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NH Rev Stat § 261:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:32 - Exemption of Previously Registered Vehicle.

    261:32 Exemption of Previously Registered Vehicle. –||RSA 261:1 to 31 inclusive do not apply to a previously registered vehicle until:||I. There is a change of registration by reason of a sale for consideration; or||II. The department issues a certificate of title for the vehicle.|||Source. RSA 269-A:37. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:33 - Issuance of Distinctive Certificate.

    261:33 Issuance of Distinctive Certificate. –||If the director is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests, created before September 1, 1968, in a previously registered vehicle, he may, in addition to his options under RSA 261:10, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend "This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien" and any other information the director prescribes.|||Source. RSA 269-A:38. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:34 - Perfection of Security Interest.

    261:34 Perfection of Security Interest. –||A security interest in a previously registered vehicle for which no certificate of title or application for a certificate is required is perfected by the delivery to the department of a notice of security interest in the form the director prescribes and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time of its creation if the delivery is completed within 10 days thereafter, otherwise as of the time of delivery. A notice of a security interest created or reserved before September 1, 1968, need be executed by the lienholder only.|||Source. RSA 269-A:39. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:35 - Perfection Under Other Statute.

    261:35 Perfection Under Other Statute. –||If a security interest in a previously registered vehicle is perfected under any other applicable law of this state on September 1, 1968, the security interest continues perfected until its perfection lapses under the law under which it was perfected.|||Source. RSA 269-A:40. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:36 - Filing of Notices of Security Interest.

    261:36 Filing of Notices of Security Interest. –||I. The department shall file each notice of security interest received by it with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by it:||(a) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;||(b) Under the vehicle identification number; and||(c) In the discretion of the director, by any other method he determines.||II. The department need not maintain, in the record provided for in paragraph I, any reference to a security interest in a previously registered vehicle after the department files a notice of release of the security interest or issues a certificate of title of the vehicle containing the name of the lienholder.||III. The department, before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title, shall check the name of the owner and the vehicle identification number against the record provided for in paragraph I.|||Source. RSA 269-A:41. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:37 - Assignment of Security Interest.

    261:37 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 an assignment by the lienholder is delivered to the department as provided in this section.||II. The assignee may, but need not to perfect the assignment, deliver to the department an assignment by the lienholder in the form the director prescribes with the required fee.||III. The department shall file each assignment received by it with the required fee and note the assignee as lienholder upon the record of notice of security interests maintained by the department pursuant to RSA 261:36.|||Source. RSA 269-A:42. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:38 - Release of Interest.

    261:38 Release of Interest. –||I. If the security interest of a lienholder named in a notice of security interest filed by the department is satisfied, the lienholder shall, within 10 days after demand execute a release of the security interest in the form the director prescribes and mail or deliver the release to the department and the lienholder shall return the certificate to the payor within 10 days of receipt of satisfaction.||II. Upon receipt of the release of security interest the department shall file the release and note it upon the record of notices of security interests maintained by the department pursuant to RSA 261:36.|||Source. RSA 269-A:43. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1. 1995, 239:2, eff. July 19, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:39 - Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning Security Agreement.

    261:39 Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning Security Agreement. –||A lienholder named in a notice of security interest filed by the department shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.|||Source. RSA 269-A:44. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:40 - Registration Required.

    261:40 Registration Required. –||Except as otherwise provided, it is a violation for any person to drive or any owner or custodian to knowingly permit or cause to be driven on the ways of this state any vehicle which is not specifically exempt by statute or rule from the requirement of registration, unless the same has been registered and the appropriate fee paid in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.|||Source. 1905, 86:5. 1911, 133:2. 1917, 229:2. 1919, 41:2. 1921, 119:2. PL 100:5. 1935, 73:6. 1939, 132:1. RL 116:9. RSA 260:12. 1981, 146:1. 2005, 177:45. 2006, 317:14, eff. Aug. 18, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:40-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:40-a - Unified Carrier Registration Required.

    261:40-a Unified Carrier Registration Required. –||It is a violation for any person to drive or for the owner or lessee to cause to be driven on the ways of this state a motor vehicle subject to registration under the provisions of the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. section 14504a, as amended, unless the motor vehicle has been registered and the appropriate fee paid. The fine for a violation of this section shall not exceed $100 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and $500 plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period.|||Source. 2010, 251:3, eff. Sept. 4, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:41 - Exemption of Vehicles Owned by Military Personnel.

    261:41 Exemption of Vehicles Owned by Military Personnel. –||The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of vehicles and the display of number plates shall not apply to vehicles having registration and displaying plates issued by the armed forces of the United States for vehicles owned by military personnel, but such exemption shall be valid only for a period of 7 days after the owner thereof has entered this state for the purpose of traveling to either his place of residence or a point of military duty.|||Source. RSA 260:12-a. 1955, 210:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:41-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:41-a - Registration, Equipment, and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Utility Vehicles.

