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NH Rev Stat § 261:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:15 - Resale by a Dealer.

    261:15 Resale by a Dealer. –||If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within 10 days after delivery of the vehicle, the dealer need not send the certificate to the department but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, or if a franchised vehicle dealer an acceptable form proving assignment approved by the director, or if the title is held by a finance source show a copy of the title pending the original, and execute an acceptable form approved by the director proving assignment, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of the security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the director prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the department with the transferee's application for a new certificate.|||Source. RSA 269-A:16. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2015, 198:2, eff. Sept. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:16 - Involuntary Transfers.

    261:16 Involuntary Transfers. –||I. If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in paragraph II, promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title, if available, proof of the transfer, and his application for a new certificate in the form the director prescribes.||II. If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, the transferee shall promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title, his application for a new certificate in the form the director prescribes, and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the lienholder that the vehicle was repossessed and that the interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the terms of the security agreement. If the lienholder succeeds to the interest of the owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he need not secure a new certificate of title but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee or to the department the certificate, affidavit and other documents required to be sent to the director by the transferee.||III. A person holding a certificate of title whose interest in the vehicle has been extinguished or transferred other than by voluntary transfer shall mail or deliver the certificate to the department upon request of the department. The delivery of the certificate pursuant to the request of the department does not affect the rights of the person surrendering the certificate, and the action of the department issuing a new certificate of title as provided herein is not conclusive upon the rights of an owner or lienholder named in the old certificate.|||Source. RSA 269-A:17. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:17 - Joint Tenancy With Rights of Survivorship.

    261:17 Joint Tenancy With Rights of Survivorship. –||Upon the death of a married resident owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, said motor vehicle, if used for family purposes, shall be deemed to have been jointly held property with right of survivorship unless otherwise designated on the certificate of title, and the interest of said decedent shall pass to his or her surviving spouse.||I. Where a certificate of title has been issued on the vehicle the surviving spouse may transfer the vehicle pursuant to RSA 261:14 without obtaining a new certificate of title. The signature of the surviving spouse on the certificate and a copy of the death record shall be deemed valid and sufficient for the proper transfer of the motor vehicle.||II. Where no certificate of title has been issued on the vehicle and where such transfer requires the issuance of a certificate of title, a first certificate of title shall be immediately issued to said spouse upon the following conditions; application shall be made to the department including information required by RSA 261:4, I(a) and (b), accompanied by:||(a) A copy of the death record; and||(b) The required fee.||III. Individuals who are joint owners may provide for survivorship. If their joint ownership is held by using "and" between their names, they may obtain title as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by designating this preference on their title application. If their joint ownership is held by using "or" between their names, no other designation is required. Upon the death of one of the owners, the surviving owner may transfer the vehicle pursuant to RSA 261:14 without obtaining a new title. The signature of the surviving owner on the record and a copy of the death record shall be deemed valid and sufficient for the proper transfer of the motor vehicle. One of the joint owners may be a nonresident, who shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 261:71 for the purposes of this section only.|||Source. RSA 269-A:17-a. 1970, 28:2. 1981, 146:1; 425:1, 2. 1987, 263:2. 1997, 325:9. 1999, 79:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:18 - Liens; Fee.

    261:18 Liens;  Fee. –||In the case of a transfer of a motor vehicle under RSA 261:17 any lien on the motor vehicle shall be automatically continued. The fee for issuance of a certificate of title under RSA 261:17 shall be as provided in RSA 261:20.|||Source. RSA 269-A:17-b. 1970, 28:2. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:19 - Fee to Accompany Applications.

    261:19 Fee to Accompany Applications. –||I. An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the department.||II. An application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the department.||III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles owned by the state or any of its political subdivisions. These entities shall not be assessed any fee for a certificate of title for their respective motor vehicles.|||Source. RSA 269-A:18. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 54:2, eff. July 18, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:20 - Fees.

    261:20 Fees. –||I. The department shall be paid the following fees:||(a) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, with or without a lienholder named, $25;||(b) For a certificate of title after a transfer, with or without a lienholder named, $25;||(c) For a duplicate certificate of title, $25;||(d) For an ordinary certificate of title issued upon surrender of a distinctive certificate, $20;||(e) For filing a notice of security interest, $20;||(f) For a certificate of search of the records of the division, for each name or identification number searched against, $20;||(g) For filing an assignment of security interest, $2;||(h) For issuing a distinctive New Hampshire number in place of a vehicle identification number, $30;||(i) For issuing a salvage vehicle decal pursuant to RSA 261:22, IV, $50.||II. If an application, certificate of title or other document required to be mailed or delivered to the department under any provision of this chapter is not delivered to the department within 20 days from the time it is required to be mailed or delivered, the department shall collect, as a penalty, an amount equal to the fee required for the transaction.||III. No fee shall be charged for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is either an amputee or blind as a result of a service connected disability as certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs.||III-a. No fee shall be charged for a first certificate of title to a motor vehicle that has passed to a surviving spouse by rights of survivorship, provided that the application for the first certificate of title is in the surviving spouse's name alone and the application is made within 13 months of the decedent's date of death.||IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fees collected under RSA 261:20, I shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. RSA 269-A:28. 1967, 357:1. 1969, 504:7. 1977, 196:3; 563:77. 1978, 51:1. 1979, 358:9, II. 1981, 146:1; 568:32. 1983, 469:53. 1989, 305:21. 1990, 3:104. 2001, 139:3. 2002, 165:3-5. 2008, 237:5, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:21 - Issuance of New Certificate.

