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Section 20-5-11 - Members not liable for acts in performance of duty.

NM Stat § 20-5-11 (2019) (N/A)
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Members of the state defense force shall not incur personal civil liability for acts performed in the line of militia duty or cadre duty or in travel directly to or from said duty, and the state shall defend and indemnify against any such claims as are brought, and the state shall be substituted as a party defendant for the member.

History: 1978 Comp., § 20-5-11, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 42.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Military, and Civil Defense § 362 et seq.

Officers or privates in military service as "officers" or "employees" within statute waiving state's immunity from liability for torts, 129 A.L.R. 911.

Civil and criminal liability of militiamen, 135 A.L.R. 10, 147 A.L.R. 1429, 151 A.L.R. 1463, 153 A.L.R. 1432, 154 A.L.R. 1457, 158 A.L.R. 1462.

Service of civil process, exemption of members of armed forces from, 137 A.L.R. 1372, 149 A.L.R. 1455, 150 A.L.R. 1419, 151 A.L.R. 1454, 153 A.L.R. 1419, 156 A.L.R. 1449, 158 A.L.R. 1450.

Service of process on person in military service by serving person at civilian abode or residence, or leaving copy there, 46 A.L.R.2d 1239.

6 C.J.S. Armed Services §§ 297, 298.

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Section 20-5-11 - Members not liable for acts in performance of duty.