Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

I. After receipt of the report required by RSA 264:25, the director shall suspend the license and registration certificate and require the surrender of the registration plates, if any, of the driver, and shall suspend the registration certificates and require the surrender of the…

The driver of any vehicle who knowingly strikes a dog or cat and fails to report the incident to the dog's owner or custodian or the cat's owner or custodian or to a police officer as soon as possible, shall be guilty of a violation.

Any person who became subject to the laws of this state as they existed prior to May 1, 1951, having to do with financial responsibility for the ownership or driving of vehicles, shall continue to be subject to such laws, except that if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the …

This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the provisions of the motor vehicle laws but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. Its provisions shall not apply to a vehicle owned by, or under lease to, the federal government nor to a member of the national g…

This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for security upon the other processes provided by law.

Such security, when ordered, shall be in such form and amount as the director may require, but in no case in excess of the amount of actual damages, as determined to the satisfaction of the director, or in excess of the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under t…

I. The director shall consider whether an individual subject to suspension of license and registration certificate and surrender of registration plates under RSA 264:3 has the ability to pay the security required under RSA 264:4 in full. If the individual does not have the abilit…

Security furnished in compliance with the requirements hereof shall be applicable only to the payment of a judgment against the depositor for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action at law in a court of this state begun not later than 2 years thereafter; and …

I. The provisions of RSA 264:3 shall not apply: (a) To the owner of a vehicle driven by one having obtained possession or control thereof without his express or implied consent; (b) To either the owner or driver of a vehicle involved in an accident when the director shall be sati…

I. The suspension required in RSA 264:3 shall remain in effect, the vehicle in any manner involved in such accident shall not be registered in the name of the person whose license or registration was so suspended, and no other vehicle shall be registered in the name of such perso…

I. Every judgment herein referred to shall for the purpose of this chapter be deemed satisfied: (a) When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident…

The department shall restore any license or registration when the judgment debtor gives proof of his financial responsibility in the future and when the judgment debtor obtains an order from the trial court in which such judgment was rendered, permitting the payment of such judgm…

The provisions of this title relating to the driving of vehicles refer exclusively to the driving of vehicles upon ways except where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section, and except that the provisions of this title which prohibit driving while under t…

In this chapter: I. "Authorized agent" means any agent or inspector certified by the commissioner, after training, to police the public waters of the state. II. "Boat" means and includes every type of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the wa…

I. Any reference to a prior violation of, or conviction under, RSA 265-A:2 or RSA 265-A:3 shall be read to include violations of, and convictions under, the former, repealed versions of those statutes. II. Any reference to a prior administrative license suspension under RSA 265-A…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct sobriety checkpoints for the purposes of enforcing the criminal laws of this state, unless such law enforcement officer or agency petitions the superior court and…

No law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct motorcycle-only checkpoints.

No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency shall engage in motorcycle profiling. In this section, "motorcycle profiling" shall mean use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a basis for deciding to stop and question, …

When any state, county, or municipal police department or law enforcement agency is informed by a federal agency of intent to conduct an immigration checkpoint, the department or agency shall give notice to the public within 24 hours of when the checkpoint is scheduled to occur o…

If a person refuses to submit to a test as provided in RSA 265-A:4, such refusal may be admissible into evidence in a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of an act alleged to have been committed by that person while driving, operating, attempting to operate, or in …

Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively, one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word lege…

The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.

No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command.

I. No person shall put or place, or cause to be put or placed, in or upon any way, right-of-way, street, square, lane, alley, public bathing place or the approaches thereto, or into or on the ice over any public water, streams or watercourse or the approaches thereto or land bord…

When any violation of RSA 265:102 has been observed by any person, and the matter disposed of has been ejected from a vehicle, such observation is prima facie evidence that the driver of such vehicle has committed the violation.

Every person having control or charge of a vehicle shall, whenever upon any way and approaching any horse, drive, manage, and control such vehicle in such a manner as to exercise every reasonable precaution to prevent the frightening of such horse, and to insure the safety and pr…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for any person to use an amateur or citizen band radio, radio telephone, radio telegraph equipment or any other electronic receiving device while driving a vehicle upon a way.

Any person who shall drive or permit, allow or cause to be driven, any vehicle designed or constructed by the manufacturer exclusively for the transportation of goods, materials, commodities, freight, or merchandise, for the purpose of carrying passengers for a consideration, exp…

Nothing in RSA 265:106 shall be construed to prevent the transportation under such rules as shall be adopted pursuant to RSA 260:5 by the director of those enrolled at summer camps or students, teachers, or employees of colleges and schools when it is for recreational or religiou…

I. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any way while carrying as a passenger a person less than 18 years of age unless such person is wearing a seat or safety belt which is properly adjusted and fastened. Except as provided in paragraph II, no person shall drive a motor vehi…

I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no vehicle, truck-tractor, or tractor may tow on any way more than one vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer or semi-trailer, except one used exclusively for agricultural purposes. This provision shall not apply to: (a) Towing by duly au…

I. No person may operate a vehicle in a parade unless the following safety precautions are taken: (a) No person may use any type of vehicle with protruding or outrigger wheels in a parade unless the vehicle is suitably modified to protect both riders and pedestrians from the whee…

Every vehicle or combination of vehicles, whether stationary or in motion, on any way or bridge, shall have attached to it a light or lights, which shall be so displayed as to be visible from the front and rear, during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunr…

Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk," or symbols of a "walking person" or "upraised hand," are in place such signals shall indicate as follows: I. Walk-Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the directio…

I. Upon complaint, information, indictment, or trial of any person charged with the violation of RSA 265-A:2, the court may admit evidence of physical testing of the defendant for being under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs, prescription drugs, over-the-c…

At any traffic control signal or sign, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle to cut across public or private property at or near the intersection which is not a roadway to avoid the traffic control signal or sign. Any person who violates the provisions of this se…

The driver or custodian of a vehicle shall be deemed the responsible party, liable to such penalty under the provisions of RSA 262:41.

The director, his agents and examiners, sheriffs and their deputies, peace officers, constables and selectmen shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.

Parking lights shall be displayed by all vehicles parked wholly or partially on a way, from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise, and at other times whenever rain, snow, or fog shall interfere with clear vision, unless said vehicles are plainly visible because of stre…

Every truck, bus, or truck-tractor, over 10,000 pounds manufactured gross vehicle weight, when driven outside of the lighted area of towns and cities shall be equipped with 3 bidirectional reflective warning devices approved by the director and in compliance with title 49 CFR par…

The driver of any vehicle upon approaching, overtaking or while following within a distance of approximately 150 feet of another vehicle on a way during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise shall dim his headlights.

Any person driving any vehicle transporting any explosives as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a way shall at all times comply with the following provisions: I. Blasting caps, blasting caps with safety fuses, blasting caps with metal clad mild detonating fuse, and electric blastin…

Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as affecting the transportation of military or naval forces or their equipment by the federal or the state government. Fixed ammunition for small arms, firecrackers or matches shall not be held to be explosives when the individual un…

Notwithstanding RSA 265:115 relative to the transportation of explosives, any person driving any vehicle transporting any hazardous materials or wastes upon a way shall at all times comply with rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 106-A:18.

The driver, owner, and custodian of any vehicle which is driven in violation of the provisions of this subdivision or any rule adopted under this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation for a first offense and, notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII, shall be fined not m…

Every person driving a motorcycle shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this title, except as to provisions of this title which indicate otherwise and except as to those provisions of the title w…