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New Mexico Legal Code

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

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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. ANNOTATIONSThe 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

'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.