New Mexico Vehicle/Vessel Registering Procedures

You must record the vehicle or the vessel as soon as possible to use it in New Mexico. At the time of vehicle or vessel record, you will be issued a temporary permit to use the vehicle or the New Mexico vessel. If you bought a vehicle or the vessel from a dealership, the dealership acts as the seller. It is obliged to take over the vehicle’s or the vessel’s record and issue you with a temporary permit to use the vehicle or the vessel in New Mexico.

To record the vehicle, you need:

  • Completed application for a vehicle record
  • Bill of sale
  • Vehicle insurance
  • Vehicle identification number
  • Statement from the bank
  • Certificate of passing technical inspection
  • Driver’s license
  • State id
  • Notarized Bail Release
  • Payment of all applicable record fees

To record the vessel, you need:

  • You must personally register the vessel at the office.
  • Check with the office if you need to go through a vessel inspection.
  • Bill of sale
  • State id
  • Statement from the bank
  • Payment of all applicable record fees

How to Fill Out the Form

Below you will find information on creating and filling out A New Mexico Vehicle/vessel Bill of Sale yourself.

Download the document

Download the document on our website to fill it out electronically or print it out and fill it out in writing. You can download the document in any format that suits you.

Enter vehicle/vessel info

In the first part of the document, you need to provide info about the vehicle or vessel. In order to fill out the bill of sale, you need to indicate: the exact price of the vehicle or vessel in dollars, the year of manufacture of the vehicle or vessel, the model of the vehicle or vessel, the series of the vehicle or vessel, the engine number, the identification number of the vehicle or the vessel, the record number of the vehicle or the vessel, the state, the total length of the vessel, the width of the vessel.

Enter vehicle mileage

In this section of the document, you need to indicate the vehicle or vessel’s exact mileage, taking readings from the odometer.

Specify seller and purchaser info

In this section of the document, you need to indicate the purchaser’s official info and the seller. You need to provide the purchaser and the seller’s full legal name, the date of birth of the seller and the purchaser. If you buy a vehicle through a dealership, then you need to indicate: dealership, dealership license number, collateral holder, amount of collateral, address of the dealership, city, state, zip code.

Sign the document

The final step to fill out the bill of sale is to sign the document. The seller must provide his full name, date of signature, and affix the signature. After that, the purchaser must indicate his full name, date of signature, and affix the signature.