Section 66-7-413.6 – Multiple trip special permit allowance; vehicles used to transport oilfield equipment; limitations.
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 […]
Section 66-7-413.7 – Multiple trip special permit allowance; fee; vehicles used to transport agricultural products; limitations.
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 […]
Section 66-7-413.8 – Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles.
A special multiple-trip permit may be issued for a single vehicle with a load in excess of the weight allowed in Section 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 if: A. the vehicle has an overall length of not more than forty feet and contains a group of four to seven axles having a distance in feet between the […]
Section 66-7-414 – Exemptions; implements of husbandry.
A. No permit or fee required under Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978 is necessary for implements of husbandry, including farm tractors and farm trailers when not more than two such farm trailers are towed in tandem, being moved during daylight hours within a county or an adjacent county for a total distance, one way, of not […]
Section 66-7-415 – When the state transportation commission or local authorities may restrict right to use streets.
A. Local authorities, with respect to streets under their jurisdiction, may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or may impose limitations as to size or weight, on designated streets in areas that are primarily residential or that pass by educational or medical facilities or on streets that […]
Section 66-7-416 – Liability for damage; unlawful use of highways; penalties.
A. The public highways in the state are dedicated to the reasonable use thereof by the public. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or damage any public highway or street or any bridge, culvert, sign, signpost or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street […]
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 […]