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Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 66-1-1 - Short title. - Articles 1 through 8 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 [except...
Section 66-1-2 - Severability. - If any part or application of the Motor Vehicle Code...
Section 66-1-3 - Savings clauses. - A. All valid certificates of title issued under the provisions...
Section 66-1-4 - Definitions. - A. Sections 66-1-4.1 through 66-1-4.20 NMSA 1978 define terms for...
Section 66-1-4.1 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "abandoned vehicle"...
Section 66-1-4.1 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "abandoned vehicle"...
Section 66-1-4.2 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "bicycle" means...
Section 66-1-4.3 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "camping body"...
Section 66-1-4.4 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "day" means...
Section 66-1-4.4 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "day" means...
Section 66-1-4.5 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "electric personal...
Section 66-1-4.6 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "farm tractor"...
Section 66-1-4.7 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "gross combination...
Section 66-1-4.8 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "hazardous material"...
Section 66-1-4.9 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "identification card"...
Section 66-1-4.10 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "laned roadway"...
Section 66-1-4.11 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "mail" means...
Section 66-1-4.12 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "natural gas...
Section 66-1-4.13 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "odometer" means...
Section 66-1-4.13 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "odometer" means...
Section 66-1-4.14 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "park" or...
Section 66-1-4.14 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "park" or...
Section 66-1-4.15 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "railroad" means...
Section 66-1-4.16 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "safety glazing...
Section 66-1-4.17 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "tank vehicle"...
Section 66-1-4.18 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "unclaimed vehicle...
Section 66-1-4.19 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "validating sticker"...
Section 66-1-4.20 - Definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "wholesaler" means...
Section 66-1-4.21 - Additional definitions. - As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "evidence of...
Section 66-1-5 - Measurements. - Whenever any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code or regulations...
Article 2 - Motor Vehicle Division of Taxation and Revenue Department
Section 66-2-2 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 160, § 22 repealed 66-2-1...
Section 66-2-3 - Powers and duties of department. - A. The department is vested with the power and is...
Section 66-2-3.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 7 repealed 66-2-3.1...
Section 66-2-4 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 160, § 22 repealed 66-2-4...
Section 66-2-5 - Director to prescribe forms. - A. The director shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of...
Section 66-2-6 - Authority to administer oaths. - Officers and employees of the department designated by the secretary...
Section 66-2-7 - Records of the department. - A. All records of the department relating to the administration...
Section 66-2-7.1 - Motor vehicle-related records; confidential. - A. It is unlawful for any department or bureau employee...
Section 66-2-7.2 - Royalties; commercial users of motor vehicle-related databases; distribution to motor vehicle suspense fund. - The department shall remit royalties and other consideration paid by...
Section 66-2-8 - Authority to grant or refuse applications. - The division shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and...
Section 66-2-9 - Seizure of documents and plates. - A. The division may take possession of any documents issued...
Section 66-2-10 - Division may summon witnesses and take testimony. - A. The director and officers of the division designated by...
Section 66-2-11 - Giving of notice. - Whenever the department or the administrative hearings office is authorized...
Section 66-2-12 - Police authority of division. - A. The director and such officers, deputies and inspectors of...
Section 66-2-13 - Legal services rendered director. - It is the duty of the attorney general to render...
Section 66-2-14 - Appointment of agents; termination. - A. Whenever the secretary deems it necessary for the purpose...
Section 66-2-14.1 - Fee agent designation; termination. - A. Any class A county or municipality within a class...
Section 66-2-15 - Agents or department employees to remit money received; bonds for agents or department employees. - Agents or department employees shall remit all money received by...
Section 66-2-16 - Administrative fees; collection; remittance; payment; optional fees; appropriation. - A. The department and its agents shall collect an administrative...
Section 66-2-16.1 - Veterans' enterprise fund option. - The vehicle registration form in use as of January 1,...
Section 66-2-17 - Administrative hearing; procedure. - A. Unless a more specific provision for review exists, any...
Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles
Part 1 - REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION PLATES GENERALLY
Section 66-3-1 - Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions. - A. With the exception of vehicles identified in Subsection B...
Section 66-3-1.1 - Motor carriers required to register with the department. - A. All motor carriers desiring and eligible for annual registration...
Section 66-3-1.2 - Registration; declared gross weight. - Except as otherwise provided by law, the division shall register...
Section 66-3-1.3 - Unregistered foreign commercial motor carrier vehicle operations. - A. As used in this section: (1) "foreign commercial motor...
Section 66-3-1.4 - Motorcycle endorsement not required for autocycle operation. - Autocycles shall be registered as motorcycles and proof of financial...
Section 66-3-2 - Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers. - A. The motor transportation division of the department of public...
Section 66-3-2.1 - Full reciprocity registration; application; fee; formula; payment. - A. Any owner, except an owner of a one-way rental...
Section 66-3-2.2 - Registration and identification of vehicles registered under the international registration plan; fee; effect of registration. - A. The division shall register the vehicles so described and...
Section 66-3-2.3 - Full reciprocity registration; jurisdictions. - The right to the privileges and benefits of registration under...
Section 66-3-2.4 - Registration of additional motor vehicles. - Motor vehicles acquired by the owner after the commencement of...
Section 66-3-2.5 - Withdrawal of fleet motor vehicles; notification; surrender of documents. - If any motor vehicle is withdrawn from a full reciprocity...
Section 66-3-2.6 - Preservation of international registration plan records; audit. - Any owner whose application for registration under the international registration...
Section 66-3-2.7 - New registrant; estimated mileage. - When a registrant's fleet is considered new under the international...
Section 66-3-2.8 - Fleet registration; denial. - The division may refuse to accept full reciprocity registration applications...
Section 66-3-2.9 - Relationship to other state laws. - The provisions of Sections 66-3-2.1 through 66-3-2.10 NMSA 1978 constitute...
Section 66-3-2.10 - Registration under the international registration plan not exclusive. - Nothing contained in the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles...
