Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act

New Mexico · Motor Vehicles · §§ 66-3-1 to 66-3-901 · 277 sections

Overview

The Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act governs the registration, titling, and safe operation of off-highway motor vehicles in New Mexico. It requires such vehicles to be registered with the state, sets registration certificate and nonresident permit fees along with exemptions, and establishes a safety permit program supported by certified safety training organizations and dealer-distributed safety information. The act also sets equipment and operating requirements, restricts where off-highway vehicles may be driven on or alongside streets and highways, provides for accident reporting and enforcement, creates a dedicated fund and an advisory board, and prescribes penalties for violations.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 29 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 508 F.3d 962 - United States v. Hanrahan

Sections covered

§ 66-3-1 NMSA 1978Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions1 cite
§ 66-3-10 NMSA 1978Department to issue certificate of title, evidence of registration, registration plate and validation sticker; release of lien; odometer statement
§ 66-3-1001 NMSA 1978Short title
§ 66-3-1001.1 NMSA 1978Definitions
§ 66-3-1002 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-1003 NMSA 1978Off-highway motor vehicles; registration
§ 66-3-1003.1 NMSA 1978Recompiled
§ 66-3-1004 NMSA 1978Registration certificate and nonresident permit fees; renewal; distribution of fees
§ 66-3-1004.1 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-1005 NMSA 1978Exemptions
§ 66-3-1006 NMSA 1978Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title
§ 66-3-1007 NMSA 1978Evidentiary value of certificate of title
§ 66-3-1008 NMSA 1978Validating stickers to be furnished by division
§ 66-3-1009 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-101 NMSA 1978Transfer by owner; recordation of mileage of vehicle; use of the plate and registration number on another vehicle
§ 66-3-10.1 NMSA 1978Salvage vehicles; nonrepairable vehicles; certificate of title; transfer of ownership
§ 66-3-1010 NMSA 1978Licensing
§ 66-3-1010.1 NMSA 1978Off-highway motor vehicle safety training organization; approval and certification
§ 66-3-1010.2 NMSA 1978Off-highway motor vehicle safety permit; requirements; issuance
§ 66-3-1010.3 NMSA 1978Operation and equipment; safety requirements
§ 66-3-1010.4 NMSA 1978Safety helmet; civil liability
§ 66-3-1010.5 NMSA 1978Requirements of dealers to distribute safety information
§ 66-3-1011 NMSA 1978Operation on streets or highways; prohibited areas
§ 66-3-101.1 NMSA 1978Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that are not sales nor create security interests
§ 66-3-1012 NMSA 1978Driving of off-highway motor vehicles adjacent to highway
§ 66-3-1013 NMSA 1978Liability; local registration prohibited
§ 66-3-1014 NMSA 1978Accidents and accident reports
§ 66-3-1015 NMSA 1978Enforcement
§ 66-3-1016 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-1017 NMSA 1978Off-highway motor vehicle advisory board created; members; compensation
§ 66-3-1018 NMSA 1978Department; powers and duties
§ 66-3-1019 NMSA 1978Fund created; disposition
§ 66-3-102 NMSA 1978Endorsement of assignment and warranty of title
§ 66-3-1020 NMSA 1978Penalties
§ 66-3-1021 NMSA 1978Legislative oversight
§ 66-3-103 NMSA 1978New owner to secure transfer of registration and new certificate of title; time period; penalty
§ 66-3-104 NMSA 1978Use of plate and registration number on another vehicle; transfer of registration
§ 66-3-105 NMSA 1978Transfer by operation of law1 cite
§ 66-3-106 NMSA 1978Owner after transfer not liable for negligent operation
§ 66-3-107 NMSA 1978Duties of seller or transferor; additional duties of dealers; application for registration; penalty; mileage of vehicle
§ 66-3-108 NMSA 1978Transfer to dealers
§ 66-3-109 NMSA 1978Dealer's guarantee of title
§ 66-3-11 NMSA 1978Director may authorize issuance of nonnegotiable certificates of title
§ 66-3-1.1 NMSA 1978Motor carriers required to register with the department
§ 66-3-110 NMSA 1978When division to reregister vehicle and issue new certificate
§ 66-3-1101 NMSA 1978Mopeds; standards; operator requirements; application of Motor Vehicle Code
