N.M. Stat. § 14-3-11
Destruction of records.
If it is determined by the administrator, attorney general and agency head that
destruction of records will be recommended, the administrator shall have prepared a list
of records, together with a brief description of their nature, and shall place upon the
agenda of the next meeting of the commission the matter of destruction of the records.
The records may be stored in the center awaiting decision of the commission.
The commission's decision with reference to destruction of the records shall be
entered on its minutes, together with the date of its order to destroy the records and a
general description of the records which it orders to be destroyed. A copy of the
commission's order shall be filed with the librarian of the supreme court library.
No public records shall be destroyed if the law prohibits their destruction.