MVD encourages residents to become organ donors during Donate Life Month

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division is encouraging residents to become organ donors when they obtain or renew their driver’s licenses or consider an organ donation awareness registration plate for their vehicle.

The division is promoting these options as part of National Donate Life Month in April.

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“Currently, 56% of individuals have checked the box to be an organ donor, and almost 800 vehicles have an organ donation awareness plate,” Taxation and Revenue Department Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke stated in a news release.

According to the MVD, a record 90 donors saved 207 lives in 2024, the second-highest number in state history.

The option to sign up as an organ donor is the first question on the New Mexico driver’s license application. Individuals can also register online at donatelifenm.org. People of all ages and medical histories are encouraged to register.

An organ donor awareness plate can be purchased by completing form MVD-10666, Application for Organ Donation Awareness Plate, and submitting it to a Motor Vehicle Division office or mailing the application and the $12 fee to the main office.