New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 9 - HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 1 - HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS BUREAU/COMMISSION
Section 9.1.1.17 - CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLIC RECORDS

A. The commission complaint, decision and orders will be considered public records. Any other information contained within a division investigation file or bureau records related to the case will not be considered public records, except as determined by law, and therefore is not available for inspection under the Inspection of Public Records Act until a determination is issued or the case is closed, at which point the entire investigation file will be considered public record. The deliberations of the commission or hearing officer are not part of an open public meeting and are not considered to be public records.

B. These provisions will not be applicable to the request for information about a pending case by the complainant, the respondent or their respective attorneys in that particular pending case prior to hearing. Nor do they apply to the disclosure of necessary information by the bureau to a representative of any duly authorized civil rights agency holding a work sharing agreement or memorandum of understanding with the bureau.

C. Requests for records under the Inspection of Public Records Act (NMSA 1978 Chapter 14, Article 2) should be submitted in writing to the record custodian of the department of workforce solutions. Documents that are part of complaints dually filed with the EEOC are not available from the department of workforce solutions pursuant to Subsection 8 of Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978.