{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-8-116","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-8-116","heading":"Penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.","body":"A. As used in the Motor Vehicle Code and the Boat Act [Chapter 66, Article 12 NMSA 1978], \"penalty assessment misdemeanor\" means violation of any of the following listed sections of the NMSA 1978 for which, except as provided in Subsections D through F of this section, the listed penalty assessment is established:\nCOMMON NAME OF OFFENSE\tSECTION VIOLATED\tPENALTY ASSESSMENT\nVehicles subject to registration\t66-3-1\t\t$ 50.00\nImproper display of registration plate\t66-3-18\t\t25.00\nFailure to notify of change of name or address\t66-3-23\t\t25.00\nLost or damaged registration, plate or title\t66-3-24\t\t25.00\nHorseless carriage registration\t66-3-27\t\t25.00\nTransfer of registration and title\t66-3-103\t\t25.00\nExpiration of dealer plates\t66-3-403\t\t25.00\nSpecial registration plates\t66-3-409, 66-3-412.1,\n\t66-3-413, 66-3-415,\n\t66-3-417, 66-3-419,\n\t66-3-421, 66-3-422,\n\t66-3-424.4, 66-3-424.5,\n\t66-3-424.7, 66-3-424.9,\n\t66-3-424.13, 66-3-424.16\n\tand 66-3-424.28\t\t75.00\nBicycle laws\t66-3-701 through 66-3-707\t\t50.00\nNo license display\t66-5-16\t\t25.00\nFailure to change address or name on license\t66-5-22\t\t25.00\nPermitting unauthorized minor to drive\t66-5-40\t\t50.00\nPermitting unauthorized person to drive\t66-5-41\t\t25.00\nFailure to obey sign\t66-7-104\t\t25.00\nFailure to obey signal\t66-7-105\t\t25.00\nPedestrian signs and signals\t66-7-106 through 66-7-108\t\t25.00\nSpeeding\t66-7-301\n(1) up to and including ten miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t25.00\n(2) from eleven up to and including fifteen miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t30.00\n(3) from sixteen up to and including twenty miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t65.00\n(4) from twenty-one up to and including twenty-five miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t100.00\n(5) from twenty-six up to and including thirty miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t125.00\n(6) from thirty-one up to and including thirty-five miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t150.00\n(7) more than thirty-five miles an hour over the speed limit\t\t\t200.00\nUnfastened safety belt\t66-7-372\t\t25.00\nChild not in restraint device or seat belt\t66-7-369\t\t25.00\nMinimum speed\t66-7-305\t\t25.00\nSpeeding\t66-7-306\t\t25.00\nImproper starting\t66-7-324\t\t25.00\nImproper backing\t66-7-354\t\t25.00\nImproper lane\t66-7-308\t\t25.00\nImproper lane\t66-7-313\t\t25.00\nImproper lane\t66-7-316\t\t25.00\nImproper lane\t66-7-317\t\t25.00\nImproper lane\t66-7-319\t\t25.00\nImproper passing\t66-7-309 through 66-7-312\t\t25.00\nImproper passing\t66-7-315\t\t25.00\nControlled access violation\t66-7-320\t\t25.00\nControlled access violation\t66-7-321\t\t25.00\nImproper turning\t66-7-322\t\t25.00\nImproper turning\t66-7-323\t\t25.00\nImproper turning\t66-7-325\t\t25.00\nFollowing too closely\t66-7-318\t\t25.00\nFailure to yield\t66-7-328 through 66-7-331\t\t25.00\nFailure to yield\t66-7-332\t\t50.00\nFailure to yield\t66-7-332.1\t\t25.00\nPedestrian violation\t66-7-333 through 66-7-340\t\t25.00\nFailure to stop\t66-7-342 and 66-7-344 through 66-7-346\t\t25.00\nRailroad-highway grade crossing violation\t66-7-341 and 66-7-343\t\t150.00\nPassing school bus\t66-7-347\t\t100.00\nFailure to signal\t66-7-325 through 66-7-327\t\t25.00\nRiding on motorcycles\t66-7-355\t\t100.00\nVideo screens in automobiles\t66-7-358\t\t25.00\nDriving on mountain highways\t66-7-359\t\t25.00\nCoasting prohibited\t66-7-360\t\t25.00\nAnimals on highway at night\t66-7-363\t\t50.00\nFailure to secure load\t66-7-407\t\t100.00\nOperation without oversize-overweight permit\t66-7-413\t\t50.00\nTransport of reducible load with special permit more than six miles from a border crossing\t66-7-413\t\t100.00\nDriving while license administratively suspended\t66-5-39.2\t\t25.00\nImproper equipment\t66-3-801 through 66-3-840 and 66-3-842 through 66-3-851\t\t50.00\nImproper equipment\t66-3-901\t\t50.00\nImproper emergency signal\t66-3-853 through 66-3-857\t\t25.00\nMinor on motorcycle without helmet\t66-7-356\t\t300.00\nOperation interference\t66-7-357\t\t50.00\nLittering\t66-7-364\t\t300.00\nImproper parking\t66-7-349 through 66-7-352 and 66-7-353\t\t25.00\nImproper parking\t66-3-852\t\t25.00\nRiding in or towing occupied house trailer\t66-7-366\t\t25.00\nImproper opening of doors\t66-7-367\t\t25.00\nNo slow-moving vehicle emblem or flashing amber light\t66-3-887\t\t25.00\nOpen container-first violation\t66-8-138\t\t25.00\nTexting while driving-\n(1) first violation\t66-7-374\t\t25.00\n(2) second and subsequent violation\t\t\t50.00\nUsing a handheld mobile communication device while driving a commercial motor vehicle\t66-7-375\n(1) first violation\t\t\t25.00\n(2) second and subsequent violation\t\t\t50.00\nImproper use of travel lane\t66-7-376\t\t250.00.\nB. The term \"penalty assessment misdemeanor\" does not include a violation that has caused or contributed to the cause of an accident resulting in injury or death to a person.\nC. When an alleged violator of a penalty assessment misdemeanor elects to accept a notice to appear in lieu of a notice of penalty assessment, a fine imposed upon later conviction shall not exceed the penalty assessment established for the particular penalty assessment misdemeanor and probation imposed upon a suspended or deferred sentence shall not exceed ninety days.\nD. The penalty assessment for speeding in violation of Paragraph (5) of Subsection A of Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978 is twice the penalty assessment established in Subsection A of this section for the equivalent miles per hour over the speed limit.\nE. Upon a second conviction for operation without a permit for excessive size or weight pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978, the penalty assessment shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the penalty assessment shall be five hundred dollars ($500).\nF. Upon a second conviction for transport of a reducible load with a permit for excessive size or weight pursuant to Subsection N of Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978 more than six miles from a port-of-entry facility on the border with Mexico, the penalty assessment shall be five hundred dollars ($500). Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the penalty assessment shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000).","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 8 Crimes, Penalties and Procedure"],"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":"20d45e2bc9a564eed153bc71be5f3a14b76f269dec5b54a36c74c05c38993b04","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-8-115","next":"us-nm/66-8-116.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}