A. No county clerk shall receive any instrument of writing for filing or record unless the fees for such filing and recording have first been paid.

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B. Unless otherwise specified by law, the county clerk shall collect a recording fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each document filed or recorded by the county clerk.

C. If a document being filed or recorded contains more than ten entries to the county recording index, the county clerk shall collect an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional block of ten or fewer entries to the county recording index from the document.

D. To the extent documents described in Section 14-8-13 N.M. Stat. Ann. are filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk, the documents shall be received pursuant to the fees described in this section.

E. For each fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) collected by the county clerk pursuant to this section, eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be deposited in the county general fund and seven dollars ($7.00) shall be deposited in the county clerk recording and filing fund.