TITLE 18: TRANSPORTATION & HIGHWAYS

CHAPTER 19: MOTOR VEHICLE PROCEDURES, LICENSES, PERMITS

PART 6: PENALTY

18.19.6.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Taxation and Revenue Department, Joseph M. Montoya Building, 1100 South St. Francis Drive, P.O. Box 630, Santa Fe NM 87504-0630

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.1 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.1, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.2 SCOPE: This Part applies to every person who violate the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code. [10/31/96; 18.19.6.2 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.2, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 9-11-6.2 NMSA 1978.

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.3 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.3, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.4 DURATION: Permanent.

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.4 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.4, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/31/96, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section, in which case the later date is the effective date.

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.5 NMAC - Rn & A, 18 NMAC 19.6.5, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this Part is to interpret, exemplify, implement and enforce the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code.

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.6 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.6, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

[10/31/96; 18.19.6.7 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.6.7, 9/14/00]

18.19.6.8 IMPOSITION OF PENALTY:

A. A penalty in the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) will be imposed under Section 66‑6‑34 NMSA 1978 for each instance in which a check tendered to the department is not paid upon presentment. This penalty is in addition to any other penalty imposed under the Motor Vehicle Code.

B. 18.19.6.8 NMAC applies to every dishonoring of a check on or after January 1, 1995.

[10/28/94, 10/31/96; 18.19.6.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 18 NMAC 19.6.8, 9/14/00]

HISTORY OF 18.19.6 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: Certain material in this Part was derived that previously filed with the commission of public records - state records center and archives:

TRD Rule MVC 6-94, 10/28/94.