San Juan Agricultural Water Users Ass'n v. KNME-TV

OPINION

DANIELS, Chief Justice.

{1} The New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12 (1947, as amended through 2009), provides in Section 14-2-12(A)(2) that a person may bring an enforcement suit if that person’s written request to inspect public records has been denied. In this ease, we hold that a person may bring suit to enforce a public records request made through an agent, even if the agent did not disclose that the initial request was being made on behalf of another. We also hold that a person who has not requested public records, either personally or…