Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this act [67-8-1, 67-8-2 NMSA 1978] shall be fined in a sum not less than $50.00, and shall be liable for the damages sustained to any person injured by reason of the failure to comply with the provisions of this act.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 34, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 64-1402; 1941 Comp., § 58-702; 1953 Comp., § 55-7-2.
State highway department (now departmentment of transportation) is not a "person" within the meaning of this section. Rapp v. New Mexico State Hwy. Dep't, 1975-NMCA-004, 87 N.M. 177, 531 P.2d 225.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 88, 100.
Highways: governmental duty to provide curve warnings or markings, 57 A.L.R.4th 342.
40 C.J.S. Highways § 248.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 67-8-1 - [Danger signals or lights for roads or bridges under construction.]
Section 67-8-2 - [Failure to install warnings; penalty.]
Section 67-8-3 - [Fencing of roads on public lands; cost.]
Section 67-8-4 - [Direction signboards at road intersections; duty of county commissioners.]
Section 67-8-5 - [Replacement of direction signs.]
Section 67-8-6 - [Payment of direction sign expenses.]
Section 67-8-7 - [Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty.]
Section 67-8-8 - [Advertising signs adjoining public highways; definitions.]
Section 67-8-10 - [Restrictions on placing signs upon or over highway rights-of-way.]
Section 67-8-11 - Signs placed in violation of act declared public nuisances.
Section 67-8-12 - [Officers charged with enforcement of act.]
Section 67-8-13 - Wiring adjoining highway structures; permit required; application.
Section 67-8-14 - [Violation of wiring requirements; penalty.]
Section 67-8-15 - Declaration of policy.
Section 67-8-16 - Definitions.
Section 67-8-17 - Relocation of utility facilities authorized.
Section 67-8-18 - State pays certain relocation costs.
Section 67-8-19 - Procedure; appeal.
Section 67-8-20 - Nonapplicability of act.
Section 67-8-22 - Remaining in rest areas and similar facilities; penalty.
Section 67-8-23 - Additional cooperative agreements funding.