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NH Rev Stat § 262:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:8 - Concealing Identity of Vehicle.

    262:8 Concealing Identity of Vehicle. –||Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, with knowledge that a vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle or engine has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the motor vehicle or engine shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 260:7-b. 1967, 214:1. 1973, 528:133. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:9 - Penalty for Removing.

    262:9 Penalty for Removing. –||No person shall willfully remove, deface, obliterate, change, or cause to be removed, obliterated, defaced, or changed any factory, serial, or other vehicle identification number or mark on or from any motor vehicle. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1931, 79:1. RL 116:6. RSA 260:8. 1973, 528:134. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:10 - Removal of Vehicle Identification Plate.

    262:10 Removal of Vehicle Identification Plate. –||It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to remove or cause to be removed a vehicle identification number plate assigned to a vehicle by the manufacturer or the director for the purpose of concealing the identity of a vehicle, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to have in his possession for such purpose such a vehicle identification number plate.|||Source. RSA 269-A:20-a. 1969, 504:6. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:11 - Examination of Vehicles.

    262:11 Examination of Vehicles. –||The director or his agents, including title investigators, are authorized to examine any vehicle on the premises of any new or used car dealer, at any body shop, auction, salvage yard, or any shop where vehicles are repaired or restored for the purpose of checking vehicle identification numbers or investigating any violation in the process of selling, repairing, junking, dismantling or crushing a vehicle.|||Source. RSA 269-A:20-b. 1977, 191:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:12 - Taking Without Owner's Consent.

    262:12 Taking Without Owner's Consent. –||If any person shall willfully, or mischievously take, drive, or use any motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or person having control thereof, but not with intent to steal the same, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1945, 80:1. RSA 263:82. 1971, 26:1. 1973, 528:146. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:13 - Possession of Master Keys.

    262:13 Possession of Master Keys. –||No person shall have in his possession a motor vehicle master key except for the following:||I. Motor vehicle dealers registered under RSA 261:104.||II. Garage mechanics, parking lot attendants or others engaged in the business of repairing, storing or maintaining physical security over motor vehicles.||III. Law enforcement officers.||IV. Locksmiths, key makers or other persons engaged in the business of designing, making, altering, duplicating or repairing locks or keys.||V. A common or contract carrier when such keys are for use incidental to the conduct of its business.||VI. Officers or employees of any automobile club or association if such keys are for use in connection with the activities of such club or association.||VII. Employees of any governmental agency if such keys are for use in connection with the activities of such agency.|||Source. RSA 263:82-b. 1967, 222:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:14 - Master Keys; Prohibited Acts.

    262:14 Master Keys;  Prohibited Acts. –||No person shall purchase, print, circulate, distribute, sell, or offer for sale advertising or publications containing advertisements promoting the sale of master keys as defined herein except in connection with trade publications or other advertisements intended primarily for those engaged in the activities specified in RSA 262:13.|||Source. RSA 263:82-c. 1967, 222:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:15 - Master Keys; Penalty.

    262:15 Master Keys;  Penalty. –||Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 262:13 and 14 shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 263:82-d. 1967, 222:1. 1973, 528:147. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:16 - Counterfeit, Unauthorized or Forged Stickers, or Decals or Facsimile; Altered or Modified Temporary Motor Vehicle Registration Plates.

    262:16 Counterfeit, Unauthorized or Forged Stickers, or Decals or Facsimile;  Altered or Modified Temporary Motor Vehicle Registration Plates. –||I. Any person who shall make, cause to be manufactured or issued, or shall display, use, offer for sale, possess, sell or alter an unofficial inspection sticker or an unofficial vehicle registration validation decal with intent to defraud or facilitate a fraud shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a misdemeanor; and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.||II. Any person who, without authority from the director, shall make, cause to be manufactured or issued, display, use, offer for sale, possess, sell or alter an official inspection sticker or an official vehicle registration decal with intent to defraud or facilitate a fraud shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or a felony if any other person.||III. Any person who displays a facsimile of an official inspection sticker upon any vehicle, or who displays a facsimile of a motor vehicle registration validation decal upon a vehicle, or displays an official inspection sticker and knows or should have known that the inspection sticker was improperly issued or obtained, or who displays an official vehicle registration validation decal and knows or should have known that the registration decal was improperly issued or obtained shall be guilty of a violation.||IV. Any person who alters or displays on any vehicle, an altered or modified temporary motor vehicle registration plate, and who knows or should have known that the temporary registration was altered, or falsely obtained, shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. RSA 260:16-b. 1973, 159:1. 1979, 358:1, I. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 431:8. 1997, 12:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:16-a - Seizure of Unauthorized Documents and Plates.

