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Grant County at a glance

State
New Mexico
County seat
Silver City
Population
28,185
Area
3,968 sq mi
Founded
1868
Cities and towns
16

Grant County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Grant County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Grant County.

Police Departments. In addition to Grant County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Grant County includes the Silver City Police Department, Bayard Police Department, and Hurley Police Department.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Grant County Sheriff's Office, located at 3491 North Swan Street in Silver City, NM 88061, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Grant County. To request arrest records, citizens should submit a written public records request to the specific law enforcement agency that made the arrest, either the Sheriff's Office or the relevant municipal police department. The New Mexico State Police District 3 office in Deming also has jurisdiction on state highways within Grant County.

Criminal Records. For an authoritative source, see Sheriff's Office | Grant County, NM .

Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Grant County

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Grant County

Old mine sites
604
Sites with no status in the records
41
Still producing
36
Worked underground, in the mine records
309
Main minerals
Fluorine-Fluorite; Silver; Gold
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
4,936
Shafts and tunnels
1,776
What they are
prospect pit, mine shaft, adit, open pit mine
Maps surveyed
1937 to 1999
Records behind them
5,835 records for 5,617 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 681 named mine sites inside the county, 604 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 4,936 holes drawn inside the county, 1,776 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Fluorine-Fluorite; Silver; Gold.

A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.

600 of 5,748 shown
Grant County: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. Hover a dot for its name.
New Mexico mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Grant County (358 shown, 475 more named and 4,778 unnamed on the map)

Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.

Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.

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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Grant County, New Mexico?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Grant County Sheriff or a city police department in Grant County. Ask that agency for its record.

How do I get a criminal background check in Grant County, New Mexico?

The New Mexico criminal history record comes from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Law Enforcement Records Bureau. Send a notarized DPS Authorization for Release of Information form with a money order or cashier's check payable to the Department of Public Safety to see your own arrest record (Section 29-10-6(A) of the Arrest Record Information Act). Fee: $15.00 per record check.

How can I look up sex offenders in Grant County, New Mexico?

Search the New Mexico DPS Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

How do I register to vote in Grant County, New Mexico?

Register with the county clerk or through the New Mexico Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Voter registration closes 28 days before an election (Section 1-4-8 NMSA 1978); same day registration is available in person at an early voting or Election Day polling location.

How do I look up property records in Grant County, New Mexico?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Grant County are kept by the Grant County clerk. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Grant County, New Mexico?

Certified birth and death certificates for New Mexico come from the New Mexico Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Many New Mexico Public Health Offices offer Vital Records services and can issue birth certificates; death certificates must be ordered through the Santa Fe office. By mail with a certified check or money order payable to New Mexico Vital Records to Post Office Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM 87502, or online or by phone through VitalChek, the authorized expediting service. Fee: $10 search fee per certified birth certificate; $5 per certified death certificate.

How do I find business license records in Grant County, New Mexico?

Business entity filings are searched with the New Mexico Secretary of State.

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