New Mexico Statutes
Article 44 - Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 59A-44-18 - Benefits not attachable.

No money or other benefit, charity, relief or aid to be paid, provided or rendered by any society shall be liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary or any other person who may have a right thereunder, either before or after payment by the society.
History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-44-18, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 388, § 18.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1989, ch. 388, § 18, repealed 59A-44-18 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 803, relating to nonattachability of benefits, and enacted a new section, effective January 1, 1990.
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.

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