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New Mexico Disabled Veteran License Plates

Free disabled veteran plates, with the registration fee waived, for up to two vehicles including motorcycles, for a veteran rated 50 percent or more. More plates can be bought at the standard fees, and the wheelchair symbol can be added.

Also called: NMSA 66-3-412, disabled veteran plate, 50 percent, House Bill 366, Laws 2023, ch. 158, MVD10353, wheelchair symbol.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Section 66-3-412, as rewritten by House Bill 366 of 2023, Laws 2023, chapter 158, signed April 5, 2023. What you get. The Motor Vehicle Division "shall issue distinctive disabled veteran registration plates for up to two vehicles, including motorcycles", and no fee, "including the regular registration fee", is collected for those two. If you also qualify for another special plate, you may take any two in any combination free. Subsection B lets you buy more disabled veteran plates at the standard plate and registration fees. A veteran who also qualifies for the disabled person plate may have the wheelchair symbol on the veteran plate. Who qualifies. A veteran "fifty percent or more disabled while serving in the armed forces", proved to the department's satisfaction; the Motor Vehicle Division and the Department of Veterans' Services both read that as a VA rating of 50 percent or more. Subsection E defines veteran as regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned, accepted for active duty, and not separated under circumstances amounting to a dishonorable discharge. A drafting slip. Subsection C forbids falsely claiming to be 50 percent disabled to get the plates, and subsection D then makes it a misdemeanor to violate "the provisions of Subsection B", which is the paragraph that lets a qualified veteran buy extra plates. The 2023 act moved the prohibition from B to C without updating the cross-reference. Apply on form MVD10353 with the DD-214 and the VA letter.

Thresholds

Thresholds for New Mexico Disabled Veteran License Plates
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50 percent or moreNMSA 1978, § 66-3-412(A), as amended by Laws 2023, ch. 158 (HB 366): "fifty percent or more disabled while serving in the armed forces".

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Laws 2023, ch. 158 (HB 366) Allowed disabled veteran plates on two vehicles including motorcycles, any two special plates free, and more plates at standard fees

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Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Lets a disabled veteran rated 50 percent or more put free plates on two vehicles, including motorcycles, and buy more at standard fees.

Rewrote NMSA 1978, § 66-3-412 for veterans rated 50 percent or more: no plate or registration fee for up to two plates, which may be any combination of special plates the veteran qualifies for, and further disabled veteran plates at standard fees. The penalty in subsection D still refers to subsection B, the paid-plates paragraph, although the prohibition on false claims is now subsection C. Signed April 5, 2023.

Sponsors

  • Joanne J. FerraryDemocratic, House, District 37
  • Debra M. SariñanaDemocratic, House, District 21

And 2 more sponsors

Touches NMSA 1978, § 66-3-412

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