Section 66-3-2.11 - Allocation registration; one-way rental fleet vehicles; allocation of vehicles; fee; identification. - A. Any owner of a one-way rental fleet may, in...
Section 66-3-3 - Registration card; special plate or sticker; declared gross weight. - A. Each registration card issued for a truck, truck tractor,...
Section 66-3-3.1 - Tax identification permit. - The department shall implement a system for identifying motor carriers...
Section 66-3-4 - Application for registration and certificate of title; nonrepairable vehicle certificate. - A. Except for a vehicle owned by a carrier that...
Section 66-3-5 - Application for specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicles. - A. In the event the vehicle to be registered is...
Section 66-3-6 - Temporary registration permits, demonstration permits and transport permits. - A. The department may issue a temporary registration permit to...
Section 66-3-7 - Grounds for refusing, suspending or revoking registration or certificate of title. - The division may refuse, suspend or revoke registration or issuance...
Section 66-3-7.1 - Registration if vehicle emission inspection test required; requiring a certificate; registration in class A counties. - A. No vehicle required by county or municipal ordinance to...
Section 66-3-8 - Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles. - The department, upon receiving application for original registration of a...
Section 66-3-9 - Registration indexes. - The department shall file each application received for registration of...
Section 66-3-10 - Department to issue certificate of title, evidence of registration, registration plate and validation sticker; release of lien; odometer statement. - A. The department, upon registration of a vehicle, shall issue...
Section 66-3-10.1 - Salvage vehicles; nonrepairable vehicles; certificate of title; transfer of ownership. - A. It is unlawful for a person to sell or...
Section 66-3-11 - Director may authorize issuance of nonnegotiable certificates of title. - Any owner of a vehicle required to be registered under...
Section 66-3-12 - Evidential value of certificate. - A certificate of title issued by the division shall be...
Section 66-3-13 - Evidence of registration to be signed and exhibited on demand. - A. Every owner, upon receipt of registration evidence, shall write...
Section 66-3-14 - Registration plates or validating stickers to be furnished by department; reflective material. - A. The department upon registering a vehicle shall issue a...
Section 66-3-14.1 - County name stickers. - The department shall make available, upon request, county name stickers...
Section 66-3-15 - Special registration plates; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates,...
Section 66-3-15.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2001, ch. 180, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 66-3-16 - Distinctive registration plates; persons with significant mobility limitation; parking placard. - A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates for use...
Section 66-3-16.1 - Prohibited acts; penalties. - A. Any person who provides false information in order to...
Section 66-3-17 - Registration plate; replacement of plate. - A. Succeeding registration renewals of the registration plate issued under...
Section 66-3-18 - Display of registration plates and temporary registration permits; displays prohibited and allowed. - A. The registration plate shall be attached to the rear...
Section 66-3-19 - Renewal of registration; staggered period for vehicles; exception for manufactured homes and freight trailers; late registration. - A. The department, in order to operate a more uniform...
Section 66-3-20 - Renewal of registration; vehicles registered by declared gross weight. - All motor vehicles registered by declared gross weight, including vehicles...
Section 66-3-20.1 - Providing for extended registration periods for certain motor vehicles; credit for unexpired portion of fee. - A. All vehicles, motorcycles or trucks with a declared gross...
Section 66-3-21 - Vehicle exceeding declared gross weight. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, a vehicle or...
Section 66-3-22 - Re-registration; change in declared gross weight. - A. Any vehicle or combination registered at a declared gross...
Section 66-3-23 - Notice of change of address or name. - A. Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining...
Section 66-3-24 - Lost or damaged certificates, registration evidence or plates. - A. In the event any registration evidence or registration plate...
Section 66-3-25 - Division may assign new identifying number. - The division is authorized to assign a "distinguishing number" to...
Section 66-3-26 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 37 repealed 66-3-26...
Section 66-3-27 - Horseless carriage registration. - A. A motor vehicle at least thirty-five years old owned...
Section 66-3-28 - State government registration plates; issuance approved. - State government registration plates shall be provided to a state...
Section 66-3-29 - Intrastate livestock haulers. - Intrastate livestock haulers shall be subject to all provisions of...
Section 66-3-30 - School bus registration; renewal. - A. A school district, another public entity or a school...
Part 2 - TRANSFER OF TITLE OR INTEREST
Section 66-3-101 - Transfer by owner; recordation of mileage of vehicle; use of the plate and registration number on another vehicle. - A. When the owner of a registered vehicle sells, transfers...
Section 66-3-101.1 - Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that are not sales nor create security interests. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of...
Section 66-3-102 - Endorsement of assignment and warranty of title. - The owner shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title...
Section 66-3-103 - New owner to secure transfer of registration and new certificate of title; time period; penalty. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the transferee before...
Section 66-3-104 - Use of plate and registration number on another vehicle; transfer of registration. - A. When the owner of a registered vehicle assigns title...
Section 66-3-105 - Transfer by operation of law. - A. Whenever the title or interest of an owner in...
Section 66-3-106 - Owner after transfer not liable for negligent operation. - The owner of a vehicle who has made a bona...
Section 66-3-107 - Duties of seller or transferor; additional duties of dealers; application for registration; penalty; mileage of vehicle. - A. Any seller or transferor, including a dealer, of a...
Section 66-3-108 - Transfer to dealers. - When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who...
Section 66-3-109 - Dealer's guarantee of title. - A dealer licensed under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA...
Section 66-3-110 - When division to reregister vehicle and issue new certificate. - A. The division upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate...
Section 66-3-111 - Assignment by person holding lien. - Any person holding a lien or encumbrance upon a vehicle,...
Section 66-3-112 - Release by lienholder to owner. - A person holding a lien or encumbrance as shown upon...
Section 66-3-113 - Failure to deliver certificate; penalty. - A. Except as provided in Section 66-3-24B NMSA 1978, it...
Section 66-3-114 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-3-114...
Section 66-3-115 - Notification forms; copies; resale of salvaged vehicle or motor vehicle. - A. No person licensed under Section 66-4-1 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 66-3-116 - Title cancellation. - The division of motor vehicles shall, upon receipt of a...
