New Mexico, Lea County
Where Hobbs's records are kept. Hobbs has its own city government, police department, municipal court, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Hobbs's own offices, along with State of New Mexico offices; the Lea County offices are on our Lea County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Official site of the City of Hobbs, New Mexico: city departments and services, City Hall hours, business license guidance, utilities, elections and the city meetings portal.
Open official site City of HobbsPolice & jail
The Hobbs Police Department's own site: its divisions, careers, mission and state accreditation, plus a link to the department's online portal for police records requests.
Open official site Hobbs Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Online submission portal of the Hobbs Police Department, New Mexico, where police records requests are filed and tracked, as directed on the department website.
Open official site Hobbs Police Department Records PortalMunicipal court
Hobbs Municipal Court at 301 N. Turner Street: online fine payment, a defendant access portal, office hours and the rules for behavior and dress in the courtroom.
Open official site Hobbs Municipal CourtCity records
The Hobbs City Clerk's Office takes requests under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act and also handles business licenses, lodgers' tax, election information and document searches.
Open official site Hobbs City ClerkCity records
Hobbs Building Safety and Permitting Services, a unit of Planning and Engineering, issues building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits and reviews construction plans for homes and businesses.
Open official site Building Safety & Permitting ServicesPolice & jail
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 SearchVital 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 LocatorFederal
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 WebsiteFederal
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 CaseState 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
15 more Hobbs sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Hobbs, a place of 40,508 people, is in Lea County, whose county seat is Lovington. Court and property records sit with Lea County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Mexico. Hobbs's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lea County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 8 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 8 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 13 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
New Mexico abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
Straight answers
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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 voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Hobbs.
Deeds for property in Hobbs are recorded by the Lea County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Lea 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.