New Hampshire
New Hampshire RSA — Title XXI, Motor Vehicles
1,267 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 261:151 — Refunds
- § 261:152 — Preparation of Documents
- § 261:153 — Fees for Registration Permits
- § 261:154 — Additional Fees for Registration Permits
- § 261:155 — Optional Referendum, Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body, on Permit Fees
- § 261:156 — Collection of Insufficient Fund Checks
- § 261:157 — Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans
- § 261:157-a — Local Option; Exemption for Certain Other Veterans
- § 261:158 — Exemption for Publicly Owned and Emergency Vehicles
- § 261:159 — Exemption for Blind Veterans
- § 261:16 — Involuntary Transfers
- § 261:160 — Collection of Permit Fees in Unorganized Places
- § 261:161 — Expiration of Permits
- § 261:162 — Taxation of Motor Vehicles Prohibited
- § 261:163 — Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees
- § 261:164 — Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees
- § 261:165 — Accounting for Receipts of Permit Fees
- § 261:166 — to 261:175 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIV, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m
- § 261:17 — Joint Tenancy With Rights of Survivorship
- § 261:176 — Misuse or Failure to Display Plates
- § 261:176-a — Counterfeiting or Duplication of Number Plates
- § 261:177 — Penalties; Dealers, Utility Dealers, Auto Recycling Dealers, Transporters, and Repairers
- § 261:178 — Suspension of Registration of Vehicle
- § 261:179 — Suspension or Denial of Registration for Abandoning Vehicle
- § 261:18 — Liens; Fee
- § 261:180 — Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration
- § 261:181 — Refusal or Revocation of Registration Based on Federal Prohibition From Operating in Interstate Commerce
- § 261:182 — Grounds for Refusal of Motor Carrier Registration Based on Fraud or Ineligibility
- § 261:19 — Fee to Accompany Applications
- § 261:2 — Final Date
- § 261:2-a — Registration of Certain Title Exempted Vehicles
- § 261:20 — Fees
- § 261:21 — Issuance of New Certificate
- § 261:22 — Destruction of Vehicles; Total Loss, Salvage, and Rebuilt Vehicles
- § 261:23 — Certain Liens and Security Interests Not Affected
- § 261:23-a — Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause; Vehicle Leases That are Not Sales or Security Interests
- § 261:24 — Perfecting of Security Interest
- § 261:25 — Duties on Creation of Security Interest
- § 261:26 — Assignment of Security Interest
- § 261:27 — Release of Security Interest
- § 261:28 — Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning the Security Agreement
- § 261:29 — Method of Perfecting Interest Exclusive
- § 261:3 — Exempted Vehicles
- § 261:30 — Suspension or Revocation of Certificate
- § 261:31 — Powers and Duties of Director
- § 261:31-a — Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee
- § 261:32 — Exemption of Previously Registered Vehicle
- § 261:33 — Issuance of Distinctive Certificate
- § 261:34 — Perfection of Security Interest
- § 261:35 — Perfection Under Other Statute
- § 261:36 — Filing of Notices of Security Interest
- § 261:37 — Assignment of Security Interest
- § 261:38 — Release of Interest
- § 261:39 — Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning Security Agreement
- § 261:4 — Application for Certificate
- § 261:4-a — Antique Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Title
- § 261:40 — Registration Required
- § 261:40-a — Unified Carrier Registration Required
- § 261:40-b — Rental Fleet Passenger Vehicle Registration Program
- § 261:41 — Exemption of Vehicles Owned by Military Personnel
- § 261:41-a — Registration, Equipment, and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Utility Vehicles
- § 261:41-b — Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Compact Utility Tractor
- § 261:41-c — Roadable Aircraft; Registration
- § 261:42 — Permits Required
- § 261:43 — Reciprocal Fines and Penalties
- § 261:44 — Operation Without Registration; Reciprocity
- § 261:45 — Obligation to Register Vehicle
- § 261:45-a — Members of Armed Services; Government Employees Deployed Abroad; Registration; Residency
- § 261:46 — Nonresident Registration
- § 261:46-a — Registration of Foreign Nationals
- § 261:47 — Neutral Zone Privilege
- § 261:48 — Repealed by 1987, 151:10, I, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m
- § 261:49 — Agreement
- § 261:5 — Implement of Husbandry or Special Mobile Equipment
- § 261:50 — Powers of Administrator
- § 261:51 — Withdrawal
- § 261:52 — Application for Registration
- § 261:52-a — Repealed by 2021, 91:99, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 2025
- § 261:52-b — Re-Registration by Residents Temporarily Traveling Out of the State
- § 261:52-c — Registration or Re-Registration by Residents Without a Permanent Street Address
- § 261:52-d — Indication of Contact Address
- § 261:53 — Application of Minors
- § 261:54 — Age Limit for Registrants
- § 261:55 — Change of Address or Name
- § 261:56 — Temporary Permit and Plates Pending Registration
- § 261:56-a — Repealed by 2024, 330:4, eff. Sept. 1, 2024
- § 261:57 — Twenty-Day Registration
- § 261:57-a — Temporary Registrations and Number Plates
- § 261:57-b — In-Transit Registration
- § 261:58 — Registration Record and Certificate
- § 261:59 — Possession of Certificate Required