    261:41-a Registration, Equipment, and Inspection of Vehicles;  Exemption for Utility Vehicles. –||I. An agricultural/industrial utility vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:2-a, if operated upon a way shall be registered as provided in RSA 261:141, III(dd).||II. Any agricultural/industrial utility vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:2-a, shall be exempt from inspection under RSA 266:1, but shall be subject to inspection by a law enforcement officer at any time when being operated on a way. Any person operating such a vehicle on a way shall hold a valid driver's license.||III. When operated on a way for purposes other than crossing the way for trail access, any agricultural/industrial utility vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:2-a, shall be equipped in accordance with the provisions of RSA 215-A:14 and in addition shall be equipped with at least one red reflex reflector on the left rear if operated during the hours of darkness; an interior or exterior mirror; a vehicle identification number that conforms to federal requirements; seatbelts installed at each designated seating position if originally so equipped; an intact windshield if originally so equipped; and tires inflated to cold inflation pressure not more than the maximum permissible pressure molded on the sidewall. Such vehicle shall also be equipped with a slow moving vehicle emblem to the rear and may be equipped in addition with an amber flashing or rotating light.||IV. A motorcycle, trail bike, or agricultural/industrial utility vehicle that meets all the requirements of an off highway recreational vehicle in RSA 215-A:1, VI shall be used as an off highway recreational vehicle only when it has a valid OHRV registration issued under the provisions of RSA 215-A:21.|||Source. 2014, 282:4, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:41-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:41-b - Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Compact Utility Tractor.

    261:41-b Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles;  Exemption for Compact Utility Tractor. –||I. Any compact utility tractor, as defined in RSA 259:13-a, shall be exempt from any inspection requirements.||II. When operated on a way for purposes other than crossing the way for trail access, any compact utility tractor, as defined in RSA 259:13-a, shall be equipped with at least one red reflex reflector and may be equipped additionally with an amber flashing or rotating light. When operating at any time during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise, any compact utility tractor, as defined in RSA 259:13-a, shall be equipped with one or more headlights and one or more rear taillights, each in working order.|||Source. 2016, 260:2, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:41-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:41-c - Roadable Aircraft; Registration.

    261:41-c Roadable Aircraft;  Registration. –||I. Upon receipt of an application for registration of a roadable aircraft and payment of applicable state and municipal registration permit fees, the department shall issue a certificate of registration to the owner of such aircraft, provided that the application is accompanied by the following:||(a) Proof of valid and unexpired aircraft registration issued by the New Hampshire department of transportation.||(b) A copy of an annual aircraft inspection completed within the 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of application.||II. For purposes of this section, roadable aircraft shall be identified by the registration number assigned to such aircraft by the New Hampshire department of transportation.||III. The expiration date of a certificate issued pursuant to this section shall match the expiration of the aircraft registration issued by the New Hampshire department of transportation.||IV. The fees for registration of roadable aircraft shall be comprised of the fee prescribed by RSA 261:141, III(g), payable to the department, plus a municipal registration permit fee of $2,000, payable to the city or town in which the owner of such roadable aircraft resides.|||Source. 2020, 33:33, eff. Sept. 22, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:42 - Permits Required.

    261:42 Permits Required. –||No vehicle owned by a nonresident and used for commercial or business purposes shall be registered under the provisions of this chapter until the owner thereof has obtained a permit from the department and has paid the required fee, provided, however, that no permit shall be required for the registration of construction equipment as defined in RSA 259:42, or vehicles which because of their design, size, or weight are prohibited by law from ordinary or regular use upon the highways of the state, and provided further that no permit shall be required of a resident of a state, district, or country which grants to a resident of this state reciprocal privileges as determined by the director, whose determination shall be final.|||Source. 1937, 191:1. RL 116:27. RSA 260:36. 1963, 133:1. 1981, 146:1. 2006, 317:2, eff. Aug. 18, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:43 - Reciprocal Fines and Penalties.

    261:43 Reciprocal Fines and Penalties. –||When any other state by its laws imposes any taxes, fines, penalties, licenses, fees, deposits or other obligations or prohibitions, additional to any New Hampshire imposes, upon any vehicles registered in New Hampshire or upon the owners or drivers of such vehicles traveling on the ways of that other state, similar taxes, fines, penalties, licenses, fees, deposits or other obligations or prohibitions shall be imposed on similar classes of vehicles registered in that state and traveling upon the ways of New Hampshire, so long as the laws in the other state remain in force. The director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall determine the method of reciprocity and may adopt pursuant to RSA 260:5 such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and his determination shall be final.|||Source. 1953, 63:1. RSA 260:40. 1967, 426:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:44 - Operation Without Registration; Reciprocity.

    261:44 Operation Without Registration;  Reciprocity. –||A vehicle, other than an OHRV or snowmobile, owned by a nonresident and duly registered for the current year in the state, district or country of which the owner is a resident may be driven upon the ways of this state without registration under this chapter to the extent, as to period of driving and otherwise, that the state, district or country of registration grants similar privileges for the operation of such vehicles owned by residents of this state and registered under its laws. The director for the purposes of this section shall determine the nature and extent of the privileges for the driving of vehicles granted by other states, districts or countries to residents of this state and his determination shall be final.|||Source. 1911, 133:3. 1913, 81:2. 1917, 229:3. 1921, 119:3. 1923, 76:1. 1925, 85:1. PL 100:26. 1939, 190:3. 1941, 99:1. RL 116:35. 1945, 45:1. RSA 260:39. 1981, 146:1. 2006, 90:11, eff. July 1, 2006 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:45 - Obligation to Register Vehicle.

