2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards
Section 66-5-405 - Contents of card.

A. An identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph of the identification card holder; a unique identification card number; a date of issuance; an expiration date; a brief description of the identification card holder and the signature of the holder, and the identification card shall indicate donor status. All identification cards of persons under the age of twenty-one years shall have a printed legend indicating that the person is under twenty-one.

B. An identification card not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes shall bear the statement:

"STATE OF NEW MEXICO IDENTIFICATION CARD NO.____________

This card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not the holder of a New Mexico driver's license as of the date of issuance of this card. This identification card is not a license. ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY. NOT FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES.".

C. An identification card that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes shall be distinguishable in color or design from an identification card not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes and shall bear the statement:

"STATE OF NEW MEXICO IDENTIFICATION CARD NO.____________________

This card is provided for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not the holder of a New Mexico driver's license as of the date of issuance of this card. This identification card is not a license. ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.".

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 who fails to prove that the foreign national's lawful status will not expire prior to the date on which the identification card applied for would expire but for the person being a foreign national shall clearly indicate on its face and in the machine readable zone that it is temporary and shall bear the word "TEMPORARY".

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-405, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 332; 1987, ch. 10, § 2; 2004, ch. 59, § 21; 2016, ch. 79, § 12.

The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, amended the required contents of identification cards; after the catchline, deleted "The identification card shall adequately describe the registrant and bear his picture that shall show a full face or front view for all registrants and" and added the subsection designation "A"; in Subsection A, added "An identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph of the identification card holder; a unique identification card number; a date of issuance; an expiration date; a brief description of the identification card holder and the signature of the holder, and the identification card shall"; added the subsection designation "B"; in Subsection B, added "An", after "identification card", added "not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes", and after "shall bear the", deleted "following", after "ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY", added "NOT FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES"; and added new Subsections C and D.

The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, added "and indicate donor status" after "registrants" in the first sentence.