All motor vehicles registered by declared gross weight, including vehicles subject to the international registration plan or registration under reciprocal agreement with another state, shall be registered with the department on a staggered basis and that registration shall expire at the end of the twelve-month registration period.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-20, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 40; 1993, ch. 328, § 2; 2015, ch. 9, § 14.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For definition of "declared gross weight", see 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978.
For registration by declared gross weight, see 66-3-3 NMSA 1978.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided a new process for the renewal of registrations for motor vehicles registered by declared weight, including vehicles subject to the international registration plan; after "including vehicles subject to", deleted "proportional registration" and added "the international registration plan", after "shall", deleted "register" and added "be registered", and after "the department on a", deleted the remainder of the section and added "staggered basis and that registration shall expire at the end of the twelve-month registration period".
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison would be impracticable.