New Mexico § 66-3-424.16 - Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 66-3-424.16 — Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-3-424.16. Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians
A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo
specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is an emergency medical technician. B. A person shall not falsely represent that the person is an emergency medical technician
if the person is, in fact, not an emergency medical technician licensed in New Mexico. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof. C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty
of a penalty assessment misdemeanor. D. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be in addition to the regular
motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the department for the original
issuance of the special registration plate for an emergency medical technician. E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section
shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray
the cost of making and issuing a special registration plate for emergency medical
technicians. F. The amount of the fee collected pursuant to this section less any amount distributed
pursuant to Subsection E of this section shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense
fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978 . G. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special registration
plate for emergency medical technicians. H. When a person holding a special registration plate ceases to be an emergency medical
technician, the person shall immediately remove the plate from the vehicle and return
it to the department, at which time it shall be exchanged for a regular registration
plate. A person who fails to remove and return a plate as required in this subsection is
guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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