{"id":"033d0f84-2679-413d-b584-03500343de3a","slug":"new-mexico-av-rule","kind":"other","headline":"New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9)","summary":"New Mexico has NO enacted comprehensive autonomous-vehicle statute; two legislative attempts failed (2021 HB270 and 2025 HB148, which would have required a human operator until 2036 but stalled in committee). AV operation is instead governed by a narrow testing statute (NMSA 66-7-12, autonomous motor vehicles; notification and regulation of testing) and the operative NMDOT administrative rule, NMAC 18.24.1.9 (Autonomous Motor Vehicle Testing and Operation, effective April 19, 2022), which permits human-supervised testing and, on certification (FMVSS compliance, minimal-risk condition, insurance, registration, law-enforcement interaction protocol), driverless operation. This agency-rule regime is the basis for Kodiak Robotics' autonomous Class 8 truck runs in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin. Applies to autonomous vehicles including trucks. EDITORIAL NOTE: the thin source base reflects genuinely thin underlying law (no comprehensive statute), not a sourcing gap.","locationId":"aa527052-456e-47ba-a76f-5349601e14d5","effectiveAt":"2022-04-19T12:00:00.000Z","expiresAt":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","formFactors":["av","truck"],"aliases":["New Mexico AV rule","NMAC 18.24.1.9","NMSA 66-7-12","New Mexico autonomous vehicle"],"collisionRisk":"none","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:19.910Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-31T12:43:03.913Z","location":{"id":"aa527052-456e-47ba-a76f-5349601e14d5","name":"New Mexico","slug":"new-mexico","kind":"state","parentLocationId":"aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e","lat":null,"lng":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":["NM"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:12.652Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:12.652Z"},"derived":{"status":"in_effect"},"sources":[{"id":"ac22fbe5-d1d4-480c-93ce-c1bf0ad6fa07","regulationId":"033d0f84-2679-413d-b584-03500343de3a","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-66/article-7/part-1/section-66-7-12/","label":null,"publishedAt":null,"notes":null,"title":"NMSA 66-7-12 - autonomous motor vehicles; testing (codified statute)","sourceName":"Justia (codified statute)","mediaType":"article","videoId":null,"channel":null,"durationSec":null,"timestampSec":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:20.443Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:20.443Z"},{"id":"3113dd74-82ea-4d7c-b70d-c4b731e52efe","regulationId":"033d0f84-2679-413d-b584-03500343de3a","url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-mexico/N-M-Admin-Code-SS-18.24.1.9","label":null,"publishedAt":null,"notes":null,"title":"NMAC 18.24.1.9 - Autonomous Motor Vehicle Testing and Operation (eff. 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Allows certified driverless testing/operation; basis for Kodiak's NM Permian runs.","source":"editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5b-1 AV-truck state laws)","effectiveAt":"2022-04-19T12:00:00.000Z","createdAt":"2026-05-31T12:37:21.218Z"}]}