{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-11a-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-11A-5","heading":"Retirement benefits; eligibility.","body":"A. Any member who attains the age of fifty-five years and has twenty-five years or more of service credit shall be eligible to receive a retirement annuity of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.\nB. Any member who attains the age of fifty-five years and has at least ten but less than twenty-five years or more of service credit shall be eligible to receive a retirement annuity of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.\nC. Any member who ceases to be a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter after completing at least ten but less than twenty-five years of service credit is eligible to receive upon attaining the age of fifty-five years a retirement annuity of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.\nD. Any member who ceases to be a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter after completing twenty-five years of service credit is eligible to receive upon attaining the age of fifty-five years a retirement annuity of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.\nE. Any member who qualifies for and receives a retirement annuity pursuant to this section may continue as an active member on the rolls of a fire department. However, such member shall not accrue additional service credit for the purpose of increasing the amount of the member's retirement annuity.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 11A Volunteer Firefighters Retirement"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18510/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"1579a435640dd16c73ccb55cd6e0bb6b4cbacd97390c6490215399b87fb03cfd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-11a-4","next":"us-nm/10-11a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}