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NH Rev Stat § 261:150 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:150 - Transfer Credits.

    261:150 Transfer Credits. –||I. Upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle the permit shall expire; provided, however, that any owner who has paid a permit fee for registration of a vehicle the ownership of which is transferred or of one which is subsequently totally lost by fire, theft, or accident, during the same registration period, shall be entitled, upon the payment of $5, to credit to the amount of any such permit fee toward other permit fees which may be required of him in the same registration period. The difference, if any, between the credit and the amount due on the newly registered vehicle shall be prorated for the remainder of the registration period.||II. If the ownership of a vehicle is not transferred, but the owner wishes to register another vehicle under the original vehicle registration during the same registration period, he shall be entitled, upon the payment of $5, to credit the amount of any such permit fee toward other permit fees which may be required of him in the same registration period. The difference, if any, between the credit and the amount due on the newly registered vehicle shall be prorated for the remainder of the registration period.||III. Any person who owns a vehicle and transfers the registration on that vehicle to a leased vehicle, and any person who leases a vehicle and transfers the registration on that vehicle to an owned or leased vehicle shall be entitled to a credit for the permit fee in the same manner and subject to the same fee as provided in this section. The registration shall be processed to expire according to the formula set forth in RSA 261:62. If the transfer extends the expiration of the existing registration, pro-rated fees shall be charged for the additional months in the new registration period. If the transfer shortens the registration period from the existing registration period no refund shall be issued.|||Source. 1919, 55:3. 1921, 120:2. PL 100:12. 1929, 5:1. 1937, 76:1; 113:3. RL 116:18. RSA 260:25. 1957, 24:1. 1959, 150:2. 1965, 153:1. 1975, 497:7. 1977, 314:3. 1978, 38:4. 1979, 215:1. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 285:10. 1986, 161:2. 1992, 25:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:151 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:151 - Refunds.

    261:151 Refunds. –||No portion of any permit fee once paid shall be repaid to any person, provided that in a case where the department acting under the authority of law shall have refused upon original application for the registration period to register the vehicle to which the permit relates, the town clerk, upon application therefor, shall refund the said permit fee. The exception provided in this section shall not apply to a permit fee made up in whole or in part of transfer credits.|||Source. RSA 260:25-a. 1957, 24:2. 1975, 497:8. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:152 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:152 - Preparation of Documents.

    261:152 Preparation of Documents. –||Permits shall be in the form prescribed by the director and shall be issued with such duplicates as the director shall determine. The town clerk shall prepare forms for permits and applications for registration of vehicles as required by RSA 261:52. Said forms shall be prepared by typewriter or printer. Distribution of such documents shall be made as determined by the director. For preparation of the forms hereunder the town clerk shall receive a fee of $2 for each application. The fee shall be paid by the applicant for registration and shall be in addition to any other fees required hereunder. The term "town clerk" as used in this section shall include the person in a city who has been designated by the city government to issue such documents.|||Source. 1919, 55:4. PL 100:13. RL 116:19. RSA 260:26. 1967, 375:1. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 285:11, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. 2015, 163:1, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:154 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:154 - Additional Fees for Registration Permits.

    261:154 Additional Fees for Registration Permits. –||The governing bodies of towns and cities of a population greater than 50,000 as determined by the last federal census may, subject to the provisions of RSA 261:155, direct the city treasurer or the town clerk to collect in addition to the fees imposed in RSA 261:153, fees for such permits as follows: a sum not to exceed 5 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for a current model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 4 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the first preceding model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 3 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the second preceding model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 2 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the third preceding model year vehicle, and a sum not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the maker's list price for the fourth preceding model year vehicle and any model year prior thereto. In no event, however, shall the fee be less than one dollar. The director shall make the final determination of any vehicle model year in any case in which a dispute arises. All fees collected under this section shall be used for the construction, operation and maintenance of public parking facilities as provided in RSA 231:114-129.|||Source. RSA 260:27-b. 1969, 484:1. 1971, 512:11. 1981, 146:1. 1994, 42:4, eff. June 27, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:155 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:155 - Optional Referendum, Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body, on Permit Fees.

