2020 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 66-5-12 - Release from liability.
Any person who has signed the application of a minor for an instruction permit, a driver's license or provisional license may thereafter file with the division a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be canceled. Thereupon, the division shall cancel the license of the minor, and the person who signed the application of the minor shall be relieved from the liability imposed under this article, by reason of having signed the application, on account of any subsequent negligence or willful misconduct of the minor in operating a motor vehicle.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-12, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 234; 1999, ch. 175, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective January 1, 2000, in the first sentence inserted "an instruction permit", inserted "driver's" and inserted "or provisional license", and made minor stylistic changes.