About the Clerk
The County Clerk's duties as assigned by state law include:
Contact Information
Santa Fe County Clerk's Office
100 Catron Street (New Building)
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone Number
(505) 986-6280 (please leave a message)
Email
General office email for inquiries and requests (including appointments): [bot protected email address]
Phone and Email Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(including the lunch hour)
COVID-19 Update
In Person Office Hours (By Appointment Only)
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For in-person document pick up or in-person recordings, records research, or marriage licenses please call (505) 986-6280.
Properly worn face masks are required to enter all county buildings unless you present proof of vaccination. All visitors must check in at the round Kiosk before proceeding to the Clerk's office.
Mission Statement
The Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office seeks to bring together Santa Fe County's diverse community interests within a shared purpose and commitment to public service, with a special emphasis on ethics, accountability, and trustworthiness.
The Clerk's Office is made up of three divisions with additional transparency and issuing duties including publishing the Board of County Commissioners and fulfilling Public Information Requests.
The mission of the Recording Division is to issue marriage licenses and record all documents appropriately presented for recording.
The mission of the Records Division is to preserve, maintain and secure in perpetuity all public records entrusted to the Clerk's Office.
The mission of the Bureau of Elections Division is to provide accurate voter registration files and election canvasses and to conduct fair, unbiased and secure elections.
Clerk Clark's 2023 Legislative Priorities
Removing outdated racial covenants and other discriminatory language from property deeds and official documents. Certain deeds still include outdated, unenforceable covenants with explicit discriminatory language. Clerk Clark seeks to have this language permanently removed, healing scars from segregation in the past. Read more>>
Automatically restoring voting rights for convicted felons upon the completion of their time in prison. Currently, convicted felons in New Mexico do not have right to vote until the full completion of their sentence, even after being released from prison.
Introducing even more permanent drop boxes and securing consistent elections operations and personnel funding for County Clerk's Offices and the Secretary of State's office. Consistent funding will allow these offices to effectively run elections without any financial insecurity.
Introduce more protections for poll workers against threats, and clarify the legal language surrounding the open/concealed carry of weapons in polling sites. The current laws lack sufficient language about the rights poll workers have against threats and lack clarifying language on voter's rights to carry legal weapons into polling sites.