Welcome to Otero County!

Otero County was created January 30, 1899 from the parent counties of Doña Ana, Lincoln and Socorro. The County Seat is Alamogordo.

Otero County is a member of NMGenWeb and USGenWeb ®

White Sands National Monument is a beautiful 275-acre dunefield of gypsum sand about 15 miles from Alamogordo off Highway 70.

The Otero County Court House is located at 1000 New York Avenue, Alamogordo, NM 88310.

Phone: 575-437-7310 Fax: 575-434-8886

Some Otero County court records are online on the county website.

Otero County Coordinator: Position Vaccant

State Coordinator: Cheryl Burbank

Assistant State Coordinator: Tom Bombaci, Jr.