TN 43 (09-19)

GN 00308.061 New Mexico Vital Records

A. Process

Marriage and divorce records are available only in the county where the marriage was performed or the divorce was granted.

B. Procedure - State Sources

1. Address and FO Code

Birth/death

Vital Records & Statistics

Dept. of Health

1105 St. Francis Dr. (Physical Address (can also be used for mailing)

Santa Fe, NM 87502

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 25767 Albuquerque, NM 87125

Marriage records are kept by the County Clerk in county where marriage license was issued. Divorce records are kept by the District Court Clerk in District where divorce granted.

FO Code 860

NOTE: You can find the most up-to-date information from New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records. In addition, you can find EIN information here .

2. Cost of Copy:

Birth $10.00, Death $5.00, Marriage/divorce varies with County Clerk and/ or District Court.

3. Type of Payment:

Money order preferred, no cash.

4. Remarks:

For birth records, use EVVE (GN 00302.980). If not successful, the FO should write directly to the State at the above address to obtain birth records. Make birth record requests using SSA-L706.

Requests for death records should be on SSA letterhead and must include name of decedent, date of birth, and date of death. If exact date of death is unknown, provide a span of years to be searched.

If SSA is paying for the record (i.e., requirements for SSA purchase in GN 00301.210 are met or verification required by enumeration policy), include a third party draft payable to “New Mexico Vital Records.”

The parallel FO cannot follow up on any requests.

Can FO verify, certify, or obtain free copy of birth/death record? No

C. List of Counties

Bernalillo

County Clerk

P.O. Box 542

Albuquerque, NM 87103

Catron

County Clerk

P.O. Box 197

Reserve, NM 87830

Chaves

County Clerk

P.O. Box 580

Roswell, NM 88201

Cibola

County Clerk

320 East High St.

P.O. Box 190

Grants, NM 87020

Colfax

County Clerk

P.O. Box 159

Raton, NM 87740

Curry

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1168

Clovis, NM 88101

Dona Ana

Marriage:

251 W. Amador

Las Cruces, NM 88001

($1.50)

“YES”

Divorce:

151 N. Church

Las Cruces, NM 88001

“YES”

DeBaca

County Clerk

P.O. Box 347

Fort Sumner, NM 88119

Eddy

Marriage:

County Clerk

P.O. Box 850

Carlsbad, NM 88221

($1.50)

“YES”

Divorce:

District Court

P.O. Box 1838

Carlsbad, NM 88221

($1.50 plus $0.35 per page)

“YES”

Grants

Marriage:

County Clerk

P.O. Box 898

Silver City, NM 88062

“YES” , state for SSA purposes.

Divorce:

P.O. Box 2339

Silver City, NM 88062

“YES”

Guadalupe

County Clerk

Guadalupe Courthouse

Santa Rosa, NM 88435

Harding

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1002

Mosquero, NM 87733

Hidalgo

Marriage:

County Clerk

300 S. Shakespeare

Lordsburg, NM 88045

($1.50)

“No free copy.”

Divorce:

P.O. Drawer E

Lordsburg, NM 88045

($1.50, plus postage, plus $0.35 for additional pages) “No free copy.”

Lea

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1507

Lovington, NM 88260

Lincoln

County Clerk

P.O. Box 338

Carrizozo, NM 88301

Los Alamos

County Clerk

P.O. Box 30

Los Alamos, NM 87544

Luna

Marriage:

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1838

Deming, NM 88031

($1.50)

“No free copy.”

Divorce:

Luna County Courthouse

Room 40

Deming, NM 88030

“YES”

McKinley

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1268

Gallup, NM 87301

Mora

County Clerk

P.O. Box 360

Mora, NM 87732

Otero

Marriage:

County Clerk

1000 New York Ave., Rm 108

Alamogordo, NM 88310

($1.50)

“No free copy.”

Divorce:

L1000 New York Ave., Rm. 209

Alamogordo, NM 88310

“YES”

Quay

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1225

Tucumari, NM 88401

Rio Arriba

County Clerk

P.O. Box 158

Tierra Amarilla, NM 87575

Roosevelt

County Clerk

Roosevelt Courthouse

Portales, NM 88130

Sandoval

County Clerk

P.O. Box 40

Bernalillo, NM 87004

San Juan

County Clerk

P.O. Box 550

Aztec, NM 87410

San Miguel

County Clerk

San Miguel Courthouse

Las Vegas, NM 87701

Santa Fe

County Clerk

P.O. Box 1985

Santa Fe, NM 87501

Sierra

County Clerk

311 Date St.

Truth or Consequences, NM 87901

(Marriage $1.50)

“No free marriage certificate” .

Socorro

County Clerk

P.O. Box I

Socorro, NM 87801

Taos

County Clerk

P.O. Box 678

Taos, NM 87571

Torrance

County Clerk

P.O. Box 48

Estancia, NM 87016

Union

County Clerk

P.O. Box 430

Clayton, NM 88415

Valencia

County Clerk

P.O. Box 969

Los Lunas, NM 87031


To Link to this section - Use this URL:
http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0200308061
GN 00308.061 - New Mexico Vital Records - 09/09/2019
Batch run: 09/09/2019
Rev:09/09/2019