A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates, including motorcycle prestige registration plates and shall establish and promulgate procedures for applications for and issuance of special registration plates.
B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as defined in Subsection A of this section. No two owners will be issued identically lettered or numbered plates.
C. An owner must make a new application and pay a new fee each year he desires to obtain a special registration plate; however, he will have first priority on that plate for each subsequent year that he makes timely and appropriate application.
D. All fees collected shall be paid to the state treasurer to the credit of the motor vehicle suspense fund with distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-15, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 35; 1985, ch. 148, § 1; 1986, ch. 45, § 1.
Cross references. — For special plates, see 66-3-401 NMSA 1978 et seq.
"Lieutenant-governor's aide" or "advisor" cannot be put on plate. — The department of motor vehicles (now motor vehicle division) may not issue a license plate having on it "lieutenant-governor's aide" or "lieutenant-governor's advisor." 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-114.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Part 1 - REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION PLATES GENERALLY
Section 66-3-1 - Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions.
Section 66-3-1.1 - Motor carriers required to register with the department.
Section 66-3-1.2 - Registration; declared gross weight.
Section 66-3-1.3 - Unregistered foreign commercial motor carrier vehicle operations.
Section 66-3-1.4 - Motorcycle endorsement not required for autocycle operation.
Section 66-3-2 - Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers.
Section 66-3-2.1 - Full reciprocity registration; application; fee; formula; payment.
Section 66-3-2.3 - Full reciprocity registration; jurisdictions.
Section 66-3-2.4 - Registration of additional motor vehicles.
Section 66-3-2.5 - Withdrawal of fleet motor vehicles; notification; surrender of documents.
Section 66-3-2.6 - Preservation of international registration plan records; audit.
Section 66-3-2.7 - New registrant; estimated mileage.
Section 66-3-2.8 - Fleet registration; denial.
Section 66-3-2.9 - Relationship to other state laws.
Section 66-3-2.10 - Registration under the international registration plan not exclusive.
Section 66-3-3 - Registration card; special plate or sticker; declared gross weight.
Section 66-3-3.1 - Tax identification permit.
Section 66-3-5 - Application for specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicles.
Section 66-3-6 - Temporary registration permits, demonstration permits and transport permits.
Section 66-3-7 - Grounds for refusing, suspending or revoking registration or certificate of title.
Section 66-3-8 - Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles.
Section 66-3-9 - Registration indexes.
Section 66-3-11 - Director may authorize issuance of nonnegotiable certificates of title.
Section 66-3-12 - Evidential value of certificate.
Section 66-3-13 - Evidence of registration to be signed and exhibited on demand.
Section 66-3-14.1 - County name stickers.
Section 66-3-15 - Special registration plates; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-16.1 - Prohibited acts; penalties.
Section 66-3-17 - Registration plate; replacement of plate.
Section 66-3-20 - Renewal of registration; vehicles registered by declared gross weight.
Section 66-3-21 - Vehicle exceeding declared gross weight.
Section 66-3-22 - Re-registration; change in declared gross weight.
Section 66-3-23 - Notice of change of address or name.
Section 66-3-24 - Lost or damaged certificates, registration evidence or plates.
Section 66-3-25 - Division may assign new identifying number.
Section 66-3-27 - Horseless carriage registration.
Section 66-3-28 - State government registration plates; issuance approved.