{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-12-10","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-12-10","heading":"Muffling devices.","body":"The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any motorboat shall be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. This may include but is not limited to such devices as mufflers, exhaust restricters and water-injected exhaust headers. The use of cut-outs or non-muffled headers is prohibited except for motorboats competing in a regatta or boat race approved as provided in Section 66-2-15 NMSA 1978 and for such motorboats while on trial runs during a period not to exceed forty-eight hours immediately preceding the regatta or race and for such motorboats while competing in official trials for speed records during a period not to exceed forty-eight hours immediately following the regatta or race.","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 12 Boating"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18569/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"7358e6c1861b8bc4f4706f64a6aba124def8bff994cad2a67d3851f54474f8ec","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-12-9","next":"us-nm/66-12-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}