§ 66-3-1102 NMSA 1978Electric personal assistive mobility devices; standards; operator requirements; applicability; penalties
§ 66-3-1103 NMSA 1978Neighborhood electric cars
§ 66-3-111 NMSA 1978Assignment by person holding lien
§ 66-3-112 NMSA 1978Release by lienholder to owner
§ 66-3-113 NMSA 1978Failure to deliver certificate; penalty
§ 66-3-114 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-115 NMSA 1978Notification forms; copies; resale of salvaged vehicle or motor vehicle
§ 66-3-116 NMSA 1978Title cancellation
§ 66-3-117 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-118 NMSA 1978Manufacturer's certificate of origin; transfer of vehicle not previously registered1 cite
§ 66-3-119 NMSA 1978Vehicle to be dismantled
§ 66-3-12 NMSA 1978Evidential value of certificate1 cite
§ 66-3-1.2 NMSA 1978Registration; declared gross weight
§ 66-3-120 NMSA 1978Transportation of certain vehicles; proof of ownership
§ 66-3-121 NMSA 1978Disposal of abandoned vehicle or motor vehicle
§ 66-3-122 NMSA 1978Registration effective after death of owner
§ 66-3-123 NMSA 1978Requirements of purchaser; forms; distribution
§ 66-3-124 NMSA 1978Department to provide forms
§ 66-3-125 NMSA 1978Restrictions upon licensees
§ 66-3-126 NMSA 1978Casual sales; registration; penalty
§ 66-3-127 NMSA 1978Warning of violation; removal of vehicle
§ 66-3-13 NMSA 1978Evidence of registration to be signed and exhibited on demand
§ 66-3-1.3 NMSA 1978Unregistered foreign commercial motor carrier vehicle operations
§ 66-3-14 NMSA 1978Registration plates or validating stickers to be furnished by department; reflective material1 cite
§ 66-3-1.4 NMSA 1978Motorcycle endorsement not required for autocycle operation
§ 66-3-14.1 NMSA 1978County name stickers
§ 66-3-15 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-15.1 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-16 NMSA 1978Distinctive registration plates; persons with significant mobility limitation; parking placard
§ 66-3-16.1 NMSA 1978Prohibited acts; penalties
§ 66-3-17 NMSA 1978Registration plate; replacement of plate1 cite
§ 66-3-18 NMSA 1978Display of registration plates and temporary registration permits; displays prohibited and allowed4 cites
§ 66-3-19 NMSA 1978Renewal of registration; staggered period for vehicles; exception for manufactured homes and freight trailers; late registration1 cite
§ 66-3-2 NMSA 1978Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers
§ 66-3-20 NMSA 1978Renewal of registration; vehicles registered by declared gross weight
§ 66-3-201 NMSA 1978Filing security interests2 cites
§ 66-3-20.1 NMSA 1978Providing for extended registration periods for certain motor vehicles; credit for unexpired portion of fee
§ 66-3-202 NMSA 1978Filing effective to give notice1 cite
§ 66-3-203 NMSA 1978Report of stored, unclaimed and unidentified motor vehicles
§ 66-3-204 NMSA 1978Property tax liens on manufactured homes; filing; effect
§ 66-3-21 NMSA 1978Vehicle exceeding declared gross weight
§ 66-3-2.1 NMSA 1978Full reciprocity registration; application; fee; formula; payment
§ 66-3-2.10 NMSA 1978Registration under the international registration plan not exclusive
§ 66-3-2.11 NMSA 1978Allocation registration; one-way rental fleet vehicles; allocation of vehicles; fee; identification
§ 66-3-22 NMSA 1978Re-registration; change in declared gross weight
§ 66-3-2.2 NMSA 1978Registration and identification of vehicles registered under the international registration plan; fee; effect of registration
§ 66-3-23 NMSA 1978Notice of change of address or name
§ 66-3-2.3 NMSA 1978Full reciprocity registration; jurisdictions
§ 66-3-24 NMSA 1978Lost or damaged certificates, registration evidence or plates
§ 66-3-2.4 NMSA 1978Registration of additional motor vehicles
§ 66-3-25 NMSA 1978Division may assign new identifying number
§ 66-3-2.5 NMSA 1978Withdrawal of fleet motor vehicles; notification; surrender of documents
§ 66-3-26 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-2.6 NMSA 1978Preservation of international registration plan records; audit
§ 66-3-27 NMSA 1978Horseless carriage registration
§ 66-3-2.7 NMSA 1978New registrant; estimated mileage
§ 66-3-28 NMSA 1978State government registration plates; issuance approved
§ 66-3-2.8 NMSA 1978Fleet registration; denial
