N.M. Stat. § 66-3-708
Electric-assisted bicycles; labels; standards.
A. Every manufacturer or distributor of new electric-assisted bicycles intended for
sale or distribution in New Mexico shall permanently affix to each electric-assisted
bicycle, in a prominent location, a label that contains the classification number, top
assisted speed and motor wattage of the electric-assisted bicycle. The label shall be
printed in arial font in at least nine-point type.
B. A person shall not knowingly modify an electric-assisted bicycle so as to change
the speed capability or motor engagement of the electric-assisted bicycle without also
appropriately replacing, or causing to be replaced, the label indicating the classification
required by Subsection A of this section.
C. An electric-assisted bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing
requirements for bicycles adopted by the United States consumer product safety
commission and codified at 16 CFR 1512 or its successor regulation.
D. A class 2 electric-assisted bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the electric
motor is disengaged or ceases to function when the brakes are applied. Class 1 and
class 3 electric-assisted bicycles shall be equipped with a mechanism or circuit that
cannot be bypassed and that causes the electric motor to disengage or cease to
function when the rider stops pedaling.
E. A class 3 electric-assisted bicycle shall be equipped with a speedometer that
displays, in miles per hour, the speed that the electric-assisted bicycle is traveling.