New Mexico § 66-8-128 - Uniform traffic citation

§ 66-8-128. Uniform traffic citation

A. The department shall prepare a uniform traffic citation containing at least the

following information: (1) an information section, serially numbered and containing spaces for the name,

physical address and mailing address, city and state of the individual charged; the

individual's physical description, age and sex; the registration number, year and

state of the vehicle involved and its make and type; the state and number of the

individual's driver's license; the specific section number and common name of the

offense charged under the NMSA 1978 or local law; the date and time of arrest; the

arresting officer's signature and identification number; and the conditions existing

at the time of the violation; (2) a notice to appear; and (3) a penalty assessment notice with a place for the signature of the violator agreeing

to pay the penalty assessment prescribed. B. The department shall prescribe how the uniform traffic citation form may be used

as a warning notice. C. The department shall prescribe the size and number of copies of the paper version

of the uniform traffic citation and the disposition of each copy. The department may also prescribe one or more electronic versions of the uniform

traffic citation, which may be used in the issuance of citations instead of or with

paper uniform traffic citations. D. Any entity that wishes to submit electronic traffic citations instead of or with

paper uniform traffic citations required to be submitted to the department shall secure

the prior permission of the department. E. An electronic version of a uniform traffic citation shall include the same information

required to be included in a uniform traffic citation. An electronic version of a uniform traffic citation may be signed electronically

and a law enforcement officer may submit or file with a court an electronic version

of a uniform traffic citation if prior permission of the department has been secured. Where the law requires a law enforcement officer to provide a copy of a citation

to a person cited or arrested, a physical copy of the citation shall be provided regardless

of whether a paper uniform traffic citation or an electronic version of a uniform

traffic citation was used.