New Mexico Statutes
§ 66-5-16 — Physical license to be carried and exhibited on demand
New Mexico § 66-5-16
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 66-5-16 (2026).
Text
Every licensee shall have the licensee's driver's license in its physical form in the licensee's immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the license in its physical form upon demand of a magistrate, a peace officer or a field deputy or inspector of the division. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor; however, a person charged with violating this section shall not be convicted if the person produces in court a driver's license in its physical form issued to the person and valid at the time of the person's citation.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 64-5-16, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 238; 1985, ch. 186,
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Short title§ 66-1-2
Severability§ 66-1-3
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New Mexico § 66-5-16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/66-5-16.