New Mexico § 66-3-1 - Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions

§ 66-3-1. Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions

A. With the exception of vehicles identified in Subsection B of this section, every

motor vehicle, manufactured home, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer when driven

or moved upon a highway and every off-highway motor vehicle is subject to the registration

and certificate of title provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code except: (1) any such vehicle driven or moved upon a highway in conformance with the provisions

of the Motor Vehicle Code relating to manufacturers, dealers, lien-holders or nonresidents; (2) any such vehicle that is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of

crossing the highway from one property to another; (3) an implement of husbandry that is only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway; (4) special mobile equipment; (5) a vehicle that is propelled exclusively by electric power obtained from overhead

trolley wires though not operated upon rails; (6) a freight trailer if it is: (a) properly registered in another state; (b) identified by a proper base registration plate that is properly displayed; and (c) identified by other registration documents that are in the possession of the operator

and exhibited at the request of a police officer; (7) a freight trailer or utility trailer owned and used by: (a) a nonresident solely for the transportation of farm products purchased by the

nonresident from growers or producers of the farm products and transported in the

trailer out of the state; (b) a farmer or a rancher who transports to market only the produce, animals or fowl

produced by that farmer or rancher or who transports back to the farm or ranch supplies

for use thereon; or (c) a person who transports animals to and from fairs, rodeos or other places, except

racetracks, where the animals are exhibited or otherwise take part in performances,

in trailers drawn by a motor vehicle or truck of less than ten thousand pounds gross

vehicle weight rating bearing a proper registration plate, but in no case shall the

owner of an unregistered trailer described in this paragraph perform such uses for

hire; (8) a moped; (9) an electric personal assistive mobility device; (10) a vehicle moved on a highway by a towing service as defined in Section 59A-50-2 NMSA 1978; (11) an off-highway motor vehicle exempted pursuant to Section 66-3-1005 NMSA 1978; and (12) an electric-assisted bicycle. B. A certificate of title required pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not

required for a vehicle of a type subject to registration owned by: (1) the government of the United States; or (2) a carrier that is from a jurisdiction that is not a participant in the International

Fuel Tax Agreement, that is authorized by the United States government or an agency

of the United States government to conduct cross-border operations beyond the commercial

border zone pursuant to the provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

and that identifies New Mexico as the carrier's base jurisdiction. C. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment

misdemeanor. A person charged with violating this section shall not be convicted if the person

produces, in court, evidence of compliance valid at the time of issuance of the citation.