{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-3-424.17","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-3-424.17","heading":"Special patriot registration plate.","body":"A. The department shall issue a standardized special patriot registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a patriot.\nB. For a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner who is a patriot may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates.\nC. The twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) fee provided in Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978, in lieu of the issuance of a special patriot registration plate.\nD. The revenue from the special patriot registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:\n(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates;\n(2) seven dollars ($7.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978; and\n(3) eight dollars ($8.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the armed forces veterans license fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-3-419 NMSA 1978.","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":"313986ca310e2beaecb2987fe36f10d81def42177e9c993502eaaf69f60d9662","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-3-424.16","next":"us-nm/66-3-424.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}