Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

No certificate or permit issued to a motor carrier under the provisions of this chapter shall remain in effect unless such carrier shall file with the department, and keep in force, a certificate of insurance, an insurance policy or indemnity bond in such form and in such reasona…

I. Every common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle shall print schedules of rates, fares and charges of the carrier for the transportation of passengers and baggage or for any other service and file these schedules with the department. Such schedules shall be open to public i…

It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor vehicle engaged in transportation between points in this state to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person or locality in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particul…

I. The department may investigate, upon complaint or on its own initiative, or hold a hearing, after notice, to determine the appropriateness for any common carrier or carrier by motor vehicle transporting persons between points in this state of: (a) Any filed or proposed rate, f…

No common carrier by motor vehicle shall charge or demand or collect or receive a greater or lesser or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariff than the rates, fares, and charges specified in…

I. Every contract carrier of passengers by motor vehicle shall: (a) Print schedules of minimum charges and, if required by the department, copies of contracts of the carrier for the transportation of passengers between points in this state; (b) File contracts, if required, with t…

If the department, after a hearing upon complaint or on its own initiative, determines that a charge by any contract carrier by motor vehicle or any carrier regulation or practice affecting a charge contravenes the policy in RSA 266-A:1 or gives an unreasonable advantage to any c…

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: I. The term "department" means the department of safety. II. The term "person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company…

I. The department may require: (a) Annual reports from all carriers by motor vehicle. The department may require that the reports be made under oath; (b) Specific answers to any questions deemed necessary by the department; and (c) Copies of any agreements between a carrier by mo…

I. The commissioner shall regulate common and contract carriers by motor vehicle. II. The commissioner shall administer and enforce RSA 266-A and shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the administration of RSA 266-A. III. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant…

Upon complaint in writing by any person, organization, or body politic, or upon its own initiative, the department may investigate whether any motor carrier has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, or with any requirement established pursuant thereto. If the depar…

I. Any person who operates a motor vehicle for a motor carrier shall, when requested, stop his motor vehicle and permit any authorized inspector of the department to examine the vehicle. The inspector may examine the vehicle as necessary to determine its compliance with the provi…

Each motor carrier holding a certificate or a permit under the provisions of this chapter shall annually apply to the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, on blanks to be furnished by it, for the registration of each vehicle, operated under the provisions of such cer…

There shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles, the following fees: I. [Repealed.] II. For each application for common or contract carriers of passengers for which a certificate or permit is issued pursuant to RSA 266-A:5 or 8, $50; III. For the annual registration of each…

I. When there is an immediate and urgent need for service in an area and no carrier service is able to meet the need, the department may, without hearing, grant temporary authority for the needed service to a common carrier or contract carrier by motor vehicle. II. Temporary auth…

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, any person violating any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order adopted or issued under this chapter, or any term or condition of any certificate, permit or license shall: (a) For a first offense, be guilty of a violation and shall …

All fees and fines collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be made available to the department of safety, except that the cost of issuance of registration plates shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles.

There shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter (1) motor vehicles while employed solely in transporting school children and teachers to or from the school for which such arrangements are within the supervision or control of the local or appropriate state school board a…

Each person, upon being certified by the director of the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety as a vanpool operator, shall provide said director with a certificate indicating that the vehicle used in vanpooling service is covered by a liability insurance policy …

Each vehicle operated in vanpooling service shall comply with the safety requirements as issued by the department applicable to common and contract carriers of passengers for hire.

No person shall engage in the business of operating a motor vehicle as a common carrier of passengers between points in this state unless he holds a certificate issued by the department authorizing such operations; provided, however, that, if he or his predecessor in interest, in…

I. A certificate authorizing, in whole or in part, an operation for which application is made shall be issued to any qualified applicant. II. Conditions for qualifications: (a) The applicant must be fit, willing, and able to properly perform the proposed service; (b) The applican…

I. Each common carrier certificate shall specify: (a) The type of proposed service; and (b) The scope of proposed service, including: (1) Routes over which the motor carrier may operate and fixed termini, if any; or (2) Territory within which the motor carrier may operate. II. Th…

No person shall operate a motor vehicle as a contract carrier of passengers between points in this state without a permit issued by the department.

I. A permit authorizing, in whole or in part, an operation for which application is made shall be issued to any qualified applicant. II. Conditions for qualification: (a) The applicant must be fit, willing, and able to properly perform the proposed service; (b) The applicant must…

Applications for certificates and permits required by RSA 266-A:4 and RSA 266-A:7 shall be: I. Made in writing to the department; II. Verified under oath; III. Accompanied by the proper fee; IV. In the form specified in rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A; and…