New Mexico § 66-3-412 - Special registration plates; fifty percent or more disabled veterans; submission of proof; penalty

§ 66-3-412. Special registration plates; fifty percent or more disabled veterans; submission of proof; penalty

A. The department shall issue distinctive disabled veteran registration plates for

up to two vehicles, including motorcycles, to a person who is a veteran of the armed

forces of the United States and was fifty percent or more disabled while serving in

the armed forces of the United States, upon the submission by the person of proof

satisfactory to the department that the person was fifty percent or more disabled

while serving in the armed forces of the United States. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor

vehicle or regular motorcycle registration fees, if any, shall be collected for issuance

of up to two special registration plates pursuant to this section. A person eligible for a special registration plate pursuant to this section and

also eligible for one or more special registration plates pursuant to the Motor Vehicle

Code shall be issued up to two special registration plates for which the person is

eligible, in any combination of the person's choice free of charge, notwithstanding

any fee that would otherwise be charged for a special registration plate. B. The department shall issue additional disabled veteran special registration plates

in excess of the two plates issued without a fee pursuant to Subsection A of this

section to a person who is qualified to receive disabled veteran special registration

plates; provided that the person shall pay the standard plate and registration fees

for the additional registration plates. C. No person shall falsely make any representation as having been fifty percent or

more disabled while serving in the armed forces of the United States so as to be eligible

to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when the person

in fact was not fifty percent or more disabled while serving in the armed forces of

the United States. D. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty

of a misdemeanor. E. As used in this section, “ veteran ” means an individual who was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned,

who was accepted for and assigned to active duty in the armed forces of the United

States and who was not separated from such service under circumstances amounting to

dishonorable discharge.