New Mexico Statutes Chapter 14. Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths § 14-3-16. Attorney general may replevin state records

On behalf of the state and the administrator, the attorney general may replevin any papers, books, correspondence or other public records which were formerly part of the records or files of any public office in the territory or state of New Mexico, and which the state still has title to or interest in and which have passed out of the official custody of the state, its agencies or instrumentalities.