Section 20-4-4 - Members not liable for acts in performance of duty. - New Mexico Statutes

20-4-4. Members not liable for acts in performance of duty.

Whenever a member of the national guard is on state-ordered active duty or while on other state duty reasonably requested by competent military authority, he shall not incur personal civil liability for acts performed in the line of the duty, and the state shall defend and indemnify against any such claims as are brought, and the state shall be substituted as a party defendant for the member.