There is a newer version of the New Mexico Statutes
2006 New Mexico Statutes - Article 5 — Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists\' Insurance; Identification Cards, 66-5-1 through 66-5-504.
Part 1. OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
- 66-5-1 — Repealed.
- 66-5-1.1 — Definitions.
- 66-5-1.2 — Definition; tribe.
- 66-5-2 — Drivers must be licensed.
- 66-5-2.1 — Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability.
- 66-5-3 — Repealed.
- 66-5-4 — Persons exempt from licensure.
- 66-5-5 — Persons not to be licensed.
- 66-5-6 — Health standards advisory board.
- 66-5-7 — Driver's license; classification; examinations.
- 66-5-8 — Provisional licenses; instruction permits; driver education students; temporary licenses.
- 66-5-9 — Application for license, temporary license, provisional license or instruction permit.
- 66-5-10 — Application for license; information; transfer to license.
- 66-5-11 — Application of minors.
- 66-5-12 — Release from liability.
- 66-5-13 — Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor's application.
- 66-5-14 — Examination of applicants.
- 66-5-15 — Licenses issued to applicants.
- 66-5-15.1 — Notification by licensee.
- 66-5-16 — License to be carried and exhibited on demand.
- 66-5-17 — Use of license for identification.
- 66-5-18 — Altered, forged or fictitious license; penalty.
- 66-5-19 — Restricted licenses.
- 66-5-20 — Replacement licenses.
- 66-5-21 — Expiration of license; four-year issuance period; eight-year issuance period.
- 66-5-21.1 — Effect of military service on driver's license.
- 66-5-22 — Notice of change of address or name.
- 66-5-23 — Records to be kept by the division.
- 66-5-24 — Authority of division to cancel license.
- 66-5-25 — Suspending privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions; failures to appear; failures to pay.
- 66-5-26 — Suspending resident's license; conviction failure to appear, failure to pay in another state or tribal jurisdiction.
- 66-5-27 — Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on military installations; suspension or revocation.
- 66-5-27.1 — Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on tribal land; intergovernmental agreements; information sharing with tribal courts.
- 66-5-28 — Court to forward license to division; definitions of "convicted" and "conviction".
- 66-5-29 — Mandatory revocation of license by division.
- 66-5-30 — Authority of division to suspend or revoke license.
- 66-5-31 — Division may require reexamination.
- 66-5-32 — Period of suspension or revocation.
- 66-5-33 — Repealed.
- 66-5-33.1 — Reinstatement of driver's license or registration; fee.
- 66-5-34 — No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state.
- 66-5-35 — Limited driving privilege upon suspension or revocation; hearing; review.
- 66-5-36 — Right of appeal to court.
- 66-5-37 — Unlawful use of license.
- 66-5-38 — Making false affidavit perjury.
- 66-5-39 — Driving while license suspended or revoked; providing penalties.
- 66-5-40 — Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
- 66-5-41 — Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
- 66-5-42 — Employing unlicensed driver.
- 66-5-43 — Renting motor vehicles to unlicensed drivers and minors; exception; record.
- 66-5-44 — Licenses and permits; duration and fee; appropriation.
- 66-5-44.1 — Provisional licenses; duration and fee; appropriation.
- 66-5-45 — Repealed.
- 66-5-46 — Repealed.
- 66-5-47 — Photographs; evidence of applicant's age.
- 66-5-48 — Uniformity of interpretation.
- 66-5-49 — Driver License Compact enacted.
- 66-5-50 — Driver License Compact; definitions; cooperation.
- 66-5-51 — Compensation of compact administrator.
Part 1A. COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES
- 66-5-52 — Short title.
- 66-5-53 — Purpose.
- 66-5-54 — Definitions.
- 66-5-55 — Driver's licenses; limitation of number.
- 66-5-56 — Notification by driver to the division.
- 66-5-57 — Notification by driver to employer.
- 66-5-58 — Employer responsibility.
- 66-5-59 — Commercial driver's license required.
- 66-5-60 — Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards.
- 66-5-61 — Commercial driver's license; limitations on issuance.
- 66-5-62 — Commercial driver's license; instruction permit; application; duplicate.
- 66-5-63 — Commercial driver's license; permit; application; duplicate.
- 66-5-64 — Commercial driver's license; content.
- 66-5-65 — Classifications; endorsements; restrictions.
