Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

Any dealer failing to post a bond in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of noncompliance will constitute a separate offense. The right of a dealer to issue temporary plates, in accordance with RSA 261:109, shall be revoke…

I. Each dealer, as defined in RSA 259:18, shall apply for and obtain from the department a dealer license before engaging in any motor vehicle business activity in the state. The department shall prescribe and provide forms to be used for applications for licenses and for the ren…

No person may sell 5 or more vehicles at retail to the general public or export 5 or more vehicles outside the United States in any consecutive 12-month period unless the person has an established place of business and a valid dealer license issued under RSA 261:103-a.

The department may, if it is satisfied of the facts stated in such application, grant the same and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing such information as the director may determine. All vehicles owned by or consigned to such manufacturer or dealer sha…

If a manufacturer or dealer has an established place of business or agency in more than one city or town he shall secure a separate certificate of registration for each such place of business or agency.

A manufacturer or dealer shall not loan number plates which have been assigned to him under these provisions to a subagent or to any other person.

I. A manufacturer or dealer, except those manufacturers or dealers that may be relieved of such requirements by the director, shall, upon the sale or exchange of a vehicle, issue to such vehicle a temporary plate, and the purchaser of such vehicle may drive the same for a period …

The department shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that: I. The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle; II. The application contains a false or fraudulent statement; or III. The applicant fa…

A manufacturer or dealer shall, upon attaching a set of temporary number plates to a vehicle sold or exchanged by him, immediately notify the department of said sale or exchange, giving the name and address of the purchaser, the number on the temporary plate, and such further inf…

I. A retail dealer and member of the dealer's family domiciled in the dealer's household, may use the dealer's registration on vehicles owned by the dealer for personal use. II. Motor vehicles owned by the dealer which are designed for and engaged in the day-to-day business activ…

I. Any manufacturer as defined in RSA 259:52, who constructs or assembles vehicles in this state, may make application to the department upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose, for a general distinguishing number for vehicles owned by such manufacturer. II. The department m…

A manufacturer or a retail vehicle dealer of motorcycles or mopeds or both may indicate on the retail vehicle dealer's registration application a preference for a general distinguishing motorcycle number and plate for its vehicles. A motorcycle registration is a valid registratio…

The department may, if it is satisfied of the facts stated in such application, grant the same and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the name, residence and address of such applicant and the general distinguishing number assigned and such other provi…

A transporter may make application to the department for a general distinguishing number for transporter registration, upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose. The application shall contain such information as the director may require.

The department may, if it is satisfied of the facts stated in the application for transporter registration, grant the same and issue to the applicant number plates and a certificate of registration containing such information as the director may require.

I. Personal use shall be prohibited. II. Transporter registration shall be used on motor vehicles not owned by the transporter.

A transporter shall not loan number plates which have been assigned to him under these provisions to any other person.

Any transporter having more than one place of business shall secure a separate certificate of registration for each place of business.

A utility dealer may make application to the department, upon blanks prescribed and furnished by it for that purpose for a general distinguishing number for utility dealer registration. The application shall contain such information as the director may require.

I. If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, or dealer who has purchased the vehicle…

If the department approves the application, it shall issue to the applicant number plates and a certificate of registration containing such information as the director may require.

I. Utility registration shall be used only for moving non-motorized vehicles, modular buildings, or chassis with specialized equipment which are either owned or not owned by the utility dealer for business purposes, including but not limited to delivery, demonstration, sale, or r…

I. Utility plates shall not be loaned or assigned to any other person. II. Personal use shall be prohibited.

Any person who has an established place of business and who is engaged in the business of buying secondhand motor vehicles for the purpose of remodeling, taking apart, or rebuilding the same, or buying or selling parts of secondhand motor vehicles, or tires, or assembling secondh…

The applicant for an automotive recycling registration license shall make application to the department upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose, for a general distinguishing number for his motor vehicles.

The director may, if he is satisfied of the facts stated in such application, grant the same and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing such information as the director may determine. All motor vehicles owned by such automotive recycling dealer shall, whi…

If such automotive recycling dealer has an established place of business or agency in more than one city or town he shall secure a separate certificate of registration for each such place of business or agency.

The department shall, at the time of issuing a certificate to such automotive recycling dealer, furnish such person with as many sets of number plates as such person may require.

An automotive recycling dealer shall not loan number plates which have been assigned to him under these provisions to a subagent or to any other person.

An automotive recycling dealer shall not rent or otherwise use or permit to be used motor vehicles so registered, except for demonstration purposes or service in connection with his business.

When a new vehicle is delivered in this state by the manufacturer to its agent or franchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver to the agent or franchised dealer a certificate of origin in the form prescribed by the director, and no person shall bring into this st…

All secondhand motor vehicles or parts thereof purchased or taken in exchange by any automotive recycling dealer, or left on the premises of any such dealer for the purpose of sale, exchange, or assembly shall be retained by the dealer 4 days unless he shall receive from the dire…

Every automotive recycling dealer shall keep a book, in such form as shall be approved by the director, in which, at the time of the purchase, sale, exchange, or receipt for the purpose of sale of any secondhand motor vehicle or parts thereof, shall be legibly written in the Engl…

The director, the chief of police of any city, the selectmen of a town, or any police officer authorized by any of said officials, any police employee of the division of state police, or a highway enforcement officer, may at any time enter upon any premises used by any automotive…

The director may, in his discretion, revoke such automotive recycling registration for violation of any of the provisions of this subdivision or of any rule relating to such registration.

The director shall have the authority to adopt rules pursuant to RSA 260:5 consistent with the provisions of this subdivision relative to the purchase, sale, or exchange of secondhand motor vehicles or parts thereof.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or any rule of the director made hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

A repairer may make application to the department, upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose, for a general distinguishing number and for a supplemental repair plate.

I. A repairer may use a repairer registration on unregistered vehicles not owned by the repairer and temporarily in the repairer's custody for transport to or from the repair facility for the purposes of repair, adjustment, reconditioning, or to install after market equipment. II…

The department shall furnish a repairer one set of number plates, and in its discretion may issue additional sets.

A repairer shall not loan number plates which have been assigned to him under the provisions hereof. He shall not loan or rent a motor vehicle to which such number plates have been attached, except for service directly connected with his repair business.

A repairer shall not drive motor vehicles, nor permit the same to be driven, under a repairer's registration number except as specifically permitted under the provisions of RSA 261:137 to 139, inclusive.

I. If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of delivery of the vehicle, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the direc…

I. Any auto wholesale dealer as defined in RSA 259:5-a, who has an established place of business which meets the signage requirements under paragraph II and is licensed pursuant to RSA 261:103-a, may make application on blanks furnished by the director for a general distinguishin…

I. Auto wholesale dealer vehicle registration shall be used for motor vehicle business purposes only, on vehicles owned by the auto wholesale dealer which are being transported to the auto wholesale dealer's place of business, to another location for mechanical service, or to a w…

If a wholesale dealer has an established place of business or agency in more than one city or town he shall secure a separate certificate of registration for each such place of business or agency.