The weight for determining registration fees for all vehicles shall be the gross factory shipping weight, or if the gross factory shipping weight is unavailable, the actual empty weight of the vehicle, except as otherwise provided by law for trucks, truck tractors, road tractors, buses, freight trailers, utility trailers and travel trailers.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-11, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 346; 2007, ch. 319, § 52.
Cross references. — For general definitions applicable to this section, see 66-1-4 to 66-1-4.20 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided a different measure of weight and that fees shall be based on gross factory shipping weight or actual empty weight except as otherwise provided by law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 66.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 138.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 66-6-1 - Motorcycles; registration fees.
Section 66-6-2 - Passenger vehicles; registration fees.
Section 66-6-3 - Trailers; registration fees.
Section 66-6-4 - Registration fees; trucks, truck tractors, road tractors and buses.
Section 66-6-5 - Bus registration fees.
Section 66-6-6 - Additional fees.
Section 66-6-6.1 - Additional registration fee.
Section 66-6-6.2 - Registration fee; litter control and beautification fund.
Section 66-6-6.3 - Save our children's sight fund option.
Section 66-6-8 - Bus registration; agricultural labor fees.
Section 66-6-9 - Fee for fertilizer trailers.
Section 66-6-11 - Computation of weight.
Section 66-6-12 - Fees for school buses.
Section 66-6-14 - Vehicles of United States and other states.
Section 66-6-15 - Vehicles of the state, county or municipality.
Section 66-6-16 - Exemption for armed forces amputees and those who have lost use of limbs.
Section 66-6-17 - Dealer plate fees.
Section 66-6-19 - Vehicle transaction fees.
Section 66-6-22 - When fees returnable; refunds.
Section 66-6-22.1 - Motor vehicle suspense fund created; receipts; disbursements.
Section 66-6-22.2 - Adjustments of disbursements from the motor vehicle suspense fund.
Section 66-6-23 - Disposition of fees.
Section 66-6-23.1 - Formulaic distribution.
Section 66-6-25 - Registration by county or municipality prohibited.
Section 66-6-26 - Registered vehicle exempt from property tax; exception.
Section 66-6-27 to 66-6-29 - Repealed.