2006 New Mexico Statutes - Article 3 — Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles, 66-3-1 through 66-3-1103.

Part 1. REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION PLATES GENERALLY

• 66-3-1 — Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions.
• 66-3-1.1 — Motor carriers required to register with the department.
• 66-3-1.2 — Registration; declared gross weight.
• 66-3-1.3 — Unregistered foreign commercial motor carrier vehicle operations.
• 66-3-2 — Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers.
• 66-3-2.1 — Proportional registration of fleets; application; fee; formula; payment.
• 66-3-2.2 — Registration and identification of proportionally registered vehicles; fee; effect of registration.
• 66-3-2.3 — Proportional registration; jurisdictions.
• 66-3-2.4 — Registration of additional motor vehicles.
• 66-3-2.5 — Withdrawal of fleet motor vehicles; notification; surrender of documents.
• 66-3-2.6 — Preservation of proportional registration records; audit.
• 66-3-2.7 — New fleet; estimated mileage.
• 66-3-2.8 — Fleet registration; denial.
• 66-3-2.9 — Relationship to other state laws.
• 66-3-2.10 — Proportional registration not exclusive.
• 66-3-2.11 — Allocation registration; one-way rental fleet vehicles; allocation of vehicles; fee; identification.
• 66-3-3 — Registration card; special plate or sticker; declared gross weight.
• 66-3-3.1 — Tax identification card.
• 66-3-4 — Application for registration and certificate of title; nonrepairable vehicle certificate.
• 66-3-5 — Application for specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicles.
• 66-3-6 — Temporary permits and demonstration plates.
• 66-3-7 — Grounds for refusing, suspending or revoking registration or certificate of title.
• 66-3-7.1 — Registration if vehicle emission inspection test required; requiring a certificate; registration in Class A counties.
• 66-3-8 — Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles.
• 66-3-9 — Registration indexes.
• 66-3-10 — Division to issue certificate of title and evidence of registration; release of lien; odometer statement.
• 66-3-10.1 — Salvage vehicles; nonrepairable vehicles; certificate of title; transfer of ownership.
• 66-3-11 — Director may authorize issuance of nonnegotiable certificates of title.
• 66-3-12 — Evidential value of certificate.
• 66-3-13 — Evidence of registration to be signed and exhibited on demand.
• 66-3-14 — Registration plates or validating stickers to be furnished by department; reflective material.
• 66-3-14.1 — County name stickers.
• 66-3-15 — Special registration plates; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-15.1 — Special motorcycle registration plates for disabled persons.
• 66-3-16 — Special registration plates; disabled persons; parking placard.
• 66-3-16.1 — Prohibited acts; penalties.
• 66-3-17 — Registration plate; replacement of plate.
• 66-3-18 — Display of registration plates and temporary permits and plates; displays prohibited and allowed.
• 66-3-19 — Renewal of registration; staggered period for vehicles; exception for manufactured homes and freight trailers; late registration.
• 66-3-20 — Renewal of registration; vehicles registered by declared gross weight.
• 66-3-20.1 — Providing for extended registration periods for certain motor vehicles; credit for unexpired portion of fee.
• 66-3-21 — Vehicle exceeding declared gross weight.
• 66-3-22 — Re-registration; change in declared gross weight.
• 66-3-23 — Notice of change of address or name.
• 66-3-24 — Lost or damaged certificates, registration evidence or plates.
• 66-3-25 — Division may assign new identifying number.
• 66-3-26 — Repealed.
• 66-3-27 — Horseless carriage registration.
• 66-3-28 — State government registration plates; issuance approved.
• 66-3-29 — Intrastate livestock haulers.

