The following county records shall be deemed obsolete and may be destroyed:
A. purchase vouchers which are six years old;
B. chattel mortgages six years after the expiration of their term;
C. security agreements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code [Chapter 55 NMSA 1978] six years after the expiration of their term;
D. copies of state highway project contracts filed by the chief highway engineer three years after the date of filing;
E. duplicate information reports filed in the offices of county officials, including but not limited to duplicate reports of the county treasurer, sheriff, county agricultural agents and county health officers, which are two years old;
F. chattel mortgage releases six years after the date of filing; and
G. termination statements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code six years after the date of filing.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-4-10, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 192, § 1; 1965, ch. 123, § 1; 1967, ch. 82, § 1.
County employee payment vouchers and county clerk receipt books. — County employee payment vouchers for the period 1920 through 1950 presumably can be considered obsolete and can be destroyed after following the procedure set forth in 14-1-8 NMSA 1978. The same would apply to county clerk receipt books which are more than four years old. 1961 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 61-127.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws § 10.
76 C.J.S. Records § 30 et seq.
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