    261:21 Issuance of New Certificate. –||I. The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.||II. The department upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to it, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.||III. The department shall file and retain for 5 years every surrendered certificate of title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein.|||Source. RSA 269-A:19. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:23 - Certain Liens and Security Interests Not Affected.

    261:23 Certain Liens and Security Interests Not Affected. –||This chapter does not apply to or affect:||I. A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicles;||II. A lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state;||III. A security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale, but a buyer in the ordinary course of trade from the manufacturer or dealer takes free of the security interest.|||Source. RSA 269-A:3. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:23-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:23-a - Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause; Vehicle Leases That are Not Sales or Security Interests.

    261:23-a Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause;  Vehicle Leases That are Not Sales or Security Interests. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction involving a motor vehicle or a trailer does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by reference to the amount realized upon sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer.|||Source. 1994, 395:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:24 - Perfecting of Security Interest.

    261:24 Perfecting of Security Interest. –||I. Unless excepted by RSA 261:23, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or lienholders of the vehicle unless perfected as provided in this chapter.||II. A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the department of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time of its creation if delivery is completed within 20 days thereafter, otherwise as of the time of the delivery.||III. If a vehicle is subject to a security interest when brought into this state, the validity of the security interest is determined by law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle was when the security interest attached, subject to the following:||(a) If the parties understood at the time the security interest attached that the vehicle would be kept in this state and it was brought into this state within 30 days thereafter for purposes other than transportation through this state, the validity of the security interest in this state is determined by the law of this state.||(b) If the security interest was perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle was when the security interest attached, the following rules apply:||(1) If the name of the lienholder is shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction, his security interest continues perfected in this state;||(2) If the name of the lienholder is not shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction, the security interest continues perfected in this state for 4 months after a first certificate of title of the vehicle is issued in this state, and also thereafter if, within the 4-month period, it is perfected in this state. The security interest may also be perfected in this state after the expiration of the 4-month period; in that case perfection dates from the time of perfection in this state.||(c) If the security interest was not perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle was when the security interest attached, it may be perfected in this state; in that case, perfection dates from the time of perfection in this state.||(d) A security interest may be perfected under part (2) of subparagraph (b) of this paragraph or subparagraph (c) of this paragraph either as provided in paragraph II or by the lienholder delivering to the department a notice of security interest in the form the director prescribes and the required fee.|||Source. RSA 269-A:21. 1967, 357:1. 1977, 196:2. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:25 - Duties on Creation of Security Interest.

    261:25 Duties on Creation of Security Interest. –||If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:||I. The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the director prescribes, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder.||II. The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the department.||III. Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the department or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the department with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.||IV. Upon receipt of the certificate of title, the application and the required fee, the department shall either endorse the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.|||Source. RSA 269-A:22. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:26 - Assignment of Security Interest.

    261:26 Assignment of Security Interest. –||I. A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.||II. The assignee may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the department the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate in the form the director prescribes.|||Source. RSA 269-A:23. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:27 - Release of Security Interest.

    261:27 Release of Security Interest. –||I. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, he shall, within 10 days after demand and, in any event, within 30 days, execute a release of his security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the director prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the next lienholder named therein, or, if none, to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate. The owner, other than a dealer holding the vehicle for resale, shall promptly cause the certificate and release to be mailed or delivered to the department, which shall release the lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate.||II. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior lienholder, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within 10 days after demand execute a release in the form the director prescribes and deliver the release to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive it. The lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either deliver the certificate to the owner, or the person authorized by the owner, for delivery to the department or, upon receipt of the release, mail or deliver it with the certificate to the department, which shall release the subordinate lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate. If the lienholder does not have the certificate, the lienholder shall, within 7 days of receipt of final payment on the loan, apply for a duplicate title, a copy of which shall be sent to the payor.|||Source. RSA 269-A:24. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1. 1995, 239:1, eff. July 19, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:28 - Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning the Security Agreement.

    261:28 Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning the Security Agreement. –||A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.|||Source. RSA 269-A:25. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:29 - Method of Perfecting Interest Exclusive.

    261:29 Method of Perfecting Interest Exclusive. –||The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require or relate to the filing of instruments creating or evidencing security interests.|||Source. RSA 269-A:26. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:30 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate.

    261:30 Suspension or Revocation of Certificate. –||I. The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with RSA 260:6, if it finds that:||(a) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or||(b) The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed.||II. Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.||III. When the department suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the department.||IV. The department may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.|||Source. RSA 269-A:27. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:31 - Powers and Duties of Director.

    261:31 Powers and Duties of Director. –||The director shall:||I. Prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;||II. Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter;||III. Adopt pursuant to RSA 260:5 and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter;||IV. Assign a new vehicle identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or if its vehicle identification number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new vehicle identification number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate.|||Source. RSA 269-A:29. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:31-a - Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee.

    261:31-a Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee. –||A vehicle title and registration recovery fee charged to customers by a company engaged in the rental of motor vehicles shall be fully disclosed to the customer by being separately stated and identified on the rental agreement.|||Source. 2006, 317:13, eff. Aug. 18, 2006.|