- 66-5-65.1 — License endorsement fees.
- 66-5-66 — Applicant record information; information exchange.
- 66-5-67 — Expiration and renewal; staggered licensing during implementation period.
- 66-5-68 — Disqualification.
- 66-5-68.1 — Repealed.
- 66-5-69 — Notification of traffic convictions.
- 66-5-70 — Reciprocity.
- 66-5-71 — Penalties for violation of out-of-service orders.
- 66-5-72 — Employer penalties for railroad-highway grade crossing violations.
Part 2. ACTIONS AGAINST NONRESIDENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS
- 66-5-101, 66-5-102 — Reserved.
- 66-5-103 — Nonresident owners and operators; service of process on secretary of state in accident cases.
- 66-5-104 — Procedure in action against nonresident owner or operator.
Part 3. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- 66-5-201 — Short title.
- 66-5-201.1 — Purpose.
- 66-5-202 — Repealed.
- 66-5-203 — Director to administer act.
- 66-5-204 — Administrative and court review.
- 66-5-205 — Vehicle must be insured or owner must have evidence of financial responsibility; penalties.
- 66-5-205.1 — Uninsured motorist citation; requirements to be followed at time of accident; subsequent procedures; insurer notification requirements; suspension procedures.
- 66-5-205.2 — Repealed.
- 66-5-205.3 — Motor vehicle insurance policy; procedures.
- 66-5-206 — Registration without insurance or evidence of financial responsibility prohibited; suspension required.
- 66-5-207 — Exempt motor vehicles.
- 66-5-207.1 — Self-insurers.
- 66-5-208 — Evidence of financial responsibility; amounts and conditions.
- 66-5-209 — Meaning of "judgment".
- 66-5-210 — Settlement agreements for payment of damages.
- 66-5-211 — When courts to report nonpayment of judgments.
- 66-5-212 — Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles and accidents in other states.
- 66-5-213 — Exception when consent granted by judgment creditor.
- 66-5-214 — Discharge in bankruptcy.
- 66-5-215 — Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
- 66-5-216 — Installment payment of judgments; default.
- 66-5-217 — Action if breach of agreement.
- 66-5-218 — Alternate methods of giving evidence.
- 66-5-219 — Repealed.
- 66-5-220 — Default by nonresident insurer.
- 66-5-221 — Repealed.
- 66-5-222 — Driver exclusion endorsement form.
- 66-5-223 — Repealed.
- 66-5-224 — Act not to affect other policies.
- 66-5-225 — Bond as evidence.
- 66-5-226 — Cash deposit as evidence.
- 66-5-227 — Application of cash deposit.
- 66-5-228 — Substitution of evidence.
- 66-5-229 — Duration of evidence; when filing of evidence may be waived.
- 66-5-230 — Surrender of license and registration.
- 66-5-231 — Forged evidence.
- 66-5-232 — Sampling; letter to owner.
- 66-5-233 — Affirmation form.
- 66-5-234 — Registration; application and renewal.
- 66-5-235 — False affirmation; violation.
- 66-5-236 — Suspension for nonpayment of judgment or for false affirmation.
- 66-5-237 — Past application of act.
- 66-5-238 — Act not to prevent other process.
- 66-5-239 — No civil liability.
- 66-5-240 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-241 — Repealed.
- 66-5-242 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-243 — Repealed.
- 66-5-244 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-245 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-246 — Repealed.
- 66-5-247 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-248 — Recompiled.
- 66-5-249 to 66-5-277 — Repealed.
Part 4. UNINSURED MOTORISTS' INSURANCE
- 66-5-301 — Insurance against uninsured and unknown motorists; rejection of coverage by the insured.
- 66-5-302 — Uninsured motorist; payment of arbitration fee.
- 66-5-303 — Uninsured motorist; judicial review [of] arbitration award.
Part 5. IDENTIFICATION CARDS
- 66-5-401 — Identification cards.
- 66-5-402 — Persons eligible for identification cards.
- 66-5-403 — Expiration of identification cards; duration.
- 66-5-404 — Duplicate cards.
- 66-5-405 — Contents of card.
- 66-5-406 — Public entities; no liability.
- 66-5-407 — Reliance upon information.
- 66-5-408 — Fees.
- 66-5-409 — Unlawful use of identification card.
Part 6. IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSES
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