The weight for determining registration fees for all vehicles shall be the gross factory shipping weight, or if the gross factory shipping weight is unavailable, the actual empty weight of the vehicle, except as otherwise provided by law for trucks, truck tractors, road tractors, buses, freight trailers, utility trailers and travel trailers.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-11, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 346; 2007, ch. 319, § 52.
Cross references. — For general definitions applicable to this section, see 66-1-4 to 66-1-4.20 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided a different measure of weight and that fees shall be based on gross factory shipping weight or actual empty weight except as otherwise provided by law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 66.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 138.
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