Birth Certificates

Death Certificates

Only an officer in a bureau of vital statistics should certify a copy of a birth certificate or death certificate.

 

In New Mexico contact:

 

Vital Records and Health Statistics

1105 South St. Francis Dr.

Santa Fe, N.M. 87502

 

Only a county recording official should certify a copy of a deed or other recordable document.

 

Usually, Marriage Records are available at the county clerks office of the county in which the marriage license was issued, and copies of Divorce Decrees are available from the district court where the court order was filed.

 

New Mexico statutes do not provide for proof of a documents execution by a subscriber, that is, someone who watches the principal sign a document and then signs his or her own name on the document at the request of the principal. A subscriber cannot then use his or her signature as an acceptable substitute for an acknowledgment notarization.