    261:155 Optional Referendum, Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body, on Permit Fees. –||I. Optional Referendum. If the governing body of a town or city wishes to place the question of whether or not to collect the fees imposed by RSA 261:154 on a referendum to be voted upon at any regular municipal election or at a special election called for the purpose, they may do so. Should a referendum be held, the following question shall be submitted: "Shall the governing body of this municipality be instructed to adopt provisions calling for additional vehicle permit fees to be used for the construction of public parking facilities?" The governing body shall be bound by the outcome of the referendum.||II. Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body. If the governing body of a town or city decides not to hold the referendum pursuant to paragraph I, a 2/3 vote of the entire membership of the governing body shall be necessary in order to collect the fees imposed by RSA 261:154.|||Source. RSA 260:27-c. 1969, 484:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:156 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:156 - Collection of Insufficient Fund Checks.

    261:156 Collection of Insufficient Fund Checks. –||The director, upon receipt of a complaint from the city official whom the city government may designate, or the town clerk of a town that a person has paid a permit fee with a bad check as defined in RSA 638:4, may suspend the registration privilege of such person until the city official or town clerk has been reimbursed the full amount of such check and any protest fees. The suspension of a registration privilege under the provisions of this section shall not limit criminal prosecution under RSA 638:4.|||Source. RSA 260:27-d. 1979, 325:1. 1981, 146:1. 2013, 15:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:157 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:157 - Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans.

    261:157 Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans. –||For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran of any war or armed conflict, as defined in RSA 72:28, V, who because of being an amputee or paraplegic or having suffered loss or use of a limb from a service-connected cause, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, has received said vehicle from the United States government or cash settlement in lieu thereof; or because of a disability incurred in, or aggravated by such service, and upon satisfactory proof that the veteran is evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability.|||Source. 1947, 107:1. RSA 260:28. 1970, 42:1. 1973, 320:1. 1974, 45:14. 1981, 146:1. 2010, 62:1, eff. July 17, 2010. 2019, 162:2, eff. Sept. 7, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:157-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:157-a - Local Option; Exemption for Certain Other Veterans.

    261:157-a Local Option;  Exemption for Certain Other Veterans. –||The legislative body of a city or town may adopt an ordinance waiving the fee to be charged for a permit to register one motor vehicle owned by any person who:||I. Is a former prisoner of war and was captured and incarcerated while serving in a qualifying war or armed conflict as defined in RSA 72:28, V, including those serving in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who was honorably discharged, provided that such person has furnished the city or town clerk with satisfactory proof of these circumstances; or||II. Was awarded the Purple Heart medal and who was honorably discharged or is still on active duty, provided that such person has furnished the city or town clerk with satisfactory proof of these circumstances; or||III. Survived Pearl Harbor and was honorably discharged, provided that such person has furnished the city or town clerk with satisfactory proof of these circumstances.|||Source. 1985, 419:1. 2003, 299:21, eff. April 1, 2003. 2019, 279:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:158 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:158 - Exemption for Publicly Owned and Emergency Vehicles.

    261:158 Exemption for Publicly Owned and Emergency Vehicles. –||No fee shall be charged for a permit to register any of the following:||I. Any motor vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used exclusively without charge for emergency purposes.||II. Any motor vehicle owned or driven by the state or by any county, city, town or school district.||III. Any motor vehicle owned or driven by any volunteer fire department.||IV. Any motor vehicle owned or driven by any public or private educational institution which is used for the purpose of student driver training.|||Source. RSA 260:28-a. 1961, 252:2. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 431:7, eff. Aug. 23, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:159 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:159 - Exemption for Blind Veterans.

