New Mexico § 66-5-60 Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards

New Mexico Statutes

§ 66-5-60 — Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards

New Mexico § 66-5-60

Ch. 66Motor Vehicles

Art. 5Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 66-5-60 (2026).

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A.The division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to a person unless that person can establish that New Mexico is the person's state of domicile and has passed a knowledge test and a skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle and, for related endorsements, has passed a medical fitness test and has satisfied any other requirements of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act [66-5-52 to 66-5-72 NMSA 1978].

B.The division may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver-training facility or other private institution or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test or knowledge test specified by this section; provided that the person being authorized has completed entry-lev

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A. The division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to a person unless that person can establish that New Mexico is the person's state of domicile and has passed a knowledge test and a skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle and, for related endorsements, has passed a medical fitness test and has satisfied any other requirements of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act [66-5-52 to 66-5-72 NMSA 1978]. B. The division may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver-training facility or other private institution or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test or knowledge test specified by this section; provided that the person being authorized has completed entry-level driver training as required by federal law. C. A commercial driver's license applicant who does not pass the skills test or knowledge test may repeat the: (1) knowledge test no more than twice a week; and (2) skills test no more than three times a year. D. If the department determines that a commercial driver's license applicant has committed an offense in taking a test specified in this section, the division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to that applicant within one year of the department's determination.