Rule 12-310 NMRA
Rule 12-310. Duties of clerks.
A. Records. The appellate court clerk shall make and keep a record of the papers
filed and tendered for filing in such manner and form as the appellate court may, from
time to time, direct.
B. Copies. Copies of filed documents may be furnished to counsel by the appellate
court clerk upon payment of a reasonable charge for reproducing the same, the rate of
charge to be fixed from time to time by the appellate court.
C. Borrowed materials. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, a party, an attorney
of record, or an agent of an attorney of record may borrow the record proper, transcript
of proceedings, or exhibits by signature upon a form promulgated by the appellate court
clerk. These borrowed materials shall be returned at such time as may be designated
by the clerk, not later than the date of submission of the cause to the court. Failure to
return any borrowed materials on or before a date so designated may be punished as
contempt.
D. Opinions. Immediately after an opinion is filed, the appellate court shall email or
call one attorney of record for each party in the case to advise the attorney of the result
and shall send each attorney one (1) copy, in paper or electronic form, of the opinion on
request.
E. Certiorari. The Supreme Court clerk shall promptly advise one attorney of record
for each party in the case of the action taken by the Supreme Court on any petition for a
writ of certiorari.