Officers and employees of the department designated by the secretary or secretary's delegate are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-2-6, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 10; 1999, ch. 49, § 1.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "and certify copies of records" from the catchline, deleted the Subsection A designation, substituted "department" for "division" and "secretary or secretary's delegate" for "director", and deleted Subsection B, which read, "The director and such officers of the division as he may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the division, and deliver upon request, a certified copy of any record of the division, charging a fee for each document so authenticated, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original thereof".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Motor Vehicle Division of Taxation and Revenue Department
Section 66-2-3 - Powers and duties of department.
Section 66-2-5 - Director to prescribe forms.
Section 66-2-6 - Authority to administer oaths.
Section 66-2-7 - Records of the department.
Section 66-2-7.1 - Motor vehicle-related records; confidential.
Section 66-2-8 - Authority to grant or refuse applications.
Section 66-2-9 - Seizure of documents and plates.
Section 66-2-10 - Division may summon witnesses and take testimony.
Section 66-2-11 - Giving of notice.
Section 66-2-12 - Police authority of division.
Section 66-2-13 - Legal services rendered director.
Section 66-2-14 - Appointment of agents; termination.
Section 66-2-14.1 - Fee agent designation; termination.