A. The division shall file every application for a driver’s license or a commercial driver’s license pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act [66-5-52 to 66-5-72 NMSA 1978] received by it and shall maintain suitable indexes containing: (1) all applications denied and, on each, note the reasons for denial; (2) […]
A. The division is authorized to cancel any instruction permit, driver’s license or provisional license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license or that the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in his application or committed any fraud in making the application. B. Upon such […]
A. The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the division in like manner and for like cause as a driver’s license may be suspended or revoked. B. The division is further authorized, upon receiving a record of […]
A. The division is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of a resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state or by a tribe of an offense that if committed within the […]
The division is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this state or the driving privilege of any member of the armed forces of the United States who is stationed at a federal military installation within this state, upon the receipt of a notice, from the authority having jurisdiction over offenses […]
A. The department is authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the appropriate governmental entity of a tribe to permit the exchange of information between the tribal court and the division regarding persons who are adjudicated for a motor vehicle offense that occurred within the jurisdiction of the tribal court. B. The division is […]
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-28, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 250; 1979, ch. 71, § 4; 1989, ch. 14, § 21; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 200, § 8. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 200, § 8 repealed 66-5-28 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 250, relating to […]
A. The division shall immediately revoke the driving privilege or driver’s license of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver’s adjudication as a delinquent for or conviction of any of the following offenses, whether the offense is under any state law or local ordinance, when the conviction or adjudication has become final: (1) […]
A. The division may suspend the instruction permit, driver’s license or provisional license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence, including information provided to the state pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement authorized by Section 66-5-27.1 NMSA 1978, that the licensee: (1) has been convicted of an […]
The division, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, may request that, upon written notice of at least five days to the licensee, he submit to an examination. Upon the conclusion of such examination, the division shall take action as may be appropriate and […]
A. The division shall not suspend a driver’s license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways for a period of more than one year except as permitted under Subsection C of this section and Sections 60-7B-1, 66-5-5, 66-5-39 and 66-5-39.1 NMSA 1978. B. Except as provided in the Ignition Interlock Licensing […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 47, § 3, repealed 66-5-33 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 255, relating to the surrender and return of a license and reinstatement fee, effective June 14, 1985. For present comparable provisions, see 66-5-33.1 and 66-5-230 NMSA 1978.
A. Whenever a driver’s license or registration is suspended or revoked and an application has been made for its reinstatement, compliance with all appropriate provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code and the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is a prerequisite to the reinstatement of any license or registration. B. If a driver’s […]
Any resident or nonresident whose driver’s license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this article shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license, permit or registration certificate issued by any other jurisdiction or otherwise during such suspension […]
A. Upon suspension or revocation of a person’s driving privilege or driver’s license following conviction or adjudication as a delinquent under any law, ordinance or rule relating to motor vehicles, the person may apply to the department for a driver’s license, provisional license or instruction permit to drive, limited to use allowing the person to […]
A person denied a license or whose license has been canceled, suspended or revoked by the department, except when the cancellation or revocation is mandatory under the provisions of Chapter 66, Article 5 NMSA 1978, may file an appeal in the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., […]
A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person’s possession any canceled, revoked or suspended driver’s license; (2) lend the person’s driver’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use of the person’s license by another; (3) permit any […]
Except as otherwise provided in the Motor Vehicle Code, a person who makes a false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to a matter or thing required by the terms of the Motor Vehicle Code to be sworn to or affirmed is guilty of perjury as provided in Section 30-25-1 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 […]
A. A person who drives a motor vehicle on any public highway of this state at a time when the person’s privilege to do so is suspended and who knows or should have known that the person’s license was suspended is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished pursuant to Subsection B of Section […]
A. A person who drives a motor vehicle on a public highway of this state at a time when the person’s privilege to do so is revoked and who knows or should have known that the person’s license was revoked is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be charged with a violation of this section. […]
