Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

The director and the administrative assistants shall give bonds to the state conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices.

All salaries and expenses of the division shall be paid out of the receipts of the division upon the warrant of the governor.

In the administration of the laws and rules relative to motor vehicles, and to the drivers and the driving thereof, the director may summon witnesses in behalf of the state, and may administer oaths and take testimony. He may also cause depositions to be taken, and may order the …

I. In this section: (a) "Motor vehicle records" means all applications, reports required by law, registrations, histories, certificates, and licenses issued or revoked by the department relative to motor vehicles and the information, including personal information, contained in t…

I. Except as provided in this section, the department shall not provide, directly or indirectly, a complete, or substantially complete or mirrored, extract of motor vehicle records, or a significant portion thereof, that contain personally identifiable information from any file o…

I. The department may issue a certified copy of any certificate of registration, or of any license to drive motor vehicles which may have been lost or mutilated, upon the written request of the person entitled thereto and the payment of the prescribed fee, and such certified copy…

The department may destroy, at the end of 5 years from the date of filing, originals or copies, including photographs, microphotographs, or photographic film, of reports required by law of accidents and applications for licenses to drive motor vehicles and for the registration th…

I. The department may cause any or all records, papers or documents kept by it, including those under RSA 260:16, to be photographed, microphotographed, recorded on film or retained on computer data files. The method used shall provide a reasonable degree of durability, and the d…

Such photographs, microphotographs or photographic film shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, including introduction in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A copy thereof, duly attested and certified by the director or his designee shall, for a…

Whenever such photographs, microphotographs or reproductions on film shall be placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving, examining and using the same, the director shall have the power to authorize the destruction of the original records, papers o…

The department shall cause this title and the rules hereunder to be printed in pamphlet form for distribution.

I. The department shall upon application issue a nondriver's picture identification card to any resident who is 12 years of age or older and does not possess a driver's license. II. The department shall, before issuing a card to an applicant, require the applicant to furnish proo…

I. The department shall upon application issue a nondriver's picture identification card that complies with Public Law 109-13 to any resident who: (a) Meets the requirements of RSA 260:21, I and II. (b) Does not hold any other driver's license or nondriver's picture identificatio…

I. The department shall upon application issue an enhanced nondriver's picture identification card that complies with the standards of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative regarding proof of identity and citizenship for persons entering the United States at land and sea ports…

The necessary expenses incurred under RSA 260:21 shall be a charge against the operating budget of the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, motor vehicle and driver safety, driver licensing. Pursuant to RSA 260:21, 50 percent of all fees collected shall be credited t…

All fees, fines and forfeitures received by any person under the provisions of any laws of the state relative to the use and driving of vehicles shall be paid to the department within 14 days after the receipt thereof; and all moneys received by the department shall be paid month…

There is hereby established in the division a bureau of certificate of title which under the direction of the director shall carry out the work and purposes of the certificate of title and anti-theft provisions of this title.

The director may employ such assistants as are necessary to carry out the functions of the bureau of certificate of title.

This subdivision shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Road Toll Law."

The purpose of this subdivision is to secure the motor fuel road toll or any other special charges with respect to the sale or consumption of motor fuels, as specified in Part II, Article 6-a of the constitution of New Hampshire.

There is hereby imposed a road toll of $.18 per gallon upon the sale of each gallon of motor fuel sold by distributors thereof, as adjusted according to RSA 260:32-a. The road toll shall be collected by the distributor from the purchaser and remitted to the state in the manner he…

The rate for the levy of the road toll under RSA 260:32 shall be adjusted as follows: I. The rate for the levy of the road toll under RSA 260:30 shall be adjusted, effective July 1, 2014, by multiplying the effective rate during the prior 12-month period by a fraction, the numera…

I. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, expenditure of revenues collected from adjustments under RSA 260:32-a for rates that exceed $.18 per gallon, less required "Apportionment A" distributions under RSA 235:23, I on said revenues, shall be made for the following purposes i…

There is hereby imposed a road toll on alternative fuels, as defined in RSA 259:3-d and sold by licensed alternative fuel dealers, on the motor fuel equivalent gallon, as defined in RSA 259:58-b, for such alternative fuel at the rate per gallon established in RSA 260:32. The alte…

The road tolls shall be used initially to pay the interest and principal due on any bonds and notes issued pertaining to highway purposes, and the remainder shall be paid into the highway fund.

