Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

The holder of a multi-use decal number plate may replace a decal with a decal from a different authorized organization.

The commissioner of the department of safety in consultation with the director of the division of veterans services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the administration of the multi-use veterans decal number plate program.

I. The department shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle. II. The department shall maintain at it…

No person shall obtain a permit to register a vehicle, a registration for a vehicle, or a license to drive a vehicle, without first showing or causing to be shown to the issuing person a tax collector's receipt for the payment of any resident taxes for which he is liable for the …

The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules under RSA 541-A, requiring proof of filing or proof of payment of the federal heavy truck use tax before issuing a permit to register a commercial vehicle as federal law or rules may require as a condition to the receipt of any federa…

No official or other person shall issue a permit to register a vehicle, or registration for a vehicle, or a license to drive a vehicle, without first requiring the applicant or his agent to show a tax collector's receipt for the payment of any resident taxes for which the applica…

Whoever makes a false statement relative to the payment of a resident tax as herein provided shall be guilty of a violation and his registration may be suspended for a period not exceeding 3 months. Whoever wilfully makes any other false statement for the purpose of procuring a r…

The director shall approve and maintain a list of the approved types of glass, conforming to recognized specifications, tests, and requirements for safety glass, as defined herein, and the department shall not register any vehicle subject to the provisions of RSA 266:58, unless i…

With the approval of the governing body of a city or town and subject to the direction and approval of the commissioner, the director may appoint municipal officials as agents to issue, renew or transfer motor vehicle registrations. The director shall determine the optimum number…

No municipal official shall be appointed as an agent unless he and his staff meet the qualifications and successfully complete the training program established under RSA 261:74-g. No agent shall continue to be authorized to perform the duties required under this subdivision unles…

Each registration agent and his staff shall perform all of the duties necessary to issue, renew or transfer motor vehicle registrations, unless the director determines otherwise.

Each registration agent may charge an applicant not more than $3, $.50 of which is to recover local production and administrative costs, that shall be in addition to the fees otherwise required to issue, renew, or transfer a motor vehicle registration. The remaining $2.50 of this…

Any registration agent appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed to have given his consent for authorized agents of the department and any auditor employed by the legislative budget assistant to examine, during usual business hours, the records required to be preserv…

I. If the governing body of a city or town requests that the appointment of the municipal official as registration agent be revoked, it shall notify the director, who shall revoke the municipal official's appointment as a registration agent. II. If the director determines that a …

The director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to: I. Minimum standards for the qualification of registration agents and their staff; II. Training requirements and programs for registration agents and their staffs; III. The collection, deposit and remittance of sta…

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 261:148, subject to the direction and approval of the commissioner, the director may appoint retail vehicle dealers meeting the requirements of RSA 261:103-a as agents to process electronically though EVR integrators motor vehicle registratio…

The director shall appoint those dealers that meet the reasonable security requirements and other requirements as set forth in this chapter and in rule. The appointment of any dealer for the purposes of this subdivision shall continue only as long as the ownership of the dealer r…

No dealer shall be appointed as an agent unless the dealer principal or its staff meet the qualifications and successfully complete the training programs established under RSA 261:74-r. No dealer agent may perform the duties required under this subdivision unless the dealer princ…

Each dealer agent or its staff shall perform all the duties necessary to register motor vehicles, issue a permit for registration, transfer motor vehicle registrations, and process title applications unless the director determines otherwise. Dealers shall be responsible to the di…

Before receiving title applications, registration forms, and any materials related to electronic vehicle registration, dealer agents shall adopt and implement security and record-keeping requirements satisfactory to the director.

Any dealer appointed as an agent pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed to have given its consent for authorized agents of the department and any auditor employed or commissioned by the state of New Hampshire or the municipality to examine, during usual business hours and w…

I. Dealer agents shall collect the fees required to process motor vehicle registrations, permits for registration, transfers of registrations, and title applications as set forth in this chapter. II. When a dealer agent processes motor vehicle registrations, permits for registrat…

Each dealer agent may collect a charge from the consumer to transmit electronically the registration and title data and the fees collected required to register a motor vehicle, issue a permit for registration, transfer a motor vehicle registration, or title a motor vehicle. This …

