Important: If you are not receiving notifications, please review your Filing History to confirm the status of your filing. If the status shows "Submission Failed", you may copy the envelope and resubmit the filing.

As of January 1, 2026, two new unsealed case types, 'Competency - Felony' (FI), and 'Competency - Misdemeanor' (MI), will be viewable in re:SearchNM, unless sealed by order of the judge. These new case types replace the Lower Court Competency (SI) case type.

On October 1, 2025, the process for filing a water law case at the District Court of the New Mexico Judiciary will change, as directed in the Supreme Court Provisional Order for Water Court Reorginazation #S-1-AO-2025-00017. Please refer to https://nmcourts.gov/resources/ where links will be provided to the Order, the Draft Rule, and filing instructions for attorneys to be implemented by the courts on October 1, 2025.

Starting October 14, 2024, attorneys must electronically submit subsequent filings in criminal cases in all magistrate courts statewide and the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. This is in accordance with Supreme Court Order No. S-1-AO-2024-00023.

In order to keep all File & Serve accounts current, your account will be disabled if you have not logged into File & Serve in the past ninety days. If you need access to an inactive account please contact Tyler Technologies at 1-800-297-5377 or email Efiling.Support@Tylertech.com

Effective April 7, 2023: all File & Serve users with Secured Odyssey Public Access (SOPA) accounts now have access to re:SearchNM with the same profile and priviledges.

Effective June 1, 2022: LR2-603 NMRA has been amended to increase the arbitration limits from $25,000 to $50,000 in the Second Judicial District Court. Under the amended rule, all civil cases shall be referred to arbitration when no party seeks relief other than a money judgment and no party seeks an amount in excess of $50,000.  Please amend your Court-Annexed Arbitration Certification accordingly.

Effective September 9, 2021: e-Filing for civil cases in Magistrate courts is mandatory for attorneys for both initial and subsequent filings. For Magistrate courts, Proposed Text/Orders for review by a judge will be submitted through File & Serve.

Effective January 14, 2019: the 2nd and 12th Judicial Districts will accept subsequent filings for all Criminal cases, including Juvenile, through File and Serve. Please see the Criminal eFiling page for additional information.

Effective August 21, 2017: the New Mexico Court of Appeals will be accepting both initial and subsequent filing electronically through File and Serve. Electronic filing to the Court of Appeals is mandatory. Please see the Court of Appeals web page  for information about and special instructions for electronic filing to the Court of Appeals.

Effective July 16, 2017: a $15.00 alternative dispute resolution fee will be assessed statewide on all applicable new and reopened civil cases.

 

Effective July 1, 2017: the New Mexico Supreme Court is accepting both initial and subsequent electronic filings through File and Serve. Electronic filing to the Supreme Court is mandatory. Please see the Supreme Court web page for information about and special instructions for electronic filing to the Supreme Court.