The division is authorized to assign a "distinguishing number" to a vehicle, required to be registered under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code [ 66-1-1 NMSA 1978], whenever the identifying number thereon is destroyed or obliterated. The distinguishing number shall be affixed to the vehicle in a position to be determined by the director. Such vehicle shall be registered under such distinguishing number in lieu of the former identifying number.
§ 66-3-25 NMSA 1978
Division may assign new identifying number
Known as the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act
The act spans §§ 66–66 (277 sections).
1953 Comp., § 64-3-25, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 45.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.