New Mexico law sets no seasonal dates for studded tires.
No seasonal dates
Rule
NMSA 1978 66-3-847(B)
No seasonal dates
Seasonal window
conditions apply all year
Quoted below
Chain law
Tire chains permitted
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Neighbouring states
AZ, UT, CO, OK, TX
The rule
The studded tire rule in New Mexico
No seasonal dates
New Mexico law sets no seasonal dates for studded tires.
New Mexico names snow tires with metal studs as an exception to its rule against metal touching the road, and sets no season.
A person shall not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer having any tire surface in contact with the roadway that is wholly or partly of metal or other hard nonresilient material, except a snow tire with metal studs designed to increase traction on ice or snow.
NMSA 1978 66-3-847, Restrictions as to tire equipment, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source
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Chains and traction
New Mexico’s chain law
Chains of reasonable size are allowed when snow or ice makes them necessary for safety.
Chains on a truck tire, photographed by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Chain rules sit in their own sections of each state code, apart from the studded tire window. “Truck chains (5123859267)”, Oregon Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0
New Mexico law sets no seasonal dates for studded tires. New Mexico names snow tires with metal studs as an exception to its rule against metal touching the road, and sets no season. NMSA 1978 66-3-847(B) reads: "A person shall not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer having any tire surface in contact with the roadway that is wholly or partly of metal or other hard nonresilient material, except a snow tire with metal studs designed to increase traction on ice or snow."
New Mexico law sets no start or end date, so the conditions in the statute apply all year.
Chains of reasonable size are allowed when snow or ice makes them necessary for safety. The statute reads: "tire chains of reasonable proportions"
Arizona, October 1 through May 1; Utah, October 15 through March 31; Colorado, no seasonal dates; Oklahoma, November 1 through April 1; Texas, no seasonal dates. Each state's page quotes its own statute.
Montana: October 1 through May 31, 243 days. The national page lists every state's window.
Compiled September 22, 2026 from NMSA 1978 66-3-847, Restrictions as to tire equipment and the other sources linked beside each quote. Statutes change between winters, and a transportation department can extend a window where its statute allows, so the linked source is the one to check before a trip. Every state is in the studded tire laws by state table.
