63,697
Cibola County
Pop. 26,686
Colfax County
Pop. 12,307
Curry County
Pop. 47,156
De Baca County
Pop. 1,657
Doña Ana County
Pop. 229,366
Eddy County
Pop. 61,436
Grant County
Pop. 27,541
Guadalupe County
Pop. 4,385
Harding County
Pop. 635
Hidalgo County
Pop. 3,966
Lea County
Pop. 75,151
Lincoln County
Pop. 20,025
Los Alamos County
Pop. 19,675
Luna County
Pop. 25,878
McKinley County
Pop. 68,945
Mora County
Pop. 4,096
Otero County
Pop. 69,711
Quay County
Pop. 8,403
Rio Arriba County
Pop. 39,955
Roosevelt County
Pop. 18,713
San Juan County
Pop. 120,817
San Miguel County
Pop. 26,428
Sandoval County
Pop. 157,757
Santa Fe County
Pop. 157,765
Sierra County
Pop. 11,389
Socorro County
Pop. 15,967
Taos County
Pop. 34,482
Torrance County
Pop. 15,986
Union County
Pop. 3,926
Valencia County
Pop. 80,813