- § 261:59-a — Proof of Valid Registration
- § 261:6 — Department to Check Vehicle Identification Number
- § 261:60 — Copies of Listings; Prima Facie Evidence
- § 261:61 — Improper Use of Evidence of Registration or Title
- § 261:62 — Expiration of Registration
- § 261:63 — Emergency Extension of Registration
- § 261:64 — Construction Equipment and Implements of Husbandry
- § 261:65 — Repealed by 2016, 145:2, II, eff. July 26, 2016
- § 261:66 — Transfer of Ownership
- § 261:67 — New Certificate
- § 261:68 — Members of Armed Forces; Refunds
- § 261:69 — Repealed by 1983, 230:19, III, eff. Aug. 17, 1983
- § 261:7 — Issuance of Certificate; Records
- § 261:70 — Repealed by 1983, 230:19, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 1983
- § 261:71 — Payment of Resident Tax Required
- § 261:71-a — Payment of Federal Heavy Truck Use Tax Required
- § 261:72 — Affidavit Required
- § 261:72-a — Repealed by 1998, 207:9, I, eff. June 18, 1998
- § 261:72-b — Repealed by 1998, 207:9, II, eff. June 18, 1998
- § 261:73 — Penalty for False Statements
- § 261:74 — Registration of Vehicles Without Safety Glass Prohibited
- § 261:74-a — Agents Appointed
- § 261:74-b — Qualifications and Training of Agents
- § 261:74-c — Duties of Agents
- § 261:74-d — Additional Fees Charged by Agents
- § 261:74-e — Examination of Records
- § 261:74-f — Revocation of Agency Status
- § 261:74-g — Rulemaking
- § 261:74-h — Appointment of Dealer Agents
- § 261:74-i — Duration of Appointment
- § 261:74-j — Qualifications and Training of Dealer Agents
- § 261:74-k — Duties of Dealer Agents
- § 261:74-l — Security and Record-Keeping Requirements
- § 261:74-m — Examination of Dealer Agent Records
- § 261:74-n — Collection of Fees
- § 261:74-o — Optional Electronic Vehicle Registration Charge
- § 261:74-p — Proof of Residency
- § 261:74-q — Revocation or Suspension of Agency Status
- § 261:74-r — Rulemaking
- § 261:74-s — Agreements With Electronic Vehicle Registration Integrators
- § 261:75 — Number Plates
- § 261:75-a — Number Plate Checks by Law Enforcement
- § 261:75-b — Use of Number Plate Scanning Devices Regulated
- § 261:75-c — Special Registration Plate Symbol
- § 261:76 — Number of Plates
- § 261:77 — Use of Plates
- § 261:78 — Repealed by 1987, 151:10, II, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m
- § 261:79 — Repealed by 1997, 252:5, III, eff. Aug. 18, 1997
- § 261:8 — Information in Certificate
- § 261:80 — Number Plates for Mopeds
- § 261:81 — Repealed by 2017, 24:1, I, eff. April 25, 2017
- § 261:81-a — Registration of Other Motorized Devices
- § 261:82 — Agricultural Plates
- § 261:83 — Farm Tractor Plates
- § 261:84 — Farm Plates
- § 261:85 — Repealed by 2017, 24:1, II, eff. April 25, 2017
- § 261:86 — Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans
- § 261:87 — Repealed by 1999, 291:2, I, eff. Sept. 14, 1999
- § 261:87-a — Repealed by 1999, 291:2, II, eff. Sept. 14, 1999
- § 261:87-b — Special Number Plates for Veterans
- § 261:87-c — Gold Star Number Plates
- § 261:88 — Walking Disability Plates and Placards
- § 261:89 — Vanity Number Plates
- § 261:89-a — Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates
- § 261:89-b — Number Plates for Vehicles Registered as Street Rods
- § 261:89-c — Vehicle Identification Number for Street Rods and Custom Vehicles
- § 261:89-d — Identifying Decals for Vehicles Registered as Custom Vehicles
- § 261:89-e — Identification of Roadable Aircraft
- § 261:9 — Delivery of Certificate
- § 261:90 — Official Cover Plates
- § 261:90-a — Repealed by 2010, 368:1(48), eff. Dec. 31, 2010
- § 261:91 — Special Number Plates
- § 261:91-a — Commemorative License Plates
- § 261:91-b — 250th Anniversary of American Independence Commemorative License Plates
- § 261:92 — Publicly Owned Vehicles; Nonprofit Corporations
- § 261:93 — Civil Air Patrol Vehicles
- § 261:94 — Expiration of Official Cover Plates and Special Number Plates
- § 261:95 — Refund for Unused Vehicle Plates
- § 261:96 — Lost or Mutilated Plates
- § 261:97 — Rulemaking Authority on Dealer Number Plates
- § 261:97-a — Conservation Number Plates
- § 261:97-b — Conservation Number Plate Fund
- § 261:97-c — Use of Funds
- § 261:97-d — New Hampshire Conservation Number Plate Advisory Committee; Duties; Meetings
- § 261:97-e — Plate Use
- § 261:97-f — Report
- § 261:98 — Bond Required
- § 261:99 — Filing of Bond
- § 262:1 — Penalties
- § 262:10 — Removal of Vehicle Identification Plate
- § 262:11 — Examination of Vehicles
- § 262:12 — Taking Without Owner's Consent
- § 262:13 — Possession of Master Keys
- § 262:14 — Master Keys; Prohibited Acts
- § 262:15 — Master Keys; Penalty
- § 262:16 — Counterfeit, Unauthorized or Forged Stickers, or Decals or Facsimile; Altered or Modified Temporary Motor Vehicle Registration Plates
- § 262:16-a — Seizure of Unauthorized Documents and Plates
- § 262:17 — Odometer Tampering; Certification of Mileage
- § 262:18 — Declaration of Policy
- § 262:19 — Procedure
- § 262:2 — Report of Theft; Recovery of Unclaimed Vehicle
- § 262:20 — Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986
- § 262:21 — Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986
- § 262:22 — Prohibition
- § 262:23 — Penalty
- § 262:24 — Restoration of License
- § 262:25 — Appeal
- § 262:26 — Existing Law
- § 262:27 — Issuance of Citation to Resident of Reciprocating State