§ 66-3-29 NMSA 1978Intrastate livestock haulers
§ 66-3-2.9 NMSA 1978Relationship to other state laws
§ 66-3-3 NMSA 1978Registration card; special plate or sticker; declared gross weight
§ 66-3-30 NMSA 1978School bus registration; renewal
§ 66-3-301 NMSA 1978Registration by nonresidents
§ 66-3-302 NMSA 1978Caravan fee
§ 66-3-303 NMSA 1978Registration by military personnel
§ 66-3-3.1 NMSA 1978Tax identification permit
§ 66-3-4 NMSA 1978Application for registration and certificate of title
§ 66-3-401 NMSA 1978Operation of vehicles under dealer plates2 cites
§ 66-3-401.1 NMSA 1978Use of vehicles with dealer plates by coaches and athletic directors
§ 66-3-402 NMSA 1978Application for dealer plates1 cite
§ 66-3-403 NMSA 1978Expiration of dealer plates
§ 66-3-404 NMSA 1978Dealer plates not transferable
§ 66-3-405 NMSA 1978Special plates for members of congress
§ 66-3-406 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for private vehicles
§ 66-3-407 NMSA 1978Special plates for private vehicles used in public service
§ 66-3-407.1 NMSA 1978Special registration plates
§ 66-3-408 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for recreational vehicles
§ 66-3-409 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients
§ 66-3-4.1 NMSA 1978Nonrepairable vehicle certificate; obtaining evidence of ownership after total loss payment by an insurance company
§ 66-3-410 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-411 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; prisoners of war and surviving spouses; submission of proof; penalty
§ 66-3-412 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; fifty percent or more disabled veterans; submission of proof; penalty
§ 66-3-412.1 NMSA 1978Special motorcycle registration plates for armed forces veterans
§ 66-3-413 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; national guard members
§ 66-3-414 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for purple heart veterans
§ 66-3-415 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; Pearl Harbor survivors
§ 66-3-416 NMSA 1978Special collegiate registration plate; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-417 NMSA 1978Radio station licensees; special registration plates; fee
§ 66-3-418 NMSA 1978Purpose
§ 66-3-419 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; armed forces veterans
§ 66-3-420 NMSA 1978Special children's artwork registration plate; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-420.1 NMSA 1978Motorcycle registration plates to benefit the children's trust fund; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-421 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; New Mexico rangers and New Mexico mounted patrol; submission of proof; penalty
§ 66-3-422 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; firefighters and volunteer firefighters
§ 66-3-423 NMSA 1978Year-of-manufacture license plates; procedures; fees
§ 66-3-424 NMSA 1978Standardized special registration plates with logos
§ 66-3-424.1 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for retired New Mexico letter carriers
§ 66-3-424.10 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for armed forces retirees
§ 66-3-424.11 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for active duty uniform service members
§ 66-3-424.12 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for search and rescue members
§ 66-3-424.13 NMSA 1978Standardized special registration plates; retired New Mexico state police officers
§ 66-3-424.14 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; New Mexico high school rodeo association
§ 66-3-424.15 NMSA 1978Special organ donation awareness registration plate; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-424.16 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians
§ 66-3-424.17 NMSA 1978Special patriot registration plate
§ 66-3-424.18 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for adoption awareness
§ 66-3-424.19 NMSA 1978Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad special registration plate; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-424.2 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-424.20 NMSA 1978Special registration plates for women armed forces veterans
§ 66-3-424.21 NMSA 1978Special motorcycle registration plates for women armed forces veterans
