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Opinion No. 67-76

Collection Attorney General Opinions and Advisory Letters
Date 06/02/1967
File Number 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-76

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Opinion No. 67-76

June 2, 1967

BY: OPINION OF BOSTON E. WITT, Attorney General

TO: Mr. Robert R. Salazar Commissioner Department of Motor Vehicles State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico

QUESTION

QUESTION

Are "snow mobiles" which are motor driven vehicles supported and steered by skis on the front, which are occasionally used to cross highways, required to be titled and registered under the laws of this state?

CONCLUSION

No.

OPINION

{*111} ANALYSIS

Section 64-3-2, (b) N.M.S.A., 1953 Compilation specifically covers this question. Under that section, vehicles which are used to cross highways from one property to another are excepted from registration and certificate of title provisions. The specific exception provides:

(b) Any such vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossing such highway from one [1] property to another;

By: Myles E. Flint

Assistant Attorney General

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