2009 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles.
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards

Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

• Section 66-5-1 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-1.1 - Definitions.
• Section 66-5-1.2 - Definition; tribe.
• Section 66-5-2 - Drivers must be licensed.
• Section 66-5-2.1 - Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability.
• Section 66-5-3 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-4 - Persons exempt from licensure.
• Section 66-5-5 - Persons not to be licensed.
• Section 66-5-6 - Health standards advisory board.
• Section 66-5-7 - Driver's license; classification; examinations.
• Section 66-5-8 - Provisional licenses; instruction permits; driver education students; temporary licenses.
• Section 66-5-9 - Application for license, temporary license, provisional license or instruction permit.
• Section 66-5-10 - Application for license; information; transfer to license.
• Section 66-5-11 - Application of minors.
• Section 66-5-12 - Release from liability.
• Section 66-5-13 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor's application.
• Section 66-5-14 - Examination of applicants.
• Section 66-5-15 - Licenses issued to applicants.
• Section 66-5-15.1 - Notification by licensee.
• Section 66-5-16 - License to be carried and exhibited on demand.
• Section 66-5-17 - Use of license for identification.
• Section 66-5-18 - Altered, forged or fictitious license; penalty.
• Section 66-5-19 - Restricted licenses.
• Section 66-5-20 - Replacement licenses.
• Section 66-5-21 - Expiration of license; four-year issuance period; eight-year issuance period.
• Section 66-5-21.1 - Effect of military service on driver's license.
• Section 66-5-22 - Notice of change of address or name.
• Section 66-5-23 - Records to be kept by the division.
• Section 66-5-24 - Authority of division to cancel license.
• Section 66-5-25 - Suspending privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions; failures to appear; failures to pay.
• Section 66-5-26 - Suspending resident's license; conviction failure to appear, failure to pay in another state or tribal jurisdiction.
• Section 66-5-27 - Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on military installations; suspension or revocation.
• Section 66-5-27.1 - Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on tribal land; intergovernmental agreements; information sharing with tribal courts.
• Section 66-5-28 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-29 - Mandatory revocation of license by division.
• Section 66-5-30 - Authority of division to suspend or revoke license.
• Section 66-5-31 - Division may require reexamination.
• Section 66-5-32 - Period of suspension or revocation.
• Section 66-5-33 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-33.1 - Reinstatement of driver's license or registration; ignition interlock; fee.
• Section 66-5-34 - No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state.
• Section 66-5-35 - Limited driving privilege upon suspension or revocation.
• Section 66-5-36 - Right of appeal to court.
• Section 66-5-37 - Unlawful use of license.
• Section 66-5-38 - Making false affidavit perjury.
• Section 66-5-39 - Driving while license suspended or revoked; providing penalties.
• Section 66-5-40 - Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
• Section 66-5-41 - Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
• Section 66-5-42 - Employing unlicensed driver.
• Section 66-5-43 - Renting motor vehicles to unlicensed drivers and minors; exception; record.
• Section 66-5-44 - Licenses and permits; duration and fee; appropriation.
• Section 66-5-44.1 - Provisional licenses; duration and fee; appropriation.
• Section 66-5-45 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-46 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-47 - Photographs; evidence of applicant's age.
• Section 66-5-48 - Uniformity of interpretation.
• Section 66-5-49 - Driver License Compact enacted.
• Section 66-5-50 - Driver License Compact; definitions; cooperation.
• Section 66-5-51 - Compensation of compact administrator.

Part 1A - COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES

• Section 66-5-52 - Short title.
• Section 66-5-53 - Purpose.
• Section 66-5-54 - Definitions.
• Section 66-5-55 - Driver's licenses; limitation of number.
• Section 66-5-56 - Notification by driver to the division.
• Section 66-5-57 - Notification by driver to employer.
• Section 66-5-58 - Employer responsibility.
• Section 66-5-59 - Commercial driver's license required.
• Section 66-5-60 - Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards.
• Section 66-5-61 - Commercial driver's license; limitations on issuance.
• Section 66-5-62 - Commercial driver's license; instruction permit; application; duplicate.
• Section 66-5-63 - Commercial driver's license; permit; application; duplicate.
• Section 66-5-64 - Commercial driver's license; content.
• Section 66-5-65 - Classifications; endorsements; restrictions.
• Section 66-5-65.1 - License endorsement fees.
• Section 66-5-66 - Applicant record information; information exchange.
• Section 66-5-67 - Expiration and renewal; staggered licensing during implementation period.
• Section 66-5-68 - Disqualification.
• Section 66-5-68.1 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-69 - Notification of traffic convictions.
• Section 66-5-69.1 - Violation convictions; actions to mask, defer or divert; prohibited.
• Section 66-5-70 - Reciprocity.
• Section 66-5-71 - Penalties for violation of out-of-service orders.
• Section 66-5-72 - Employer penalties for railroad-highway grade crossing violations.

