2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Section 8 Crimes, Penalties and Procedure
Section 1 OFFENSES RELATING TO REGISTRATION
Section 66-8-7 Penalty for misdemeanor.

NM Stat § 66-8-7 (2015) What's This?

66-8-7. Penalty for misdemeanor.

A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] unless the violation is declared a felony.

B. Unless another penalty is specified in the Motor Vehicle Code, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both.

History: 1953 Comp., 64-8-7, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, 505; 1989, ch. 320, 3.

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