Part 2. TRANSFER OF TITLE OR INTEREST

• 66-3-101 — Transfer by owner; recordation of mileage of vehicle.
• 66-3-102 — Endorsement of assignment and warranty of title.
• 66-3-103 — New owner to secure transfer of registration and new certificate of title; time period; penalty.
• 66-3-104 — Use of plate and registration number on another vehicle; transfer of registration.
• 66-3-105 — Transfer by operation of law.
• 66-3-106 — Owner after transfer not liable for negligent operation.
• 66-3-107 — Duties of seller or transferor; additional duties of dealers; application for transfer; penalty; mileage of vehicle.
• 66-3-108 — Transfer to dealers.
• 66-3-109 — Dealer's guarantee of title.
• 66-3-110 — When division to reregister vehicle and issue new certificate.
• 66-3-111 — Assignment by person holding lien.
• 66-3-112 — Release by lienholder to owner.
• 66-3-113 — Failure to deliver certificate; penalty.
• 66-3-114 — Repealed.
• 66-3-115 — Notification forms; copies; resale of salvaged vehicle or motor vehicle.
• 66-3-116 — Title cancellation.
• 66-3-117 — Repealed.
• 66-3-118 — Manufacturer's certificate of origin; transfer of vehicle not previously registered.
• 66-3-119 — Vehicle or motor vehicle to be dismantled.
• 66-3-120 — Transportation of certain vehicles; proof of ownership.
• 66-3-121 — Disposal of abandoned vehicle or motor vehicle.
• 66-3-122 — Registration effective after death of owner.
• 66-3-123 — Requirements of purchaser; forms; distribution.
• 66-3-124 — Department to provide forms.
• 66-3-125 — Restrictions upon licensees.
• 66-3-126 — Casual sales; place of sale; advertising; penalty.
• 66-3-127 — Warning of violation; removal of vehicle.

Part 3. SECURITY INTERESTS

• 66-3-201 — Filing security interests.
• 66-3-202 — Filing effective to give notice.
• 66-3-203 — Report of stored, unclaimed and unidentified motor vehicles.
• 66-3-204 — Property tax liens on manufactured homes; filing; effect.

Part 4. NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF VEHICLES

• 66-3-301 — Registration by nonresidents.
• 66-3-302 — Caravan fee.
• 66-3-303 — Registration by military personnel.

Part 5. SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES

• 66-3-401 — Operation of vehicles under special dealer plates.
• 66-3-401.1 — Use of vehicles with special dealer plates by coaches and athletic directors.
• 66-3-402 — Application for special dealer plates.
• 66-3-403 — Expiration of special dealer plates.
• 66-3-404 — Special vehicle-business plates not transferable.
• 66-3-405 — Special plates for members of congress.
• 66-3-406 — Special registration plates for private vehicles.
• 66-3-407 — Special plates for private vehicles used in public service.
• 66-3-407.1 — Special registration plates.
• 66-3-408 — Special plates for recreational vehicles.
• 66-3-409 — Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients.
• 66-3-410 — Repealed.
• 66-3-411 — Special registration plates; prisoners of war and surviving spouses; submission of proof; penalty.
• 66-3-412 — Special registration plates; one hundred percent disabled veterans; submission of proof; penalty.
• 66-3-412.1 — Special motorcycle registration plates for armed forces veterans.
• 66-3-413 — Special registration plates.
• 66-3-414 — Special registration plates for purple heart veterans.
• 66-3-415 — Special registration plates for Pearl Harbor survivors.
• 66-3-416 — Special collegiate registration plate; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-417 — Radio station licensees; special registration plates; fee.
• 66-3-418 — Purpose.
• 66-3-419 — Special registration plates for armed forces veterans.
• 66-3-420 — Special children's artwork registration plate; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-420.1 — Motorcycle registration plates to benefit the children's trust fund; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-421 — Special registration plates; New Mexico rangers and New Mexico mounted patrol; submission of proof; penalty.
• 66-3-422 — Special registration plates for firefighters and volunteer firefighters.
• 66-3-423 — Year-of-manufacture license plates; procedures; fees.
• 66-3-424 — Standardized special registration plates with logos.
• 66-3-424.1 — Special registration plates for retired New Mexico letter carriers.
• 66-3-424.2 — Standardized special registration plate for retired New Mexico state police officers.
• 66-3-424.3 — Special pet care registration plates.
• 66-3-424.4 — Standardized special registration plate for retired members of the New Mexico national guard.
• 66-3-424.5 — Special registration plates for New Mexico members of the fraternal order of police.
• 66-3-424.6 — Special wildlife artwork registration plates; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-424.7 — Registration plates for members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
• 66-3-424.8 — Special route 66 commemorative registration plate.
• 66-3-424.9 — Standardized special registration plate for retired firefighters.
• 66-3-424.10 — Special registration plates for armed forces retirees.
• 66-3-424.11 — Special registration plates for active duty uniform service members.
• 66-3-424.12 — Special registration plates for search and rescue members.
• 66-3-424.13 — Standardized special registration plate for retired New Mexico state police officers.
• 66-3-424.14 — Special registration plates; New Mexico high school rodeo association.
• 66-3-424.15 — Special organ donation awareness registration plate; procedures; fee.
• 66-3-424.16 — Special registration plates for emergency medical technicians.
• 66-3-424.17 — Special patriot registration plate.