Section 66-3-117 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 26, § 2 repealed 66-3-117...
Section 66-3-118 - Manufacturer's certificate of origin; transfer of vehicle not previously registered. - A. Whenever a manufacturer or the agent or distributor of...
Section 66-3-119 - Vehicle to be dismantled. - In addition to any requirements pursuant to Section 1 [66-4-10...
Section 66-3-120 - Transportation of certain vehicles; proof of ownership. - A. Any person transporting any crushed or inoperable vehicle or...
Section 66-3-121 - Disposal of abandoned vehicle or motor vehicle. - A. Any person upon whose property or in whose possession...
Section 66-3-122 - Registration effective after death of owner. - Upon the death of an owner of a vehicle subject...
Section 66-3-123 - Requirements of purchaser; forms; distribution. - In addition to any requirements pursuant to Section 1 [66-4-10...
Section 66-3-124 - Department to provide forms. - In addition to any requirements pursuant to Section 1 [66-4-10...
Section 66-3-125 - Restrictions upon licensees. - In addition to any requirements pursuant to Section 1 [66-4-10...
Section 66-3-126 - Casual sales; place of sale; advertising; penalty. - A. No person not a dealer making a casual sale...
Section 66-3-127 - Warning of violation; removal of vehicle. - A. A law enforcement officer is authorized to place a...
Part 3 - SECURITY INTERESTS
Section 66-3-201 - Filing security interests. - A. A security interest in a vehicle of a type...
Section 66-3-202 - Filing effective to give notice. - A. On or after June 1, 1996, the filing of...
Section 66-3-203 - Report of stored, unclaimed and unidentified motor vehicles. - An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing,...
Section 66-3-204 - Property tax liens on manufactured homes; filing; effect. - A. Upon receipt of a notification of unpaid taxes on...
Part 4 - NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF VEHICLES
Section 66-3-301 - Registration by nonresidents. - A. Any nonresident owner of a vehicle of a type...
Section 66-3-302 - Caravan fee. - A. A person or an employee, agent or representative of...
Section 66-3-303 - Registration by military personnel. - Officers and enlisted personnel of the United States army, navy,...
Part 5 - SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
Section 66-3-401 - Operation of vehicles under dealer plates. - A. Any vehicle that is required to be registered pursuant...
Section 66-3-401.1 - Use of vehicles with dealer plates by coaches and athletic directors. - A. Pursuant to Section 66-3-401 NMSA 1978, a dealer may...
Section 66-3-402 - Application for dealer plates. - A. A dealer may apply to the department on the...
Section 66-3-403 - Expiration of dealer plates. - Every dealer plate issued pursuant to Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978...
Section 66-3-404 - Dealer plates not transferable. - A. Dealer plates are not transferable between dealers. B. Whenever...
Section 66-3-405 - Special plates for members of congress. - A. Upon compliance with all laws of this state relating...
Section 66-3-406 - Special registration plates for private vehicles. - A. Upon compliance with all laws relating to registration and...
Section 66-3-407 - Special plates for private vehicles used in public service. - A. Upon compliance with all laws relating to registration and...
Section 66-3-407.1 - Special registration plates. - Any person who is entitled to a special registration plate,...
Section 66-3-408 - Special registration plates for recreational vehicles. - All recreational vehicles registered in New Mexico shall carry a...
Section 66-3-409 - Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients. - A. The department shall issue distinctive pale blue, white and...
Section 66-3-410 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 148, § 2 repealed 66-3-410...
Section 66-3-411 - Special registration plates; prisoners of war and surviving spouses; submission of proof; penalty. - A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates to any...
Section 66-3-412 - Special registration plates; fifty percent or more disabled veterans; submission of proof; penalty. - A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates for up...
Section 66-3-412.1 - Special motorcycle registration plates for armed forces veterans. - A. The department shall issue distinctive motorcycle registration plates indicating...
Section 66-3-413 - Special registration plates; national guard members. - A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates to any...
Section 66-3-414 - Special registration plates for purple heart veterans. - A. The division shall issue special registration plates for up...
Section 66-3-415 - Special registration plates; Pearl Harbor survivors. - A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates indicating that...
Section 66-3-416 - Special collegiate registration plate; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue special collegiate registration...
Section 66-3-417 - Radio station licensees; special registration plates; fee. - A. Any applicant who is a resident of this state...
Section 66-3-418 - Purpose. - The purpose of providing special registration plates for veterans of...
Section 66-3-419 - Special registration plates; armed forces veterans. - A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates indicating that...
Section 66-3-420 - Special children's artwork registration plate; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates...
Section 66-3-420.1 - Motorcycle registration plates to benefit the children's trust fund; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue special motorcycle registration...
Section 66-3-421 - Special registration plates; New Mexico rangers and New Mexico mounted patrol; submission of proof; penalty. - A. The department shall issue special registration plates to any...
Section 66-3-422 - Special registration plates; firefighters and volunteer firefighters. - A. The department shall issue special registration plates to a...
Section 66-3-423 - Year-of-manufacture license plates; procedures; fees. - A. The division may specially register and permit the use...
Section 66-3-424 - Standardized special registration plates with logos. - A. Standardized special registration plates with logos may be authorized...
Section 66-3-424.1 - Special registration plates for retired New Mexico letter carriers. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 174, § 2; repealed by Laws...
Section 66-3-424.3 - Special pet care registration plates. - A. The division shall issue a standardized pet care special...
Section 66-3-424.4 - Standardized special registration plates; retired members of the New Mexico national guard. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.5 - Special registration plates; New Mexico members of the fraternal order of police. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.6 - Special wildlife artwork registration plates; procedures; fee. - A. The department shall establish and issue a standardized special...
