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Section 66-7-413.3 – Repealed.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 § 3 repealed 66-7-413.3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 227, § 1, relating to single trip or yearly permits for vehicles of excessive weight, effective March 13,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 […]
Section 66-7-403 – Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.
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 […]
Section 66-7-404 – Height and length of vehicles and loads.
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 […]
Section 66-7-405 – Minimum vehicle size.
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 […]
Section 66-7-406 – Special load limits.
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 […]