New Mexico Statutes
Article 32 - Motor Vehicle Insurance
Section 59A-32-23 - Vehicle insurance; primary liability; assignment; notice.

A. When a vehicle owned by a licensed automobile dealer is loaned without a fee to a person for demonstration purposes, as a temporary substitute for that person's vehicle while it is being serviced or repaired, as a promotional courtesy vehicle or as a courtesy vehicle, primary insurance or self-insurance coverage shall be provided by the motor vehicle insurer providing coverage to the person using the demonstration vehicle, temporary substitute vehicle, promotional courtesy vehicle or a courtesy vehicle, and coverage provided by the dealer or the dealer's insurer applies only as excess coverage.
B. A person proposing to operate a motor vehicle for the purposes identified in Subsection A of this section may assume primary responsibility for the operator's vehicle insurance by signing the following statement:
"PRIMARY LIABILITY ASSIGNMENT
In consideration of the vehicle owner entrusting the motor vehicle elsewhere described to me, I agree that my vehicle insurance or self-insurance coverage shall be primarily responsible for any loss or damage caused by or to the motor vehicle.".
C. The agreement set forth in Subsection B of this section shall be binding on all insurers and self-insurers transacting insurance in the state as a condition of doing the business of transacting insurance.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 88, § 1; 2002, ch. 86, § 1.
The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, deleted former Subsection A, which read: "Except as provided in Subsection B or C of this section, a motor vehicle insurance policy or self-insurance agreement of the owner or long-term lessee of a motor vehicle shall provide primary coverage for bodily injury or property damage claims, subject to the terms, conditions, limits and types of coverage included in the policy or agreement"; and redesignated the remaining subsections accordingly.

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