§ 66-3-424.22 NMSA 1978Special breast cancer awareness registration plate
§ 66-3-424.23 NMSA 1978Special city of Las Cruces registration plate; procedures; fee; appropriation
§ 66-3-424.24 NMSA 1978Registration plates; gold star families; submission of proof; penalty
§ 66-3-424.25 NMSA 1978Special commemorative scouting registration plate; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-424.26 NMSA 1978Special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate
§ 66-3-424.27 NMSA 1978Special bass fishing registration plates; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-424.28 NMSA 1978Standardized special registration plates; retired New Mexico law enforcement officers
§ 66-3-424.29 NMSA 1978Special New Mexico state 4-H registration plate
§ 66-3-424.3 NMSA 1978Special pet care registration plates
§ 66-3-424.30 NMSA 1978Special farm and ranch community registration plate
§ 66-3-424.31 NMSA 1978Special blood donor recognition registration plate
§ 66-3-424.32 NMSA 1978Special New Mexico Amigos registration plate
§ 66-3-424.33 NMSA 1978Special autism awareness registration plate
§ 66-3-424.34 NMSA 1978Special New Mexico junior college registration plate
§ 66-3-424.35 NMSA 1978Honoring fallen officers special registration plate
§ 66-3-424.36 NMSA 1978Off-highway motor vehicle paved road use vehicle plate
§ 66-3-424.37 NMSA 1978Special support of pollinator protection registration plate
§ 66-3-424.38 NMSA 1978Childhood cancer family support special registration plate
§ 66-3-424.39 NMSA 1978Special concerns of police survivors, C.O.P.S., registration plate
§ 66-3-424.4 NMSA 1978Standardized special registration plates; retired members of the New Mexico national guard
§ 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978Special look twice for motorcycles registration plate
§ 66-3-424.41 NMSA 1978New Mexico miners special registration plate
§ 66-3-424.42 NMSA 1978Special support for the national FFA organization registration plate
§ 66-3-424.43 NMSA 1978Special acequia and community ditch associations registration plate
§ 66-3-424.44 NMSA 1978Special Smokey Bear fire prevention registration plate
§ 66-3-424.5 NMSA 1978Special registration plates; New Mexico members of the fraternal order of police
§ 66-3-424.6 NMSA 1978Special wildlife artwork registration plates; procedures; fee
§ 66-3-424.7 NMSA 1978Registration plates; members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing
§ 66-3-424.8 NMSA 1978Special route 66 commemorative registration plate
§ 66-3-424.9 NMSA 1978Standardized special registration plates; retired firefighters
§ 66-3-5 NMSA 1978Application for specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicles
§ 66-3-501 NMSA 1978Report of stolen and recovered vehicles or motor vehicles
§ 66-3-502 NMSA 1978Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles or motor vehicles
§ 66-3-503 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-504 NMSA 1978Recompiled
§ 66-3-505 NMSA 1978Recompiled1 cite
§ 66-3-506 NMSA 1978Recompiled
§ 66-3-507 NMSA 1978Altered vehicle identification numbers; contraband1 cite
§ 66-3-508 NMSA 1978Recompiled
§ 66-3-6 NMSA 1978Temporary registration permits, demonstration permits and transport permits1 cite
§ 66-3-601 NMSA 197866-3-601 to 66-3-603. Repealed
§ 66-3-604 NMSA 1978Recompiled
§ 66-3-7 NMSA 1978Grounds for refusing, suspending or revoking registration or certificate of title
§ 66-3-701 NMSA 1978Bicycles; effect of regulations
§ 66-3-702 NMSA 1978Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles
§ 66-3-703 NMSA 1978Riding on bicycles
§ 66-3-704 NMSA 1978Clinging to vehicles
§ 66-3-705 NMSA 1978Riding on roadways and bicycle paths
§ 66-3-706 NMSA 1978Carrying articles
§ 66-3-707 NMSA 1978Lamps and other equipment on bicycles
§ 66-3-708 NMSA 1978Electric-assisted bicycles; labels; standards
§ 66-3-709 NMSA 1978Operation of electric-assisted bicycles
§ 66-3-7.1 NMSA 1978Registration if vehicle emission inspection test required; requiring a certificate; registration in class A counties
§ 66-3-8 NMSA 1978Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles
§ 66-3-801 NMSA 1978Equipment; prohibited acts2 cites
§ 66-3-802 NMSA 1978When lighted lamps are required
§ 66-3-803 NMSA 1978Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps
