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NM Stat § 66-1-4.6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.6 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry; B. "financial responsibility" means the ability to respond in damages for liability resulting from traffic accidents arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of New Mexico, in amounts not less than specified in the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act [66-5-201 to 66-5-239 NMSA 1978] or having in effect a motor vehicle insurance policy. "Financial responsibility" includes a motor vehicle insurance policy, a surety bond or evidence of a sufficient cash deposit with the state treasurer; C. "first offender" means a person who for the first time under state or federal law or a municipal ordinance or a tribal law has been adjudicated guilty of the charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any other drug that renders the person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle, regardless of whether the person's sentence was suspended or deferred; D. "flammable liquid" means any liquid that has a flash point of seventy degrees fahrenheit or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device; E. "foreign jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction other than a state of the United States or the District of Columbia; F. "foreign vehicle" means every vehicle of a type required to be registered under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code brought into this state from another state, territory or country; and G. "freight trailer" means any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer drawn by a truck tractor or road tractor, and any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer drawn by a truck that has a gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds, but "freight trailer" does not include manufactured homes, trailers of less than one-ton carrying capacity used to transport animals or fertilizer trailers of less than three thousand five hundred pounds empty weight. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.6, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 7; 1998, ch. 34, § 2; 2003, ch. 164, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "a municipal ordinance or a tribal law" for "municipal ordinance" following "federal law or" in Subsection C. The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, in Subsection B, substituted "or having in effect a motor vehicle insurance policy." for "the term" at the end of the first sentence, and substituted "Financial responsibility includes a motor vehicle insurance policy" for "liability policy, a certified motor vehicle liability" in the last sentence; in Subsection G, substituted "freight trailer" for "the term" near the middle of the subsection; and made minor stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.7 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "gross combination vehicle weight" means the total of the gross vehicle weights of all units of a combination; B. "gross combination weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination; however, in the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, the gross combination weight rating shall be determined by adding the gross vehicle weight rating of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit or units and the load on those units; C. "gross factory shipping weight" means the weight indicated on the manufacturer's certificate of origin; D. "gross vehicle weight" means the weight of a loaded vehicle; and E. "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.7, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 8; 2007, ch. 319, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, replaced the vehicle weight definitions with new definitions. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39A C.J.S. Highways, Streets and Bridges § 1; 60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1 to 8, 16.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.8 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "hazardous material" means a substance or material in a quantity and form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property when transported in commerce; B. "highway" or "street" means every way or place generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, even though it may be temporarily closed or restricted for the purpose of construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction; C. "historic or special interest vehicle" means a vehicle of any age that, because of its significance, is being collected, preserved, restored or maintained by a collector as a leisure pursuit; D. "horseless carriage" means a motor vehicle at least thirty-five years old that is owned as a collector's item and used solely for exhibition and educational purposes; and E. "house trailer" means a manufactured home. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.8, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 9; 1991, ch. 160, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective July 1, 1991, substituted "material" for "materials" in Subsection A; added Subsection E; and made related stylistic changes. "Highway". — Careless driving, as defined in Section 66-8-114 NMSA 1978, cannot be committed in a parking lot, because a parking lot does not fall within the plain meaning or the statutory definition of "highway." State v. Brennan, 1998-NMCA-176, 126 N.M. 389, 970 P.2d 161, cert. denied, 126 N.M. 532, 972 P.2d 351.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.10 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "laned roadway" means a roadway that is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic;B. "law enforcement agency designated by the division" means the law enforcement agency indicated on the dismantler's notification form as the appropriate agency for the receipt of the appropriate copy of that form;C. "lawful status" means the legal right to be present in the United States, as that phrase is used in the federal REAL ID Act of 2005;D. "license", without modification, means any license, permit or driving authorization card issued by a state or other jurisdiction recognized under the laws of New Mexico pertaining to the authorizing of persons to operate motor vehicles and includes a REAL ID-compliant driver's license and a standard driver's license;E. "lien" or "encumbrance" means every chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract, lease, purchase lease, sales lease, contract, security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code [Chapter 55 NMSA 1978] or other instrument in writing having the effect of a mortgage or lien or encumbrance upon, or intended to hold, the title to any vehicle in the former owner, possessor or grantor; andF. "local authorities" means every county, municipality and any local board or body having authority to enact laws relating to traffic under the constitution and laws of this state.History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.10, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 