N.M. Stat. § 66-5-25
Suspending privileges of nonresidents; reporting
convictions; failures to appear; failures to pay.
A. The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a
nonresident shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the division in like manner
and for like cause as a driver's license may be suspended or revoked.
B. The division is further authorized, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this
state of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any offense under the motor vehicle
laws of this state, or of notice of failure to appear or upon determination by the division
of failure to pay a penalty assessment, to forward the record to the motor vehicle
administrator in the state wherein the person so convicted is a resident.
C. Upon a request by a tribe, the division is authorized to forward to a tribal court or
other authority, as specified in an applicable intergovernmental agreement, the record of
the conviction in this state of a resident driver of a motor vehicle, who is subject to the
jurisdiction of the tribe, of any offense under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA
1978] or of notice of failure to appear or upon determination by the division of a failure
to pay a penalty assessment.