Rule text
[For use with Rules 1-065.2, 2-802, and 3-802 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE __________________ COURT No. ____________ ______________________________ COUNTY ____________________________________________, Plaintiff against ____________________________________________, Defendant ____________________________________________, Garnishee
CLAIM OF EXEMPTION FROM GARNISHMENT
Judgment debtor claims the following exemptions: (check box next to exemption)
a. [ ] social security benefits (OASDI, SSI); b. [ ] public benefits such as medicaid, medicare, food stamps, or other aid from a government public assistance program; c. [ ] life, accident, or health insurance proceeds; d. [ ] workers' compensation awards; e. [ ] unemployment compensation benefits; f. [ ] veterans' benefits; g. [ ] pensions and retirement funds; h. [ ] crime victims' reparation fund payments; i. [ ] allowances to surviving spouse and children from deceased's estate subject to the limitations of NMSA 1978, Sections 45-2-401 and 45-2-402; j. [ ] the minimum amount of shares necessary for certain non-profit cooperative associations as provided by NMSA 1978, Section 53-4-28; k. [ ] fraternal benefit society payments as provided by NMSA 1978, Section 59A-44-18; l. [ ] alimony, family, or domestic support or separate maintenance to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the person or any dependent of the person; m. [ ] payment under a stock bonus, pension, profit-sharing individual retirement account, annuity, or similar plan or contract on account of illness, disability, death or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the person or any dependent of the person, unless such plan or contract does not qualify under Section 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), or 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; n. [ ] refundable federal and state tax credits; o. [ ] exempt wages as defined by NMSA 1978, Section 35-12-7; p. [ ] any stimulus payment held by or payable to the person or the person's dependents in any form; q. [ ] an interest in or proceeds from a pension, individual retirement account, annuity, profit-sharing plan, and any other retirement account; r. [ ] an individual retirement account that would qualify for tax exemptions under 26 U.S.C. Section 408 or any similar individual retirement account; s. [ ] an educational savings account that would qualify for tax exemptions under 26 U.S.C. Section 529 or any similar educational savings account; t. [ ] a health savings account that would qualify for tax exemptions under 26 U.S.C. Section 223 or any similar health savings account; u. [ ] money held in a depository or investment account, which is not otherwise exempt, up to two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400); v. [ ] occupational health benefits; w. [ ] all property, under NMSA 1978, Section 57-32-4(A), because the underlying judgment in this case is for medical debt and I am indigent.
A completed and signed copy of this form must be returned to the Clerk of the Court whose address is
________________________________________ ________________________________________
A completed and signed copy of the claim of exemption form shall be served on the judgment creditor and the garnishee named above. If the judgment creditor disputes a claimed exemption, a court hearing will be scheduled to consider the disputed exemptions. At this hearing you must bring evidence supporting each of your claims of exemption.
________________________ __________________________________________ Date Signature of judgment debtor
__________________________________________ Printed name of judgment debtor
__________________________________________ Number and street or P.O. box __________________________________________ City, state, zip code
__________________________________________ Telephone number
USE NOTES
1. Use this form only for actions filed on or after July 1, 2023.
[As amended, effective July 1, 1992; January 1, 1995; January 1, 1996; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2024-00107, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2024; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR- 2025-00174, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2025.]
Notes
ANNOTATIONS
The 2025 amendment, approved by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00174, effective December 31, 2025, amended an existing list of exemption to include an exemption for medical debt; added new exemption w.
The 2024 amendment, approved by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2024-00107, effective December 31, 2024, revised the list of items that a debtor may claim as exempt from garnishment, and added a Use Note; in Item b, after the brackets, deleted "public assistance benefits (AFDC, welfare, GA)" and added "public benefits such as medicaid, medicare, food stamps, or other aid from a government public assistance program", and added Items l through v; and added the Use Note.
The 1996 amendment, effective January 1, 1996, near the end of the form, substituted "A completed and signed copy" for "Two (2) copies", inserted "A completed and signed copy of the claim of exemption form shall be served on the judgment creditor and the garnishee named above. If the judgment creditor disputes a claimed exemption", substituted "the disputed exemptions" for "the above exemptions", and deleted the former parenthetical use note relating to scheduling a hearing within 10 business days.
The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992 for use in the district, magistrate and metropolitan courts, inserted "from" in the heading, rewrote Item g, added Items h to k, added the two sentences preceding the signature lines, and added the parenthetical at the end.