11; 2016, ch. 79, § 2; 2019, ch. 167, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective October 1, 2019, revised the definition of "license" as used in the Motor Vehicle Code; and in Subsection D, after "authorization card", added "issued by a state or other jurisdiction", and after "operate motor vehicles", added "and includes a REAL ID-compliant driver's license and a standard driver's license".The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, added the definition of "lawful status" and amended the definition of "license" as used in the Motor Vehicle Code; added a new Subsection C and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly; and in Subsection D, after "means any license", deleted "temporary instruction", after "permit or", deleted "temporary license issued or" and added "driving authorization card", and after "pertaining to the", deleted "licensing" and added "authorizing". Powers of local authorities. — A county as a "local authority" as defined in Section 66-1-4.10E NMSA 1978 has the powers granted to local authorities in Sections 66-7-8 and 66-7-9 NMSA 1978, to enact motor vehicle ordinances. Board of Comm'rs v. Greacen, 2000-NMSC-016, 129 N.M. 177, 3 P.3d 672. Mortgages creating lien must be in writing. — Chattel mortgages and instruments having the effect of placing a lien on personal property are required to be in writing. Clovis Fin. Co. v. Sides, 1963-NMSC-065, 72 N.M. 17, 380 P.2d 173.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.12 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "natural gas vehicle" means a vehicle operated by an engine that primarily uses natural gas; B. "neighborhood electric car" means a four-wheeled electric motor vehicle that has a maximum speed of more than twenty miles per hour but less than twenty-five miles per hour and complies with the federal requirements specified in 49 CFR 571.500; C. "nonrepairable vehicle" means a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that: (1) has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap metal or that the owner irreversibly designates as a source of parts or scrap metal or for destruction; (2) has been substantially stripped as a result of theft or is missing all of the bolts on sheet metal body panels, all of the doors and hatches, substantially all of the interior components and substantially all of the grill and light assemblies and has little or no resale value other than its worth as a source of a vehicle identification number that could be used illegally; or (3) is a substantially burned vehicle that has burned to the extent that there are no more usable or repairable body or interior components, tires and wheels or drive train components or that the owner irreversibly designates for destruction or as having little or no resale value other than its worth as a source of scrap metal or as a source of a vehicle identification number that could be used illegally; D. "nonrepairable vehicle certificate" means a vehicle ownership document conspicuously labeled "NONREPAIRABLE" issued to the owner of the nonrepairable vehicle; E. "nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state; F. "nonresident commercial driver's license" means a commercial driver's license issued by another state to a person domiciled in that state or by a foreign country to a person domiciled in that country; and G. "nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by the nonresident of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident, in this state. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.12, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 13; 2005, ch. 324, § 3; 2007, ch. 319, § 7; 2016, ch. 70, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, defined "natural gas vehicle" as used in the Motor Vehicle Code; added a new Subsection A and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, added Subsection A and relettered Subsections A to E as Subsections B to F. The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, added Subsections A(1) through (3) to define "nonrepairable vehicle" and added Subsection B to define "nonrepairable vehicle certificate".
NM Stat § 66-1-4.13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.13 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "odometer" means a device for recording the total mileage traveled by a vehicle from the vehicle's manufacture and for so long as the vehicle is operable on the highways; B. "off-highway motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle operated or used exclusively off the highways of this state and that is not legally equipped for operation on the highways of this state; C. "official printout" means any record supplied by the division or a similar agency or government entity that indicates the lienholders of record or owners of record of a vehicle or motor vehicle registered within that government's jurisdiction or indicates information about a driver's license or identification card, including traffic violation history or status; D. "official traffic-control devices" means all signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with the Motor Vehicle Code placed or erected, by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic; E. "operator" means driver, as defined in Section 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978; and F. "owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle and may include a conservator, guardian, personal representative, executor or similar fiduciary, or, in the event that a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or, in the event that a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.13, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 14. ANNOTATIONSThere is a distinction between "official traffic-control devices" and "traffic-control signals." Ward v. Ray, 1967-NMSC-264, 78 N.M. 566, 434 P.2d 388. Both flashing yellow and flashing red signal lights could be "official traffic-control devices" within the meaning of former Section 64-14-21, 1953 Comp. (similar to this section). Ward v. Ray, 1967-NMSC-264, 78 N.M. 566, 434 P.2d 388. Holder of legal title to leased vehicle. — The New Mexico law contemplates that the owner, i.e., the holder of the legal title to a vehicle leased by a New Mexico firm for eight days, is the party responsible for registration. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-95.