New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards

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Section 66-5-15.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2016, ch. 79, § 15; repealed by Laws...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 (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)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

Section 66-5-301 - Insurance against uninsured and unknown motorists; rejection of coverage by the insured. - A. No motor vehicle or automobile liability policy insuring against...

Section 66-5-302 - Uninsured motorist; payment of arbitration fee. - No arbitrator shall require the payment of a fee in...

Section 66-5-303 - Uninsured motorist; judicial review [of] arbitration award. - After a party to an arbitration proceeding involving an uninsured...

Part 5 - IDENTIFICATION CARDS

Section 66-5-401 - Identification cards; application. - A. A person who does not have a valid New...

Section 66-5-402 - Persons eligible for identification cards. - The department may issue an identification card only to a...

Section 66-5-403 - Expiration of identification cards; duration; renewal. - A. Except as provided in Subsections B through E of...

Section 66-5-404 - Duplicate cards. - In the event an identification card issued pursuant to Section...

Section 66-5-405 - Contents of card. - A. A REAL ID-compliant identification card shall bear the applicant's...

Section 66-5-406 - Public entities; no liability. - No public entity shall be liable for any loss or...

Section 66-5-407 - Reliance upon information. - No person shall be held responsible in a court of...

Section 66-5-408 - Fees. - A. Upon application for an identification card with a four-year...

Section 66-5-409 - Unlawful use of identification card. - A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1)...

Part 6 - IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSES

Section 66-5-501 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 4 of this act [66-5-501 to 66-5-504...

Section 66-5-502 - Definitions. - As used in the Ignition Interlock Licensing Act: A. "denied"...

Section 66-5-503 - Ignition interlock license; requirements. - A. A person whose driving privilege or driver's license has...

Section 66-5-504 - Penalties. - A. A person who is issued an ignition interlock license...

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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards

New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards