2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 6 - Fees
Section 66-6-2 - Passenger vehicles; registration fees.
For the registration of motor vehicles other than motorcycles, trucks, buses and tractors, the division shall collect the following fees for each twelve-month registration period:
A. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is not more than two thousand pounds, twenty-seven dollars ($27.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is twenty-one dollars ($21.00);
B. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is more than two thousand but not more than three thousand pounds, thirty-nine dollars ($39.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is thirty-one dollars ($31.00);
C. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is more than three thousand pounds, fifty-six dollars ($56.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is forty-five dollars ($45.00); and
D. for a vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of this section, a tire recycling fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50).
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-2, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 337; 1987, ch. 347, § 18; 1994, ch. 117, § 19; 1994, ch. 126, § 19; 1995, ch. 44, § 7; 2003, ch. 270, § 2; 2003 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For general definitions applicable to this section, see 66-1-4 to 66-1-4.20 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, in Subsection D, deleted "beginning July 1, 1994" at the beginning and substituted "one dollar fifty cents ($1.50)" for "one dollar ($1.00) for a twelve-month registration period" at the end.
The 2003 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective March 1, 2004, substituted "twenty-seven dollars ($27.00)" for "twenty dollars ($20.00)" and "twenty-one dollars ($21.00)" for "sixteen dollars ($16.00)" in Subsection A, "thirty-nine dollars ($39.00)" for "twenty-nine dollars ($29.00)" and "thirty-one dollars ($31.00)" for "twenty-three dollars ($23.00)" in Subsection B, and "fifty-six dollars ($56.00)" for "forty-two dollars ($42.00)" and "forty-five dollars ($45.00)" for "thirty-four dollars ($34.00)" in Subsection C.
The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, added "for a twelve-month registration period" at the end of the introductory paragraph and rewrote Subsection D which read "for each vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of this section, an annual tire recycling fee of one dollar ($1.00) beginning July 1, 1994".
The 1994 amendment, effective March 8, 1994, added Subsection D.
Duplicate amendments. — Laws 1994, ch. 117, § 19 and Laws ch. 126, § 19 enacted identical amendments to 66-6-2 NMSA 1978, effective March 8, 1994. The section was set out as amended by Laws ch. 126, § 19. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Self-propelled go-carts. — The only classification which appears to be applicable to self-propelled go-carts is that of "motor vehicle," and therefore the utilization of Section 64-11-1.1, 1953 Comp. (similar to this section), to determine the correct registration fee would probably be appropriate. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-148.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic §§ 63 to 73.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 136(1) to 145.
