Opinion No. 55-6270
September 2, 1955
TO: Mr. Jess Holmes, Director, The New Mexico Traffic Safety Commission, P. O. Box 4085, Coronado Station, Santa Fe, New Mexico
We have your letter of August 29 in which you requested an opinion from this office as to whether convictions for traffic violations had to be endorsed on the reverse side of driver's license.
We have checked Chapter 179, Laws of 1955, which set up a new system for the control of operator's and chauffeur's license in the State of New Mexico, and we have been unable to find any provisions in this chapter which provide for the endorsement of convictions for traffic violations on the reverse side of operator's and chauffeur's license.
It is to be noted that under the provisions of Section 64-13-16, N.M.S.A., 1953, there was such a provision. However, Chapter 179 specifically repealed this provision.
It is, therefore, the opinion of this office that there is no requirement for the endorsement on the reverse side of operator's or chauffeur's license of the conviction of a traffic violation.
Trusting we have answered your question, we remain
By: Paul L. Billhymer
Assistant Attorney General