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NH Rev Stat § 261-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:1 - Multi-Use Decal Plates Authorized.

    261-B:1 Multi-Use Decal Plates Authorized. –||The department of safety shall issue multi-use decal plates. The design shall provide an area 3 inches by 3 inches for the placement of a decal representing an organization authorized by statute to issue decals or a decal issued by a city or town fire chief to a firefighter or retired firefighter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, multi-use decal plates shall have the same effect and be issued in the same manner as other number plates. Multi-use number plates shall retain the "live free or die" logo.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2017, 69:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:2 - Decals.

    261-B:2 Decals. –||I. Decals shall be made of nonreflectorized material and manufactured to maintain their visibility for a minimum of 36 months.||II. Decals may only be placed on multi-use decal plates issued pursuant to this chapter.||III. Except for decals issued by city or town fire chiefs to firefighters and retired firefighters, decals shall be distributed by organizations authorized by statute.||IV. Decals shall include a unique sequence number.||V. The authorized organization may collect a fee for the decal.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2017, 69:2, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:3 - Authorized Organizations.

    261-B:3 Authorized Organizations. –||I. Organizations that have statutory authority to issue decals (i) shall have been granted and continue to hold tax exempt status under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(8), or 501(c)(10) to participate in the multi-use decal number plate program, (ii) shall have a New Hampshire address registered with the department of justice or, if the organization is not required to register with the department of justice, shall be locally chartered by a national organization, and (iii) shall not be named for, or associated with, a political issue or a person who seeks, holds, or has held a public office. To issue decals under this chapter, an organization shall file an annual report with the director of motor vehicles, in a format and time established by the director, containing the following:||(a) Address of the organization's headquarters.||(b) Name, address, and telephone number of the coordinator of the organization's decal program.||(c) A sample of the decal to be issued.||(d) A statement verifying that the images used in the decals do not infringe on any other person's intellectual property or a release from the owner authorizing the use of the images.||(e) A list of persons receiving decals from the organization and the sequence number assigned to each person.||(f) Fees received by the organization and their distribution.||(g) Verification of the organization's continuing status as a tax-exempt organization under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(8), or 501(c)(10).||(h) A statement that the organization will continue to participate in the program.||II. An organization may end its participation in the multi-use decal number plate program by written notification to the director of motor vehicles and filing a final annual report within 30 days of the notification.||III. Participation in the multi-use decal number plate program shall terminate automatically if the organization fails to file its annual report under paragraph I or files a report that does not include the statement required by subparagraph I(h).||IV. A person displaying the decal of an organization that is no longer participating in the program on a multi-use decal number plate may continue to display the decal until the next expiration of the vehicle's registration.||V. Organizations shall allow a purchaser of a decal to purchase a new decal no less frequently than every 36 months.||VI. Organizations authorized to issue decals may offer more than one decal design for their organization.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2018, 371:1, 2, eff. Sept. 16, 2018. 2019, 26:1, eff. July 14, 2019; 33:1, 2, eff. July 14, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:3-a - Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Decals.

    261-B:3-a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Decals. –||I. A city or town fire chief may issue a firefighter decal to a full-time or volunteer firefighter employed by the city or town or a retired firefighter. A firefighter decal may only be placed on the multi-use decal plate of a motor vehicle registered and owned or leased by the firefighter.||II. Emergency medical services chiefs and fire chiefs may issue an emergency medical services decal solely to emergency medical services personnel and retired emergency medical services personnel. An emergency medical services decal may only be placed on a multi-use decal plate on a motor vehicle owned and registered or leased by the emergency services personnel.|||Source. 2017, 69:3, eff. Aug. 1, 2017. 2021, 204:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:3-b - Authorized Organization.

    261-B:3-b Authorized Organization. –||The University of New Hampshire Foundation is authorized to issue decals under this chapter.|||Source. 2017, 80:1, eff. June 2, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:3-c - Gold Star Family Decals.

    261-B:3-c Gold Star Family Decals. –||A family member of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces shall qualify for a gold star family decal as outlined in RSA 261-C:3-a.|||Source. 2019, 160:2, eff. Sept. 7, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:4 - Issuance and Renewal; Fees.

    261-B:4 Issuance and Renewal;  Fees. –||I. The fee for multi-use decal number plates shall be $15 per year per set, which shall be in addition to any other registration and number plate fees. This fee shall not be prorated.||II. The commissioner of the department of safety shall deposit $5 from each fee collected under paragraph I in the department of safety inventory fund established by RSA 228:25. The remainder shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:5 - Vehicles Eligible.

    261-B:5 Vehicles Eligible. –||Multi-use decal number plates may be used on passenger motor vehicles and recreation vehicles.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:6 - Misuse of Decals.

