New Mexico § 66-3-2 - Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers

§ 66-3-2. Registration; trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and freight trailers

A. The motor transportation division of the department of public safety 1 and the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department, according

to their appropriate jurisdictions, shall grant permanent registration to freight

trailers subject to registration and may grant permanent registration to utility trailers

not used in commerce whose gross vehicle weight is less than six thousand one pounds

upon application and payment of the fee required by Section 66-6-3 NMSA 1978 . The registration shall expire, however, upon the transfer of title or interest in

the vehicle, at which time the vehicle shall be reregistered. B. In registering trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, the motor transportation

division and the motor vehicle division may require such information and documents

and may make such tests and investigations as they deem necessary and practicable

to determine or to verify the empty weights and gross vehicle weights and to ensure

that the vehicles may be safely and legally operated upon the highways of this state. 1

References in law to the motor transportation division of the department of public

safety are deemed references to the New Mexico state police division of the department

of public safety; see Historical and Statutory Notes.