ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-5-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 223, relating to definitions of “suspension”, “revocation”, and “cancellation”, effective July 1, 1990. For provisions of former section, see the 1989 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 66-1-4.1 to 66-1-4.20 NMSA […]
A. Within the forms prescribed by the department for applications and licenses of drivers of motor vehicles, a space shall be provided to show whether the applicant is a donor as provided in the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [24-6B-1 to 24-6B-25 NMSA 1978]. Anyone applying for a license may, if the applicant […]
A. The application of any person under the age of eighteen years for an instruction permit, provisional license or driver’s license shall be signed and verified by the father, mother or guardian or, in the event there is no parent or guardian, by another responsible adult who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under […]
Any person who has signed the application of a minor for an instruction permit, a driver’s license or provisional license may thereafter file with the division a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be canceled. Thereupon, the division shall cancel the license of the minor, and the person who signed […]
The division upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the application of a minor for an instruction permit, a driver’s license or provisional license shall cancel the license and shall not issue a new license until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made as […]
A. The department shall examine every first-time applicant for a driver’s license or a motorcycle endorsement and may examine other applicants for a driver’s license or motorcycle endorsement. The examination shall include a test of the applicant’s ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning and directing traffic, the applicant’s knowledge of the traffic […]
A. The department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a license as applied for. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the license shall bear the applicant’s full legal name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph; a unique license […]
Every licensee shall, as a condition of holding a driver’s license, agree to notify the director of any change in his physical or mental condition that would impair the licensee’s ability to operate a vehicle. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-5-15.1, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 16.
History: Laws 2016, ch. 79, § 15; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 167, § 17. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 167, § 17 repealed 66-5-15.2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 79, § 15, relating to photograph, fingerprints, effective October 1, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 […]
A. No later than six months from the effective date of this 2016 act, the department shall establish and begin to issue to qualified applicants licenses and identification cards that meet federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes. The department shall adopt the general design marking known as gold star […]
A. A standard driver’s license or identification card shall be accepted by every state and local public agency and every public accommodation for all of the purposes for which such public agency or public accommodation would accept a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card. B. It is unlawful for a public accommodation to refuse […]
A driving authorization card issued by the taxation and revenue department shall be treated by the state and its subdivisions as a standard driver’s license and shall be valid until the card expires. History: Laws 2019, ch. 167, § 15. ANNOTATIONS Delayed repeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 167, § 16 provided that Laws 2019, ch. […]
Every licensee shall have the licensee’s driver’s license in the licensee’s immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the license upon demand of a magistrate, a peace officer or a field deputy or inspector of the division. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of […]
In any criminal prosecution, civil action or administrative proceeding charging violation of a statute, ordinance or regulation concerning the sale, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages involving minors, proof that the person charged, in good faith, demanded and was shown a valid driver’s license shall be valid defense to such prosecution, civil action or administrative […]
A. A person who uses or possesses an altered, forged or fictitious driver’s license, permit or identification card is guilty of a misdemeanor. B. A person who alters or forges a driver’s license, permit or identification card or who makes a fictitious driver’s license, permit or identification card is guilty of a fourth degree felony. […]
A. The division, upon issuing a license, may, whenever good cause appears, impose restrictions, including the shortening of the licensure period suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to the type of or special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle that the licensee may operate or such other restrictions applicable to the […]
In the event that a permit or driver’s license issued under the provisions of this article is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, or in the event of a name or address change, the person to whom the permit or driver’s license was issued may, upon payment of the required fee, obtain a replacement upon furnishing […]
A. Except as provided in Subsections B through H of this section and Sections 66-5-19 and 66-5-67 NMSA 1978, all licenses shall be issued for a period of four years, and each license shall expire four years after the effective date of the license or shall expire thirty days after the applicant’s seventy-ninth birthday. A […]
A. Unless the license is suspended, canceled or revoked as provided by law, a driver’s license issued by this state that is held by a person who is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and is absent from this state, or is in this state only on leave status, remains […]
A. Whenever a person, after applying for or receiving a driver’s license, moves from the address named in the application or in the issued license or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, the person shall, within ten days, notify the division of the new address in writing or by […]
