Refusal to surrender public record consists of any person wrongfully or unlawfully refusing or neglecting to deliver unto the proper authority, any record of either house of the legislature, of any court of this state or of any department of the state or local government which he has in his possession, within three days after demand therefor shall have been made by the proper officer.
Whoever commits refusal to surrender public records is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-26-2, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 26-2.
Cross references. — For altering, changing or making away with bill pending in or passed by the legislature, see N.M. Const., art. IV, § 21.
For duty of public officers to deliver records to their successors, see 10-17-5 NMSA 1978.
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