§ 66-5-1.1 Definition
§ 66-5-1.2 Definition; tribe
§ 66-5-2 Drivers must be licensed
§ 66-5-2.1 Consent to registration with the selective service system;
§ 66-5-4 Persons exempt from licensure
§ 66-5-5 Persons not to be licensed
§ 66-5-7 Driver’s license; classification; examinations
§ 66-5-8 Provisional licenses; instruction permits; driver education students; temporary licenses
§ 66-5-9 Application for license or renewal
§ 66-5-10 Application for license; information; transfer to license
§ 66-5-11 Application of minors
§ 66-5-12 Release from liability
§ 66-5-13 Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application
§ 66-5-14 Examination of applicants
§ 66-5-15 Licenses issued to applicants
§ 66-5-15.1 Notification by licensee
§ 66-5-15.2 Repealed
§ 66-5-15.3 Issuance of documents that meet federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes; reimbursement
§ 66-5-15.4 Driver’s licenses and identification cards; acceptance
§ 66-5-16 Physical license to be carried and exhibited on demand
§ 66-5-17 Use of license for identification
§ 66-5-18 Altered, forged or fictitious license; penalty
§ 66-5-19 Restricted licenses
§ 66-5-20 Replacement licenses
§ 66-5-21 Expiration of license; limited issuance period; four-year issuance period; eight-year issuance period; renewal
§ 66-5-21.1 Effect of military service on driver’s license
§ 66-5-22 Notice of change of address or name
§ 66-5-23 Records to be kept by the division
§ 66-5-24 Authority of division to cancel license
§ 66-5-25 Suspending privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions; failures to appear; failures to pay
§ 66-5-26 Suspending resident’s license; automatic reinstatement without fee
§ 66-5-27 Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on military installations; suspension or revocation
§ 66-5-27.1 Recognition of convictions for motor vehicle offenses committed on tribal land; intergovernmental agreements; information sharing with tribal courts
§ 66-5-29 Mandatory revocation of license by division
§ 66-5-30 Authority of division to suspend or revoke license
§ 66-5-31 Division may require reexamination
§ 66-5-32 Period of suspension or revocation
§ 66-5-33.1 Reinstatement of driver’s license or registration; ignition interlock; fee
§ 66-5-34 No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state
§ 66-5-35 Limited driving privilege upon suspension or revocation
§ 66-5-36 Right of appeal to court
§ 66-5-37 Unlawful use of license
§ 66-5-38 Making false affidavit perjury
§ 66-5-39 Driving while license suspended; penalties
§ 66-5-39.1 Driving while license revoked; penalties
§ 66-5-39.2 Driving while license administratively suspended
§ 66-5-40 Permitting unauthorized minor to drive
§ 66-5-41 Permitting unauthorized person to drive
§ 66-5-42 Employing unlicensed driver
§ 66-5-43 Renting motor vehicles to unlicensed drivers and minors;
§ 66-5-44 Licenses and permits; duration and fee; appropriation
§ 66-5-44.1 Provisional licenses; duration and fee; appropriation
§ 66-5-47 Photographs
§ 66-5-48 Uniformity of interpretation
§ 66-5-49 Driver License Compact enacted

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 5 > Part 1

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Engrossed bill: The official copy of a bill or joint resolution passed by a chamber of the legislature.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.