Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

The director shall have authority in disputed cases to determine the classification in which any vehicle belongs and the amount of the fee which shall be paid therefor.

Any person desiring to carry a greater load than that given under the manufacturer's rating shall so declare at the time of registration, and in such case the department shall base the fees upon the weight given by the owner.

Vehicles owned or operated by the state, or by any county, city, town, or school district, or by any volunteer fire department, or by any public or private educational institution used for the purpose of student driver training, shall be exempt from registration fees but shall be…

Vehicles owned and driven by non-profit organizations and used exclusively without charge for emergency purposes shall be exempt from registration fees but shall be registered as any other vehicles are.

For each number plate issued, the department shall charge, in addition to any other fee required herein, a manufacturing fee of $4.00 per plate to be collected and disposed of as provided in RSA 228:25.

No vehicle, except an OHRV, snowmobile or moped, owned or controlled by a resident of this state shall be registered under the provisions of this chapter until the owner or person controlling the same has obtained a permit for registration from the city or town wherein he resides…

If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within 10 days after delivery of the vehicle, the dealer need not send the certificate to the department but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person …

I. Upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle the permit shall expire; provided, however, that any owner who has paid a permit fee for registration of a vehicle the ownership of which is transferred or of one which is subsequently totally lost by fire, theft, or accident, during the…

No portion of any permit fee once paid shall be repaid to any person, provided that in a case where the department acting under the authority of law shall have refused upon original application for the registration period to register the vehicle to which the permit relates, the t…

Permits shall be in the form prescribed by the director and shall be issued with such duplicates as the director shall determine. The town clerk shall prepare forms for permits and applications for registration of vehicles as required by RSA 261:52. Said forms shall be prepared b…

I. The treasurer of each city, or such other person as the city government may designate, and the town clerk of each town shall collect fees for such permits as follows: on each vehicle offered for registration a sum equal to 18 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for …

The governing bodies of towns and cities of a population greater than 50,000 as determined by the last federal census may, subject to the provisions of RSA 261:155, direct the city treasurer or the town clerk to collect in addition to the fees imposed in RSA 261:153, fees for suc…

I. Optional Referendum. If the governing body of a town or city wishes to place the question of whether or not to collect the fees imposed by RSA 261:154 on a referendum to be voted upon at any regular municipal election or at a special election called for the purpose, they may d…

The director, upon receipt of a complaint from the city official whom the city government may designate, or the town clerk of a town that a person has paid a permit fee with a bad check as defined in RSA 638:4, may suspend the registration privilege of such person until the city …

For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran of any war or armed conflict, as defined in RSA 72:28, V, who because of being an amputee or paraplegic or having suffered loss or use of a limb from a service-conne…

The legislative body of a city or town may adopt an ordinance waiving the fee to be charged for a permit to register one motor vehicle owned by any person who: I. Is a former prisoner of war and was captured and incarcerated while serving in a qualifying war or armed conflict as …

No fee shall be charged for a permit to register any of the following: I. Any motor vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used exclusively without charge for emergency purposes. II. Any motor vehicle owned or driven by the state or by any county, city, town or school dist…

For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a vehicle owned by a veteran who has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be suffering from total blindness as a result of a service-connected disability.

I. If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in paragraph II, promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title, if available, proof of the transfer, and his applica…

County treasurers shall receive permit fees and issue permits under this chapter to persons residing in unorganized places in any county. Such fees shall be for the use of the county in which such place is situate, except that the county treasurer shall be entitled to receive the…

All permits for registration of vehicles provided for in this chapter shall expire at the same time as is specified for the expiration of the registration of the vehicle for which the permit was issued.

Motor vehicles owned or controlled by residents of this state shall not be taxed.

The amount of the fee for the permit for registration required by RSA 261:42 shall be 1/2 the amount of the registration fee for such vehicle.

All fees received by the department under the provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to the department of transportation for the maintenance of ways.

Each designated city official and town clerk shall keep an account of the money received by him or her for vehicle permit fees collected. The clerk or official shall remit all fees collected to the town or city treasurer, or to the treasurer's designee as provided by RSA 41:29, V…

Upon the death of a married resident owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, said motor vehicle, if used for family purposes, shall be deemed to have been jointly held property with right of survivorship unless otherwise designated on the certificate of title, and the …

I. Any person who knowingly attaches or permits to be attached to a vehicle a number plate assigned by the department, or authority of any other jurisdiction, to another vehicle or who knowingly obscures or permits to be obscured the figures or letters on any number plate attache…

No person shall photograph, photostat, counterfeit, duplicate, or in any manner reproduce or display any number plate or a facsimile of any number plate in such a manner that it could be mistaken for an official number plate issued by the department, or possess any such photograp…

I. Upon any evidence of misuse of registration or any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any rules authorized by law the director may: (a) After a hearing and upon a finding that a dealer, utility dealer, automotive recycling dealer, transporter, or repairer has viola…

The director, upon evidence satisfactory to him that the owner of a vehicle is permitting or has permitted the same to be driven in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or has made any false statement in the application for registration, may suspend the registration …

The director may suspend any registrations issued to a person who has been convicted of violating RSA 262:40-c or who has been found by the director to have abandoned a vehicle without paying for the costs of removing, storing, and destroying the vehicle. The director may refuse …

In the case of a transfer of a motor vehicle under RSA 261:17 any lien on the motor vehicle shall be automatically continued. The fee for issuance of a certificate of title under RSA 261:17 shall be as provided in RSA 261:20.

I. No person shall register any type of motor vehicle in this state while his license is under revocation or suspension for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section. Any person who registers a vehicle while his license is under suspension or revocation for any r…

The director is authorized to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the registration or permit of a commercial motor vehicle if the commercial carrier responsible for safety has been prohibited from operating by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The division may deny registration of a commercial motor vehicle if the applicant fails to disclose material information required or if the applicant has made a materially false statement on the application, or the applicant has applied as a subterfuge for the real party in inter…

I. An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the department. II. An application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or de…

No motor vehicle may be registered in this state, except those exempted pursuant to the provisions of RSA 261:3, unless a certificate of title shall be issued and in force relative to the same pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 261:2 and RSA 261:148, no person shall register a motor vehicle exempted under RSA 261:3, I(k) in this state without first providing a previously issued, current or expired New Hampshire certificate of registration, a valid New Hampshire or o…

I. The department shall be paid the following fees: [Paragraph I(a) effective until January 1, 2026; see also paragraph I(a) set out below.] (a) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, with or without a lienholder named, $25; [Paragraph I(a) effective January …

I. The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail or del…

I. (a) The owner of a facility where any motor vehicle is first crushed, shredded, baled, or sheared shall submit within 30 days to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), supported by the United States Department of Justice, as required by federal law, an e…

This chapter does not apply to or affect: I. A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicles; II. A lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state; III. A security interest in a vehi…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction involving a motor vehicle or a trailer does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by r…

I. Unless excepted by RSA 261:23, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or lienholders of the vehicle unless perfected as provided in this chapter. II. A securi…

If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: I. The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the director prescribes, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and …

I. A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing…