N.M. Stat. Ann. § 52-3-37 :
Chapter 52. Workers' Compensation
Article 3. Occupational Disease Disablement (Refs & Annos)
� 52-3-37. Compensation exempt from execution
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.
Last Amended: 1945
1953
History: 1941 Comp., § 57-1124, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 135, § 24; 1953 Comp., § 59-11-25.