    261:159 Exemption for Blind Veterans. –||For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a vehicle owned by a veteran who has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be suffering from total blindness as a result of a service-connected disability.|||Source. 1951, 144:3. RSA 260:29. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2019, 162:3, eff. Sept. 7, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:160 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:160 - Collection of Permit Fees in Unorganized Places.

    261:160 Collection of Permit Fees in Unorganized Places. –||County treasurers shall receive permit fees and issue permits under this chapter to persons residing in unorganized places in any county. Such fees shall be for the use of the county in which such place is situate, except that the county treasurer shall be entitled to receive therefrom $.25 for each permit issued.|||Source. 1923, 38:1. PL 100:17. RL 116:23. RSA 260:32. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:161 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:161 - Expiration of Permits.

    261:161 Expiration of Permits. –||All permits for registration of vehicles provided for in this chapter shall expire at the same time as is specified for the expiration of the registration of the vehicle for which the permit was issued.|||Source. 1919, 55:8. PL 100:18. 1937, 113:2. RL 116:24. RSA 260:33. 1975, 497:10. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:162 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:162 - Taxation of Motor Vehicles Prohibited.

    261:162 Taxation of Motor Vehicles Prohibited. –||Motor vehicles owned or controlled by residents of this state shall not be taxed.|||Source. 1919, 55:10. PL 100:19. RL 116:25. RSA 260:34. 1971, 363:13. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:163 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:163 - Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees.

    261:163 Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees. –||The amount of the fee for the permit for registration required by RSA 261:42 shall be 1/2 the amount of the registration fee for such vehicle.|||Source. 1937, 191:1. RL 116:28. RSA 260:37. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:164 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:164 - Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees.

    261:164 Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees. –||All fees received by the department under the provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to the department of transportation for the maintenance of ways.|||Source. 1937, 191:1. RL 116:29. RSA 260:38. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:165 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:165 - Accounting for Receipts of Permit Fees.

    261:165 Accounting for Receipts of Permit Fees. –||Each designated city official and town clerk shall keep an account of the money received by him or her for vehicle permit fees collected. The clerk or official shall remit all fees collected to the town or city treasurer, or to the treasurer's designee as provided by RSA 41:29, VI, at least on a weekly basis, or daily whenever permit fee receipts total $1,500 or more. Such permit fees shall be used for the general purposes of the city or town. Failure of the city official or town clerk to remit permit fees on a timely basis as required by this section shall be cause for the immediate removal from office under RSA 41:40 of the city official or under RSA 41:16-c of the town clerk. Town clerks shall be paid on orders drawn on the town treasurer by the selectmen at the rate of $.50 for each permit issued.|||Source. 1919, 55:6. 1921, 120:4. PL 100:16. RL 116:22. 1945, 197:1. 1947, 14:1. RSA 260:31. 1969, 307:1. 1977, 322:1. 1981, 146:1. 2007, 246:6. 2011, 19:2, eff. June 24, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:166 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:166 - to 261:175 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIV, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m.

    261:166 to 261:175 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIV, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m. –|
NH Rev Stat § 261:176 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:176 - Misuse or Failure to Display Plates.

    261:176 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates. –||I. Any person who knowingly attaches or permits to be attached to a vehicle a number plate assigned by the department, or authority of any other jurisdiction, to another vehicle or who knowingly obscures or permits to be obscured the figures or letters on any number plate attached to any vehicle or who knowingly and deliberately fails to display on a vehicle the number plates and the registration number duly issued therefor shall be guilty of a violation.||II. Any person who applies or permits to be applied any covering to a license plate that is colored, smoked, or tinted shall be guilty of a violation. ||III. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $150.|||Source. RSA 262:27-c. 1967, 281:1. 1973, 528:140. 1979, 358:13. 1981, 146:1. 2005, 177:36, eff. July 1, 2005. 2021, 55:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:176-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:176-a - Counterfeiting or Duplication of Number Plates.

