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.

• § 264:10 — Application for Payment in Installments
• § 264:11 — Exception When Consent or Agreement is Granted by Creditor
• § 264:12 — Installment in Default
• § 264:13 — Actions Against Nonresidents
• § 264:14 — Policy; Form
• § 264:15 — Uninsured or Hit-and-Run Motor Vehicle Coverage
• § 264:16 — Medical Payments
• § 264:17 — Subrogation Prohibited
• § 264:18 — Required Provisions
• § 264:19 — Policies Permissible
• § 264:2 — Proof Required Upon Conviction for Motor Vehicle Law Violations
• § 264:20 — Amount of Proof of Financial Responsibility
• § 264:21 — Methods of Giving Proof of Financial Responsibility
• § 264:22 — Money or Securities Deposited as Proof
• § 264:23 — Limitation
• § 264:24 — May Substitute Other Proof
• § 264:24-a — Forged Proof
• § 264:24-b — Transfer of Registration to Defeat Purpose of Act Prohibited
• § 264:25 — Conduct After Accident
• § 264:25-a — Expedited Clearance of Roadways at Accident Scenes
• § 264:26 — Uniform Police Investigation Report of Accident
• § 264:27 — Statistical Information Based on Reports
• § 264:28 — False Reporting of Accidents
• § 264:29 — Penalty
• § 264:3 — When Proof Required After Report of Accident
• § 264:30 — Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XVI, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m
• § 264:31 — Report of Injury to Dog or Cat
• § 264:32 — Applicability of Requirement
• § 264:33 — Application of Chapter
• § 264:34 — Other Remedies Unaffected
• § 264:4 — Form of Security
• § 264:4-a — Form of Security; Periodic Payments
• § 264:5 — Application of Security
• § 264:6 — Limitation of Driving
• § 264:7 — Suspensions
• § 264:8 — Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements
• § 264:9 — Suspension Waived Upon Payment of Judgment in Installments
• § 265-A:1 — Definitions
• § 265-A:1-a — Incorporation of Former, Repealed Statutes
• § 265-A:10 — Effect of Evidence of Refusal to Take Alcohol Concentration Test
• § 265-A:11 — Evidence
• § 265-A:12 — Official Record of Tests
• § 265-A:13 — Incapacity to Give Consent
• § 265-A:14 — Refusal of Consent
• § 265-A:15 — Preliminary Breath Test
• § 265-A:16 — Blood Testing of Certain Motor Vehicle Fatalities
• § 265-A:17 — Arrest Without a Warrant
• § 265-A:18 — Penalties for Intoxication or Under Influence of Drugs Offenses
• § 265-A:19 — Penalties for Boating While Intoxicated
• § 265-A:2 — Driving or Operating Under Influence of Drugs or Liquor; Driving or Operating With Excess Alcohol Concentration
• § 265-A:20 — Loss of Motorboat Privileges
• § 265-A:21 — Annulment; Plea Bargaining
• § 265-A:22 — Payment of All Obligations Prior to Restoration or Renewal
• § 265-A:23 — Commercial Licensing; Penalties; Driving Under the Influence
• § 265-A:24 — Commercial Drivers Prohibited From Driving With any Alcohol in Their Systems
• § 265-A:25 — Implied Consent Requirements for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
• § 265-A:26 — Revocation of License for Driving While Intoxicated and Appeal
• § 265-A:27 — Not Guilty Finding; Return of License
• § 265-A:28 — License Restored Upon Proof of Financial Responsibility
• § 265-A:29 — Revocation of Nonresident Privilege
• § 265-A:3 — Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated
• § 265-A:3-a — Arraignment
• § 265-A:30 — Administrative License Suspension
• § 265-A:31 — Administrative Review and Hearings
• § 265-A:32 — Period of License Suspension
• § 265-A:33 — Review
• § 265-A:34 — Appeal; Administrative License Suspension
• § 265-A:35 — Probationary Licenses
• § 265-A:36 — Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program Established
• § 265-A:36-a — Department of Safety Authority to Order Ignition Interlock Device Installation
• § 265-A:37 — Alcohol Ignition Interlock Circumvention
• § 265-A:38 — Violating Interlock Order
• § 265-A:38-a — Ignition Interlock Device Removal Protocol
• § 265-A:39 — Impaired Driver Education Programs
• § 265-A:4 — Implied Consent of Driver or Operator to Submit to Testing to Determine Alcohol Concentration
• § 265-A:40 — Impaired Driver Care Management Programs
• § 265-A:41 — Utilization of Funds
• § 265-A:42 — Attendance at Impaired Driver Education Course Required
• § 265-A:43 — Possession of Drugs
• § 265-A:44 — Transporting Alcoholic Beverages or Marijuana
• § 265-A:45 — Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages or Marijuana by a Minor
• § 265-A:5 — Administration of Alcohol Concentration Tests
• § 265-A:6 — Administration of Physical Tests Added
• § 265-A:7 — Additional Tests
• § 265-A:8 — Prerequisites to Tests
• § 265-A:9 — Effect of Evidence of Alcohol Concentration Test
• § 265:1 — Vehicles on Highways; Exceptions
• § 265:1-a — Sobriety Checkpoints
• § 265:1-b — Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints Prohibited
• § 265:1-c — Motorcycle Profiling Prohibited
• § 265:1-d — Immigration Checkpoints
• § 265:10 — Traffic Control Signal Legend
• § 265:100 — Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited
• § 265:101 — Crossing Fire Hose
• § 265:102 — Littering; Penalty
• § 265:103 — Evidence of Littering
• § 265:104 — Approaching Horses
• § 265:105 — Use of Amateur or Citizen Band Radio
• § 265:105-a — Repealed by 2022, 43:2, effective Jan. 1, 2023