Part 2 - ACTIONS AGAINST NONRESIDENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS

• Section 66-5-101, 66-5-102 - Reserved.
• Section 66-5-103 - Nonresident owners and operators; service of process on secretary of state in accident cases.
• Section 66-5-104 - Procedure in action against nonresident owner or operator.

Part 3 - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Section 66-5-201 - Short title.
• Section 66-5-201.1 - Purpose.
• Section 66-5-202 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-203 - Director to administer act.
• Section 66-5-204 - Administrative and court review.
• Section 66-5-205 - Vehicle must be insured or owner must have evidence of financial responsibility; penalties.
• Section 66-5-205.1 - Uninsured motorist citation; requirements to be followed at time of accident; subsequent procedures; insurer notification requirements; suspension procedures.
• Section 66-5-205.2 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-205.3 - Motor vehicle insurance policy; procedures.
• Section 66-5-206 - Registration without insurance or evidence of financial responsibility prohibited; suspension required.
• Section 66-5-207 - Exempt motor vehicles.
• Section 66-5-207.1 - Self-insurers.
• Section 66-5-208 - Evidence of financial responsibility; amounts and conditions.
• Section 66-5-209 - Meaning of "judgment".
• Section 66-5-210 - Settlement agreements for payment of damages.
• Section 66-5-211 - When courts to report nonpayment of judgments.
• Section 66-5-212 - Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles and accidents in other states.
• Section 66-5-213 - Exception when consent granted by judgment creditor.
• Section 66-5-214 - Discharge in bankruptcy.
• Section 66-5-215 - Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
• Section 66-5-216 - Installment payment of judgments; default.
• Section 66-5-217 - Action if breach of agreement.
• Section 66-5-218 - Alternate methods of giving evidence.
• Section 66-5-219 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-220 - Default by nonresident insurer.
• Section 66-5-221 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-222 - Driver exclusion endorsement form.
• Section 66-5-223 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-224 - Act not to affect other policies.
• Section 66-5-225 - Bond as evidence.
• Section 66-5-226 - Cash deposit as evidence.
• Section 66-5-227 - Application of cash deposit.
• Section 66-5-228 - Substitution of evidence.
• Section 66-5-229 - Duration of evidence; when filing of evidence may be waived.
• Section 66-5-230 - Surrender of license and registration.
• Section 66-5-231 - Forged evidence.
• Section 66-5-232 - Sampling; letter to owner.
• Section 66-5-233 - Affirmation form.
• Section 66-5-234 - Registration; application and renewal.
• Section 66-5-235 - False affirmation; violation.
• Section 66-5-236 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgment or for false affirmation.
• Section 66-5-237 - Past application of act.
• Section 66-5-238 - Act not to prevent other process.
• Section 66-5-239 - No civil liability.
• Section 66-5-240 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-241 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-242 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-243 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-244 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-245 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-246 - Repealed.
• Section 66-5-247 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-248 - Recompiled.
• Section 66-5-249 to 66-5-277 - Repealed.

Part 4 - UNINSURED MOTORISTS' INSURANCE

• Section 66-5-301 - Insurance against uninsured and unknown motorists; rejection of coverage by the insured.
• Section 66-5-302 - Uninsured motorist; payment of arbitration fee.
• Section 66-5-303 - Uninsured motorist; judicial review [of] arbitration award.

Part 5 - IDENTIFICATION CARDS

• Section 66-5-401 - Identification cards.
• Section 66-5-402 - Persons eligible for identification cards.
• Section 66-5-403 - Expiration of identification cards; duration; renewal.
• Section 66-5-404 - Duplicate cards.
• Section 66-5-405 - Contents of card.
• Section 66-5-406 - Public entities; no liability.
• Section 66-5-407 - Reliance upon information.
• Section 66-5-408 - Fees.
• Section 66-5-409 - Unlawful use of identification card.

Part 6 - IGNITION INTERLOCK LICENSES

• Section 66-5-501 - Short title.
• Section 66-5-502 - Definitions.
• Section 66-5-503 - Ignition interlock license; requirements; exclusions.
• Section 66-5-504 - Penalties.