    261:176-a Counterfeiting or Duplication of Number Plates. –||No person shall photograph, photostat, counterfeit, duplicate, or in any manner reproduce or display any number plate or a facsimile of any number plate in such a manner that it could be mistaken for an official number plate issued by the department, or possess any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless specifically authorized by the director.|||Source. 2005, 203:6, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:178 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:178 - Suspension of Registration of Vehicle.

    261:178 Suspension of Registration of Vehicle. –||The director, upon evidence satisfactory to him that the owner of a vehicle is permitting or has permitted the same to be driven in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or has made any false statement in the application for registration, may suspend the registration of such vehicle until he is satisfied that the offense will not be repeated or the owner has been acquitted, and any person who shall drive or permit to be driven a vehicle owned or controlled by him upon any way after his registration has been suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1921, 119:16. PL 102:32. RL 118:35. RSA 262:42. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:179 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:179 - Suspension or Denial of Registration for Abandoning Vehicle.

    261:179 Suspension or Denial of Registration for Abandoning Vehicle. –||The director may suspend any registrations issued to a person who has been convicted of violating RSA 262:40-c or who has been found by the director to have abandoned a vehicle without paying for the costs of removing, storing, and destroying the vehicle. The director may refuse to register any vehicle to a person who has been convicted of violating RSA 262:40-c or who has been found by the director to have abandoned a vehicle without paying for the costs of removing, storing, and destroying the vehicle.|||Source. 1989, 253:1, eff. July 25, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:180 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:180 - Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration.

    261:180 Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration. –||I. No person shall register any type of motor vehicle in this state while his license is under revocation or suspension for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section. Any person who registers a vehicle while his license is under suspension or revocation for any reason under paragraph III shall be guilty of a violation, and shall have his registration revoked.||II. A person whose license is under suspension or revocation for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section who registers a vehicle shall not be entitled to a refund of either the municipal permit fee or the registration fee.||III. The commissioner, when suspending a driver's license or privilege to drive because the driver is an habitual offender or has been convicted of negligent homicide involving the use of a motor vehicle, manslaughter involving the use of a motor vehicle, a subsequent offense of driving or attempting to drive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, or any other chemical substance, natural or synthetic, which impairs a person's ability to drive under RSA 265-A:2, I, or aggravated driving while intoxicated or attempted aggravated driving while intoxicated under RSA 265-A:3, shall also revoke the registration of any vehicle registered to the individual whose license is being revoked or suspended, for the period of revocation or suspension of the license or privilege to drive.||IV. The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to RSA 541-A, a system for providing a hardship registration for an additional fee of $10 on a vehicle registered to a person whose license is under suspension or revocation and whose registration has also been suspended or revoked pursuant to this section.|||Source. 1990, 200:6. 2006, 260:17. 2012, 267:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:181 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:181 - Refusal or Revocation of Registration Based on Federal Prohibition From Operating in Interstate Commerce.

    261:181 Refusal or Revocation of Registration Based on Federal Prohibition From Operating in Interstate Commerce. –||The director is authorized to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the registration or permit of a commercial motor vehicle if the commercial carrier responsible for safety has been prohibited from operating by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.|||Source. 2011, 12:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 261:182 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles|Section 261:182 - Grounds for Refusal of Motor Carrier Registration Based on Fraud or Ineligibility.

    261:182 Grounds for Refusal of Motor Carrier Registration Based on Fraud or Ineligibility. –||The division may deny registration of a commercial motor vehicle if the applicant fails to disclose material information required or if the applicant has made a materially false statement on the application, or the applicant has applied as a subterfuge for the real party in interest who has been issued a federal out-of-service order or if the applicant's business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for registration, including the applicant entity, a relative, family member, corporate officer, or shareholder. The division may deny registration for a vehicle that has been assigned for safety to a commercial motor carrier who has been prohibited from operating by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or a carrier whose business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled by or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for registration, including the owner, an owner's relative or family member, a corporate officer, or a shareholder.|||Source. 2011, 12:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|