• § 265:106 — Carrying Passengers in Trucks Prohibited
• § 265:107 — Rules for Carrying Passengers
• § 265:107-a — Child Passenger Restraints Required
• § 265:108 — Certain Towing Prohibited
• § 265:108-a — Parade Vehicles
• § 265:109 — Period of Lighting
• § 265:11 — Pedestrian Control Signals
• § 265:11-a — Prohibiting Avoidance of Traffic Signals
• § 265:110 — Party Responsible
• § 265:111 — Enforcement
• § 265:112 — Parking Lights
• § 265:113 — Reflective Warning Devices
• § 265:114 — Dimming Lights
• § 265:115 — Transporting Explosives
• § 265:116 — Exceptions
• § 265:117 — Transporting Hazardous Materials or Wastes
• § 265:118 — Penalty
• § 265:119 — Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Driving Motorcycles
• § 265:12 — Flashing Signals
• § 265:120 — Riding Upon Motorcycles
• § 265:121 — Driving Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic
• § 265:122 — Protective Headgear
• § 265:123 — Eye and Face Protection
• § 265:123-a — Operation Prohibited
• § 265:123-b — Disclosure to Purchaser
• § 265:124 — to 265:142 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XVIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m
• § 265:13 — Lane Use Control Signals
• § 265:14 — Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals or Markings
• § 265:143 — Application of Motor Vehicle Laws to Bicycles
• § 265:143-a — Drivers to Exercise Due Care When Approaching Bicycle
• § 265:144 — Riding on Bicycles
• § 265:144-a — Electric Bicycles
• § 265:145 — Clinging to Vehicles Prohibited
• § 265:146 — Permits
• § 265:147 — Repealed by 1981, 422:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m
• § 265:148 — Sidewalks Outside Compact Area
• § 265:149 — Ordinances and Bylaws
• § 265:15 — Interference With Traffic Devices, Signs, or Signals
• § 265:150 — Penalty
• § 265:151 — Limitation of Prosecution
• § 265:152 — Bicycle Parking
• § 265:153 — Penalty
• § 265:154 — Occupants in Towed Vehicle; Penalty
• § 265:155 — Definitions
• § 265:156 — Funeral Procession Right-of-Way; Funeral Escort Vehicles; Funeral Lead Vehicles
• § 265:157 — Prohibited Acts
• § 265:158 — Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
• § 265:159 — Manufactured or Modular Building Transportation
• § 265:16 — Drive on Right Side of Roadway; Exceptions
• § 265:160 — Utility Vehicles and Compact Utility Tractors; Operation on Ways Restricted
• § 265:161 — Utility Vehicles; Crossing of Ways Restricted
• § 265:162 — Repealed by 2021, 110:2, eff. November 1, 2021
• § 265:163 — Personal Delivery Devices and Mobile Carriers
• § 265:17 — Approaching Vehicles
• § 265:18 — Overtaking a Vehicle on the Left
• § 265:19 — When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted
• § 265:2 — Required Obedience to Traffic Laws; Penalty
• § 265:20 — Limitations on Overtaking on the Left
• § 265:21 — Further Limitations on Driving to Left of Center of Roadway
• § 265:22 — Highway Markings
• § 265:23 — One-Way Roadways and Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands
• § 265:24 — Driving on Roadways Laned for Traffic
• § 265:25 — Following Too Closely
• § 265:26 — Driving on Divided Ways
• § 265:26-a — Driving Upon Sidewalk
• § 265:27 — Restricted Access
• § 265:28 — Vehicle Approaching or Entering Intersection
• § 265:29 — Vehicle Turning Left
• § 265:3 — Obedience to Police Officers
• § 265:3-a — Obedience to School Crossing Guards
• § 265:3-b — Obedience to Flagpersons
• § 265:3-c — Blue Envelope Program for Drivers with Autism Spectrum and Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
• § 265:30 — Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection or Highway
• § 265:31 — Stop Signs; Yield Signs
• § 265:32 — Vehicle Entering Way From Private Road or Driveway
• § 265:33 — Driving of Vehicles on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles
• § 265:34 — Pedestrians Subject to Traffic Signs and Regulations
• § 265:35 — Pedestrian's Right of Way in Crosswalks
• § 265:36 — Crossing at Other Than Crosswalks
• § 265:37 — Drivers to Exercise Due Care
• § 265:37-a — Motorist Duties When Approaching Highway Emergencies
• § 265:37-b — Avoidance of Lane Blockage
• § 265:37-c — Repealed by 2024, 251:6, VII, eff. Sept. 17, 2024
• § 265:38 — Pedestrians to Use Right Half of Crosswalks
• § 265:39 — Pedestrians on Roadway
• § 265:4 — Disobeying an Officer
• § 265:40 — Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business
• § 265:41 — Care Required
• § 265:41-a — Approaching a Service Animal
• § 265:42 — Required Position; Method of Turning at Intersections
• § 265:43 — Turning on Curve or Crest of Grade Prohibited
• § 265:44 — Moving a Vehicle
• § 265:45 — Turning Movements and Required Signals
• § 265:46 — Signals by Hand and Arm or Signal Lamps
• § 265:47 — Method of Giving Hand-and-Arm Signals
• § 265:48 — Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Train or Other Maintenance of Way On-Track Equipment
• § 265:49 — All Vehicles Must Stop at Certain Railroad Grade Crossings
• § 265:5 — Persons Riding Animals; Driving Animal-Drawn Vehicles
• § 265:50 — Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings
• § 265:50-a — Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossings; Fine
• § 265:51 — Moving Heavy Equipment at Railroad Grade Crossing