New Mexico § 66-3-815 - Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations

Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 66-3-815 — Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 66-3-815. Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations

Combinations of motor vehicles, as enumerated in Section 66-3-808 NMSA 1978 , engaged in driveaway-towaway operations shall be equipped as follows: A. on the towing vehicle: (1) on the front, two head lamps and two amber clearance lamps, one at each side; (2) on each side and near the front, one amber side-marker lamp; (3) on the rear, one red tail lamp; one red or amber stop lamp; and (4) provided, however, that vehicles of less than eighty inches in width shall be

equipped as provided in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978; B. on the towed vehicle of a tow-bar combination, the towed vehicle of a single saddle-mount

combination and on the rearmost towed vehicle of a double saddle-mount combination: (1) on each side, and near the rear, one red side-marker lamp; and (2) on the rear, one red tail lamp; two red clearance lamps, one at each side; one

red or amber stop lamp; two red reflectors, one at each side; C. on the first saddle-mounted of a double saddle-mount combination: on each side,

and near the rear, one amber side-marker lamp; and D. combinations of vehicles less than eighty inches in width in driveaway-towaway

operations shall carry lamp and reflectors as required in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978 .

Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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