New Mexico § 66-3-806 - New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 66-3-806 — New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-3-806. New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors
A. Every new motor vehicle hereafter sold and operated upon a highway, other than
a truck tractor, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately,
two red reflectors, except that every motorcycle shall carry at least one reflector,
meeting the requirements of this section, and except that vehicles of the type mentioned
in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978 shall be equipped with reflectors as required in those sections applicable to those
vehicles. B. Every reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than twenty
inches or more than sixty inches measured as set forth in Subsection B of Section 66-3-803 NMSA 1978 and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at
night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from the vehicle
when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps, except that visibility
from a greater distance is hereinafter required of reflectors on certain types of
vehicles. C. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment
misdemeanor.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 66-3-806 ("New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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