New Mexico § 66-7-411 - Authorized representative may weigh vehicles and require removal of excess loads; graduated penalties
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§ 66-7-411. Authorized representative may weigh vehicles and require removal of excess loads; graduated penalties
A. A police officer with the New Mexico state police division of the department of
public safety, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful,
may require the driver to stop and submit to weighing of the vehicle and load by means
of either portable or stationary scales and may require the vehicle to be driven to
the nearest scales approved by the department of public safety or the department of
transportation if the scales are within five miles. A police officer shall not require a driver to weigh a vehicle on a private scale. B. When a police officer with the New Mexico state police division of the department
of public safety or a transportation inspector, upon weighing a vehicle or combination,
determines that the gross vehicle weight or combination gross vehicle weight exceeds
the maximum authorized by Sections 66-7-409 and 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 , the officer or inspector shall require the driver or owner of the vehicle or combination
to unload that portion of the load necessary to decrease the gross vehicle weight
or combination gross vehicle weight to the authorized maximum. C. A driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle and load
to weighing or who fails or refuses, when directed by a duly authorized police officer
with the New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety or a
transportation inspector, upon a weighing of the vehicle, to unload the vehicle and
otherwise comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. D. A shipper or a person loading the vehicle who intentionally overloads a vehicle
that the shipper or person has reason to believe will travel in that condition upon
a public highway is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in accordance with Section 66-8-116.1 NMSA 1978 . E. In all cases of violations of weight limitations, the penalties shall be assessed
and imposed in accordance with Section 66-8-116.1 NMSA 1978 .
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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