A. Except as provided otherwise in Subsection C of this section, every dealer, except a dealer in motorcycles only, shall pay each license year fifty dollars ($50.00) for each dealer plate issued pursuant to Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978 to the dealer for that license year.
B. Except as provided otherwise in Subsection C of this section, every dealer in motorcycles only shall pay each license year ten dollars ($10.00) for each dealer plate issued pursuant to Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978 to the dealer for that license year.
C. In the event a dealer plate is lost, mutilated or becomes illegible, a dealer, including a dealer in motorcycles only, shall obtain a replacement plate pursuant to the provisions of Section 66-3-24 NMSA 1978. The fee for a replacement dealer plate shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for a dealer or ten dollars ($10.00) for a dealer in motorcycles only.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-17, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 352; 1981, ch. 361, § 23; 1990, ch. 120, § 32; 1998, ch. 48, § 15; 2005, ch. 324, § 18; 2007, ch. 319, § 54.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, eliminated references to auto recycler and special dealer plates.
The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, changed "wrecker of vehicles" to "auto recycler".
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, in the section heading, inserted "dealer", deleted "manufacturers, dealers and wreckers of vehicles"; in Subsection A, deleted "manufacturer" in two places, in Subsections A and B, substituted "the first" for "each", inserted "dealer" and "pursuant to Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978"; in Subsection B, deleted "and shall pay five dollars ($5.00) for each additional plate so issued for the license year" and rewrote Subsection C.
The 1990 amendment, effective July 1, 1990, in Subsection A, added "except as provided otherwise in Subsection C of this section" at the beginning, inserted "each license year" following "shall pay", and substituted "in that license year" for "provided, however, that each such additional plate issued after June 30 of the licensing year shall be issued upon payment of five dollars ($5.00)" at the end; rewrote Subsection B which read "Every dealer in motorcycles only shall pay ten dollars ($10.00) for the first special plate issued to him and shall pay five dollars ($5.00) for each additional plate so issued; deleted "Notwithstanding all other provisions of law" at the beginning of Subsection C; and made minor stylistic changes.
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