Chapter 66 — Chapter 66

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is not a New Mexico resident may drive a commercial motor vehicle if that person has a commercial driver's license issued by any state in accordance with the minimum standards established by the federal highway administrati…

A. A driver who is convicted of violating an out-of-service order shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first violation and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent violation, in addition to disquali…

violations. An employer who is convicted of a violation of Subsection D of Section 66-5-58 NMSA 1978 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation. The director shall collect the penalty upon conviction. History: Laws 2003,…

students; temporary licenses. A. A person fifteen years and six months of age or older may apply to the division for a provisional license if the person: (1) has completed a driver education course approved by the bureau that includes a DWI prevention and education component; (2)…

A. An application for a license or a renewal of a license shall be made upon a form furnished by the department. An application shall be accompanied by the proper fee. For licenses other than those issued pursuant to the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act, submission of a…

A. For the registration of motorcycles, the department shall collect the following fees for a twelve-month registration period: (1) for a motorcycle having not more than two wheels in contact with the ground, twenty dollars ($20.00); and (2) for a motorcycle having three wheels i…

trailers; division to notify county assessor of manufactured home registration. A. For the registration of each manufactured home, the division shall collect a fee of seven dollars ($7.00). B. The division shall compile and transmit to each county assessor each year a list of the…

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,…

A. Registration fees for school buses used solely for the purpose of transportation of school children and other school activities shall be seven dollars ($7.00) a year, except that the fee for a school bus permanently registered pursuant to Subsection A of Section 1 [66-3-30 MSA…

registration by alternative means; temporary permits; drive-out permit; fee. A. Upon a showing satisfactory to the division that a vehicle has not been operated on the highways of this state: (1) prior to April 1 of the year in which registration is sought, the registration fee s…

Vehicles or trailers owned by and used in the service of the United States or of any other state or political subdivision thereof, other than the state of New Mexico, need not be registered but must continually display plates or signs setting forth the fact that they are in the s…

A. Vehicles or trailers owned by and used in the service of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in this state or of any county or municipality of this state need not be registered but must continually display plates furnished by the division. B. Vehicles on…

lost use of limbs. A person who is a bona fide resident of New Mexico, who served in the armed forces of the United States, who was honorably discharged and who suffered the loss or complete and total loss of use of one or both legs at or above the ankle or one or both arms at or…

A. Except as provided otherwise in Subsection C of this section, every dealer, except a dealer in motorcycles only, shall pay each license year fifty dollars ($50.00) for each dealer plate issued pursuant to Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978 to the dealer for that license year. B. Excep…

recyclers and title service companies. For a license to do business as a dealer, wholesaler, distributor or any combination of the foregoing or as an auto recycler or as a title service company, there shall be paid a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each license year or portion …

A. For any transaction concerning the initial issuance, transfer or revocation of a title or registration, including filing and recording documents, releasing liens and certifying copies, the division shall charge three dollars ($3.00). As used in this subsection, "transaction" m…

For the registration of motor vehicles other than motorcycles, trucks, buses and tractors, the division shall collect the following fees for each twelve-month registration period: A. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is not more than two thousand pounds, twenty-se…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 49, § 9 repealed 66-6-20 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 355, relating to distribution of vehicle transaction fees, effective July 1, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 44 repealed 66-6-21 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 356, relating to former 66-6-20 NMSA 1978, controlling over all conflicting acts passed in the 1965 session of the legislature, effective July 1, 1990. For provisions of…

A. Whenever any application to the department is accompanied by any fee as required by the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] or the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978] and the application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to th…

disbursements. A. There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "motor vehicle suspense fund". B. The fees collected under the provisions of Sections 66-1-1 through 66-6-19 NMSA 1978 shall be paid to the state treasurer for the credit of the motor vehicle suspe…

suspense fund. A. The provisions of this section apply to disbursements from the motor vehicle suspense fund. B. If the secretary determines that a prior disbursement from the fund is erroneous, the secretary shall, pursuant to law, rules or procedures of the department of financ…

A. After the necessary disbursements for refunds and other purposes have been made, the money remaining in the motor vehicle suspense fund, except for remittances received within the previous two months that are unidentified as to source or disposition, shall be distributed as fo…

A. The balance from Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978 shall be transferred or distributed by the state treasurer on or before the last day of the month next after its receipt, as follows: (1) seventy-four and sixty-five hundredths percent shall be distributed to the state road fund; (2) …

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 85, § 1 repealed 66-6-24 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 359, relating to state road suspense fund, effective June 16, 1989.

