The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request exhibit his driver's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section 66-7-207 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-205, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 394.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Section 66-7-201 - Accidents involving death or personal injuries.
Section 66-7-202 - Accidents involving damage to vehicle.
Section 66-7-203 - Duty to give information and render aid.
Section 66-7-204 - Duty upon striking unattended vehicle.
Section 66-7-205 - Duty upon striking fixtures or other property upon a highway.
Section 66-7-206 - Immediate notice of accidents.
Section 66-7-206 - Immediate notice of accidents. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 66-7-207 - Written reports of accidents.
Section 66-7-208 - When driver unable to report.
Section 66-7-209 - Accident report form.
Section 66-7-211 - District medical investigators to report.
Section 66-7-212 - Garages, dealers and wreckers of vehicles to report.
Section 66-7-213 - Accident reports confidential; exceptions.
Section 66-7-214 - Agency to tabulate and analyze accident reports.
Section 66-7-215 - Any incorporated city may require accident reports.