A. With the exception of vehicles identified in Subsection B of this section, every motor vehicle, manufactured home, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer when driven or moved upon a highway and every off-highway motor vehicle is subject to the registration and certificate of title provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code except: (1) any such vehicle […]
A. The department, upon registration of a vehicle, shall issue a certificate of title and evidence of registration; an odometer statement may appear on one or both of these documents. B. Except for certificates of title issued pursuant to Section 66-3-2, 66-3-27 or 66-3-423 NMSA 1978 and for manufactured homes, school buses, state government vehicles, […]
A. It is unlawful for a person to sell or otherwise convey ownership of a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle unless the certificate of title or ownership is branded or a comparable title, certificate or ownership document has been issued by another state or jurisdiction. B. An owner of a nonrepairable vehicle shall sell or otherwise […]
Any owner of a vehicle required to be registered under the provisions of Section 66-3-1 NMSA 1978, who is unable to comply with the registration requirements of Section 66-3-4 NMSA 1978 for the reason that the vehicle is registered and titled in another state, territory or possession of the United States, subject to a lien, […]
A certificate of title issued by the division shall be received in evidence as prima facie evidence of the ownership of the vehicle named in the certificate and as prima facie evidence of all liens and encumbrances against said vehicle appearing on the certificate. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-12, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, […]
A. Every owner, upon receipt of registration evidence, shall write that owner’s signature thereon in a space provided. Every such registration evidence or duplicate of registration evidence validated by the division shall be exhibited upon demand of any police officer. B. A person charged with violating the provisions of this section shall not be convicted […]
A. The department upon registering a vehicle shall issue a registration plate or a validating sticker to the owner of the vehicle. The validating sticker may be designed and required to be placed on the registration plate or elsewhere on the vehicle as prescribed by the department. B. Each registration plate shall have a background […]
The department shall make available, upon request, county name stickers or decals for purchase at a reasonable charge to be set by the secretary. The stickers or decals shall be designed and prescribed by the department to fit on a registration plate without obscuring the registration number or validating sticker. History: Laws 2005, ch. 13, […]
A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates, including motorcycle prestige registration plates and shall establish and promulgate procedures for applications for and issuance of special registration plates. B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any owner of a […]
History: Laws 2001, ch. 180, § 1; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 319, § 67. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2007, ch. 319, § 67 repealed 66-3-15.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 180, § 1, relating to special motorcycle registration plates for disabled persons, effective June 15, 2007. For provisions of former section, […]
A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates for use on motor vehicles and motorcycles owned or leased by a person with a significant mobility limitation who requests a distinctive registration plate and who proves satisfactorily to the division that the person is a person with a significant mobility limitation. B. The division shall issue […]
A. Any person who provides false information in order to acquire, or who assists an unqualified person to acquire, a special registration plate or parking placard as provided in Section 66-3-16 NMSA 1978 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. B. Any person, other […]
A. Succeeding registration renewals of the registration plate issued under Section 66-3-14 NMSA 1978 shall cause the division to issue a validating sticker only, except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section. B. The person to whom the plate is issued may, at any time, apply for the issuance of a duplicate […]
A. The registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle for which it is issued; however, the registration plate shall be attached to the front of a road tractor or truck tractor. The plate shall be securely fastened at all times in a fixed horizontal position at a height of not less […]
A. The department, in order to operate a more uniform system of vehicle registration, is authorized for certain or all vehicles to: (1) prorate registration fees by quarterly increments for periods in excess of twelve months, but not exceeding twenty-four months; (2) determine the specific registered vehicle owners and the numbers of these to be […]
Nothing contained in the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978] relating to the full reciprocity registration of fleet vehicles shall be construed as requiring any vehicle to be registered pursuant to the international registration plan if it is otherwise registered in this state for the operation in which it […]
A. Any owner of a one-way rental fleet may, in lieu of registration under Sections 66-6-3 and 66-6-4 NMSA 1978, register each fleet for operation in this state by filing with the division an application which contains total fleet miles, in-state miles, a description of each motor vehicle as required in Subsection A of Section […]
The right to the privileges and benefits of registration under the international registration plan extended by Sections 66-3-2.1 through 66-3-2.10 NMSA 1978 or by any contract, agreement or declaration made accordingly shall be subject to the condition that each vehicle registered in this state shall also be properly registered in all other jurisdictions during the […]
Motor vehicles acquired by the owner after the commencement of the registration year shall be proportionally registered by applying the “New Mexico mileage percentage”, which is the figure resulting from the division of in-state miles by total fleet miles used in the original application, for all of the fleet vehicles for the registration period to […]
If any motor vehicle is withdrawn from a full reciprocity registered fleet during the period for which it is registered in this state, the owner of the fleet shall notify the division on forms it has prescribed. The division shall require the owner to surrender registration cards and other identification devices that have been issued […]
