How to look up a license in New Mexico

Official license searches in New Mexico

8 official searches from 7 boards cover the New Mexico licenses on this site. 4 of the rows also link a complaint page.

What each search covers

A board's search lists only its own licenses:

• New Mexico Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists: the 2 credentials it issues for cosmetologists, including Cosmetologist License and Instructor License (cosmetologist instructor).
• New Mexico Secretary of State: the Notary Public.
• New Mexico Board of Nursing: the 4 credentials it issues for registered nurses and nursing assistants, including Registered Nurse (RN) single-state license, Registered Nurse multistate license (Nurse Licensure Compact), Certified Medication Aide I (CMA-I) and Certified Medication Aide-Residential (CMA-R; replaced CMA II on 8/1/2026).
• New Mexico Construction Industries Division: the 12 credentials it issues for plumbers and electricians, including JP Journeyman plumber, JPG Journeyman plumber and natural gas fitter, MM-1 Plumbing (contractor license), MM-98 Mechanical (contractor license), EE-98J Journeyman residential and commercial electrical and EL-1J Journeyman electrical distribution systems, including transmission lines and others.
• New Mexico Nurse Aide Registry: the Certified Nurse Aide (C.N.A.), listed on the New Mexico Health Care Authority nurse aide registry.
• New Mexico Massage Therapy Board: the Massage Therapist (licensed massage therapist).
• New Mexico Real Estate Commission: the 2 credentials it issues for real estate agents, including Associate Broker and Qualifying Broker.
• New Mexico Construction Industries Division: the 7 credentials it issues for general contractors, including GB-98 General building, GA-1 to GA-5 single asphalt classifications, GA-98 Asphalt, bitumen and concrete construction, GB-2 Residential, GF-1 to GF-9 single fixed works classifications and GF-98 Fixed works and others.

Occupations without a state search here

• Security guards: the Private Investigations Advisory Board pages we cite do not link a public search; ask the board to confirm a license.

How to check a license

Search the board for the work you are hiring for, then check the status, the license type and the expiration date (what to check in the result).

The occupation pages explain what each license level allows: cosmetologists, notaries, registered nurses, nursing assistants, plumbers, electricians, massage therapists, real estate agents, general contractors.