Parking Rules in New Mexico (2026)

Parking an RV on a Las Cruces residential street requires a free permit within 8 hours, capped at 6 consecutive days…

In unincorporated Doña Ana County, recreational vehicles and travel trailers must sit in a licensed RV park by default…

Albuquerque's Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO Section 14-16-5-5) allows a recreational vehicle, boat or…

In unincorporated Bernalillo County, RVs and boats must be stored in the rear yard unless rear access is unavailable…

In Sandoval County's Urban Residential Districts, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers cannot sit in the required…

Santa Fe excludes personal recreational vehicles, boats and trailers from its commercial-vehicle parking ban under…

Albuquerque's Integrated Development Ordinance limits how much of a front or street-side yard a homeowner can pave for…

City ordinance bars stopping, standing or parking any vehicle in front of a public or private driveway, on a sidewalk…

Rio Rancho, New Mexico requires every dwelling to have an all-weather driveway running from the property line to the…

Santa Fe does not let driveways stay bare dirt. Subsection 14-8.6(B)(2) requires every driveway, parking space and…

Driveway and parking surface requirements in unincorporated Bernalillo County vary by zoning district under Appendix A…

Santa Fe bars storing or parking commercial and industrial vehicles in any residentially zoned district under Section…

Albuquerque's Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO Sec. 14-16-5-5(B)(4)) allows truck tractors, semitrailers and heavy…

The county manager can post signs banning commercial vehicles and load-limited trucks from specific unincorporated…

Commercial vehicles with more than six wheels, plus semitrucks and semitrailers, cannot park in residential areas of…

Las Cruces bars parking a semi-tractor or semi-trailer, connected or not, on any residential street except while…

Homeowners in Rio Rancho may park one commercial vehicle or piece of equipment on residential property, but it's capped…

Sandoval County bans parking one commercial vehicle over five tons, or two or more commercial vehicles under five tons…

On-street parking in Albuquerque is governed by the city's Traffic Code (ROA 1994 Chapter 8, Article 5), layered on top…

On unincorporated Bernalillo County streets, parking is banned in specified places, sidewalks, crosswalks, in front of…

Las Cruces bars parking in 18 specific street locations, from blocking a driveway to sitting within 15 feet of a fire…

Rio Rancho bans stopping or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, in intersections, and at other specified…

Santa Fe bans stopping, standing, or parking on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection or…

Albuquerque has no blanket residential overnight on-street parking ban, but a vehicle left unattended in the same place…

In unincorporated Bernalillo County, no one may park on a nonresidential street longer than 30 minutes between 2:00…

Las Cruces bans parking on nonresidential streets for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., with a…

In non-residential areas of Rio Rancho, parking on a street between 2 and 5 a.m. is capped at 30 minutes, with an…

Santa Fe prohibits parking on any street in a non-residential area for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00…

Albuquerque's Integrated Development Ordinance requires new large parking lots and multi-family or mixed-use projects…

Las Cruces reserves posted EV charging spaces for active charging only. Sec. 27-12-6-6.1(A)(18), added in 2024, makes…

New Mexico defines an abandoned vehicle as one a law enforcement agency determines has been left unattended on public…

Las Cruces bars leaving any abandoned, wrecked, or inoperable vehicle on public or private property more than 72 hours…

In unincorporated Doña Ana County, leaving an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle on public or…

Sandoval County bans outdoor storage of inoperable or abandoned vehicles unless they're inside a building, fully…

Unregistered, inoperable, or unattended vehicles on streets or private land are a public nuisance the city can tag…

Storing a dilapidated or abandoned motor vehicle or vehicle body anywhere in unincorporated Bernalillo County is…

Rio Rancho lets a property owner sell, give away, or dispose of an abandoned vehicle found on their land once police…

Santa Fe treats a street-parked vehicle as abandoned, and subject to impoundment, if it displays no current license…

Albuquerque marks fire lanes with a sign or a painted red curb, and § 8-5-1-16 bans stopping, standing, or parking in…

Unincorporated Bernalillo County requires fire apparatus access roads to have curbs painted red the full length of the…

Rio Rancho marks fire lanes with an approved sign or a red-painted curb under City Code § 12-1-90, and parking within…

Businesses can apply for a dedicated curb loading zone in Albuquerque, but only where parking is scarce and deliveries…

In unincorporated Doña Ana County, businesses must provide off-street loading docks and can only load or unload trucks…

Las Cruces limits curb loading zones to three minutes for passenger pick-up and 30 minutes for freight, and any…

Rio Rancho, New Mexico limits stops in marked passenger curb loading zones to three minutes and freight curb loading…

Sandoval County sets no clock-based loading zone hours. Instead, Section 9(4).F of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance…

Santa Fe's curb loading zones cap passenger stops at three minutes and freight stops at twenty minutes under Sections…

Bernalillo County's zoning ordinance does not set fixed loading-dock hours or dimensions; instead § 21(E) leaves the…

Santa Fe's governing body can designate special parking permit areas where a permit is required to park on the street…

Albuquerque lets the Mayor create residential parking permit districts on streets where on-street parking is scarce…

New Mexico regulates every nonconsensual tow through 18.3.12 NMAC, a rule the New Mexico Department of Transportation…

Rio Rancho police may tow without prior notice in fifteen listed situations under Section 12-12-18 of the city traffic…