About New Mexico Land Records
New Mexico is a federal-land state. Lands were generally acquired
from the Spanish or Mexican governments, the federal government, or
from other individuals. The New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
has large holdings of land records dating back to 1693. Spanish land
grants date from that time and continue to 1821. Mexican land holdings
begin in 1821 and go to 1845. These original records are in Spanish
but some have been transcribed. Case files for most private land claims
(the settling of property ownership by the government of the United
States for lands previously acquired under a different sovereign) are
housed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Information regarding homestead lands and other acquisitions from
the federal government for New Mexico is located at the Bureau
of Land
Management, Department of the Interior, Field Office, South Federal
Place, P.O. Box 1449, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1449.
For transactions between individuals, consult the local county recorder's
office. There are deed books from 1850 to 1912 for most of the counties.
There are also numerous mining deeds from 1850 to 1920. Both sets
of deeds are indexed. For further information about land and property,
consult:
Hone, E. Wade. Land and Property Research in the United States. Salt
Lake City: Ancestry, 1997.
New Mexico BLM Office:
New Mexico State Office
1474 Rodeo Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 27115
Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115
New Mexico State Historical
Society:
New Mexico Genealogical Society
PO Box 8283
Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283
New Mexico Studies Association
PO Box 8021, North Texas State University Station
Denton, TX 76203
(817) 565-3399
New Mexico County Courthouses:
Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County Clerk
One Civic Plaza NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: (505) 768-4090
Catron County
Catron County Clerk
P.O. Box 507
Reserve, NM 87830
Telephone: (505) 533-6423
Chaves County
Chaves County Clerk
401 North Main
Roswell, NM 88201-4726
Telephone: (505) 624-6614
Cibola County
Cibola County Clerk
515 W. High St.
Grants, NM 87020-2526
Telephone: (505) 287-8107
Colfax County
Colfax County Clerk
P.O. Box 1498
Raton, NM 87740-1498
Telephone: (505) 445-5551
Curry County
Curry County Clerk
P.O. Box 1168
Clovis, NM 88102-1168
Telephone: (505) 763-5591
De Baca County
De Baca County Clerk
P.O. Box 347
Fort Sumner, NM 88119
Telephone: (505) 355-2601
Dona Ana County
Dona Ana County Clerk
251 W. Amador Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88005
Telephone: (505) 647-7421
Eddy County
Eddy County Clerk
P.O. Box 1139
Carlsbad, NM 88221-1139
Telephone: (505) 887-9511
Grant County
Grant County Clerk
P.O. Box 898
Silver City, NM 88062
Telephone: (505) 538-2979
Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County Clerk
420 Parker Ave.
Santa Rosa, NM 88435
Telephone: (505) 472-3791
Harding County
Harding County Clerk
P.O. Box 1002
Mosquero, NM 87733-1002
Telephone: (505) 673-2301
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County Clerk
300 S. Shakespeare St.
Lordsburg, NM 88045-1939
Telephone: (505) 542-9213
Lea County
Lea County Clerk
P.O. Box 4C
Lovington, NM 88260
Telephone: (505) 396-8521
Lincoln County
Lincoln County Clerk
300 Central Avenue
Carrizozo, NM 88301-0711
Telephone: (505) 648-2331
Los Alamos
Los Alamos County Clerk
2300 Trinity Drive
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3051
Telephone: (505) 662-8010
Luna County
Luna County Clerk
P.O. Box 1838
Deming, NM 88031-1838
Telephone: (505) 546-0491
McKinley County
McKinley County Clerk
P.O. Box 70
Gallup, NM 87301
Telephone: (505) 863-6866
Mora County
Mora County Clerk
P.O. Box 360
Mora, NM 87732
Telephone: (505) 387-5279
Otero County
Otero County Clerk
10th and New York Streets
Alamogordo, NM 88310
Telephone: (505) 437-4942
Quay County
Quay County Clerk
P.O. Box 1225
Tucumcari, NM 88401
Telephone: (505) 461-0510
Rio Arriba County
Rio Arriba County Clerk
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 158
Tierra Amarilla, NM 87575
Telephone: (505) 588-7255
Roosevelt County
Roosevelt County Clerk
County Courthouse
109 W. 1st
Portales, NM 88130
Telephone: (505) 356-8562
San Juan County
San Juan County Clerk
P.O. Box 550
Aztec, NM 87410-2189
Telephone: (505) 334-9471
San Miguel County
San Miguel County Clerk
County Courthouse
500 W. National
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Telephone: (505) 827-0121
Sandoval County
Sandoval County Clerk
P.O. Box 40
Bernalillo, NM 87004
Telephone: (505) 867-2209
Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County Clerk
P.O. Box 1985
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1985
Telephone: (505) 986-6280
Sierra County
Sierra County Clerk
300 Date St.
Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
Telephone: (505) 894-2840
Socorro County
Socorro County Clerk
P.O. Box I
Socorro, NM 87801
Telephone: (505) 835-0589
Taos County
Taos County Clerk
P.O. Box 676
Taos, NM 87571
Telephone: (505) 758-8836
Torrance County
Torrance County Clerk
P.O. Box 48
Estancia, NM 87016-0048
Telephone: (505) 384-2221
Union County
Union County Clerk
P.O. Box 430
Clayton, NM 88415-0430
Telephone: (505) 374-9491
Valencia County
Valencia County Clerk
P.O. Box 1119
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Telephone: (505) 866-2073
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