Part 6. ANTI-THEFT PROVISIONS

• 66-3-501 — Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles.
• 66-3-502 — Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles.
• 66-3-503 — Repealed.
• 66-3-504 — Unlawful taking of a vehicle or motor vehicle.
• 66-3-505 — Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles or motor vehicles.
• 66-3-506 — Injuring or tampering with vehicle.
• 66-3-507 — Altered vehicle identification numbers; contraband.
• 66-3-508 — Altering or changing engine or other numbers.

Part 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• 66-3-601 to 66-3-603 — Repealed.
• 66-3-604 — Recompiled.

Part 8. BICYCLES

• 66-3-701 — Bicycles; effect of regulations.
• 66-3-702 — Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles.
• 66-3-703 — Riding on bicycles.
• 66-3-704 — Clinging to vehicles.
• 66-3-705 — Riding on roadways and bicycle paths.
• 66-3-706 — Carrying articles.
• 66-3-707 — Lamps and other equipment on bicycles.

Part 9. EQUIPMENT

• 66-3-801 — Equipment; prohibited acts.
• 66-3-802 — When lighted lamps are required.
• 66-3-803 — Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps.
• 66-3-804 — Headlamps on motor vehicles.
• 66-3-805 — Tail lamps.
• 66-3-806 — New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors.
• 66-3-807 — Stop lamps and turn signals required on designated vehicles.
• 66-3-808 — Application of succeeding sections.
• 66-3-809 — Additional equipment required on certain vehicles.
• 66-3-810 — Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps and reflectors.
• 66-3-811 — Lamps and reflectors; truck tractors and road tractors.
• 66-3-812 — Lamps and reflectors; large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers.
• 66-3-813 — Lamps and reflectors, small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers.
• 66-3-814 — Lamps and reflectors, pole trailers.
• 66-3-815 — Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations.
• 66-3-816 — Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side-marker lamps.
• 66-3-817 — Clearance lamps to indicate extreme width, height and length.
• 66-3-818 — Side-marker lamps combined with clearance lamps.
• 66-3-819 — Combining tail and stop lamps.
• 66-3-820 — Lighting devices to be electric.
• 66-3-821 — Requirements for headlamps and auxiliary road-lighting lamps.
• 66-3-822 — Requirements for clearance, side-marker and other lamps.
• 66-3-823 — Obstructed lights not required.
• 66-3-824 — Lamp or flag on projecting load.
• 66-3-825 — Lamps on parked vehicles.
• 66-3-826 — Lamps on other vehicles and equipment.
• 66-3-827 — Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps.
• 66-3-828 — Signal lamps and signal devices.
• 66-3-829 — Additional lighting equipment.
• 66-3-830 — Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
• 66-3-831 — Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
• 66-3-832 — Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
• 66-3-833 — Alternate road-lighting equipment.
• 66-3-834 — Number of driving lamps required or permitted.
• 66-3-835 — Special restrictions on lamps.
• 66-3-836 — Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment.
• 66-3-837 — Selling or using lamps or equipment.
• 66-3-838 — Authority of director with reference to safety and lighting devices.
