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2025 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 48 - Liens and Mortgages
Article 3 - Liens on Personal Property
Section 48-3-21 - Definitions.
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NM Stat § 48-3-21 (2025)
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As used in Sections 48-3-1 through 48-3-20 NMSA 1978:
A. "automobile" includes trucks, trailers and motor vehicles of all classes and kinds; and
B. "motor vehicle" means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which, any person or property is, or may be, transported upon land, in water or in the air.
History: Laws 1937, ch. 150, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 63-316; 1953 Comp., § 61-3-19; Laws 1965, ch. 140, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 749.
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