2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards
Section 66-5-403 - Expiration of identification cards; duration; renewal.
A. Except as provided in Subsections B through G of this section, every identification card shall be issued for a period not to exceed four years and shall expire on the last day of the month of the identified person's birth in the fourth year after the effective date of the identification card.
B. An identification card may be renewed within ninety days prior to its expiration or at an earlier date approved by the department. An identification card may be renewed by mail or telephonic or electronic means pursuant to regulations adopted by the department, except the department shall not renew by mail or telephonic or electronic means an identification card that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes if prohibited by federal law. The regulations shall ensure adequate security measures to safeguard personal information that is obtained in the issuance of an identification card.
C. At the option of the applicant for an identification card, a card may be issued for a period of eight years, provided that the applicant pays the amount required for an identification card issued for a term of eight years. An identification card issued pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall expire eight years after the effective date of the identification card. The identification card may be renewed within ninety days prior to its expiration.
D. An identification card that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes issued to a foreign national with lawful status shall expire on the earlier of:
(1) the last day of the month of the applicant's birth in the fourth year after the effective date of the identification card or eight years after the effective date of the identification card if the applicant opted for a period of eight years pursuant to Subsection C of this section; or
(2) the expiration date of the applicant's lawful status; provided that if that date cannot be determined by the department and the applicant is not a legal permanent resident, the identification card shall expire one year after the effective date of the identification card.
E. An identification card not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes issued to an applicant who provides proof of lawful status shall expire on the last day of the month of the applicant's birth in the fourth year after the effective date of the identification card.
F. An identification card not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes issued to an applicant who does not provide proof of lawful status shall expire two years after the effective date of the identification card.
G. An identification card that is valid for two years issued pursuant to Subsection F of this section shall, upon renewal and for subsequent renewals, be valid for four years.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-38-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 269, § 3; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-5-403, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 330; 1999, ch. 222, § 4; 2010, ch. 42, § 3; 2010, ch. 70, § 3; 2016, ch. 79, § 11.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, amended the duration of certain identification cards; in Subsection A, after "Except as provided in", deleted "Subsection B or C" and added "Subsections B through G"; in Subsection B, after "regulations adopted by the department", added "except the department shall not renew by mail or telephonic or electronic means an identification card that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes if prohibited by federal law"; in Subsection C, after "this subsection shall expire", deleted "on the last day of the month of the applicant's birth in the eighth year" and added "eight years"; and added new Subsections D through G.
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in Subsection A, after "Subsection B", added "or C"; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, added the word "An" and after "expiration", added the remainder of the sentence; and added the second and third sentences.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, designated the formerly undesignated provisions as Subsection A, added the exception at the beginning of that subsection, and added Subsection B.
