Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

"Place of business" shall mean the site, location or building within this state at which a person conducts the business in which he is engaged.

"Pneumatic tires" shall mean tires in which compressed air is designed to support the load.

"Pocket bike" shall mean any 2- or 3-wheeled motorized device that has handlebars, is designed to be sat upon by the operator, is smaller in size than a conventional moped, motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle, and is powered by a gasoline or alcohol fueled motor with a piston displ…

"Police officer" shall mean any constable, peace officer, or other officer authorized to make arrests or serve process.

"Previously registered vehicle" shall mean: I. For purposes of the provisions of this title relative to registration, a vehicle which has been registered to the same person or persons during the immediately preceding registration period; II. For purposes of the provisions of this…

"Business district" shall mean the territory contiguous to a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for business.

"Private passenger automobile," as used in RSA 264:16, shall mean: I. A motor vehicle of the private passenger, station wagon, or motorcycle type that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers and is not rented to others; or II. Any other 4-wheel motor vehicle w…

"Private passenger vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle, except motorcycles, tractors, snowmobiles, OHRV's and mopeds, which is designed and used for the purpose of transporting 10 persons or less and used for the transportation of human beings with their necessary personal belong…

"Public way" shall mean: I. [Repealed.] II. As used elsewhere in this title, the same as "way".

"Reciprocating state" shall mean a state having provisions of law to the same effect as the provisions of this title relative to reciprocal provisions as to arrest of nonresidents.

"Recreation vehicle" shall mean a self-propelled or towed vehicle that is equipped to serve as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel purposes and is used solely as a family or personal conveyance.

"Registration number" shall mean the number or mark assigned by the director to a vehicle.

"Repairer" shall mean any person who is principally engaged in the motor vehicle business, but who is not a dealer and who has an established place of business.

"Repossess" shall mean the act of obtaining physical possession of a motor vehicle by a lienholder or any person acting on his behalf for any actual or claimed breach of any condition contained in a security agreement.

"Resident" shall mean a resident of the state as defined in RSA 21:6, except that no person shall be deemed to be a resident who claims residence in any other state for any purpose.

"Retail dealer" for purposes of the provisions of this title relative to road tolls, shall mean any person or persons other than a licensed distributor who engages in the business of selling or distributing motor fuel within this state at the retail level; provided further that r…

"Retail vehicle dealer" shall mean a person engaged in the motor vehicle business who sells motor vehicles to the general public, or demonstrates for sale vehicles on consignment to the general public. Any person who sells or who acts as an agent of a seller for 5 or more vehicle…

"Certificate" shall mean: I. As used in the provisions of this title relative to financial responsibility, the certificate of an insurance company authorized to transact the business specified in RSA 412 or of an insurance company or surety company not authorized to do business i…

"Revocation" shall mean the termination by formal action of the department or of a court of competent jurisdiction of a person's driver's license or privilege to drive on the ways of this state, or of any other license, registration or permit issued by the department. After a lic…

"Right-of-way" shall mean the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed or proximity as to give rise to the danger of collision unless one grants precede…

"Roadable aircraft" shall mean any aircraft capable of taking off and landing from a suitable airfield which is also designed to be driven on public roadways as a conveyance.

"Roadway" shall mean that portion of a way improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk, berm or shoulder even though such sidewalk, berm or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human powered vehicles. In the event a way in…

"Rural residence district" shall mean the territory contiguous to a way not comprising a business or urban residence district when the frontage on such way for a distance of 1/2 mile or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for business on any …

"Safety glass" shall mean glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from external sources or by glass when the glass is cracked or broken.

"Sale," as used in the provisions of this title relative to road tolls, shall mean any transfer of ownership and any use of motor fuel by a distributor for the propulsion of vehicles on the ways.

"School bus" shall mean a vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency, or a privately owned vehicle, including a station wagon, suburban, panel body vehicle and vehicles converted to a school bus, but excluding a passenger vehicle, employed solely in transporting school chil…

"Mixed use school bus" shall mean a station wagon, suburban, sport utility vehicle, passenger van, panel body vehicle, or vehicle converted to a school bus, owned or leased by a public school or private school and driven by a school employee, which bears a valid state inspection …

"School transportation vehicle" shall mean a private passenger vehicle as defined by RSA 259:81, which is used by an employee or subcontractor of a company focused exclusively on providing student transportation solutions to transport school children to and from nonpublic or publ…

"Security agreement" shall mean an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security.

"Semi-trailer" shall mean a vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part of its own weight or that of its load rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle, and not including a pair or set of wheels comm…

"Serious traffic violation" shall mean: I. Excessive speeding, which means traveling at a rate that is 15 miles per hour or more above the speed limit; II. Reckless driving, as provided in RSA 265:79; III. A violation of any state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic co…

"Serious injury" shall mean any harm to the body which causes severe, permanent or protracted loss of or impairment to the health or to the function of any part of the body.

"Sidecar" shall mean a one-wheel attachment to a motorcycle.