{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-12b-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-12B-4","heading":"Membership.","body":"Effective July 1, 2014, every judge or justice while in office shall become a member and shall be subject to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act; provided, however, that a judge or justice who, prior to July 1, 2014, applied for and received an exemption from membership, shall not become a member until such exemption ends. A judge or justice who is retired under any state system or the educational retirement system shall:\nA. pay the applicable member contributions, and the state, through the member's court, shall pay the applicable employer contributions as provided pursuant to the Judicial Retirement Act; and\nB. not accrue service credit, and shall not be eligible to purchase service credit nor to retire pursuant to the Judicial Retirement Act.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 12B Judicial 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":"a9f767a9a90492f3c9d77b061d8cfe62c4e9bd2c600165fac2334e79ada7b5e0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-12b-3","next":"us-nm/10-12b-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}