A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move, or for the owner, lessee or other person directing the operation to cause or permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 […]
The total outside width of any vehicle or its load, excepting mirrors, shall not exceed eight feet six inches. Safety devices up to three inches on either side of the vehicle and recreational vehicle appurtenances, including retracting awnings, up to six inches on either side of the vehicle are also excepted. History: 1953 Comp., § […]
No passenger-type vehicle, except a motorcycle or recreational vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side of the vehicle. History: 1953 […]
A. A vehicle shall not exceed a height of fourteen feet. B. A vehicle shall not exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension and no motor home shall exceed a length of forty-five feet extreme overall dimension, exclusive of front and rear bumpers, except when operated in combination with another vehicle as provided […]
A. It is unlawful to operate on the highways of this state any motor vehicle: (1) with a wheelbase, between two axles, of less than three feet four inches; (2) with a motor displacement of less than forty-five cubic centimeters; or (3) any motorcycle with less than a twenty-five inch seat height measured from the […]
A. Subject to the provisions of Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 limiting the length of vehicles and loads, the load upon any vehicle operated alone or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles shall not extend more than three feet beyond the foremost part of the vehicle, and the load […]
A. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded, secured or covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction or water or other substance may be sprinkled […]
A. When one vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby. When a combination of vehicles are engaged in transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered, the load shall be distributed so as to equalize […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
A. An oilfield equipment transport vehicle may be issued a special permit to transport loads for multiple trips pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978. The area covered by the special permit shall be specified on the permit. B. The multiple trip special permits for oilfield equipment transport vehicles may be issued for a load with […]
A. An agricultural product transport vehicle may be issued a special permit for an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to transport loads for multiple trips pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978. The area covered by the special permit shall be specified on the permit. B. The multiple trip special permits for agricultural […]
