New Mexico license plate: Year of manufacture
Issued today Documented since 2026. Historic plates for car, issued by New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). One of 8 New Mexico license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999999, for example366989(9 any digit)The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car.
- About this plate
- Nevada's Circa 1982 Replica is a NEW plate made to an old design; New Mexico's year-of-manufacture plate is the OLD PLATE ITSELF, re-registered.
- Who can have one
- motor vehicles 30 or more years old; the plate must be authentic to the vehicle's model year, in good condition, and its number must not already be assigned or in use (MVD, citing NMSA 1978 § 66-3-423)
- Fee
- $27.00 on initial registration; $12.00 on transfer to a new owner
- Transfer
- on sale or transfer the plate may remain with the vehicle and pass to the new owner on payment of a $10.00 fee in addition to regular registration fees
Legal basis and sources
- New Mexico MVD on year-of-manufacture plates, citing Motor Vehicle Code Section 66-3-423 NMSA 1978: the 30-year threshold, the authenticity and inspection requirements, the non-duplication rule, the transfer rule and... https://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/vehicles/license-plates/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-nm-year-of-manufacture. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of New Mexico's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nm \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-nm-year-of-manufacture")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-year-of-manufacture.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-year-of-manufacture/template.svg