A dealer agent shall not process any vehicle registration, permit for registration, or transfer of motor vehicle registration of a natural person unless the applicant has provided to the dealer agent a current New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture id…

I. The director may revoke or suspend a dealer's agent status for any violation of law or rule governing electronic vehicle registration, any violation of the dealer agent's security and record-keeping plan, revocation or suspension of the dealer license, or any other action that…

The director, with input from the EVR advisory group established under RSA 261:74-s, IV, shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to: I. Minimum standards for the qualification of dealer agents and their staffs. II. Minimum security standards for the dealer agent, staff, …

I. Upon approval of the attorney general and governor and council, the department may enter into an agreement with an electronic vehicle registration integrator to provide, at no cost to the state, any necessary hardware, software, or network connections between dealer agents, th…

I. The department shall design and issue to every person whose vehicle is registered a number plate or plates for a fee of $4.00 per plate. Such plate or plates shall be furnished by the department yearly or at whatever interval of years the department shall determine. In all cas…

A duly sworn state, county, or local law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties may obtain, through electronic query from the department of safety, the registration information on a particular number plate and plate type or number plate validation decal for a…

The use of automated number plate scanning devices, also known as automated license plate readers (LPRs) is restricted to local, county, and state law enforcement officers who shall only use the devices subject to the following conditions and limitations: I. An LPR shall be insta…

The director is hereby authorized to assign registration numbers that include a special registration plate symbol for the purpose of benefitting the state park system. The special registration plate symbol shall serve as a character in the registration number. A special registrat…

Any provision of the motor vehicle laws relative to furnishing sets of number plates for various types of vehicles shall be construed as authorizing the director to determine the number of plates to be furnished for any one vehicle in accordance with his determination as made und…

Except as provided for nonresidents, no number plates other than those procured from the department or authorized by the director shall be displayed on any vehicle so operated. No expired number plates shall be displayed. This prohibition on the display of expired number plates s…

The commissioner of the department of safety shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the administration of the multi-use decal number plate program.

I. Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain: (a) The date issued; (b) The name and address of the owner; (c) The names and addresses of any lienholders, in the order of priority as shown on the application, or, if the application is based on a certificate …

The department shall furnish for the fee set forth in RSA 261:75, I, to each person whose moped is registered a number plate of a suitable design which design shall be different from the design of motorcycle number plates.

If other than a motorcycle, autocycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped, any person seeking to register a motorized 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle or device shall provide proof of manufacture to meet United States Department of Transportation motor vehicle safety standards to the satisfacti…

I. A truck, truck-tractor, tractor, or cargo van shall qualify for agricultural registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration only within a 20 mile radius from the main entrance to the farm upon which said vehicle is driven, and may be used for t…

I. A tractor shall qualify for farm tractor registration rates and shall be driven with such registration only when the tractor is used exclusively for agricultural purposes or to draw another vehicle in such a way that part of the load is carried on such towing vehicle. II. Notw…

I. A truck, tractor-truck, or semi-trailer shall qualify for farm registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration only if such vehicle is used solely for the transportation of agricultural products produced on and meant to be used in connection wit…

I. The department shall furnish one set of special number plates, designed by the director with the approval of the commissioner, for one motor vehicle owned by a veteran, who may be listed as the first or second owner on the certificate of title or certificate of registration, w…

I. The director is hereby authorized to issue special number plates to be used on motor vehicles owned by veterans of the United States armed services, in lieu of other number plates. The design of these special plates shall be determined by the commissioner, and shall be distinc…

I. For purposes of this section: (a) "Gold star mother" means the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces. (b) "Gold star family" means an immediate family member, who is not a gold star mother or father, of a person killed while on…

I. In this section: (a) "Removable windshield placard" means a two-sided, hanger style placard which includes on each side the international symbol of access, which is at least 3 inches in height, centered on the placard, and which is white on a blue shield, has an identification…

The director is hereby authorized to design and to issue, under such rules as the director deems appropriate, vanity number plates to be used on motor vehicles in lieu of other number plates. Such number plates shall be of such design and shall bear such letters or letters and nu…

I. The director may permit the owner of an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle, as defined in RSA 259:4, or trailer, as defined in paragraph II of this section, to use a registration plate which was issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle, farm tract…