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Retirement annuity; surviving beneficiary

NMSA 1978, § 10-11A-7
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10-11A-7. Retirement annuity; surviving beneficiary A member may designate a spouse or dependent child as a beneficiary. In the event a retirement annuitant dies, the surviving beneficiary shall receive an annuity equal to two-thirds of the retirement annuity being paid to the retirement annuitant at the time of death; provided that the annuity paid to a beneficiary spouse shall cease upon the surviving spouse's death and the annuity paid to a beneficiary dependent child shall cease upon the child reaching eighteen years of age or upon the child's death, whichever comes first. Laws 1983, ch. 263, § 7; 2009, ch. 262, § 5; 2026, ch. 14, § 10.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18510/index.do#!b/10-11A-7Fetched: 10/20/2026

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