Section 66-5-59 - Commercial driver's license required.

NM Stat § 66-5-59 (2019) (N/A)
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A. A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving, except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven.

B. A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is suspended, revoked or canceled or while subject to a disqualification or in violation of an out-of-service order.

C. A person who is a resident of this state for at least thirty days may not drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction.

D. A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 8; 2003, ch. 51, § 4.

The 2003 amendment, effective March 19, 2003, substituted "A person may not drive" for "No person may drive" at the beginning of Subsections A and B; in Subsection C substituted "A person" for "No person" at the beginning, inserted "not" preceding "drive a commercial"; and added Subsection D.