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.13 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code:A. "odometer" means a device for recording the total mileage traveled by a vehicle from the vehicle's manufacture and for so long as the vehicle is operable on the highways;B. "off-highway motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle operated or used exclusively off the highways of this state and that is not legally equipped for operation on the highways of this state;C. "official printout" means any record supplied by the division or a similar agency or government entity that indicates the lienholders of record or owners of record of a vehicle or motor vehicle registered within that government's jurisdiction or indicates information about a driver's license or identification card, including traffic violation history or status;D. "official traffic-control devices" means all signs, signals, markings and devices consistent with the Motor Vehicle Code placed or erected, by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;E. "operational design domain" means the specific conditions under which a given automated driving system or feature of the system is designed to function;F. "operator" means driver, as defined in Section 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978; andG. "owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle and may include a conservator, guardian, personal representative, executor or similar fiduciary, or, in the event that a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or, in the event that a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor.History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.13, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 14; 2021, ch. 114, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, defined "operational design domain" as used in the Motor Vehicle Code; and added new Subsection E and redesignated former Subsections E and F as Subsections F and G, respectively.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.14 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code:A. "park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading;B. "parking lot" means a parking area provided for the use of patrons of any office of state or local government or of any public accommodation, retail or commercial establishment;C. "parts car" means a motor vehicle generally in nonoperable condition that is owned by a collector to furnish parts that are usually nonobtainable from normal sources, thus enabling a collector to preserve, restore and maintain a motor vehicle of historic or special interest;D. "pedestrian" means any natural person on foot;E. "person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or other legal entity;F. "personal information" means information that identifies an individual, including an individual's photograph, social security number, driver identification number, name, address other than zip code, telephone number and medical or disability information, but "personal information" does not include information on vehicles, vehicle ownership, vehicular accidents, driving violations or driver status;G. "placard" or "parking placard" means a card-like device that identifies the vehicle as being currently in use to transport a person with severe mobility impairment and issued pursuant to Section 66-3-16 NMSA 1978 to be displayed inside a motor vehicle so as to be readily visible to an observer outside the vehicle;H. "platoon" means a series of motor vehicles that are traveling in a unified manner by means of being connected with wireless communications or other technology allowing for coordinated movement;I. "pneumatic tire" means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load;J. "pole trailer" means any vehicle without motive power, designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, structures, pipes and structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections;K. "police or peace officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of the Motor Vehicle Code;L. "private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not other persons; andM. "property owner" means the owner of a piece of land or the agent of that property owner.History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.14, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 15; 1995, ch. 135, § 1; 1999, ch. 297, § 6; 2021, ch. 114, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added new Subsection H and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.18 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "unclaimed vehicle or motor vehicle" means a vehicle or motor vehicle that has been placed in an impound lot by a law enforcement agency or removed to any storage lot by a property owner, and to which no owner or lienholder of record has asserted a valid claim; and B. "utility trailer" means any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, but does not include freight trailers, manufactured homes, trailers of less than one-ton carrying capacity used to transport animals or fertilizer trailers of less than three thousand five hundred pounds empty weight. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.18, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 19.
NM Stat § 66-1-4.19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 66-1-4.19 - Definitions.

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. "validating sticker" means the tab or sticker issued by the division to signify, upon a registration plate, renewed registration; B. "vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including any frame, chassis, body or unitized frame and body of any vehicle or motor vehicle, except devices moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; C. "vehicle-business number" means the distinctive registration number given by the division to any manufacturer, auto recycler or dealer; and D. "vehicle plate" means a plate, marker, sticker or tag similar to a registration plate, but that is issued by the department for vehicles that are exempted from registration under the Motor Vehicle Code. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-1-4.19, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 20; 2005, ch. 324, § 5; 2017, ch. 70, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, defined "vehicle plate" as used in the Motor Vehicle Code; and added Subsection D. The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, provided in Subsection B that "vehicle" includes a unitized frame and body and changed "wrecker of vehicles" to "auto recycler" in Subsection C. Windrower not "vehicle" nor "motor vehicle". — A windrower, a piece of farm machinery used to mow, crimp and cut hay or other crops into rows to be picked up and compacted into bales, is not a "vehicle" or "motor vehicle" under the statutory definition. Smith Mach. Corp. v. Hesston, Inc., 1985-NMSC-004, 102 N.M. 245, 694 P.2d 501. Mole. — The "mole" which is a piece of equipment weighing 100 tons and which is used to move employees and supplies in and out of a tunnel under construction and to remove excavated material out of the tunnel is not a vehicle. Gibbons & Reed Co. v. Bureau of Revenue, 1969-NMSC-096, 80 N.M. 462, 457 P.2d 710. Mobile machine not necessarily "vehicle". — A finding that a machine "moves" or is "mobile" does not in itself support a conclusion that the machine can be "driven or moved upon a highway" for any purpose. Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Revenue Div., 1981-NMCA-042, 96 N.M. 117, 628 P.2d 687, cert. denied, 96 N.M. 116, 628 P.2d 686. In moving itself, a machine is not transporting property within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Code. Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Revenue Div., 1981-NMCA-042, 96 N.M. 117, 628 P.2d 687, cert. denied, 96 N.M. 116, 628 P.2d 686.