{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-3-1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-3-1","heading":"Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions.","body":"A. With the exception of vehicles identified in Subsection B of this section, every motor vehicle, manufactured home, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer when driven or moved upon a highway and every off-highway motor vehicle is subject to the registration and certificate of title provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code except:\n(1) any such vehicle driven or moved upon a highway in conformance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code relating to manufacturers, dealers, lien-holders or nonresidents;\n(2) any such vehicle that is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossing the highway from one property to another;\n(3) an implement of husbandry that is only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway;\n(4) special mobile equipment;\n(5) a vehicle that is propelled exclusively by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires though not operated upon rails;\n(6) a freight trailer if it is:\n(a) properly registered in another state;\n(b) identified by a proper base registration plate that is properly displayed; and\n(c) identified by other registration documents that are in the possession of the operator and exhibited at the request of a police officer;\n(7) a freight trailer or utility trailer owned and used by:\n(a) a nonresident solely for the transportation of farm products purchased by the nonresident from growers or producers of the farm products and transported in the trailer out of the state;\n(b) a farmer or a rancher who transports to market only the produce, animals or fowl produced by that farmer or rancher or who transports back to the farm or ranch supplies for use thereon; or\n(c) a person who transports animals to and from fairs, rodeos or other places, except racetracks, where the animals are exhibited or otherwise take part in performances, in trailers drawn by a motor vehicle or truck of less than ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating bearing a proper registration plate, but in no case shall the owner of an unregistered trailer described in this paragraph perform such uses for hire;\n(8) a moped;\n(9) an electric personal assistive mobility device;\n(10) a vehicle moved on a highway by a towing service as defined in Section 59A-50-2 NMSA 1978;\n(11) an off-highway motor vehicle exempted pursuant to Section 66-3-1005 NMSA 1978; and\n(12) an electric-assisted bicycle.\nB. A certificate of title required pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not required for a vehicle of a type subject to registration owned by:\n(1) the government of the United States; or\n(2) a carrier that is from a jurisdiction that is not a participant in the International Fuel Tax Agreement, that is authorized by the United States government or an agency of the United States government to conduct cross-border operations beyond the commercial border zone pursuant to the provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and that identifies New Mexico as the carrier's base jurisdiction.\nC. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor. A person charged with violating this section shall not be convicted if the person produces, in court, evidence of compliance valid at the time of issuance of the citation.","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 3 Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles"],"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":"a29dc69791b96b07348772b1b2760f1248a08d51b1adbd9c89f4ff193adb954b","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-2-19","next":"us-nm/66-3-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}