N.M. Admin. Code § 18.19.5.51 - POINT SYSTEM - ASSESSMENT AND EXPUNGING OF POINTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC LAWS
A.
Violations for which points shall be assessed are either violations pursuant to
the traffic laws of this state or violations of the traffic laws of other
jurisdictions for which points would be assessed if the violation had occurred
in New Mexico. Points shall be assessed by the department in accordance with
the schedule in
18.19.5.52 NMAC following
conviction for any scheduled traffic law violation or the equivalent violation
in the other jurisdiction if the violation occurred in another jurisdiction.
Notification of a conviction of a traffic violation subject to the assessment
of points shall be forwarded to the department by the convicting court. Points
shall be assessed regardless of whether the violation occurred on a state,
county or municipal road or on another traffic-way. The department shall keep a
record of points assessed for a period of one year from the date the violation
occurred.
B. Points assessed to a
driver will be expunged by the department automatically at the end of the
twelfth month following the month in which the violation for which the points
were assessed occurred.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.