N.M. Stat. § 52-3-57
Nonresident employers employing workers in state;
requirement for insurance; enforcement.
A. Every employer not domiciled in the state who employs workers engaged in
activities required to be licensed under the Construction Industries Licensing Act
[Chapter 60, Article 13 NMSA 1978] and every other employer not domiciled in the state
who employs three or more workers within the state, whether that employment is
permanent, temporary or transitory and whether the workers are residents or
nonresidents of the state, shall comply with the provisions of Section 52-3-9 NMSA
1978 and, unless self-insured, shall obtain an occupational disease disablement
compensation insurance policy or an endorsement to an existing policy, issued in
accordance with the provisions of Section 59A-17-10.1 NMSA 1978. An employer who
does not comply with the foregoing requirement shall be barred from recovery by legal
action for labor or materials furnished during any period of time in which he was not in
compliance with the requirements of this section and, if the noncomplying employment
is in an activity for which the employer is licensed under the provisions of the
Construction Industries Licensing Act, the employer's license is subject to revocation or
suspension for the violation.
B. The construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department, or
a local government that is carrying out those duties, shall not issue any permit required
for a contractor to undertake a construction contract if that contract is for an amount in
excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) unless the contractor has filed with
the division proof of compliance with Subsection A of this section.