§ 66-3-804 NMSA 1978Headlamps on motor vehicles
§ 66-3-805 NMSA 1978Tail lamps2 cites
§ 66-3-806 NMSA 1978New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors
§ 66-3-807 NMSA 1978Stop lamps and turn signals required on designated vehicles
§ 66-3-808 NMSA 1978Application of succeeding sections
§ 66-3-809 NMSA 1978Additional equipment required on certain vehicles
§ 66-3-810 NMSA 1978Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps and reflectors
§ 66-3-811 NMSA 1978Lamps and reflectors; truck tractors and road tractors
§ 66-3-812 NMSA 1978Lamps and reflectors; large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers
§ 66-3-813 NMSA 1978Lamps and reflectors, small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers
§ 66-3-814 NMSA 1978Lamps and reflectors, pole trailers
§ 66-3-815 NMSA 1978Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations
§ 66-3-816 NMSA 1978Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side-marker lamps
§ 66-3-817 NMSA 1978Clearance lamps to indicate extreme width, height and length
§ 66-3-818 NMSA 1978Side-marker lamps combined with clearance lamps
§ 66-3-819 NMSA 1978Combining tail and stop lamps
§ 66-3-820 NMSA 1978Lighting devices to be electric
§ 66-3-821 NMSA 1978Requirements for headlamps and auxiliary road-lighting lamps
§ 66-3-822 NMSA 1978Requirements for clearance, side-marker and other lamps
§ 66-3-823 NMSA 1978Obstructed lights not required
§ 66-3-824 NMSA 1978Lamp or flag on projecting load
§ 66-3-825 NMSA 1978Lamps on parked vehicles
§ 66-3-826 NMSA 1978Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
§ 66-3-827 NMSA 1978Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps
§ 66-3-828 NMSA 1978Signal lamps and signal devices1 cite
§ 66-3-829 NMSA 1978Additional lighting equipment
§ 66-3-830 NMSA 1978Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
§ 66-3-831 NMSA 1978Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
§ 66-3-832 NMSA 1978Single-beam road-lighting equipment
§ 66-3-833 NMSA 1978Alternate road-lighting equipment
§ 66-3-834 NMSA 1978Number of driving lamps required or permitted
§ 66-3-835 NMSA 1978Special restrictions on lamps
§ 66-3-836 NMSA 1978Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment
§ 66-3-837 NMSA 1978Selling or using lamps or equipment
§ 66-3-838 NMSA 1978Authority of director with reference to safety and lighting devices
§ 66-3-839 NMSA 1978Revocation of certificate of approval on safety and lighting devices
§ 66-3-840 NMSA 1978Brakes
§ 66-3-841 NMSA 1978Repealed
§ 66-3-842 NMSA 1978Motorcycle maneuverability
§ 66-3-843 NMSA 1978Horns and warning devices2 cites
§ 66-3-844 NMSA 1978Mufflers; prevention of noise; emission control devices
§ 66-3-845 NMSA 1978Mirrors
§ 66-3-846 NMSA 1978Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers; windows must be transparent; exception2 cites
§ 66-3-846.1 NMSA 1978Sun screening material on windshields and windows; requirements; violation; penalty
§ 66-3-847 NMSA 1978Restrictions as to tire equipment
§ 66-3-848 NMSA 1978Safety glazing materials in motor vehicles
§ 66-3-849 NMSA 1978Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices
§ 66-3-850 NMSA 1978Buses; additional emergency equipment
§ 66-3-851 NMSA 1978Meaning of term "motor vehicle" as used in Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978; unattended vehicles
§ 66-3-852 NMSA 1978Stopped vehicles not to interfere with other traffic
§ 66-3-853 NMSA 1978Emergency signals; disabled vehicle
§ 66-3-854 NMSA 1978Emergency signals; stopped or parked vehicles
§ 66-3-855 NMSA 1978Emergency signals; flame producing
§ 66-3-856 NMSA 1978Emergency signals; dangerous cargoes
§ 66-3-857 NMSA 1978Red flags; stopped vehicles
§ 66-3-858 NMSA 197866-3-858 to 66-3-872. Repealed
§ 66-3-873 NMSA 1978Formulation of rules and regulations governing transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids
§ 66-3-874 NMSA 1978Safety belts required
§ 66-3-875 NMSA 1978Safety belts; type and manner of installation
§ 66-3-876 NMSA 197866-3-876 to 66-3-886. Repealed
§ 66-3-887 NMSA 1978Slow-moving vehicle identification
§ 66-3-888 NMSA 1978Airbag violations
§ 66-3-9 NMSA 1978Registration indexes
§ 66-3-901 NMSA 1978Vehicles without required equipment or in unsafe condition

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