{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-5-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-5-4","heading":"Persons exempt from licensure.","body":"The following persons are exempt from licensure under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978]:\nA. military personnel while driving a motor vehicle owned or leased by the United States department of defense;\nB. a person who is at least fifteen years of age and who has in immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to the person in the person's home state or country may drive a motor vehicle in this state, except that the person shall obtain a license upon becoming a resident and before the person is employed for compensation by another for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle;\nC. a nonresident who is at least eighteen years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of drivers may drive a motor vehicle for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days in any calendar year if the motor vehicle driven is duly registered in the home state or country of the nonresident;\nD. a driver of a farm tractor or implement of husbandry temporarily drawn, moved or propelled on the highway; and\nE. a driver of an off-highway motorcycle.","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 5 Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards"],"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":"be1b288557a55a20d5f76ff18c00056c25a1e57e2ad11b8b98598cf47388a336","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-5-3","next":"us-nm/66-5-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}