New Mexico
What New Mexico law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | NMSA 1978, § 47-8-18 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Labor Relations Division of the Department of Workforce Solutions enforces payment of wages, minimum wage and overtime under the Wage Pay Act and the Minimum Wage Act, and it takes claims for unpaid wages and investigates them. The wage claim form is published in English and Spanish. If a previous claim of yours was closed or limited under the old limits, the Division runs a re-investigation route for exactly that.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Financial Institutions Division licenses all third-party debt collection in New Mexico — collection agencies, branches, managers and repossessors — under the Collection Agency Regulatory Act, and each business files an initial application and renews annually. Check its “who we regulate” page first: the Division takes complaints about its own licensees. It states plainly that it is not your lawyer, and that if you are represented or a case is already pending it will document your complaint but not mediate it.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, and the Human Rights Bureau at the Department of Workforce Solutions is the reason: the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on whether a state agency has authority over the same conduct, and here one does. Its own deadline is the same 300 days, counted from the most recent act you are complaining about. Both clocks end on the same day, and filing with either office is free.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | NMSA § 37-1-8 |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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