Section 66-3-424.7 - Registration plates; members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.8 - Special route 66 commemorative registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.9 - Standardized special registration plates; retired firefighters. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.10 - Special registration plates for armed forces retirees. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.11 - Special registration plates for active duty uniform service members. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.12 - Special registration plates for search and rescue members. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.13 - Standardized special registration plates; retired New Mexico state police officers. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.14 - Special registration plates; New Mexico high school rodeo association. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.15 - Special organ donation awareness registration plate; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates...
Section 66-3-424.16 - Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.17 - Special patriot registration plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special patriot registration...
Section 66-3-424.18 - Special registration plates for adoption awareness. - A. The department shall establish and issue a special registration...
Section 66-3-424.19 - Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad special registration plate; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall establish and issue a standardized special...
Section 66-3-424.20 - Special registration plates for women armed forces veterans. - A. The department shall issue the distinctive registration plate, "Women...
Section 66-3-424.21 - Special motorcycle registration plates for women armed forces veterans. - A. The department shall issue distinctive motorcycle registration plates indicating...
Section 66-3-424.22 - Special breast cancer awareness registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.23 - Special city of Las Cruces registration plate; procedures; fee; appropriation. - A. The department shall issue standardized special "City of Las...
Section 66-3-424.24 - Registration plates; gold star families; submission of proof; penalty. - A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates to the...
Section 66-3-424.25 - Special commemorative scouting registration plate; procedures; fee. - A. The division shall develop, establish and issue a special...
Section 66-3-424.26 - Special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate. - A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this section,...
Section 66-3-424.27 - Special bass fishing registration plates; procedures; fee. - A. The department shall establish and issue a standardized special...
Section 66-3-424.28 - Standardized special registration plates; retired New Mexico law enforcement officers. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.29 - Special New Mexico state 4-H registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.30 - Special farm and ranch community registration plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.31 - Special blood donor recognition registration plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.32 - Special New Mexico Amigos registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.33 - Special autism awareness registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.34 - Special New Mexico junior college registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.35 - Honoring fallen officers special registration plate. - A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.36 - Off-highway motor vehicle paved road use vehicle plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special off-highway motor...
Section 66-3-424.37 - Special support of pollinator protection registration plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate...
Section 66-3-424.38 - Childhood cancer family support special registration plate. - A. The department shall issue a standardized childhood cancer family...
Part 6 - ANTI-THEFT PROVISIONS
Section 66-3-501 - Report of stolen and recovered vehicles or motor vehicles. - A. Every sheriff, chief of police or peace officer upon...
Section 66-3-502 - Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles or motor vehicles. - A. The owner or person having a lien or encumbrance...
Section 66-3-503 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 135, § 29 repealed 66-3-503...
Section 66-3-504 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-504, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Section 66-3-505 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-505, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Section 66-3-506 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-506, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Section 66-3-507 - Altered vehicle identification numbers; contraband. - A. Any person receiving, disposing of, offering to dispose of...
Section 66-3-508 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-508, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Part 7 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 66-3-601 to 66-3-603 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 135, § 29 repealed former...
Section 66-3-604 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 43 recompiled 66-3-604...
Part 8 - BICYCLES
Section 66-3-701 - Bicycles; effect of regulations. - A. It is a penalty assessment misdemeanor for a person...
Section 66-3-702 - Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. - Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be...
Section 66-3-703 - Riding on bicycles. - A. A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other...
Section 66-3-704 - Clinging to vehicles. - No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled...
Section 66-3-705 - Riding on roadways and bicycle paths. - A. Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall...
Section 66-3-706 - Carrying articles. - No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle...
Section 66-3-707 - Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. - A. Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be...
Part 9 - EQUIPMENT
Section 66-3-801 - Equipment; prohibited acts. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is...
Section 66-3-802 - When lighted lamps are required. - A. Every vehicle upon a highway within this state at...
Section 66-3-803 - Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps. - A. Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the distance...
Section 66-3-804 - Headlamps on motor vehicles. - A. Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be...
Section 66-3-805 - Tail lamps. - A. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and any...
Section 66-3-806 - New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors. - A. Every new motor vehicle hereafter sold and operated upon...
Section 66-3-807 - Stop lamps and turn signals required on designated vehicles. - A. From and after January 1, 1954, it shall be...
Section 66-3-808 - Application of succeeding sections. - Sections 66-3-809, 66-3-810, 66-3-816, 66-3-822 and 66-3-823 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 66-3-809 - Additional equipment required on certain vehicles. - Every bus or truck less than eighty inches in overall...
Section 66-3-810 - Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps and reflectors. - Every bus or truck eighty inches or more in overall...
Section 66-3-811 - Lamps and reflectors; truck tractors and road tractors. - Every truck tractor and road tractor shall be equipped as...
Section 66-3-812 - Lamps and reflectors; large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers. - A. Every semitrailer, full trailer or house trailer eighty inches...
Section 66-3-813 - Lamps and reflectors, small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers. - Every semitrailer, house trailer or trailer less than eighty inches...
Section 66-3-814 - Lamps and reflectors, pole trailers. - Every pole trailer shall be equipped as follows: A. on...
Section 66-3-815 - Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations. - Combinations of motor vehicles, as enumerated in Section 66-3-808 NMSA...
Section 66-3-816 - Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side-marker lamps. - A. Reflectors required by Sections 66-3-809 and 66-3-810 NMSA 1978...
Section 66-3-817 - Clearance lamps to indicate extreme width, height and length. - Clearance lamps shall, so far as is practicable, be mounted...
Section 66-3-818 - Side-marker lamps combined with clearance lamps. - Side-marker lamps may be combined with clearance lamps and may...
Section 66-3-819 - Combining tail and stop lamps. - Except as required by Section 66-3-817 NMSA 1978 tail lamps...
Section 66-3-820 - Lighting devices to be electric. - Lighting devices shall be electric, except that red liquid burning...
Section 66-3-821 - Requirements for headlamps and auxiliary road-lighting lamps. - A. Headlamps and lamps or auxiliary road-lighting lamps shall be...
Section 66-3-822 - Requirements for clearance, side-marker and other lamps. - A. Except for temporary side-marker and clearance lamps on motor...
