Locate Quay County District Court Clerk Records

About the Quay District Court Clerk

The researched structure map identifies the primary court-record clerk page as the District Court Clerk. Quay County also has a separate elected County Clerk, Veronica Manley, who handles county-recorded documents. That split is important because a request sent to the wrong office can delay access. District Court case records, certified court copies, older court files, and court document inspection should go to the filing court. County-recorded documents, marriage records, occupation licenses, Board of County Commission minutes, and informal probate-related county records should go to the Quay County Clerk.

Quay District Court is listed by the Tenth Judicial District at 300 S. Third St., 2nd Floor, Room 200, Tucumcari, NM 88401. Its mailing address is P.O. Box 1067, Tucumcari, NM 88401. The phone number is 575-461-2764, fax is 575-461-4498, and the public email is tenthjdcpublic@nmcourts.gov. The court is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Quay County Clerk page lists the county clerk, staff emails, public-record notice, hours, and county-recorded document duties.

What Quay County Clerks Do

The District Court Clerk manages court files for District Court cases. Those files can include felony criminal cases, divorce and domestic matters, civil cases, juvenile and mental health matters where public access permits, lower-court appeals, and contested probate filings. The Magistrate Court clerk separately maintains Magistrate Court records at 122 W. Center St., Tucumcari, phone 575-461-1700, email qcmc-grp@nmcourts.gov.

• District Court case-file inspection and copy requests for cases filed in Quay District Court.
• Certified copies, exemplified copies, court fee collection, and file access subject to New Mexico court rules.
• Routing for older cases, restricted records, records not visible in Case Lookup, and documents that require court staff review.
• Coordination with the statewide New Mexico Courts IPRA form when a formal judiciary records request is needed.

The Quay County Clerk has a different role. The county page describes that office as administrator of elections, repository for real estate records, marriage records, occupation licenses, and informal probate, ex officio clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, and custodian for commission minutes and related board materials.

How to Request a Certified Copy

Certified court copies must come from the court that holds the file. A certified divorce decree, criminal judgment, civil order, or District Court pleading should be requested from Quay District Court if the case was filed there. A Magistrate Court citation, misdemeanor, DWI, small civil, or landlord-tenant case should be routed to Quay County Magistrate Court. A recorded marriage document should be requested from the Quay County Clerk.

1. Identify the record type and filing office. Use Case Lookup for court case information when the case is in the public online system.
2. Gather the case number if known, party names, document title, approximate filing date, and whether the copy needs certification or exemplification.
3. Contact the filing court or submit the New Mexico Courts IPRA form if the document is not available through ordinary public access.
4. Confirm fees and payment method before sending money. The Tenth Judicial District does not accept personal checks and requires exact cash if paying in cash.
5. Pick up the copy or arrange mail handling with the clerk, depending on what the office allows for that request.

Records Request Form Fields

The New Mexico Courts IPRA online form is the formal judiciary public-record fallback. For Quay court records, choose Tenth District and then District Court - Quay County (Tucumcari) or Magistrate Court - Quay County (Tucumcari). The Administrative Office of the Courts is not the custodian of case files maintained by local courts, so the filing court matters.

Quay County Court Clerk Fees

The researched fee table comes from the Tenth Judicial District and county/state sources. Court case fees are not county-recording fees. Use these amounts for District Court case filing, copies, certifications, and packets unless the clerk gives an updated amount.

Common Clerk Forms

Quay County Clerk forms and links are limited in the researched county materials. The county clerk page links marriage license, occupation license, and polling place resources. New Mexico Courts provides court forms, including divorce and probate forms, through statewide form libraries rather than a Quay County-only court form page.

• Marriage License - local requirements and application path for Quay County marriage licenses.
• New Mexico Divorce Forms - statewide District Court forms for dissolution and family cases.
• New Mexico Probate Forms - statewide probate forms filterable for the Tenth Judicial District and Quay County.
• New Mexico Courts IPRA Form - judiciary records request form for court-held records.

Mail and Online Filings

For public case information, New Mexico Case Lookup is the public no-registration portal after disclaimer acceptance. It provides electronic case information for District Court and Magistrate Court cases but does not provide document images. For Quay searches, use District Court 1010 - TUCUMCARI or Magistrate Court 40 - TUCUMCARI where the portal asks for location filters. re:SearchNM is a registered-user portal for Odyssey case information and documents based on user profile permissions.

For mail requests to District Court, use P.O. Box 1067, Tucumcari, NM 88401. For county-recorded documents through the Quay County Clerk, use P.O. Box 1225, Tucumcari, NM 88401. For a formal judiciary request, the statewide IPRA page also lists the Administrative Office of the Courts records custodian mail fallback at 202 E. Marcy St., Santa Fe, NM 87501, but case-file requests should still identify the local filing court.