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Section 66-5-1 - Repealed.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 — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-5-1...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Section 66-5-3 - Repealed.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 — Laws 1993, ch. 68, § 57 repealed 66-5-3...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Section 66-5-15.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2016, ch. 79, § 15; repealed by Laws...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...