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N.M. Stat. § 66-3-1003 (2026)

Off-highway motor vehicles; registration

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Unless exempted from the provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act, a person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle unless the off-highway motor vehicle has been registered in accordance with Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978. The owner shall affix the validating sticker as provided in Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-1003, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 199; 1985, ch. 189, § 3; 1987, ch. 17, § 1; 2005, ch. 325, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, changed "motor vehicle" to "off- highway motor vehicle"; deleted the provision of former Subsection A that an off- highway motor vehicle must be registered; deleted former Subsection B, which provided for the application for registration and certificate of title for off-highway motor vehicles; deleted former Subsection C, which provided that the owner of the off-highway motor vehicle must affix the registration place; and provided that a person shall not operate an off-highway motor vehicle unless it has been registered and the owner has affixed the validating sticker in accordance with Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: State v. Bernard, 2015-NMCA-089, 8 N.M. Ct. App. 440.
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State v. Bernard, 2015-NMCA-089, 8 N.M. Ct. App. 440. “1(E) (defining an “off-highway motor vehicle”); see also 16 § 66-3-1(A) (providing that “every off-highway motor vehicle is subject to the 17 registration and certificate of title provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code” unless 18 certain exceptions apply); see also § 66-3-1003…”
State v. Bernard, 2015-NMCA-089, 355 P.3d 831. “Evidence of registration validated by MVD “shall be exhibited upon demand of any police officer[,]” NMSA 1978, Section 66-3-13(A) (2013), a certificate of title issued by MVD is “prima facie evidence of the ownership of the certificate of title provisions of the Motor Vehicle…”
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