{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-7-372","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-7-372","heading":"Safety belt use required; exception.","body":"A. Except as provided by Section 66-7-369 NMSA 1978 and in Subsection B of this section, each occupant of a motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less manufactured with safety belts in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standard number 208 shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his body at all times when the vehicle is in motion on any street or highway.\nB. This section shall not apply to an occupant of a motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less who possesses a written statement from a licensed physician that he is unable for medical reasons to wear a safety belt or to a rural letter carrier of the United States postal service while performing the duties of a rural letter carrier.","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 7 Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety"],"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":"bb6020a9174c1fcd81b4338b0acdf470336c7483db447c899b556c524c2fc7b1","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-7-371","next":"us-nm/66-7-373"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}