    261-B:6 Misuse of Decals. –||Only decals issued by fire chiefs or organizations authorized by statute may be displayed on multi-use decal number plates. Use of an unauthorized decal shall be a violation punishable by a fine of $50 plus penalty assessment.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2017, 69:4, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:7 - Change of Decals.

    261-B:7 Change of Decals. –||The holder of a multi-use decal number plate may replace a decal with a decal from a different authorized organization.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:8 - Rulemaking.

    261-B:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department of safety shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the administration of the multi-use decal number plate program.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-B - Multi-Use Decal Plates|Section 261-B:9 - Authorized Organizations.

    261-B:9 Authorized Organizations. –||The following organizations are authorized to issue decals under this chapter:||I. Rotary District 7870 Foundation.||II. The Daniel Webster Council of Boy Scouts of America.||III. The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation, Inc.||IV. Granite Pathways.||V. The New Hampshire Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Association.||VI. Friends of the Hampton Falls Bandstand, Inc.||VII. Seacoast Youth Services.||VIII. New Hampshire Catholic Charities, provided that all proceeds from decals issued by New Hampshire Catholic Charities shall be for the benefit of the New Hampshire Food Bank.||IX. New England Donor Services, Inc.||X. Sophia's Fund.||XI. The New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition.||XII. The university system of New Hampshire. Granite state college, Keene state college, and Plymouth state university are each authorized to issue decals, provided that all proceeds shall remain with the issuing institution and be used only for student scholarships.||XIII. Future in Sight.||XIV. The Society of Mayflower Descendents in the State of New Hampshire.||XV. The Harris Center for Conservation Education.||XVI. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in New Hampshire.||XVII. The New Hampshire State Council of the Knights of Columbus.|||Source. 2017, 18:1, eff. June 16, 2017. 2018, 373:1, eff. Sept. 30, 2018. 2019, 126:1, eff. Aug. 24, 2019; 139:1, eff. Aug. 24, 2019. 2021, 53:1, eff. July 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:1 - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates Authorized.

    261-C:1 Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates Authorized. –||The department of safety shall issue multi-use veterans decal plates. The design shall provide an area 3 inches by 3 inches for the placement of decals representing branches of service and medals authorized under RSA 261-C:4. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, multi-use veterans decal plates shall have the same effect and be issued in the same manner as other number plates. Multi-use veterans decal plates shall retain the "live free or die" logo.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:2 - Decals.

    261-C:2 Decals. –||I. Decals shall be made of nonreflectorized material and manufactured to maintain their visibility for a minimum of 36 months.||II. Decals shall include a unique sequence number.||III. The department of military affairs and veterans services, division of veterans services may issue decals to eligible veterans who qualify under this chapter and shall collect a fee of $10 for the set of decals. The division of veterans services shall provide gold star family decals to those who qualify under RSA 261-C:3-a free of charge. Revenue collected under this paragraph shall be restricted revenue to the division of veterans services and shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the division.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2018, 25:1, eff. July 1, 2018. 2019, 160:3, eff. Sept. 7, 2019; 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2020, 37:63, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2021, 53:2, eff. July 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:3 - Eligibility.

    261-C:3 Eligibility. –||Multi-use veterans decal plates shall be issued only to those veterans defined in RSA 21:50, I(a). Additionally, an individual shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director of the division of veterans services that he or she was a member of a specific branch of service or was awarded the medal represented on the requested decal.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:4 - Authorized Decals.

    261-C:4 Authorized Decals. –||I. The following decals shall be issued in accordance with this chapter:||(a) Branch of service:||(1) United States Army.||(2) United States Navy.||(3) United States Air Force.||(4) United States Marine Corps.||(5) United States Coast Guard.||(b) Medal for Valor:||(1) Medal of Honor.||(2) Distinguished Service Cross.||(3) Navy Cross.||(4) Air Force Cross.||(5) Silver Star.||(6) Bronze Star.||(c) Gold star family member decals pursuant to RSA 261-C:3-a and RSA 261-B:3-c, if such individual meets the definition of a veteran as outlined in RSA 261:87-b.||II. The division of veterans services shall provide a report annually to the director of the division of motor vehicles. Such report shall contain the names of veterans to whom decal or decals were issued, indicating which decal was issued and its issue number.||III. Eligible veterans shall obtain new decals no less frequently than 36 months from the date of issue.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 160:4, eff. Sept. 7, 2019; 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:5 - Vehicles Eligible.

    261-C:5 Vehicles Eligible. –||Multi-use veterans decal number plates may be used on passenger motor vehicles and recreation vehicles.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:6 - Misuse of Decals.

