Las Cruces, NM Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Sec. 5 of the Las Cruces Code of Ordinances, adopted by Ord. No. ' Two things narrow this rule sharply. First, it applies only to nonresidential streets, meaning commercial and industrial corridors, not the residential blocks where most overnight-parking complaints arise; a car parked overnight in front of a house is not reached by this section, though it can still run afoul of the 18 other prohibited locations in Sec. 1, such as blocking a driveway or sitting in a bike lane. Second, the only carve-out written into the ordinance is for physicians responding to emergency calls, with no general exemption for guests, movers or overnight visitors.

Unlike most Chapter 27 parking offenses, Sec. 5 does not appear on the flat-rate schedule the city fixed in Sec. 00). Because the all-night parking ban is absent from that list, an officer cannot resolve it with an on-the-spot penalty assessment. A citation instead proceeds to prosecution in Las Cruces Municipal Court, where a conviction falls under the Code's general penalty, Sec. 00 traffic safety fee that Sec. 1-11 adds to any motor-vehicle-ordinance conviction.