Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles. > Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles, 66-3-1 through 66-3-1103. > Section 66-3-8 - Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles.

Section 66-3-8 - Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles.

66-3-8. Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles.

The department, upon receiving application for original registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, except a title issued on a manufactured home, shall first check the engine or other standard identification number provided by the manufacturer of the vehicle shown in the application against its own records, the records of the national crime information center and other records as appropriate.