Section 66-7-409 – Load limits on single axles, wheels and tires.
A. Except as provided by Subsection D of this section, the gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed twenty-one thousand six hundred pounds nor shall any one wheel carry a load in excess of eleven thousand pounds. B. For the purposes of Sections […]
Section 66-7-410 – Gross weight of vehicles and loads.
A. Subject to the limit upon the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle as set forth in Section 66-7-409 NMSA 1978 and except as provided in Subsection D of this section, the total gross weight with load imposed upon the highway by any one group of two or more consecutive axles of […]
Section 66-7-411 – Authorized representative may weigh vehicles and require removal of excess loads; graduated penalties.
A. A police officer with the New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, may require the driver to stop and submit to weighing of the vehicle and load by means of either portable or stationary scales and […]
Section 66-7-412 – Special farm permits.
The department of transportation shall have the authority to issue special permits at all ports of entry where registration stations or places where inspection and registration services are maintained by the department of transportation to all implements of husbandry using the highways, including farm tractors, and to the instrumentalities or vehicles that may be carrying […]
Section 66-7-413 – Permits for excessive size and weight; special notification required on movement of manufactured homes.
A. The department of transportation and local highway authorities may, in their discretion, upon application in writing and good cause being shown, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or load of a size or weight exceeding the maximum specified in Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 […]
Section 66-7-413.1 – Hay transportation; excessive size; special permit allowance.
A vehicle used to transport loads of hay greater than one hundred two inches wide may be issued a special permit to transport loads pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978; provided that the vehicle is marked on the front and the rear with “OVERSIZED LOAD” signs. The area covered by the special permit shall be […]
Section 66-7-413.2 – Engineering investigations for vehicles in excess of one hundred seventy thousand pounds.
A. All vehicles with a gross vehicle weight in excess of one hundred seventy thousand pounds shall require a special permit as provided for in Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978, and no such permit shall be issued unless: (1) an engineering investigation and review have been conducted to: (a) establish whether the move could be made […]
Section 66-7-413.3 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 20. § 3 repealed 66-7-413.3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 227, § 1, relating to single trip or yearly permits for vehicles of excessive weight, effective March 13, 2001. For provisions of the former section, see the 2000 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
Section 66-7-413.4 – Permits for excessive weight.
A. In addition to the authority granted in Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978, the department of transportation may issue special permits authorizing an increase of up to twenty-five percent in axle weight for liquid hauling tank vehicles whenever the liquid hauling tank vehicles would have to haul less than a full tank under the maximum weights […]
Section 66-7-413.5 – Exemption; vehicles used to transport seed cotton modules; limitations.
A. A seed cotton module transport vehicle may transport loads without securing a permit or escort if: (1) the vehicle is: (a) no wider than nine feet; (b) no longer than forty-eight feet; and (c) no higher than fourteen feet six inches; (2) the load is not transported for a distance greater than one hundred […]