New Mexico § 66-1-4.11 - Definitions

§ 66-1-4.11. Definitions

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “ mail ” means any item properly addressed with postage prepaid delivered by the United States

postal service or any other public or private enterprise primarily engaged in the

transport and delivery of letters, packages and other parcels; B. “ manufactured home ” means a movable or portable housing structure that exceeds either a width of eight

feet or a length of forty feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed

to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy; C. “ manufacturer ” means every person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling vehicles

of a type required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle Code; D. “ manufacturer's certificate of origin ” means a certification, on a form supplied by or approved by the department, signed

by the manufacturer that the new vehicle or boat described in the certificate has

been transferred to the New Mexico dealer or distributor named in the certificate

or to a dealer duly licensed or recognized as such in another state, territory or

possession of the United States and that such transfer is the first transfer of the

vehicle or boat in ordinary trade and commerce; E. “ moped ” means a two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicle with an automatic transmission and

a motor having a piston displacement of less than fifty cubic centimeters, that is

capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles

an hour on level ground, at sea level; F. “ motorcycle ” means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed

to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, including autocycles

and excluding a tractor; G. “ motor home ” means a camping body built on a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis so designed

that seating for driver and passengers is within the body itself; H. “ motor vehicle ” means every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle that is propelled by

electric power obtained from batteries or from overhead trolley wires, but not operated

upon rails, including an electric mobility device, but does not include an electric-assisted

bicycle; for the purposes of the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act, “motor vehicle”

does not include “special mobile equipment”; and I. “ motor vehicle insurance policy ” means a policy of vehicle insurance that covers self-propelled vehicles of a kind

required to be registered pursuant to New Mexico law for use on the public streets

and highways. A “motor vehicle insurance policy”: (1) shall include: (a) motor vehicle bodily injury and property damage liability coverages in compliance

with the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act; and (b) uninsured motorist coverage, subject to the provisions of Section 66-5-301 NMSA 1978 permitting the insured to reject such coverage; and (2) may include: (a) physical damage coverage; (b) medical payments coverage; and (c) other coverages that the insured and the insurer agree to include within the policy.