Articles 1 through 8 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 [except 66-7-102.1 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Code”. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-1-1, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Constitutionality. — The former Motor Vehicle Act was not constitutionally objectionable under N.M. Const., art. IV, § 16. The mere […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “laned roadway” means a roadway that is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic; B. “law enforcement agency designated by the division” means the law enforcement agency indicated on the dismantler’s notification form as the appropriate agency for the receipt of the appropriate […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “mail” means any item properly addressed with postage prepaid delivered by the United States postal service or any other public or private enterprise primarily engaged in the transport and delivery of letters, packages and other parcels; B. “manufactured home” means a movable or portable housing structure that […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “natural gas vehicle” means a vehicle operated by an engine that primarily uses natural gas; B. “neighborhood electric car” means a four-wheeled electric motor vehicle that has a maximum speed of more than twenty miles per hour but less than twenty-five miles per hour and complies with […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “odometer” means a device for recording the total mileage traveled by a vehicle from the vehicle’s manufacture and for so long as the vehicle is operable on the highways; B. “off-highway motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle operated or used exclusively off the highways of this state […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “odometer” means a device for recording the total mileage traveled by a vehicle from the vehicle’s manufacture and for so long as the vehicle is operable on the highways; B. “off-highway motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle operated or used exclusively off the highways of this state […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading; B. “parking lot” means a parking area provided for the use of patrons of any office of state or […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading; B. “parking lot” means a parking area provided for the use of patrons of any office of state or […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “railroad” means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails; B. “railroad sign or signal” means any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “safety glazing materials” means glazing materials constructed, treated or combined with other materials to reduce substantially, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from exterior sources or by these safety glazing materials when they are cracked and […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “tank vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous material within a tank that is either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis and that has either a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “unclaimed vehicle or motor vehicle” means a vehicle or motor vehicle that has been placed in an impound lot by a law enforcement agency or removed to any storage lot by a property owner, and to which no owner or lienholder of record has asserted a valid […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “validating sticker” means the tab or sticker issued by the division to signify, upon a registration plate, renewed registration; B. “vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including any frame, chassis, […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “wholesaler” means any person, except a person making a casual sale of the person’s own vehicle, who sells or offers for sale vehicles of a type subject to registration in this state, to a vehicle dealer who is licensed under the Motor Vehicle Code or who is […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “evidence of registration” means any documentation issued by the department identifying a motor carrier vehicle as being registered with New Mexico or documentation issued by another state pursuant to the terms of a multistate agreement on registration of vehicles to which this state is a party identifying […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “day” means calendar day, unless otherwise provided in the Motor Vehicle Code; B. “dealer”, except as specifically excluded, means any person who sells or solicits or advertises the sale of new or used motor vehicles, manufactured homes or trailers subject to registration in this state; “dealer” does […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing device having two nontandem wheels designed to transport a single person by means of an electric propulsion system with an average power of one horsepower and with a maximum speed on a paved level surface of less than twenty […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “farm tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry; B. “financial responsibility” means the ability to respond in damages for liability resulting from traffic accidents arising out of the ownership, maintenance or […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “gross combination vehicle weight” means the total of the gross vehicle weights of all units of a combination; B. “gross combination weight rating” means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination; however, in the absence of a value specified by the […]
As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “hazardous material” means a substance or material in a quantity and form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property when transported in commerce; B. “highway” or “street” means every way or place generally open to the use of the public as a matter […]