Section 66-3-823 - Obstructed lights not required. - Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during...
Section 66-3-824 - Lamp or flag on projecting load. - A. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the...
Section 66-3-825 - Lamps on parked vehicles. - A. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street...
Section 66-3-826 - Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. - A. All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and including those referred...
Section 66-3-827 - Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps. - A. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to...
Section 66-3-828 - Signal lamps and signal devices. - A. Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and house trailer may...
Section 66-3-829 - Additional lighting equipment. - A. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...
Section 66-3-830 - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving...
Section 66-3-831 - Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway...
Section 66-3-832 - Single-beam road-lighting equipment. - Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall...
Section 66-3-833 - Alternate road-lighting equipment. - Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified...
Section 66-3-834 - Number of driving lamps required or permitted. - A. At all times specified in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978,...
Section 66-3-835 - Special restrictions on lamps. - A. Lighted lamps or illuminating devices upon a motor vehicle,...
Section 66-3-836 - Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment. - A. The state transportation commission shall adopt standards and specifications...
Section 66-3-837 - Selling or using lamps or equipment. - A. On and after January 1, 1954, no person shall...
Section 66-3-838 - Authority of director with reference to safety and lighting devices. - A. The director is hereby required to approve or disapprove...
Section 66-3-839 - Revocation of certificate of approval on safety and lighting devices. - A. When the director has reason to believe that an...
Section 66-3-840 - Brakes. - A. Brake equipment is required as follows: (1) every motor...
Section 66-3-841 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 6, § 1 repealed 66-3-841...
Section 66-3-842 - Motorcycle maneuverability. - A. No motorcycle shall be equipped in a manner such...
Section 66-3-843 - Horns and warning devices. - A. Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall...
Section 66-3-844 - Mufflers; prevention of noise; emission control devices. - A. Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped...
Section 66-3-845 - Mirrors. - Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror so...
Section 66-3-846 - Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers; windows must be transparent; exception. - A. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any...
Section 66-3-846.1 - Sun screening material on windshields and windows; requirements; violation; penalty. - A. A person shall not operate on any street or...
Section 66-3-847 - Restrictions as to tire equipment. - A. When use is permitted, every solid rubber tire on...
Section 66-3-848 - Safety glazing materials in motor vehicles. - A. No motor vehicle sold as new on or after...
Section 66-3-849 - Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices. - On every bus, truck, truck tractor, road tractor and every...
Section 66-3-850 - Buses; additional emergency equipment. - On every bus, except buses engaged in driveaway-towaway operations, school...
Section 66-3-851 - Meaning of term "motor vehicle" as used in Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978; unattended vehicles. - A. For the purposes of Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA...
Section 66-3-852 - Stopped vehicles not to interfere with other traffic. - No motor vehicle shall be stopped, parked or left standing,...
Section 66-3-853 - Emergency signals; disabled vehicle. - Whenever any motor vehicle is disabled upon the traveled portion...
Section 66-3-854 - Emergency signals; stopped or parked vehicles. - Whenever for any cause other than disablement or necessary traffic...
Section 66-3-855 - Emergency signals; flame producing. - No driver shall attach or permit any person to attach...
Section 66-3-856 - Emergency signals; dangerous cargoes. - No driver shall use or permit the use of any...
Section 66-3-857 - Red flags; stopped vehicles. - During the time when lighted lamps are not required, whenever...
Section 66-3-858 to 66-3-872 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 173, § 1, effective June...
Section 66-3-873 - Formulation of rules and regulations governing transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids. - A. The director is empowered and directed to formulate, adopt...
Section 66-3-874 - Safety belts required. - It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, lease,...
Section 66-3-875 - Safety belts; type and manner of installation. - All safety belts required in Section 66-3-874 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 66-3-876 to 66-3-886 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 135, § 29 repealed former...
Section 66-3-887 - Slow-moving vehicle identification. - A. As used in this section, "slow-moving vehicle" means any...
Section 66-3-888 - Airbag violations. - A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly: (1)...
Part 10 - UNSAFE VEHICLES
Section 66-3-901 - Vehicles without required equipment or in unsafe condition. - A. A person shall not drive or move on any...
Part 11 - OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 66-3-1001 - Short title. - Sections 66-3-1001 through 66-3-1016 [and 66-3-1017 to 66-3-1020] NMSA 1978...
Section 66-3-1001.1 - Definitions. - As used in the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act: A. "board"...
Section 66-3-1002 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-3-1002...
Section 66-3-1003 - Off-highway motor vehicles; registration. - Unless exempted from the provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle...
Section 66-3-1003.1 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 2017, ch. 70, § 2; 66-3-1003.1 recompiled as...
Section 66-3-1004 - Registration certificate and nonresident permit fees; renewal; distribution of fees. - Fees shall be collected and distributed as follows: A. the...
Section 66-3-1004.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2005, ch. 325, § 4; 2007, ch. 319,...
Section 66-3-1005 - Exemptions. - The provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act shall not...
Section 66-3-1006 - Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title. - The division may refuse registration or issuance of a certificate...
Section 66-3-1007 - Evidentiary value of certificate of title. - A certificate of title issued by the division for an...
Section 66-3-1008 - Validating stickers to be furnished by division. - The division, upon registering an off-highway motor vehicle, shall issue...
Section 66-3-1009 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 160, § 22 repealed 66-3-1009...
Section 66-3-1010 - Licensing. - Drivers of off-highway motor vehicles are not required to be...
Section 66-3-1010.1 - Off-highway motor vehicle safety training organization; approval and certification. - A. An off-highway motor vehicle safety training organization that offers...
Section 66-3-1010.2 - Off-highway motor vehicle safety permit; requirements; issuance. - A person under the age of eighteen shall be required...
Section 66-3-1010.3 - Operation and equipment; safety requirements. - A. A person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle:...
Section 66-3-1010.4 - Safety helmet; civil liability. - Failure by a passenger or driver to use a safety...
