Compensation shall be exempt from claims of creditors and from any attachment, garnishment or execution, and shall be paid only to such claimant or his personal representative, or such other persons as the court may, under the terms hereof, appoint to receive or collect the same. No claim or judgment for compensation, under this act, shall accrue to or be recovered by relatives or dependents not residents of the United States.
History: 1941 Comp., § 57-1124, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 135, § 24; 1953 Comp., § 59-11-25.
Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "this act", see 52-3-1 NMSA 1978 and the compiler's notes thereto.
Cross references. — For rules governing garnishment and writs of execution in the district, magistrate, and metropolitan courts, see Rules 1-065.1, 2-801, and 3-801 NMRA, respectively.
For form for claim of exemptions on executions, see Rule 4-803 NMRA.
For form for order on claim of exemption and order to pay in execution proceedings, see Rule 4-804 NMRA.
For form for application for writ of garnishment and affidavit, see Rule 4-805 NMRA.
For form for notice of right to claim exemptions from execution, see Rule 4-808A NMRA.
For form for claim of exemption from garnishment, see Rule 4-809 NMRA.
Law reviews. — For article, "Attachment in New Mexico - Part II," see 2 Nat. Resources J. 75 (1962).
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation
Article 3 - Occupational Disease Disablement
Section 52-3-2 - Employers who come within the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law.
Section 52-3-3 - Definitions; employee and lessee in mines.
Section 52-3-3.1 - Recompiled.
Section 52-3-7 - Defenses to action by employee.
Section 52-3-8 - Right to compensation; exclusive when.
Section 52-3-9 - Filing insurance under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law.
Section 52-3-9.2 - Destruction of policies, bonds and undertakings.
Section 52-3-10 - Employer liability for compensation; conditions when no payment to be made.
Section 52-3-11 - Last employer liable; exception.
Section 52-3-12 - Not applicable in certain cases.
Section 52-3-13 - Dependents defined; determination of.
Section 52-3-14 - Compensation; limitations.
Section 52-3-17 - Vocational rehabilitation services.
Section 52-3-18 - Determination by worker's compensation division of the labor department.
Section 52-3-19 - Notice of disablement to employer; employer to post clear notice of requirement.
Section 52-3-20 - Payment of benefits in installments.
Section 52-3-21 to 52-3-24 - Repealed.
Section 52-3-25 - Effect of failure of worker to file claim by reason of conduct of employer.
Section 52-3-26 to 52-3-30 - Repealed.
Section 52-3-32 - Occupational diseases; proximate causation.
Section 52-3-32.1 - Firefighter occupational conditions.
Section 52-3-33 - Occupational diseases; definition.
Section 52-3-34 - When complicated with other diseases; payments.
Section 52-3-35 - Termination of compensation; reopening award; time; limits.
Section 52-3-36 - Conversion to lump-sum payment.
Section 52-3-37 - Compensation exempt from execution.
Section 52-3-38 - Minor deemed sui juris.
Section 52-3-40 - Autopsy in death claims.
Section 52-3-41 - Absence; employee to give notices of.
Section 52-3-42 - Limitation on filing of claims; rights barred unless timely filed.
Section 52-3-43 - When occupational disease aggravated by other diseases.
Section 52-3-44 - No liability prior to effective date.
Section 52-3-45 - Employees [Employee's] willful misconduct, willful self-exposure; defined.
Section 52-3-45.1 - Unfair claim-processing practices; bad faith.
Section 52-3-45.2 - Retaliation against employee seeking benefits; civil penalty.
Section 52-3-45.4 - Compensation benefits limit.
Section 52-3-48 - Employee to submit to examination and give information regarding self.
Section 52-3-49.1 - Rehiring of disabled workers.
Section 52-3-50 - Effect of failure of employee to file claim by reason of conduct of employer.
Section 52-3-51 - Reports to be filed with director.
Section 52-3-52 - Notice to director.
Section 52-3-54 - Director to enforce the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law.
Section 52-3-55 - Extraterritorial coverage.
Section 52-3-56 - Credit for benefits furnished or paid under laws of other jurisdictions.
Section 52-3-58 - Locale of employment.
Section 52-3-59 - Reciprocal recognition of extra-territorial coverage with other jurisdictions.
Section 52-3-60 - Offset of unemployment compensation benefits.