A. No county or municipality shall require registration or charge fees for any vehicle subject to registration under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978]. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a county or municipality designated as an agent pursu…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 95, § 7 repealed 66-6-25.1, as enacted by Laws 1984 (1st S.S.), ch. 9, § 3, relating to the prohibition of certain emission control fees, effective April 2, 1985. For present comparable provisions, see 74-2-4E NMSA 1978.

No vehicle upon which the registration fees provided for in the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] have been paid shall be assessed or taxed upon any property assessment rolls in this state for the period for which the fees are paid, except that mobile homes shall be subject t…

A. For freight trailers, the division shall collect thirteen dollars ($13.00) for permanent registration or re-registration after sale or transfer. B. For utility trailers, the division shall collect: (1) for the annual registration of each utility trailer not permanently registe…

ANNOTATIONS Recompilations. — Laws 1988, ch. 73, § 36, recompiled 66-6-30 NMSA 1978 as 7- 15A-9 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 1988. 66-6-31 to 66-6-33. Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Recompilations. — Laws 1995, ch. 135, § 28 recompiled 66-6-34 NMSA 1978, relating to the penalty for dishonored check, as 66-8-141 NMSA 1978, effective June 16, 1995.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 160, § 22 repealed 66-6-35 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 370, relating to written agreement by the motor vehicle division with the taxation and revenue department, effective July 1, 1991. For provisions of former section, see …

To the extent permitted by the laws of the United States and by treaties entered into by the United States, the secretary may require all amounts due under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] or the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978] to be …

buses. A. Within their respective jurisdictions, the motor vehicle division and the motor transportation division of the department of public safety shall charge registration fees for trucks, truck tractors, road tractors and buses, except as otherwise provided by law, according …

All buses shall pay the registration fees provided in Section 66-6-4 NMSA 1978, except for school buses and buses operated by religious or nonprofit charitable organizations for the express purpose of the organization for which the annual registration fee is seven dollars ($7.00)…

For the registration of any vehicle having solid tires the division shall charge the following additional fees: A. all vehicles having solid rubber tires, twenty-five percent additional; and B. all vehicles having solid tires of material other than rubber, one hundred percent add…

For registration of vehicles subject to the registration fees imposed by Sections 66-6- 2 and 66-6-4 NMSA 1978, there is imposed an additional fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each twelve-month period for which a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under twenty- six thousand pounds…

In addition to all other fees collected by registration of vehicles pursuant to Section 66-3-1 NMSA 1978 or by registration of vehicles pursuant to the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978], there is imposed on each registration, for each year cover…

The vehicle registration form in use as of January 1, 2008 shall include a check-off option for a driver who wishes to contribute to the save our children's sight fund for a one-dollar ($1.00) or a five-dollar ($5.00) fee in addition to the registration fees required by the divis…

A. Every person who, by the terms and provisions of Section 7-37-5 NMSA 1978, is entitled to a veteran exemption and who does not have sufficient real or personal property to claim the full exemption under that section may be eligible to pay motor vehicle registration fees at two…

A. A bus that has a normal seating capacity of forty passengers or less and that is used exclusively for the transportation of agricultural laborers may be registered upon payment to the division of a fee of thirty-three dollars ($33.00). B. In addition to the registration fee im…

In lieu of the registration fee provided for in Section 66-6-3 NMSA 1978, the division shall collect a registration fee of seven dollars ($7.00) for each trailer used on the highways of this state by any commercial fertilizer company solely for the delivery or distribution of liq…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-7-1 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 21, relating to definitions for traffic regulation, effective July 1, 1990. For provisions of former section, see the 1989 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comp…

reference thereto. Nothing in Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property, used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other …

The state transportation commission shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions of Chapter 66, Article 7 NMSA 1978 for use upon highways within this state. The uniform system shall correlate with and so fa…

highways. A. The state transportation commission shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state highways as it deems necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of Chapter 66, Article 7 NMSA 1978 or to …

The state transportation commission shall erect billboard-size signs at entry points into New Mexico on interstate and major state highways, warning and informing motorists of New Mexico speed limits, the fines for speeding in New Mexico and New Mexico's commitment to enforce its…

Local authorities in their respective jurisdiction [jurisdictions] shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 or local tra…

A. As used in this section: (1) "camera monitor" means a device or instrument that records a visual image of a motor vehicle being operated in violation of a traffic signal's red light directive to stop; (2) "controller assembly" means a complete electrical device mounted in a ca…

A. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions gr…