    262:16-a Seizure of Unauthorized Documents and Plates. –||The director and such employees of the department, and peace officers as he shall designate, are hereby authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration or license issued by this or any other state, which has been revoked, cancelled, or suspended, or which is fictitious, stolen or altered.|||Source. 1981, 479:21, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:17 - Odometer Tampering; Certification of Mileage.

    262:17 Odometer Tampering;  Certification of Mileage. –||I. A person is guilty of an offense if:||(a) He changes, tampers with or defaces, or attempts to change, tamper with or deface, any gauge, dial, or other mechanical instrument, commonly known as an odometer or an hour meter in a motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat, which, under normal circumstances and without being changed, tampered with or defaced, is designated to show by numbers or words the distance which the motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat has traveled or the use sustained with the intention of misrepresenting to a prospective or eventual purchaser the number of miles traveled or the use sustained by said motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat; or||(b) Being the owner of or agent for the owner of a motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat, he knowingly fails to certify the actual mileage of such motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat to the best of his knowledge at the time of sale, trade or other type of transaction resulting in an assignment of title of the motor vehicle, highway building appliance, snowmobile or boat; or||(c) Being the transferee of or agent for the transferee of a motor vehicle, he knowingly accepts an assignment of a certificate of title from the previous owner unless the actual mileage of the motor vehicle at the time of sale, trade, or other type of transfer resulting in an assignment of title to the motor vehicle has been entered on the certificate of title and certified by the previous owner to the best of his knowledge.||II. Evidence that any odometer or hour meter shows less mileage or fewer hours after it has come into the possession of any person than was shown before it came into his possession shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of paragraph I(a) of this section, except for those odometers which have been repaired or replaced as provided in 15 U.S.C., section 1987(a).||III. Certification of actual mileage pursuant to paragraph I(b) of this section shall be:||(a) By an entry on the certificate of title or the application for a title if a certificate of title is required;||(b) By a notarized statement signed by the seller if no certificate of title is required.||IV. A person who commits an offense under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and, for a subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person or a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 260:91, 92. 1971, 533:1. 1973, 528:136. 1977, 184:1. 1981, 146:1; 429:1, 2. 1983, 289:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:18 - Declaration of Policy.

    262:18 Declaration of Policy. –||It is hereby declared to be the policy of New Hampshire:||I. To provide maximum safety for all persons who travel or otherwise use the ways of the state; and||II. To deny the privilege of driving motor vehicles on such ways to persons who by their conduct and record have demonstrated their indifference for the safety and welfare of others and their disrespect for the laws of the state, the orders of her court and the statutorily required acts of her administrative agencies; and||III. To discourage repetition of criminal acts by individuals against the peace and dignity of the state and her political subdivisions and to impose increased and added deprivation of the privilege to drive motor vehicles upon habitual offenders who have been convicted repeatedly of violations of traffic laws.|||Source. RSA 262-B:1. 1969, 433:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:20 - Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    262:20 Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 262:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:21 - Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    262:21 Repealed by 1985, 213:26, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 262:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:22 - Prohibition.

    262:22 Prohibition. –||No license to drive motor vehicles in New Hampshire shall be issued to an habitual offender:||I. Until such time as the period of revocation imposed pursuant to RSA 262:19, III has been served;||II. Until such time as financial responsibility requirements are met, or until the commissioner, for good cause shown, grants a waiver of the requirements. Such waiver shall only be granted where the habitual offender has not driven a motor vehicle in violation of the order and has not held a license for 5 years or more; and||III. Until the license of such person to drive a motor vehicle in this state has been restored in writing by an order of the director or of a court of record entered in a proceeding as hereinafter provided.|||Source. RSA 262-B:6. 1969, 433:1. 1981, 146:1. 1985, 213:11. 1987, 238:4. 2012, 60:1, eff. May 14, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:24 - Restoration of License.

    262:24 Restoration of License. –||Upon the expiration of the revocation period imposed pursuant to RSA 262:19, III, or under conditions established by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 262:19, VI, such person may petition the director for restoration of his license to drive a motor vehicle on the ways of this state. Upon such petition, and for good cause shown, the director may restore to such person the license to drive a motor vehicle on the ways of this state upon such terms and conditions as the director may prescribe subject to other provisions of law relating to the issuance of drivers' licenses.|||Source. RSA 262-B:8. 1969, 433:1. 1973, 584:6. 1981, 146:1. 1985, 213:13. 1987, 238:5. 1988, 238:4, eff. April 30, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:25 - Appeal.

