Unless exempted from the provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act, a person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle unless the off-highway motor vehicle has been registered in accordance with Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978. The owner shall affix the validating sticker as provided in Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-1003, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 199; 1985, ch. 189, § 3; 1987, ch. 17, § 1; 2005, ch. 325, § 2.
The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, changed "motor vehicle" to "off-highway motor vehicle"; deleted the provision of former Subsection A that an off-highway motor vehicle must be registered; deleted former Subsection B, which provided for the application for registration and certificate of title for off-highway motor vehicles; deleted former Subsection C, which provided that the owner of the off-highway motor vehicle must affix the registration place; and provided that a person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle unless it has been registered and the owner has affixed the validating sticker in accordance with Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Part 11 - OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 66-3-1001 - Short title.
Section 66-3-1001.1 - Definitions.
Section 66-3-1003 - Off-highway motor vehicles; registration.
Section 66-3-1003.1 - Recompiled.
Section 66-3-1004.1 - Repealed.
Section 66-3-1005 - Exemptions.
Section 66-3-1006 - Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title.
Section 66-3-1007 - Evidentiary value of certificate of title.
Section 66-3-1008 - Validating stickers to be furnished by division.
Section 66-3-1010 - Licensing.
Section 66-3-1010.2 - Off-highway motor vehicle safety permit; requirements; issuance.
Section 66-3-1010.3 - Operation and equipment; safety requirements.
Section 66-3-1010.4 - Safety helmet; civil liability.
Section 66-3-1010.5 - Requirements of dealers to distribute safety information.
Section 66-3-1011 - Operation on streets or highways; prohibited areas.
Section 66-3-1012 - Driving of off-highway motor vehicles adjacent to highway.
Section 66-3-1013 - Liability; local registration prohibited.
Section 66-3-1014 - Accidents and accident reports.
Section 66-3-1015 - Enforcement.
Section 66-3-1017 - Off-highway motor vehicle advisory board created; members; compensation.
Section 66-3-1018 - Department; powers and duties.
Section 66-3-1019 - Fund created; disposition.