Section 66-3-1010.5 - Requirements of dealers to distribute safety information. - A dealer selling off-highway motor vehicles shall distribute information provided...
Section 66-3-1011 - Operation on streets or highways; prohibited areas. - A. A person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle...
Section 66-3-1012 - Driving of off-highway motor vehicles adjacent to highway. - A. Off-highway motor vehicles issued a validating sticker or nonresident...
Section 66-3-1013 - Liability; local registration prohibited. - A. A landowner shall not be held liable for damages...
Section 66-3-1014 - Accidents and accident reports. - The driver of an off-highway motor vehicle involved in an...
Section 66-3-1015 - Enforcement. - A wildlife conservation officer, state police officer or peace officer...
Section 66-3-1016 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-1016, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Section 66-3-1017 - Off-highway motor vehicle advisory board created; members; compensation. - A. The "off-highway motor vehicle advisory board" is created to...
Section 66-3-1018 - Department; powers and duties. - A. The department shall cooperate with appropriate federal agencies, public...
Section 66-3-1019 - Fund created; disposition. - A. The "trail safety fund" is created in the state...
Section 66-3-1020 - Penalties. - A. A person who violates the provisions of the Off-Highway...
Section 66-3-1021 - Legislative oversight. - In addition to reporting to the legislative finance committee pursuant...
Part 12 - OTHER VEHICLES
Section 66-3-1101 - Mopeds; standards; operator requirements; application of Motor Vehicle Code. - A. Mopeds shall comply with those motor vehicle safety standards...
Section 66-3-1102 - Electric personal assistive mobility devices; standards; operator requirements; applicability; penalties. - A. An electric personal assistive mobility device shall be equipped...
Section 66-3-1103 - Neighborhood electric cars. - A. A neighborhood electric car shall be equipped with head...
Article 4 - Licensing of Dealers and Wreckers
Section 66-4-1 - Dealers, wholesalers and distributors of vehicles and title service companies must be licensed; presumption of conducting business. - A. A person, unless licensed to do so by the...
Section 66-4-1.1 - Auto recycler license; presumption of conducting business. - A. A person desiring to engage in the business of...
Section 66-4-2 - Department to issue license. - A. Except for recreational vehicles, the department, upon receiving an...
Section 66-4-2.1 - Recreational vehicle dealers; licensure; special events. - A. A dealer, as defined in Section 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978,...
Section 66-4-2.2 - Off-site sales. - A. A New Mexico licensed dealer, before offering a vehicle...
Section 66-4-3 - Refusal to issue license; cancellation or suspension of license or use of temporary permits; hearing; appeal. - A. The department may refuse to issue a license for...
Section 66-4-4 - Criminal offender's character evaluation. - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to...
Section 66-4-5 - Records of purchases, of sales and of vehicles dismantled. - A. A dealer licensee shall maintain a record in a...
Section 66-4-6 - Place of business. - A. No license shall be issued to a dealer or...
Section 66-4-7 - Dealers, wholesalers, distributors and auto recyclers; title service companies; dealers of motorcycles only; bond. - A. Before issuance of any dealer's license, wholesaler's license, distributor's...
Section 66-4-8 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 410, § 9 repealed 66-4-8...
Section 66-4-9 - Penalty for destroying or dismantling in violation of certain sections of the Motor Vehicle Code. - A. Any person violating any provision of Sections 66-3-119, 66-3-121,...
Section 66-4-10 - Auto recyclers; notification of purchase. - A. Prior to taking actual possession of a vehicle that...
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards
Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
Section 66-5-1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-5-1...
Section 66-5-1.1 - Definition. - As used in Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978, "traffic...
Section 66-5-1.2 - Definition; tribe. - As used in Sections 66-5-25, 66-5-26, 66-5-30 and 66-8-102 NMSA...
Section 66-5-2 - Drivers must be licensed. - A. Except those expressly exempted from the Motor Vehicle Code,...
Section 66-5-2.1 - Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability. - A. Every male citizen of the state of New Mexico...
Section 66-5-3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 68, § 57 repealed 66-5-3...
Section 66-5-4 - Persons exempt from licensure. - The following persons are exempt from licensure under the Motor...
Section 66-5-5 - Persons not to be licensed. - The division shall not issue a driver's license under the...
Section 66-5-6 - Health standards advisory board. - A. There shall be a "health standards advisory board" consisting...
Section 66-5-7 - Driver's license; classification; examinations. - A. The division, upon issuing a driver's license, shall indicate...
Section 66-5-8 - Provisional licenses; instruction permits; driver education students; temporary licenses. - A. A person fifteen years and six months of age...
Section 66-5-9 - Application for license or renewal. - A. An application for a license or a renewal of...
Section 66-5-10 - Application for license; information; transfer to license. - A. Within the forms prescribed by the department for applications...
Section 66-5-11 - Application of minors. - A. The application of any person under the age of...
Section 66-5-12 - Release from liability. - Any person who has signed the application of a minor...
Section 66-5-13 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor's application. - The division upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death...
Section 66-5-14 - Examination of applicants. - A. The department shall examine every first-time applicant for a...
Section 66-5-15 - Licenses issued to applicants. - A. The department shall, upon payment of the required fee,...
Section 66-5-15.1 - Notification by licensee. - Every licensee shall, as a condition of holding a driver's...
Section 66-5-15.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2016, ch. 79, § 15; repealed by Laws...
Section 66-5-15.3 - Issuance of documents that meet federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes; reimbursement. - A. No later than six months from the effective date...
Section 66-5-15.4 - Driver's licenses and identification cards; acceptance. - A. A standard driver's license or identification card shall be...
Section 66-5-15.5 - Validity; driving authorization cards. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.) - A driving authorization card issued by the taxation and revenue...
Section 66-5-16 - License to be carried and exhibited on demand. - Every licensee shall have the licensee's driver's license in the...
Section 66-5-17 - Use of license for identification. - In any criminal prosecution, civil action or administrative proceeding charging...
Section 66-5-18 - Altered, forged or fictitious license; penalty. - A. A person who uses or possesses an altered, forged...
