2006 New Mexico Statutes - 66-5-4 — Persons exempt from licensure.

66-5-4. Persons exempt from licensure.

The following persons are exempt from licensure under the Motor Vehicle Code [ 66-1-1 NMSA 1978]:  

A.     any employee of the United States while driving a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States and being driven on official business;  

B.     any person who is at least fifteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to him in his home state or country may drive a motor vehicle in this state, except that the person shall obtain a license upon becoming a resident and before he is employed for compensation by another for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle;  

C.     any nonresident who is at least eighteen years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of drivers may drive a motor vehicle for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days in any calendar year if the motor vehicle driven is duly registered in the home state or country of the nonresident;  

D.     any driver of a farm tractor or implement of husbandry temporarily drawn, moved or propelled on the highway; and   

E.     any driver of an off-highway motorcycle.