The commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial driver's license" or "CDL". The commercial learner's permit shall be marked "commercial learner's permit" or "CLP", and shall state: "This permit is invalid unless accompanied by a New Mexico driver's license.". A commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

1. A. the person's name and current New Mexico physical address;
2. B. the person's full face or front-view color photograph;
3. C. a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color;
4. D. the person's date of birth;
5. E. the person's signature;
6. F. the class or type of commercial motor vehicle that the person is authorized to drive, together with any endorsements or restrictions;
7. G. the name of this state; and
8. H. the dates between which the license or permit is valid.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 13; 1991, ch. 150, § 1; 1992, ch. 13, § 5; 2004, ch. 59, § 17; 2023, ch. 70, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective January 1, 2024, required certain content to be included on commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits; in the section heading, added "and commercial learner's permit"; and in the introductory clause, added "The commercial learner's permit shall be marked 'commercial learner's permit' or 'CLP', and shall state: 'This permit is invalid unless accompanied by a New Mexico driver's license.'. A commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit".

The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, amended Subsection A to change "name and residential address of the person" to "the person's name and current New Mexico physical or mailing address" and amended Subsection B to change "color picture" to "full face or front-view color photograph".

The 1992 amendment, effective April 1, 1992, deleted "and hair" following "eye" in Subsection C and made minor stylistic changes in Subsection F.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "the person's" at the beginning of Subsection D; deleted former Subsection E, which read "the person's social security number and any number or identifier deemed appropriate by the division"; and redesignated former Subsections F to I as present Subsections E to H.