§ 37-1-1 [Generally.]
§ 37-1-2 Judgments
§ 37-1-3 Notes; written instruments; period of limitation;
§ 37-1-4 [Accounts and unwritten contracts; injuries to property;
§ 37-1-5 Actions for wage and hour violations
§ 37-1-6 [Accrual of cause of action on open accounts.]
§ 37-1-7 [Accrual of cause of actions for fraud or mistake, injuries or conversion of property.]
§ 37-1-8 Actions against sureties on fiduciary bonds; injuries to person or reputation
§ 37-1-9 [Effect of absence from state or concealment of debtor.]
§ 37-1-10 Minors; incapacitated persons
§ 37-1-11 [Effect of death.]
§ 37-1-12 [When commencement of action stayed or prevented.]
§ 37-1-13 [When action deemed commenced.]
§ 37-1-14 [When second suit deemed continuation of first action.]
§ 37-1-15 [Setoffs or counterclaims not barred; defendant not to receive excess.]
§ 37-1-16 Revival of causes of action
§ 37-1-17 [Other statutes prescribing limitations unaffected.]
§ 37-1-18 [Limitations not to run against trust actions fraudulently concealed.]
§ 37-1-19 [Applicability of limitations.]
§ 37-1-20 [No sale upon mortgages, etc., when action barred.]
§ 37-1-22 Title in fee simple by adverse possession; action after ten years barred; definition; payment of taxes
§ 37-1-23 Contractual liability; statute of limitations
§ 37-1-24 Suits against municipalities or their officers
§ 37-1-25 [Suit, etc., on municipal and other local governmental bonds or coupons.]
§ 37-1-26 [Questioning of privilege or franchise granted by municipal corporation.]
§ 37-1-27 Construction projects; limitation on actions for defective or unsafe conditions
§ 37-1-28 Real estate; limitation on actions for defects of title
§ 37-1-29 Limitation [on parent-child relationship determination]
§ 37-1-30 Action for damages due to childhood sexual abuse;
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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 37 > Article 1 - Limitations of Actions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.