Sections 66-5-201 through 66-5-239 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act".
§ 66-5-201 NMSA 1978
Short title
Known as the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company v. Bakke (1980)
Most recently applied in Walker v. Spina (January 2019)
1953 Comp., § 64-5-201, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 277; 1983, ch. 318, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.