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Section 66-2-9 - Seizure of documents and plates.

NM Stat § 66-2-9 (2019) (N/A)
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A. The division may take possession of any documents issued by it, including but not limited to any certificate of title, evidence of registration, permit, license or registration plate, upon expiration, revocation, cancellation or suspension thereof or that is fictitious or that has been unlawfully or erroneously issued.

B. If the division determines that any documents purporting to be of a type described in Subsection A of this section are fictitious, the division shall turn them over to the proper law enforcement agency for use in prosecution.

C. The division may retrieve a registration plate from a motor carrier that is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle by order of a state or federal agency.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-2-9, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 13; 1989, ch. 318, § 2; 2004, ch. 59, § 4.

The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, added Subsection C and made other grammar amendments.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, designated the formerly undesignated provisions as Subsection A, inserting therein "documents issued by it including but not limited to any" and deleting "issued by it" following "plate", and added Subsection B.

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Section 66-2-9 - Seizure of documents and plates.