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For Albuquerque public records, use ABQ Records for records maintained by City departments and check the City’s online sources first. Records such as voter registration, marriage licenses, vital certificates, criminal or warrant information and divorce decrees are routed to county, state or court custodians instead.
Albuquerque public-record research should begin by separating City custody from location
The City of Albuquerque makes ABQ Records the central request route for material maintained by city departments, but it also encourages users to check records that are already online. That is a useful first pass for building permits, business registrations, legislation, meeting materials, reports and other recurring municipal datasets. A custom IPRA request is more precise after those public systems have been checked.
The larger trap is jurisdiction. A record can be “in Albuquerque” without belonging to the City. The City Clerk routes voter registration and marriage licenses to Bernalillo County, birth and death certificates to the state health department, criminal or warrant information to Metro Court, and divorce decrees to District Court. The search location should never be mistaken for the record custodian.
Check Albuquerque’s direct sources before creating a new request
Building and planning
The question is about permits, applications, violations or inspections
Use the City’s listed Planning and building-record resources first, then request only what is not already exposed.
City government
The question is about ordinances, legislation, boards, minutes, spending or reports
Use the online municipal source named by the City Clerk and save the document title or meeting date.
Police-related
The question is about a report or other public-safety record
Follow the specific APD access method identified by the City rather than assuming all police information is in the Clerk portal.
Records commonly associated with Albuquerque but kept outside the City
| Record | Custodian named by the City | Research implication |
|---|---|---|
| Voter registration or marriage license | Bernalillo County Clerk | Do not judge a City search as complete for these records |
| Birth or death certificate | New Mexico Department of Health | Vital certificates use state custody and their own access rules |
| Criminal or warrant information | Albuquerque Metro Court | Use court identifiers and court-access tools |
| Divorce decree | Second Judicial District Court | Treat the decree as a court record rather than a City Clerk file |
Keep an Albuquerque search from collapsing multiple governments into one result
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Identify the government levelAsk whether the record was created by the City, Bernalillo County, a state agency or a court.2
Check the direct online sourceUse the City’s online-record list when the target is a commonly published municipal record.3
Use ABQ Records for the remaining City fileDescribe an existing record, department, subject and time period rather than requesting a background-style compilation.4
Preserve the custodian and referenceSave the City request number, case number or outside-agency reference with the document you found.