    261-C:6 Misuse of Decals. –||Only decals authorized under this chapter may be displayed on multi-use veterans decal number plates. Use of an unauthorized decal shall be a violation punishable by a fine of $50 plus penalty assessment.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 261-C:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 261-C - Multi-Use Veterans Decal Plates|Section 261-C:7 - Rulemaking.

    261-C:7 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department of safety in consultation with the director of the division of veterans services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the administration of the multi-use veterans decal number plate program.|||Source. 2016, 279:1, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:1 (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 262:1 - Penalties.

    262:1 Penalties. –||I. A person who, with fraudulent intent:||(a) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title or certificate of origin;||(b) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or a certificate of origin, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a certificate of origin or a form the director prescribes;||(c) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title or certificate of origin knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or||(d) Uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title or certificate of origin, or in any proof or statement in writing in connection therewith, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. A person who:||(a) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title;||(b) Wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the department within 20 days after the time required by this title;||(c) Wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within 20 days after the time required by this title; or||(d) Wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, except as provided in paragraph I, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 269-A:31. 1967, 357:1. 1973, 528:155. 1977, 166:1; 196:4. 1981, 146:1. 1987, 263:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2014, 278:7, eff. Sept. 26, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:2 (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 262:2 - Report of Theft; Recovery of Unclaimed Vehicle.

    262:2 Report of Theft;  Recovery of Unclaimed Vehicle. –||I. A peace officer who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle whose theft or conversion he knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the department, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the department.||II. An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle, or its conversion, if a crime, to the department, but the director may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the department.||III. An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking, or storing vehicles for the public, in which a vehicle remains unclaimed for a period of 30 days, shall within 5 days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed to the director. A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to the operator or his employee is not considered unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in accordance with this paragraph forfeits all claims and liens for its garaging, parking, or storing and shall be fined not more than $25 for each day the failure to report continues. The report required under this paragraph shall be by verified mail, as defined in RSA 21:53.||IV. The department shall maintain and appropriately index weekly any cumulative public records of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles reported to it pursuant to this section. The director may make and distribute copies of the records so maintained to police officers upon request without fee and to others for the fee, if any, the commissioner prescribes.||V. The director may suspend the registration of a vehicle whose theft or conversion is reported to him pursuant to this section; until the department learns of its recovery or that the report of its theft or conversion was erroneous, it shall not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle.|||Source. RSA 269-A:32. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1. 2012, 207:3, eff. Aug. 12, 2012. 2019, 242:3, eff. Oct. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:3 (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 262:3 - False Report.

    262:3 False Report. –||A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the director shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 269-A:33. 1967, 357:1. 1973, 528:156. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:3-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 262:3-a - Notification of Repossession.

    262:3-a Notification of Repossession. –||Any person who repossesses a motor vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:87-a, shall notify, within 2 hours after the repossession, a police officer of the town or city where the act of repossession occurred of the fact of the repossession and the name, address and telephone number of the owner and lienholder. If no police officer is available to receive the notification, then notification shall be given to the sheriff's department of the county where the act of repossession occurred. The police department or sheriff shall keep a record of such notification for 30 days after the notification.|||Source. 1993, 58:2, eff. June 15, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:4 (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 262:4 - Impeachment of Credibility of Defendant.

    262:4 Impeachment of Credibility of Defendant. –||In a prosecution for a crime specified in this subdivision, a certified copy of a conviction under RSA 262:1, I is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant.|||Source. RSA 269-A:34. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:5 (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 262:5 - Penalties Additional to Other Statutes.

    262:5 Penalties Additional to Other Statutes. –||The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto.|||Source. RSA 269-A:35. 1967, 357:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:6 (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 262:6 - Identification Marks.

    262:6 Identification Marks. –||No motor vehicle shall be registered unless it shall have permanently cut, impressed, or embossed on some portion thereof a factory, serial, or vehicle identification number or mark. Any person who shall knowingly have in his possession any motor vehicle from which such number or mark shall have been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed, shall forthwith file with the department a sworn statement giving the reason therefor, a description of the vehicle, and the source of his title. If satisfied as to the facts the director may grant permission to cut, impress, or emboss permanently into the motor of such vehicle a special identification number or mark which shall thereafter be deemed sufficient for the purpose of registration of such vehicle.|||Source. 1931, 79:1. RL 116:5. RSA 260:7. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 262:7 (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 262:7 - Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number.

    262:7 Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number. –||Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, knowing that a vehicle identification number of said motor vehicle or engine has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, if upon discovery by any person that a vehicle identification number has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed, he shall report the same to the nearest police station and shall not be charged with a violation of this section.|||Source. RSA 260:7-a. 1967, 214:1. 1973, 528:132. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|