In the event that a permit or driver's license issued under the provisions of this article is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, or in the event of a name or address change, the person to whom the permit or driver's license was issued may, upon payment of the required fee, obtain a replacement upon furnishing proof of age and identity satisfactory to the department. A person who loses a permit or driver's license and who, after obtaining a replacement, finds the original, shall immediately surrender the original to the department. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-20, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 242; 1999, ch. 76, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the duplicate license and permit fee, see 66-5-44 NMSA 1978. The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted 'Replacement' for 'Duplicate' in the section heading; in the first sentence, substituted 'replacement' for 'duplicate or substitute thereof', inserted 'of age and identity', and substituted 'department' for 'division'; added the second sentence; and made minor stylistic changes. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 156(2).
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