{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-3-1005","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-3-1005","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"The provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act shall not apply to persons who operate off-highway motor vehicles on privately held lands or to off-highway motor vehicles that are:\nA. owned and operated by an agency or department of the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state;\nB. operated exclusively on lands privately held; provided that the appropriate tax or fee has been paid in lieu of the motor vehicle registration fees;\nC. owned by nonresidents and used in this state only for organized and endorsed competition purposes; provided that the use is not on a rental basis;\nD. brought into this state by manufacturers or distributors for wholesale purposes and not used for demonstrations;\nE. in the possession of dealers as stock-in-trade and not used for demonstration purposes;\nF. farm tractors, as defined in Section 66-1-4.6 NMSA 1978, special mobile equipment, as defined in Section 66-1-4.16 NMSA 1978, or off-highway motor vehicles being used for agricultural operations; or\nG. used exclusively on private closed courses, whether owned by the rider or another person; provided that, if applicable, the excise tax and registration fees have been paid and are current.","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":"e35f679b45e109dc8731a2f582de55690c25c44cbff448f46b607944b9c9d631","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-3-1004.1","next":"us-nm/66-3-1006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}