Sections 41-4-1 through 41-4-27 NMSA 1978 [and 41-4-30 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Tort Claims Act".
§ 41-4-1 NMSA 1978
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Known as the Tort Claims Act
The act spans §§ 41–41 (31 sections).
Applied in 29 court decisions — leading case Trask v. Franco
Most recently applied in 51 Arizona Cases Digest 40 - Marcie a Redgrave v. Doug Ducey (August 2021)
1953 Comp., § 5-14-1, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 58, § 1; 1977, ch. 386, § 1; 1981, ch. 118, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.