The commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial driver's license" or "CDL". It shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
A. the person's name and current New Mexico physical or mailing address;
B. the person's full face or front-view color photograph;
C. a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color;
D. the person's date of birth;
E. the person's signature;
F. the class or type of commercial motor vehicle that the person is authorized to drive, together with any endorsements or restrictions;
G. the name of this state; and
H. the dates between which the license is valid.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 13; 1991, ch. 150, § 1; 1992, ch. 13, § 5; 2004, ch. 59, § 17.
The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, amended Subsection A to change "name and residential address of the person" to "the person's name and current New Mexico physical or mailing address" and amended Subsection B to change "color picture" to "full face or front-view color photograph".
The 1992 amendment, effective April 1, 1992, deleted "and hair" following "eye" in Subsection C and made minor stylistic changes in Subsection F.
The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "the person's" at the beginning of Subsection D; deleted former Subsection E, which read "the person's social security number and any number or identifier deemed appropriate by the division"; and redesignated former Subsections F to I as present Subsections E to H.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Part 1A - COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES
Section 66-5-52 - Short title.
Section 66-5-54 - Definitions.
Section 66-5-55 - Driver's licenses; limitation of number.
Section 66-5-56 - Notification by driver to the division.
Section 66-5-57 - Notification by driver to employer.
Section 66-5-58 - Employer responsibility.
Section 66-5-59 - Commercial driver's license required.
Section 66-5-60 - Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards.
Section 66-5-61 - Commercial driver's license; limitations on issuance.
Section 66-5-62 - Commercial driver's license; instruction permit; application; duplicate.
Section 66-5-63 - Commercial driver's license; permit; application; duplicate.
Section 66-5-64 - Commercial driver's license; content.
Section 66-5-65 - Classifications; endorsements; restrictions.
Section 66-5-65.1 - License endorsement fees.
Section 66-5-66 - Applicant record information; information exchange.
Section 66-5-67 - Expiration and renewal; staggered licensing during implementation period.
Section 66-5-68 - Disqualification.
Section 66-5-69 - Notification of traffic convictions.
Section 66-5-69.1 - Violation convictions; actions to mask, defer or divert; prohibited.
Section 66-5-70 - Reciprocity.
Section 66-5-71 - Penalties for violation of out-of-service orders.
Section 66-5-72 - Employer penalties for railroad-highway grade crossing violations.