In the event that a permit or driver's license issued under the provisions of this article is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, or in the event of a name or address change, the person to whom the permit or driver's license was issued may, upon payment of the required fee, obtain a replacement upon furnishing proof of age and identity satisfactory to the department. A person who loses a permit or driver's license and who, after obtaining a replacement, finds the original, shall immediately surrender the original to the department.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-20, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 242; 1999, ch. 76, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the duplicate license and permit fee, see 66-5-44 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Replacement" for "Duplicate" in the section heading; in the first sentence, substituted "replacement" for "duplicate or substitute thereof", inserted "of age and identity", and substituted "department" for "division"; added the second sentence; and made minor stylistic changes.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 156(2).