    261:45 Obligation to Register Vehicle. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 261:44, when a nonresident has established a bona fide residency in this state, said resident shall have a maximum of 60 days from the date of his or her residency in which to register his or her vehicle or vehicles in New Hampshire.||II. When a nonresident business entity has established a place of business in this state and principally garages or regularly keeps overnight in this state a vehicle or vehicles owned by or leased to the business entity for conducting intrastate commerce in New Hampshire, the business entity shall be considered domiciled in New Hampshire and shall have a maximum of 60 days from the date of establishing such domicile in which to register the vehicle or vehicles with division or with an apportioned registration through the international registration plan. The director may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to procedures for such registration.|||Source. RSA 260:39-a. 1979, 135:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2015, 111:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:45-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:45-a - Members of Armed Services; Government Employees Deployed Abroad; Registration; Residency.

    261:45-a Members of Armed Services;  Government Employees Deployed Abroad;  Registration;  Residency. –||I. Any resident of this state who is on active duty to the armed forces of the United States, or who is employed by the State Department or other agency of the United States government shall not be considered as having lost residence when the sole reason for the person's absence is compliance with military or naval orders or federal agency orders that require deployment outside of the United States.||II. For the purposes of this chapter, the spouse or domestic partner of any resident of this state on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or the spouse or domestic partner of any employee of the State Department or other agency of the United States government, accompanying their spouse or domestic partner on an assignment abroad, may elect to register as a New Hampshire resident if the spouse or domestic partner has previously established residency in New Hampshire.|||Source. 1996, 128:1. 2008, 282:2, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:46 - Nonresident Registration.

    261:46 Nonresident Registration. –||Notwithstanding RSA 261:45, the department shall register motor vehicles owned by individuals who are not residents of New Hampshire upon presentation of an affidavit by the applicant, on a form developed by the department, swearing that the vehicle is principally garaged or is regularly kept overnight in New Hampshire and that the applicant is the owner of at least one other vehicle which is registered and insured in the state of the applicant's residence.|||Source. 1921, 120:6. PL 100:20. RL 116:26. RSA 260:35. 1978, 40:17. 1979, 135:3. 1981, 146:1; 479:19. 2007, 53:1. 2011, 16:1, eff. June 24, 2011. 2019, 223:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:46-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:46-a - Registration of Foreign Nationals.

    261:46-a Registration of Foreign Nationals. –||The director may design and issue a temporary vehicle registration which shall expire no later than 6 months from the date of issue, for the purpose of registering a vehicle belonging to a foreign national who enters this state and intends to utilize this state as his residence on a temporary basis. The director shall in all cases require proof satisfactory to him of residence in a foreign country, legal entry into this country, and ownership of the vehicle, and shall collect the same fee as a resident would pay for a full 12 month registration, plus a sum equal to the municipal permit fee, for the use of the state.|||Source. 1981, 479:20, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:47 - Neutral Zone Privilege.

    261:47 Neutral Zone Privilege. –||A nonresident owner of a vehicle, of which the gross weight of load and vehicle does not exceed the limit imposed by the laws of this state, who has complied with the laws of his state relating to registration and licensing, and who has a bona fide actual residence in a state granting like privileges to residents of this state, which residence is located within 15 miles by highway of the border line of this state, may drive such vehicle upon any ways of this state distant not more than 15 miles from the border line of his state if application for the registration thereof is made in accordance with the provisions of RSA 261:52 and the proper fee is paid and the vehicle is registered by the department.|||Source. 1913, 81:2. 1917, 229:3. 1921, 119:3. PL 100:28. 1933, 122:2. 1935, 109:1. 1939, 190:5. RL 116:36. RSA 260:41. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:48 - Repealed by 1987, 151:10, I, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m.

    261:48 Repealed by 1987, 151:10, I, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m. –|
NH Rev Stat § 261:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:50 - Powers of Administrator.

    261:50 Powers of Administrator. –||The director of the division of motor vehicles, as administrator of the agreement for the state of New Hampshire, shall have the power to make such exemptions from the coverage of the agreement as may be appropriate and to make such changes in methods for the reporting of any information required to be furnished to this state pursuant to the agreement as, in his judgment, shall be suitable; provided that any such exemptions or changes shall not be contrary to the purposes set forth in Article I of the agreement and shall be made in order to permit the continuance of uniformity of practice among the contracting states with respect to buses. Any such exemption or change shall be made by rule and shall not be effective unless made by the same procedure required for other rules of his division. All such rules shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and in such other circulars as the director may in his discretion deem desirable to fairly apprise the public of the same.|||Source. RSA 260-A:3. 1963, 246:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|