New Mexico Rest Area & Parking Rules

Sleeping overnight in New Mexico

New Mexico caps you at 24 hours in any three-day period (NMSA 1978 Section 67-8-22). Overstaying is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $100. That 24-hour window easily covers your 10-hour HOS reset, though the statute never names HOS. Camping is not allowed; sleeping in the cab is. NMDOT runs real-time I-10 truck-parking counts (TPAS). I-40 and I-10 lots run tight. Reference, not legal advice.

Limits, truck parking, and HOS rest

• Time limit: 24 hours in any 3-day period
• Tight on I-40, I-10, and I-25; NMDOT runs the I-10 Truck Parking Availability System (TPAS), a real-time space count shared through the four-state I-10 Corridor Coalition (dot.nm.gov). TPAS was built with a USDOT ATCMTD grant ($6.85M federal, about $13.7M total with the states' 1:1 match) - not Jason's Law money; the Jason's Law survey documents the Southwest crunch.
• hosException: not addressed - the 24-hour/3-day cap comfortably covers any single reset. Overstaying is a misdemeanor, fine up to $100 (Section 67-8-22, statute text confirmed verbatim). Camping banned; cab-sleeping is fine. Weigh stations and ports are not overnight lots; welcome centers fall under the same statute. Dual lens: the statute sets 24 hours in 3 days, but posted signs at each site control the specifics, and enforcement targets long-term squatters, not overnight resters.

What overstaying costs

Up to $100 fine; misdemeanor for remaining beyond 24 hours in any 3-day period (NMSA 1978 Section 67-8-22).

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