Section 66-5-19 - Restricted licenses. - A. The division, upon issuing a license, may, whenever good...
Section 66-5-20 - Replacement licenses. - In the event that a permit or driver's license issued...
Section 66-5-21 - Expiration of license; limited issuance period; four-year issuance period; eight-year issuance period; renewal. - A. Except as provided in Subsections B through H of...
Section 66-5-21.1 - Effect of military service on driver's license. - A. Unless the license is suspended, canceled or revoked as...
Section 66-5-22 - Notice of change of address or name. - A. Whenever a person, after applying for or receiving a...
Section 66-5-23 - Records to be kept by the division. - A. The division shall file every application for a driver's...
Section 66-5-24 - Authority of division to cancel license. - A. The division is authorized to cancel any instruction permit,...
Section 66-5-25 - Suspending privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions; failures to appear; failures to pay. - A. The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the...
Section 66-5-26 - Suspending resident's license; conviction failure to appear, failure to pay in another state or tribal jurisdiction. - A. The division is authorized to suspend or revoke the...
Section 66-5-27 - Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on military installations; suspension or revocation. - The division is authorized to suspend or revoke the license...
Section 66-5-27.1 - Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on tribal land; intergovernmental agreements; information sharing with tribal courts. - A. The department is authorized to enter into an intergovernmental...
Section 66-5-28 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-28, enacted by Laws 1978, ch....
Section 66-5-29 - Mandatory revocation of license by division. - A. The division shall immediately revoke the driving privilege or...
Section 66-5-30 - Authority of division to suspend or revoke license. - A. The division may suspend the instruction permit, driver's license...
Section 66-5-31 - Division may require reexamination. - The division, having good cause to believe that a licensed...
Section 66-5-32 - Period of suspension or revocation. - A. The division shall not suspend a driver's license or...
Section 66-5-33 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 47, § 3, repealed 66-5-33...
Section 66-5-33.1 - Reinstatement of driver's license or registration; ignition interlock; fee. - A. Whenever a driver's license or registration is suspended or...
Section 66-5-34 - No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state. - Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or...
Section 66-5-35 - Limited driving privilege upon suspension or revocation. - A. Upon suspension or revocation of a person's driving privilege...
Section 66-5-36 - Right of appeal to court. - A person denied a license or whose license has been...
Section 66-5-37 - Unlawful use of license. - A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1)...
Section 66-5-38 - Making false affidavit perjury. - Except as otherwise provided in the Motor Vehicle Code, a...
Section 66-5-39 - Driving while license suspended; penalties. - A. A person who drives a motor vehicle on any...
Section 66-5-39.1 - Driving while license revoked; penalties. - A. A person who drives a motor vehicle on a...
Section 66-5-39.2 - Driving while license administratively suspended. - A person who drives a motor vehicle on any public...
Section 66-5-40 - Permitting unauthorized minor to drive. - No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or...
Section 66-5-41 - Permitting unauthorized person to drive. - No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle...
Section 66-5-42 - Employing unlicensed driver. - No person shall employ as a driver of a motor...
Section 66-5-43 - Renting motor vehicles to unlicensed drivers and minors; exception; record. - A. No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any...
Section 66-5-44 - Licenses and permits; duration and fee; appropriation. - A. There shall be paid to the department a fee...
Section 66-5-44.1 - Provisional licenses; duration and fee; appropriation. - A. There shall be paid to the division a fee...
Section 66-5-45 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 66, § 4 repealed 66-5-45...
Section 66-5-46 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 44 repealed 66-5-46...
Section 66-5-47 - Photographs. - The department shall reproduce the likeness of drivers, subject to...
Section 66-5-48 - Uniformity of interpretation. - This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
Section 66-5-49 - Driver License Compact enacted. - The Driver License Compact is entered into with all other...
Section 66-5-50 - Driver License Compact; definitions; cooperation. - As used in the Driver License Compact with reference to...
Section 66-5-51 - Compensation of compact administrator. - The director is not entitled to any additional compensation because...
Part 1A - COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES
Section 66-5-52 - Short title. - Sections 66-5-52 through 66-5-72 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 66-5-53 - Purpose. - The purpose of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act...
Section 66-5-54 - Definitions. - As used in the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act:...
Section 66-5-55 - Driver's licenses; limitation of number. - As of the effective date of the New Mexico Commercial...
Section 66-5-56 - Notification by driver to the division. - Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a New...
Section 66-5-57 - Notification by driver to employer. - A. Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a...
Section 66-5-58 - Employer responsibility. - It is unlawful for an employer to knowingly allow, require,...
Section 66-5-59 - Commercial driver's license required. - A. A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle...
Section 66-5-60 - Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards. - A. The division shall not issue a commercial driver's license...
Section 66-5-61 - Commercial driver's license; limitations on issuance. - A commercial driver's license may not be issued to a...
Section 66-5-62 - Commercial driver's license; instruction permit; application; duplicate. - A. A commercial driver's instruction permit may be issued to...
Section 66-5-62.1 - Restricted commercial driver's license for certain farm-related service industries. - A. The division shall waive the required knowledge and skills...
Section 66-5-63 - Commercial driver's license; permit; application; duplicate. - A. The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial...
Section 66-5-64 - Commercial driver's license; content. - The commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial driver's license"...
Section 66-5-65 - Classifications; endorsements; restrictions. - A. Commercial driver's licenses may be issued with the classifications,...
Section 66-5-65.1 - License endorsement fees. - The division shall establish a schedule of fees to be...
Section 66-5-66 - Applicant record information; information exchange. - A. Before issuing a commercial driver's license, the department shall...
Section 66-5-67 - Expiration and renewal; staggered licensing during implementation period. - A. Except as provided in Subsections C and E of...
Section 66-5-68 - Disqualification. - A. The department shall disqualify a person from driving a...
Section 66-5-68.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 90, § 9 repealed 66-5-68.1...
Section 66-5-69 - Notification of traffic convictions. - Within ten days after receiving a report of the conviction...