• 66-3-839 — Revocation of certificate of approval on safety and lighting devices.
• 66-3-840 — Brakes.
• 66-3-841 — Repealed.
• 66-3-842 — Motorcycle maneuverability.
• 66-3-843 — Horns and warning devices.
• 66-3-844 — Mufflers; prevention of noise; emission control devices.
• 66-3-845 — Mirrors.
• 66-3-846 — Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers; windows must be transparent; exception.
• 66-3-846.1 — Sun screening material on windshields and windows; requirements; violation; penalty.
• 66-3-847 — Restrictions as to tire equipment.
• 66-3-848 — Safety glazing materials in motor vehicles.
• 66-3-849 — Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.
• 66-3-850 — Buses; additional emergency equipment.
• 66-3-851 — Meaning of term "motor vehicle" as used in Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978; unattended vehicles.
• 66-3-852 — Stopped vehicles not to interfere with other traffic.
• 66-3-853 — Emergency signals; disabled vehicle.
• 66-3-854 — Emergency signals; stopped or parked vehicles.
• 66-3-855 — Emergency signals; flame producing.
• 66-3-856 — Emergency signals; dangerous cargoes.
• 66-3-857 — Red flags; stopped vehicles.
• 66-3-858 to 66-3-872 — Repealed.
• 66-3-873 — Formulation of rules and regulations governing transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids.
• 66-3-874 — Safety belts required.
• 66-3-875 — Safety belts; type and manner of installation.
• 66-3-876 to 66-3-886 — Repealed.
• 66-3-887 — Slow-moving vehicle identification.

Part 10. UNSAFE VEHICLES

• 66-3-901 — Vehicles without required equipment or in unsafe condition.

Part 11. OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES

• 66-3-1001 — Short title.
• 66-3-1001.1 — Definitions.
• 66-3-1002 — Repealed.
• 66-3-1003 — Off-highway motor vehicles; registration.
• 66-3-1004 — Registration certificate and nonresident permit fees; renewal.
• 66-3-1004.1 — Fees; disposition.
• 66-3-1005 — Exemptions.
• 66-3-1006 — Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title.
• 66-3-1007 — Evidentiary value of certificate of title.
• 66-3-1008 — Validating stickers to be furnished by division.
• 66-3-1009 — Repealed.
• 66-3-1010 — Licensing.
• 66-3-1010.1 — Off-highway motor vehicle safety training  organization; approval and certification.
• 66-3-1010.2 — Off-highway motor vehicle safety permit; requirements; issuance.
• 66-3-1010.3 — Operation and equipment; safety requirements.
• 66-3-1010.4 — Safety helmet; civil liability.
• 66-3-1010.5 — Requirements of dealers to distribute safety information.
• 66-3-1011 — Operation on streets or highways; prohibited areas.
• 66-3-1012 — Driving of off-highway motor vehicles adjacent to highway.
• 66-3-1013 — Liability; local registration prohibited.
• 66-3-1014 — Accidents and accident reports.
• 66-3-1015 — Enforcement.
• 66-3-1016 — Penalties.
• 66-3-1017 — Off-highway motor vehicle safety board created; members; compensation.
• 66-3-1018 — Board; powers and duties.
• 66-3-1019 — Fund created; disposition.
• 66-3-1020 — Penalties.

Part 12. OTHER VEHICLES

• 66-3-1101 — Mopeds; standards; operator requirements; application of Motor Vehicle Code.
• 66-3-1102 — Electric personal assistive mobility devices; standards; operator requirements; applicability; penalties.
• 66-3-1103 — Neighborhood electric cars.