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How to get a car accident report in New Mexico

New Mexico provides state-police crash reports through NM DPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) — Crash Report Request Portal (GovQA). Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).

Official source

NM DPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) — Crash Report Request Portal (GovQA)

Official New Mexico crash-report source — Free for the electronic copy via GovQA; mailed/fax/in-person copies are $1.00 first page + $0.25 each additional page (+$6.75 per disc). (LexisNexis BuyCrash charges ~$10-15 for the instant online copy where an agency uploads there.). State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.

Open the official portal→

Source: New Mexico — NM DPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) — Crash Report Request Portal (GovQA). Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

  1. Identify the investigating agency. Determine who worked the crash — New Mexico State Police / Motor Transportation Police (MTPD), or a city police department or county sheriff. Check the officer's business card or the driver-exchange slip; the agency name is at the top of the crash report. The path is different for state vs. local.
  2. State Police crash — request free from LERB. For an NMSP or MTPD crash, submit a free request through the DPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) GovQA portal at https://nmdps.govqa.us. You can also email lerb.accidents@dps.nm.gov, fax 505-827-3388, or mail P.O. Box 1628, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Provide the crash date, location, and names of those involved (and the report/case number if you have it).
  3. Local crash — use BuyCrash or the agency directly. For a city-PD or county-sheriff crash, check LexisNexis BuyCrash at https://buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com first — about 15 NM agencies upload there (~$10-15 instant PDF). If the agency isn't listed (e.g., Albuquerque PD, Santa Fe PD, Rio Rancho PD, Bernalillo County Sheriff), request the report directly from that agency's records unit / IPRA process.
  4. Wait for the report to be filed. A crash report is usually available a few business days to ~2 weeks after the crash, once the officer submits and it is processed. LERB electronic copies are free; if you need a certified/paper copy the copy fees apply and invoices must be paid before release.
  5. Retrieve and review. Download or pick up the report, then check it for accuracy — names, insurance and plate info, the diagram, and the assigned contributing factors — and send a copy to your insurer. Ask the investigating agency (LERB for NMSP crashes) to correct any errors.

State police / highway patrol crashes

New Mexico State Police (and Motor Transportation Police Division) crash reports are held statewide by the DPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB). Request one FREE through the LERB GovQA public-records portal at https://nmdps.govqa.us, or by emailing lerb.accidents@dps.nm.gov, faxing 505-827-3388, or mailing P.O. Box 1628, Santa Fe, NM 87504 (written request preferred). Provide the crash date, location, and names of those involved, plus the report/case number if you have it. Electronic copies are free; mailed/fax/in-person copies cost $1.00 for the first page and $0.25 per additional page ($6.75 per disc), and invoices must be paid before release. The NMSP report is also available for instant purchase (~$10-15) on LexisNexis BuyCrash (agency listed there as 'New Mexico State Police').

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Crashes worked by a city police department or county sheriff are NOT held by DPS/LERB (which keeps only NMSP and Motor Transportation Police reports) — you must go to the investigating agency. Roughly 15 NM local agencies upload to LexisNexis BuyCrash (https://buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com) for an instant ~$10-15 PDF, including Las Cruces PD, Carlsbad PD, Hobbs PD, Clovis PD, Ruidoso PD, Taos PD, Raton PD, Bloomfield PD, Springer PD, Alamogordo DPS, and the Mora, Quay, San Miguel and Valencia county sheriffs. Major metros are NOT on BuyCrash — Albuquerque PD, Bernalillo County Sheriff, Santa Fe PD, Rio Rancho PD and Farmington PD each handle requests through their own records units / IPRA public-records process. Rule of thumb: check BuyCrash first; if the agency isn't listed, request the report directly from that agency.

New Mexico agencies (15)

Pick the agency that responded to your crash for its exact request process:

After you get the report

Send a copy to your auto-insurance carrier to open or support your claim, and read the report closely for errors — a misspelled name, wrong insurance/plate/VIN, an inaccurate diagram, or an incorrectly assigned contributing factor can shift fault and hurt your claim. If something is wrong, contact the investigating agency (LERB at lerb.accidents@dps.nm.gov for NMSP crashes; the local agency's records unit otherwise) to request a correction or supplemental report.