    262:25 Appeal. –||An appeal to the superior court of Merrimack county may be had from any final action or order of the director pursuant to this chapter within 30 days of the date of the final action or order. All findings of the director upon all questions of fact properly before him shall be deemed prima facie lawful and reasonable and shall not be disturbed on appeal, unless the court finds that they could not reasonably have been made. The action or order appealed from shall not be set aside or vacated unless the party appealing shall prove that the director acted illegally with respect to jurisdiction, authority, or observance of law. An appeal to the supreme court of New Hampshire may be had from any action or order of the superior court entered under RSA 262:25 in the same manner and form as such an appeal would be noted, perfected, and tried in any other criminal action.|||Source. RSA 262-B:9. 1969, 433:1. 1973, 584:7. 1981, 146:1. 1985, 213:14. 1987, 238:5, eff. July 17, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:26 - Existing Law.

    262:26 Existing Law. –||Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as amending, modifying or repealing any existing law of New Hampshire or any existing ordinance of any political subdivision relating to the driving or licensing of vehicles, the licensing of persons to drive vehicles or providing penalties for the violation thereof; or shall be construed so as to preclude the exercise of the regulatory powers of any division, agency, department or political subdivision of the state having the statutory power to regulate such driving and licensing.|||Source. RSA 262-B:10. 1969, 433:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:27 - Issuance of Citation to Resident of Reciprocating State.

    262:27 Issuance of Citation to Resident of Reciprocating State. –||I. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a police officer making an arrest for a traffic violation shall issue a citation as appropriate to any motorist who is a resident of or holds a license issued by a reciprocating state and shall not, subject to the exceptions noted in RSA 262:27, II, require such motorist to post bail or bond to secure appearance for trial, but shall accept such motorist's personal recognizance that he will comply with the terms of such citation; provided, however, that a person so arrested shall have the right upon his request to post bail or bond in a manner provided by law and, in such case, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply.||II. No motorist shall be entitled to receive a citation under the provisions of RSA 262:27, I, nor shall any police officer issue such citation under said paragraph, if the offense for which the citation would be issued is one of the following:||(a) An offense for which the issuance of a citation in lieu of a hearing or the posting of collateral or bond is prohibited by the laws of this state; or||(b) An offense, the conviction of or the forfeiture of collateral for which requires the suspension or revocation of the motorist's license.||III. Upon the failure of any nonresident to comply with the terms of such a traffic citation, the court having jurisdiction may issue a warrant for his arrest and he shall be subject to the penalty provisions of RSA 642:8. The court shall notify the department of the failure of the cited nonresident to appear. Said notification shall clearly identify the person arrested; describe the violation, specifying the section of the statute, code or ordinance violated; shall indicate the location of the offense, give description of vehicle involved, and show the registration or license number of the vehicle.|||Source. RSA 264-A:2. 1971, 349:1. 1981, 146:1. 1988, 110:11. 1989, 386:10, eff. June 5, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 262 - Antitheft Laws, Offenses, Penalties, Habitual Offenders, Arrest of Nonresidents and Abandoned Vehicles|Section 262:28 - Department to Transmit Court Notification to Reciprocating State; Suspension of Resident's License for Noncompliance With Citation Issued by Reciprocating State.

    262:28 Department to Transmit Court Notification to Reciprocating State;  Suspension of Resident's License for Noncompliance With Citation Issued by Reciprocating State. –||I. Upon receipt of a court notification pursuant to RSA 262:27, III, the department shall transmit a certified copy of said notification to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses in the reciprocating state in which the nonresident resides or by which he is licensed.||II. Upon receipt from the licensing authority of a reciprocating state in which an arrest was made, of a certification of noncompliance with a citation issued in a reciprocating state by a person holding a driver's license issued by this state, the director forthwith shall suspend such person's license. The order of suspension shall indicate the reason for the order, and shall notify the motorist that his license shall remain suspended until he has furnished evidence satisfactory to the department that he has fully complied with the terms of the citation which was the basis for the suspension order.||III. A copy of any suspension order issued hereunder shall be furnished to the licensing authority of the reciprocating state in which the arrest was made.||IV. It shall be the duty of the director to ascertain and remain informed as to which states are "reciprocating states" hereunder and, accordingly, to maintain a current listing of such states, which listing he shall from time to time cause to be disseminated among the appropriate departments, divisions, bureaus and agencies of this state, the principal executive officers of the several counties, cities and towns of this state and the licensing authorities in all other states which are, have been, or claim to be a "reciprocating state" pursuant hereto.|||Source. RSA 264-A:3. 1971, 349:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|