Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

The commissioner of safety is hereby authorized, whenever he determines it feasible, to enter into a compact on behalf of the state of New Hampshire with any other jurisdiction legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT Article I. Findings and Declarati…

I. As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority", with reference to this state, shall mean the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety. The division of motor vehicles shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or …

The compact administrator provided for in article VII of the compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his service as such administrator, but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his duties and responsibilities as such adminis…

Examiners of drivers in the employ of the department, when engaged in their official duties, shall not be liable for the acts of any person who is being examined and shall be afforded the protection of RSA 99-D.

As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term "executive head" shall mean the governor.

Any court or any other agency of this state, or a subdivision thereof, which has jurisdiction to take any action suspending, revoking or otherwise limiting a license to drive, shall report any such action and the adjudication upon which it is based to the division of motor vehicl…

I. The purpose of this subdivision is to implement the federal Commercial Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA), (Title XII of Public Law 99-570) and reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, fatalities, and injuries by: (a) Permitting commercial drivers to hold only one…

No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle shall have more than one driver's license.

I. Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state: (a) Who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in any other state, or federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of …

I. Each employer shall require the applicant to provide the information specified in RSA 263:84, III. II. No employer shall knowingly allow, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which: (a) The driver has a driver's license suspend…

I. Except as provided in RSA 263:25, II or when driving with a commercial driver learner permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in imme…

No person shall be issued a commercial driver license unless that person is a resident of the state of New Hampshire and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle. The knowledge and skills test shall comply with minimum federal standards establ…

I. The department may issue a commercial driver learner permit to an individual who holds a valid driver's license. II. The commercial driver learner permit may not be issued for a period to exceed 180 days. Only one renewal or reissuance shall be granted within a one-year period…

The department may issue a nonresident commercial driver license to a resident of a foreign jurisdiction if the United States Secretary of Transportation has determined that the commercial motor vehicle testing and licensing standards in the foreign jurisdiction do not meet the t…

Whenever any person who has been duly licensed to drive a motor vehicle within this state shall change his or her legal name or his or her permanent residence or his or her mailing address, he or she shall notify the director in writing of such change within 30 days.

I. The application for a commercial driver license or commercial driver learner permit shall include the following: (a) The full name and current mailing and residential address of the license applicant; (b) A physical description of the applicant, including gender indicated by c…

I. The commercial driver license shall be marked "commercial driver license" or "CDL" or "nonresident commercial driver license" or "NRCDL" or "commercial driver learner permit" or "CDLP" and shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamper-proof, and shall include, but not be…

I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to establish a commercial driver license classification system, including such endorsements and restrictions as are necessary, that incorporates the requirements of the federal…

The commercial driver license shall expire on the licensee's birthdate in the fifth year following the issuance of such license. When applying for renewal of a commercial driver license, the applicant shall complete the application form as specified in RSA 263:90 and shall provid…

I. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who knowingly drives a commercial motor vehicle that is subject to an out-of-service order shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor for a first offense, or a class A misdemeanor for any subsequent offense within a 10-year per…

I. The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not less than $2,500 for a first offense and not less than $5,000 for a second or subsequent offense upon any driver who violates or fails to comply with an out-of-service order…

I. A person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year if a report has been received by the department of: (a) A conviction within this or any other jurisdiction of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any d…

I. (a) Within 5 days after receiving a report of the conviction of any resident or nonresident holder of a commercial driver license of any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, committed in a commercia…

The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Procedures for commercial drivers to notify the department of convictions of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or Canada, other than parking v…

The commissioner may enter into or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.

The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, and he is authorized to adopt pursuant to RSA 260:5 and enforce such rules as may be necessary for its administration. Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the department hereunder may, within 10 days…

A judgment debtor upon 5 days' notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the trial court in which such judgment was obtained for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the j…

If a case is settled by agreement and the creditor consents in writing, on such form as the department may prescribe, that the agreement debtor be allowed license and registration, or driving privileges, the same may be allowed by the department, in its discretion, for 6 months f…

In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as permitted by the order of the court, then upon notice of such default the director shall forthwith suspend the license and registration certificates and registration plates of the judgment debtor until such judgment…

I. This chapter shall apply to nonresidents. If a nonresident has failed to furnish security or to give proof of his financial responsibility in the future as required hereunder, then he shall not drive any vehicle in this state nor shall any such vehicle owned by him be driven w…

I. No motor vehicle liability policy, as defined in RSA 259:61, shall be issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, until a copy of the form of the policy has been on file with the insurance commissioner for at least 30 days, unless …

I. Except as provided in paragraph I-a, no policy shall be issued under the provisions of RSA 264:14, with respect to a vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto at least in amounts and limits prescribed f…

I. Any motor vehicle liability policy, as defined in RSA 259:61, covering a private passenger automobile and issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, shall provide medical payments coverage therein or supplemental thereto in an amo…

The right of subrogation against any third party shall not exist or be claimed in favor of the insurer who has paid or reimbursed, to or for the benefit of the insured, medical costs under coverage provided for pursuant to RSA 264:16.

A motor vehicle liability policy, except as to coverage providing protection against uninsured motor vehicles required by RSA 264:14 shall be subject, within limits of liability required by this chapter, to the following provisions which need not be contained therein: I. Absolute…

No motor vehicle liability policy other than that defined in RSA 259:61 shall be issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, either before or after requirement of security and proof, by any authorized insurance company, except that su…

I. Upon receipt of an abstract of the record in case of conviction of any person for one of the following offenses, the director may suspend the license of the person so convicted and the registration certificates of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer registered in the n…

Proof of financial responsibility shall mean proof of ability to respond in damages for any liability thereafter incurred, as a result of accidents which occur in New Hampshire, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, control, or use of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-traile…

Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter may be given by either of the following methods: I. By filing with the department a certificate, as defined in RSA 259, of an insurance company or of a surety company to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damag…

A person may give proof of financial responsibility by delivering to the department a receipt of the state treasurer showing the deposit with him of money in the amount, or securities approved by him of a market value in the amount, required for coverage in a motor vehicle liabil…

The state treasurer shall not accept any such deposit or issue a certificate therefor, and the department shall not accept such certificate, unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against the depositor registered in the office of the clerk of the s…

The director shall cancel any bond or return any certificate of insurance, or he shall direct the state treasurer to return any money or securities, to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to…

Any person who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future, or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be guilty…

I. If an owner's registration has been suspended under the provisions of this chapter, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which such registration was issued be registered in any other name until the director is satisfied that such transfer of…

I. The driver of a vehicle who knows or should have known that he or she has just been involved in any accident which resulted in death, personal injury or damages to property, shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident and give to the driver or owner of any…

Notwithstanding the requirements imposed by RSA 264:25, the driver of a vehicle who has been involved in an accident on the traveled portion of the roadway, shall move such vehicle from the traveled portion to an untraveled area if it is possible to move such vehicle without risk…