2006 New Mexico Statutes - 66-3-1004 — Registration certificate and nonresident permit fees; renewal.

66-3-1004. Registration certificate and nonresident permit fees; renewal.

A.     The fees for registering an off-highway motor vehicle are:

(1)     seventeen dollars ($17.00) for each off-highway motor vehicle; and

(2)     an amount determined by rule of the tourism department not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) for an off-highway user fee for each off-highway motor vehicle.

B.     Upon a change of ownership, the new owner shall make application and pay registration fees of:

(1)     seventeen dollars ($17.00) in the same manner as provided by rules of the division for original registration; and

(2)     an amount determined by rule of the tourism department not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) for an off-highway user fee for each off-highway motor vehicle.

C.     The fees for a nonresident permit of an off-highway motor vehicle are either:

(1)     seventeen dollars ($17.00) for each off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered in another state; and

(2)     an amount determined by rule of the tourism department not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) for an off-highway user fee for each off-highway motor vehicle that is not currently in compliance with a similar off-highway user fee law or rule in another state; or

(3)     seventeen dollars ($17.00) for a ninety-day permit to include both the off-highway motor vehicle not otherwise registered and the off-highway user fee.

D.     Except as provided in Paragraph (3) of Subsection C of this section, each registration certificate and nonresident permit shall be:

(1)     good for two years after the month in which the off-highway motor vehicle is registered or the permit is issued; and

(2)     renewed every two years.

E.     The off-highway user fee for each off-highway motor vehicle shall be paid upon obtaining and renewing each registration certificate or nonresident permit.

F.     Duplicate registration certificates and nonresident permits shall be issued upon payment of a seven-dollar-fifty-cent ($7.50) fee.

G.     A fee of one dollar ($1.00) on registration certificates and nonresident permits shall be collected for the New Mexico clean and beautiful program.

H.     The tourism department, in conjuction with the division and the department of game and fish, may establish and maintain sites to collect fees and issue permits for residents and nonresidents.