N.M. Admin. Code § 18.19.3.10 - INSPECTORS OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT
A. The purpose of
18.19.3.10 NMAC is to expedite the
process of registering and titling motor vehicles by authorizing certain
individuals (other than division employees) to perform the inspections of
vehicle identification numbers and safety equipment required under Sections
66-3-8 and
66-3-801 through 887 NMSA 1978. To
protect the public, certain conditions must be met by any individual desiring
to become an inspector.
B. An
"authorized inspector" is an individual, other than an officer or employee of
the division, to whom the director has delegated, under the provisions of
18.19.3.10 NMAC, the authority to
conduct specified inspections of vehicles.
C. For the purposes of Sections
66-3-8 and
66-3-801 through 887 NMSA 1978,
the division will accept an inspection of vehicle identification numbers and
safety equipment performed by an authorized inspector as if the inspection had
been performed by one of its own officers or employees as long as the
inspection was performed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Code and the
regulations thereunder and the policies of the division.
D. The director may appoint any individual to
be an authorized inspector if that individual has met the requirements of
18.19.3.10 NMAC. Appointments may
be made for specified periods of time. The director may terminate the
appointment of any individual as an authorized inspector at any time, without
prior notice or explanation.
E. Any
individual desiring to become an authorized inspector must:
(1) be eighteen years of age or
older;
(2) not have been convicted
of a felony;
(3) demonstrate to the
division's satisfaction that he or she has completed satisfactorily training
in:
(a) conducting inspections of the
standard vehicle identification number provided by the manufacturers
and
(b) inspecting vehicles which
have been assembled or re-assembled to verify that such vehicles have the
safety equipment set forth in Sections
66-3-801 through
66-3-887 and
66-7-401 through
66-7-416 NMSA 1978 or as set forth
by federal law or regulation; and
(4) post, in accordance with the Bond Surety
Act (Sections
10-2-13 through
10-2-16 NMSA 1978), a bond in the
amount of $30,000 which indemnifies and protects the division against any and
all liability in the event that any person is injured or suffers property
damage as a result of the actions of the individual in the performance of the
duties delegated through
18.19.3.10 NMAC.
F. An individual appointed as an
inspector is authorized only to inspect vehicles on behalf of the division for
vehicle identification numbers and for verification of safety equipment
required by Sections
66-3-801 through
66-3-887 and
66-7-401 through
66-7-416 NMSA 1978 or by federal
law or regulation. The authorized inspector may not permit any other individual
to perform in the name of the authorized inspector any of the duties delegated
under the appointment.
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