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or use motor fuel upon which the road toll imposed and collected under this subdivision has not been paid, unless the person is the holder of a valid license to engage in business as a distributor of motor fuels. To procure a motor fuel…

If an application is filed by any person whose license was previously revoked or suspended for cause or, in the opinion of the department, the application was not filed in good faith, the commissioner shall grant the applicant a hearing, after which the commissioner may issue or …

I. Any person who refines, distills, prepares, blends, manufactures, or purchases biodiesel on which the road toll has not been paid and who is not a licensed and bonded distributor in accordance with RSA 260:36, shall become licensed with the department. II. Any licensee that re…

I. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or use alternative fuel upon which the road toll imposed and collected under this subdivision has not been paid, unless the person is the holder of a valid license to engage in business as a dealer of alternative fuels. To procure an…

I. (a) Every distributor shall file with the department a bond: (1) In an amount equal to approximately 2 times the monthly road toll liability of the distributor, but not less than $10,000, on a form to be approved by the commissioner; (2) With a surety company authorized to eng…

I. A distributor may request a release or reduction of the bond required pursuant to RSA 260:37 if the distributor has complied with all licensing, reporting, and payment requirements of this chapter for the immediately preceding 3 consecutive years, provided that such distributo…

I. For the purpose of determining the amount of road toll imposed and to be collected under this subdivision, the sole proprietor, president, managing partner, chief executive officer, or equivalent thereof, of each distributor shall on or before the twentieth day of each calenda…

I. (a) If a distributor fails to maintain an active bond, as required by RSA 260:37, or at any time files a false monthly report, or willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to file the monthly report, or to pay the full amount of the road toll as required by this subdivision, the c…

I. If a distributor that has been granted a released or reduced bond pursuant to RSA 260:37-a files a false monthly report or willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to file a monthly report or pay the full amount of the road toll as required by this subdivision, the commissioner o…

Those powers, duties, functions and personnel, relating to the registration of boats and motors, motor carriers of property and motor carriers of passengers, shall be within the division as provided in RSA 106-A:12.

I. When any distributor shall fail to file a monthly report with the department at the time fixed in this subdivision, refuse to submit the data required by RSA 260:38, or fail to pay the amount of road tolls due when they shall be payable, a penalty of 10 percent shall be added …

For the purpose of this subdivision, interest shall be the rate established by the commissioner.

I. Whenever a distributor shall neglect or refuse to file any report as required or shall file an incorrect or fraudulent report, the commissioner shall determine after an investigation the number of gallons of motor fuel for which the distributor has incurred liability and deter…

I. Every person not registered as a distributor who transports motor fuel or products subject to the fees stipulated in RSA 146-A, to a point or points outside the state from a point or points within the state, to a point or points within the state from a point or points outside …

I. Every retail dealer shall be subject to reasonable inspections during the regular business hours of the retail dealer. Inspections may consist of the review of records of motor fuel and petroleum products, including: (a) Purchases of product; (b) Opening and closing inventory …

Each distributor, special fuel user, and transporter shall maintain and keep for a period of 4 years such records of motor fuel and petroleum products sold and distributed or otherwise disposed of within this state, together with invoices, bills of lading, and other pertinent rec…

I. Each retail dealer shall maintain and keep for a period of 3 years records of motor fuel and petroleum products, including purchases of product, opening and closing inventory readings, and pump meter readings. II. Any retail dealer who fails to provide or maintain, or who deni…

In addition to the retention of records pursuant to RSA 260:43, biodiesel distributors shall maintain and keep for a period of 4 years records sufficient to demonstrate that all biodiesel sold within the state meets the applicable ASTM fuel quality standard for biodiesel, D6751. …

I. The department, or any deputy, employee or agent authorized by it, is hereby given the authority to examine, during the usual business hours of the day, the records required to be preserved under this subdivision; provided, however, that no distributor, user or transporter sha…

I. Whenever a distributor ceases to engage in business as a distributor within the state by reason of the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the business, it shall be the duty of the distributor to notify the commissioner in writing at least 10 days prior to the time the discon…

If any distributor shall be in default for more than 10 days in the payment of any road tolls, interest or penalties, the department may proceed to collect the same by civil suit.