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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:148 - Permit Required.

261:148 Permit Required. –
No vehicle, except an OHRV, snowmobile or moped, owned or controlled by a resident of this state shall be registered under the provisions of this chapter until the owner or person controlling the same has obtained a permit for registration from the city or town wherein he resides. This section shall not apply to vehicles which constitute stock in trade of a manufacturer or of a bona fide dealer. The town or city clerk shall issue such permits to vehicles exempted from registration fees under RSA 261:92 at no charge. If the town or city has adopted the provisions of RSA 231:130-a, no such permit shall be issued unless the town or city clerk's records reveal no outstanding parking violations in this state. No such permit shall be issued unless the owner or person controlling the vehicle presents to the town or city clerk:
I. A current, government-issued photo identification card and a certificate of title, if required by the provisions of this chapter, or application for such certificate of title; or
II. In the case of a vehicle exempted from the title requirements of this chapter, a current, government-issued photo identification card and:
(a) A bill of sale from such previous owner; or
(b) If the previous owner was a dealer in vehicles, a temporary registration certificate or an application for a certificate of title.
III. The bill of sale required by the provisions of paragraph II shall contain the following information:
(a) The date of the sale;
(b) A description of the vehicle including:
(1) Make;
(2) Model;
(3) Vehicle identification number;
(4) Model year;
(5) Year of manufacture;
(6) Type of body; and
(7) Number of cylinders.
(c) Name and address of purchaser; and
(d) Signature and address of seller.
IV. In the case of any vehicle, a certificate of registration to the same owner for a current or previous registration period. The clerk may waive the requirement for a physical copy of the certificate of registration if the clerk has access to the electronic system of record and can verify the information for the current or previous registration period.
Source.
1919, 55:1. 1921, 120:1. PL 100:10. RL 116:16. RSA 260:22. 1967, 332:1. 1970, 28:1. 1971, 307:1. 1975, 497:6. 1981, 146:1. 1982, 12:4. 1987, 253:1. 2006, 90:11, eff. July 1, 2006 at 12:01 a.m. 2014, 47:2, eff. May 27, 2014; 278:5, eff. Sept. 26, 2014. 2019, 106:1, eff. June 21, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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. 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.
XVIII. The Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains.
XIX. The New Hampshire Towing Association.
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. 2022, 35:9, eff. May 3, 2022; 103:1, eff. July 26, 2022; 216:1, eff. Aug. 16, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
(6) United States Space Force.
(b) Medal for Valor:
(1) Medal of Honor.
(2) Distinguished Service Cross.
(3) Navy Cross.
(4) Air Force Cross.
(5) Coast Guard Cross.
(6) Silver Star.
(7) 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.
(d) Distinguished Service Medal.
(1) Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
(2) Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal.
(3) Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army).
(4) Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
(5) Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.
(6) Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal.
(7) Defense Superior Service Medal.
(8) Legion of Merit.
(e) Medal for Heroism.
(1) Distinguished Flying Cross.
(2) Army Soldier's Medal.
(3) Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
(4) Airman's Medal.
(5) Coast Guard Medal.
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. 2023, 16:1, eff. July 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 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.