The person in charge of any garage or repair shop and dealers or wreckers of vehicles to whom is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in Section 66-7-207 NMSA 1978 or struck by any bullet shall report to the state highway and transportation department within twenty-four hours after the motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number and the name and address of the owner or operator of the vehicle. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-212, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 401; 1989, ch. 318, § 26. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the definitions of 'dealer', see 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978. The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted '66-7-207 NMSA 1978' for '64-7-207 NMSA 1953' and 'state highway and transportation department' for 'division', and made minor stylistic changes. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 717.
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