New Mexico § 66-5-2.1 - Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability
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§ 66-5-2.1. Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability
A. Every male citizen of the state of New Mexico and every other male person residing
in the state of New Mexico who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent
Selective Service Act registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six
shall consent to his registration in compliance with the requirements of the federal
Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453 et seq., when applying to receive or renew a driver's license or identification card. B. The division shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information
required for registration of the applicants identified in Subsection A of this section
to the selective service system. The applicant's submission of the application shall serve as an indication that
the applicant has already registered with the selective service or that he is authorizing
the division to forward to the selective service the necessary information for registration. The division shall notify the applicant on the application that his submission of
the application will serve as his consent to be registered with the selective service
system if he is required to do so by federal law. C. The provisions of this section shall apply to every male citizen of the state of
New Mexico and every other male person residing in the state of New Mexico who, on
the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent Selective Service Act registration,
is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six who are applying for issuance, renewal
or duplication of an instruction permit, a driver's license, a provisional driver's
license, a commercial driver's license or an identification card on or after the effective
date of this act. D. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted
to the United States as a nonimmigrant under Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, as amended (66 Stat. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 ), for so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United
States.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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