N.M. Stat. § 12-6-10
Annual inventory.
A. The governing authority of each agency shall, at the end of each fiscal year,
conduct a physical inventory of movable chattels and equipment costing more than five
thousand dollars ($5,000) and under the control of the governing authority. This
inventory shall include all movable chattels and equipment procured through the capital
program fund under Section 15-3B-16 NMSA 1978, which are assigned to the agency
designated by the director of the facilities management division of the general services
department as the user agency. The inventory shall list the chattels and equipment and
the date and cost of acquisition. No agency shall be required to list any item costing five
thousand dollars ($5,000) or less. Upon completion, the inventory shall be certified by
the governing authority as to correctness. Each agency shall maintain one copy in its
files. At the time of the annual audit, the state auditor shall ascertain the correctness of
the inventory by generally accepted auditing procedures.
B. The official or governing authority of each agency is chargeable on the official's
or authority's official bond for the chattels and equipment shown in the inventory.
C. The general services department shall establish standards, including a uniform
classification system of inventory items, and promulgate rules concerning the system of
inventory accounting for chattels and equipment required to be inventoried, and the
governing authority of each agency shall install the system. A museum collection list or
catalogue record and a library accession record or shelf list shall constitute the
inventories of museum collections and library collections maintained by state agencies
and local public bodies.
D. No surety upon the official bond of any officer or employee of any agency shall
be released from liability until a complete accounting has been had. All official bonds
shall provide coverage of, or be written in a manner to include, inventories.