For the purpose of the county recording index created pursuant to Section 14-10-1 NMSA 1978, the county clerk shall maintain a searchable database, which may include index books, and all instruments affecting title to real estate shall be indexed. History: Laws 1903, ch. 87, § 2; Code 1915, § 4799; C.S. 1929, § 118-123; 1941 Comp., § 13-302; 1953 Comp., § 71-3-2; 2013, ch. 214, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required county clerks to maintain a searchable database, including index books; added the title; after 'purpose of the', added 'county recording'; after 'county recording index', deleted 'mentioned in the preceding' and added 'created pursuant to', after 'Section', deleted 'there shall be provided index books' and added '14-10-1 NMSA 1978, the county clerk shall maintain a searchable database, which may include index books'; and after 'shall be indexed', deleted 'in their regular order alphabetically arranged, as well as in their reverse order in the same manner'. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Failure to properly index conveyance or mortgage of realty as affecting constructive notice, 63 A.L.R. 1057. 76 C.J.S. Records § 9 et seq.
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