Section 66-5-69.1 - Violation convictions; actions to mask, defer or divert; prohibited. - A. A person shall take no action to prevent a...
Section 66-5-70 - Reciprocity. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is...
Section 66-5-71 - Penalties for violation of out-of-service orders. - A. A driver who is convicted of violating an out-of-service...
Section 66-5-72 - Employer penalties for railroad-highway grade crossing violations. - An employer who is convicted of a violation of Subsection...
Part 2 - ACTIONS AGAINST NONRESIDENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS
Section 66-5-103 - [Nonresident owners and operators; service of process on secretary of state in accident cases.] - That the acceptance by nonresidents of the rights and privileges...
Section 66-5-104 - [Procedure in action against nonresident owner or operator.] - The manner of procuring and serving process in any cause,...
Part 3 - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Section 66-5-201 - Short title. - Sections 66-5-201 through 66-5-239 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 66-5-201.1 - Purpose. - The legislature is aware that motor vehicle accidents in New...
Section 66-5-202 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-5-202...
Section 66-5-203 - Director to administer act. - The director shall: A. administer and enforce the provisions of...
Section 66-5-204 - Administrative and court review. - An owner of a motor vehicle registered in New Mexico...
Section 66-5-205 - Vehicle must be insured or owner must have evidence of financial responsibility; penalties. - A. No owner shall permit the operation of an uninsured...
Section 66-5-205.1 - Uninsured motorist citation; requirements to be followed at time of accident; subsequent procedures; insurer notification requirements; suspension procedures. - A. When a law enforcement officer issues a driver who...
Section 66-5-205.2 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 174, § 1 repealed 66-5-205.2...
Section 66-5-205.3 - Motor vehicle insurance policy; procedures. - A. A motor vehicle insurance policy shall: (1) designate by...
Section 66-5-206 - Registration without insurance or evidence of financial responsibility prohibited; suspension required. - A. The department shall not issue or renew the registration...
Section 66-5-207 - Exempt motor vehicles. - The following motor vehicles are exempt from the Mandatory Financial...
Section 66-5-207.1 - Self-insurers. - A. The superintendent of insurance shall issue a certificate of...
Section 66-5-208 - Evidence of financial responsibility; amounts and conditions. - "Evidence of financial responsibility," as used in the Mandatory Financial...
Section 66-5-209 - Meaning of "judgment". - "Judgment," as used in the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act, means...
Section 66-5-210 - Settlement agreements for payment of damages. - A. Any two or more of the persons involved in...
Section 66-5-211 - When courts to report nonpayment of judgments. - Whenever any person fails within thirty days to satisfy any...
Section 66-5-212 - Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles and accidents in other states. - A. When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended under the...
Section 66-5-213 - Exception when consent granted by judgment creditor. - If the judgment creditor or party to a settlement agreement...
Section 66-5-214 - Discharge in bankruptcy. - A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any person from...
Section 66-5-215 - Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements. - A. Judgments herein referred to shall, for the purpose of...
Section 66-5-216 - Installment payment of judgments; default. - A. A judgment debtor, upon due notice to the judgment...
Section 66-5-217 - Action if breach of agreement. - In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any...
Section 66-5-218 - Alternate methods of giving evidence. - Evidence of financial responsibility, when required under the Mandatory Financial...
Section 66-5-219 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 34, § 19 repealed 66-5-219...
Section 66-5-220 - Default by nonresident insurer. - If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in...
Section 66-5-221 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 34, § 19 repealed 66-5-221...
Section 66-5-222 - Driver exclusion endorsement form. - Any motor vehicle insurance policy may be endorsed to exclude...
Section 66-5-223 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 34, § 19 repealed 66-5-223...
Section 66-5-224 - Act not to affect other policies. - A. The Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act does not apply to...
Section 66-5-225 - Bond as evidence. - Evidence of financial responsibility may be demonstrated by a surety...
Section 66-5-226 - Cash deposit as evidence. - Evidence of financial responsibility may be demonstrated by the certificate...
Section 66-5-227 - Application of cash deposit. - The cash deposit provided for in Section 66-5-226 NMSA 1978...
Section 66-5-228 - Substitution of evidence. - The department shall consent to the cancellation of any bond...
Section 66-5-229 - Duration of evidence; when filing of evidence may be waived. - A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section,...
Section 66-5-230 - Surrender of license and registration. - A. Any person whose license or registration is suspended under...
Section 66-5-231 - Forged evidence. - Any person who forges or, without authority, signs any evidence...
Section 66-5-232 - Sampling; letter to owner. - A. The department, at various times as it considers necessary...
Section 66-5-233 - Affirmation form. - The affirmation of financial responsibility required under Sections 66-5-208, 66-5-225...
Section 66-5-234 - Registration; application and renewal. - A. The department shall indicate in boldface print on every...
Section 66-5-235 - False affirmation; violation. - When the department has reasonable grounds to believe that a...
Section 66-5-236 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgment or for false affirmation. - A. Except as otherwise provided, the secretary shall suspend: (1)...
Section 66-5-237 - Past application of act. - The Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act does not apply with respect...
Section 66-5-238 - Act not to prevent other process. - Nothing in the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act shall be construed...
Section 66-5-239 - No civil liability. - No civil liability shall accrue to the division or any...
Section 66-5-240 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 27, recompiled 66-5-240...
Section 66-5-241 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 43, repealed 66-5-241...
Section 66-5-242 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 28, recompiled 66-5-242...
Section 66-5-243 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 43, repealed 66-5-243...
Section 66-5-244 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 29, recompiled 66-5-244...
Section 66-5-245 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 30, recompiled 66-5-245...
Section 66-5-246 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 43, repealed 66-5-246...
Section 66-5-247 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 36, recompiled 66-5-247...
Section 66-5-248 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 37, recompiled 66-5-248...
Section 66-5-249 to 66-5-277 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 318, § 44, repealed 66-5-249...
Part 4 - UNINSURED MOTORISTS' INSURANCE