A civil action to enforce any provision of Chapter 50, Article 4 NMSA 1978 shall be commenced within three years after a violation last occurs. The three-year period shall be tolled during a labor relations division of the workforce solutions department investigation of an employer, but such an investigation shall not be deemed a prerequisite to a person bringing a civil action, nor shall it operate to bar a civil action brought pursuant to Chapter 50, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
History: 1941 Comp., § 27-125, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 44, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 23-1-5; 2009, ch. 104, § 1.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, deleted all of the former language of this section, which provided for a one year statute of limitations period, and added the current language.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 48A Am. Jur. 2d Labor and Labor Relations § 3250 et seq.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 37 - Limitation of Actions; Abatement and Revivor
Article 1 - Limitations of Actions
Section 37-1-3 - Notes; written instruments; period of limitation; computation of period.
Section 37-1-5 - Actions for wage and hour violations.
Section 37-1-6 - [Accrual of cause of action on open accounts.]
Section 37-1-8 - Actions against sureties on fiduciary bonds; injuries to person or reputation.
Section 37-1-9 - [Effect of absence from state or concealment of debtor.]
Section 37-1-10 - Minors; incapacitated persons.
Section 37-1-11 - [Effect of death.]
Section 37-1-12 - [When commencement of action stayed or prevented.]
Section 37-1-13 - [When action deemed commenced.]
Section 37-1-14 - [When second suit deemed continuation of first action.]
Section 37-1-15 - [Setoffs or counterclaims not barred; defendant not to receive excess.]
Section 37-1-16 - Revival of causes of action.
Section 37-1-17 - [Other statutes prescribing limitations unaffected.]
Section 37-1-18 - [Limitations not to run against trust actions fraudulently concealed.]
Section 37-1-19 - [Applicability of limitations.]
Section 37-1-20 - [No sale upon mortgages, etc., when action barred.]
Section 37-1-23 - Contractual liability; statute of limitations.
Section 37-1-24 - Suits against municipalities or their officers.
Section 37-1-25 - [Suit, etc., on municipal and other local governmental bonds or coupons.]
Section 37-1-26 - [Questioning of privilege or franchise granted by municipal corporation.]
Section 37-1-27 - Construction projects; limitation on actions for defective or unsafe conditions.
Section 37-1-28 - Real estate; limitation on actions for defects of title.
Section 37-1-29 - Limitation [on parent-child relationship determination].
Section 37-1-30 - Action for damages due to childhood sexual abuse; limitation on actions.