New Mexico, Curry County
Where Clovis's records are kept. Clovis has its own city government, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Clovis's own offices, along with State of New Mexico offices; the Curry County offices are on our Curry County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Official website of the City of Clovis, New Mexico, at 321 North Connelly, with links to city departments, online permitting, utility bill payment and municipal court fines.
Open official site City of ClovisPolice & jail
Clovis Police Department at 300 N. Connelly St. in Clovis, with links for crash reports, IPRA requests, anonymous tips, a community crime map and commendations or complaints.
Open official site Clovis Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Section at 300 N. Connelly St. handles incident and accident reports, call logs, background checks and body camera, photo or audio requests; other requests go through IPRA.
Open official site Clovis Police Department Records SectionMunicipal court
Clovis Municipal Court at 217 W. 4th Street covers court appearances, rules for juveniles and high school defendants, weather closings and fine payments by cash, card, check, money order or online.
Open official site Clovis Municipal CourtCity records
The City Clerk, as records custodian at 321 N. Connelly St., takes Inspection of Public Records Act requests through the NextRequest portal, in person, by mail, email or fax.
Open official site City of Clovis Inspection of Public RecordsCity records
Building Safety at 1221 Mitchell Street handles permits, inspections and plan review for building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical work in Clovis and its extraterritorial zone.
Open official site Clovis Department of Building SafetyFederal
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
NMCD lookup of people in state prison or on probation or parole, searched by first or last name or NMCD number. County and city jails are not covered; prison data updates nightly.
Open official site New Mexico Corrections Department Offender SearchCity records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorProperty records
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteProperty records
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseVital records
The State Records Center and Archives in Santa Fe, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, helps about 400 researchers a month, most of them beginning genealogists; open weekdays 10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., with a pathfinder guide.
Open official site New Mexico State Records Center and Archives GenealogyCounty court
Based at the Pete V. Domenici U.S. Courthouse, 333 Lomas Blvd. in Albuquerque, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays, with case files on PACER and an online self representation tool.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New MexicoCounty court
New Mexico State Judiciary lookup of individual electronic court records. Bulk downloads and uses other than viewing single records are barred; report errors to the court where the case was heard.
Open official site New Mexico Courts Case LookupEverything else, organized
Secondary links stay collapsed until they are needed, keeping the page useful without turning it into an endless wall of cards.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Clovis, a place of 38,567 people, is the seat of Curry County. Court and property records sit with Curry County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Mexico. Clovis's own offices are in the cards above, and our Curry County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in New Mexico is run by the New Mexico Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online registration where New Mexico offers it, polling places and the local election office for Clovis.
Deeds for property in Clovis are recorded by the Curry County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Curry County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in New Mexico come from the state vital records office, New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.