Every district medical investigator or other official performing like functions shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, report in writing to the state highway and transportation department the death of any person within his jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of a traffic accident, giving the time and place of the accident and the circumstances relating to the accident.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-211, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 400; 1989, ch. 318, § 25.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "District medical investigators" for "Coroners" in the catchline, "district medical investigator" for "coroner" near the beginning of the section, and "state highway and transportation department" for "division" near the middle of the section, and made minor stylistic changes near the end of the section.
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.