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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-i - Duration of Appointment.

261:74-i Duration of Appointment. –
The director shall appoint those dealers that meet the reasonable security requirements and other requirements as set forth in this chapter and in rule. The appointment of any dealer for the purposes of this subdivision shall continue only as long as the ownership of the dealer remains the same, except as provided in RSA 261:74-j and RSA 261:74-q. In case of a transfer of ownership, the new owner may apply to become a dealer agent.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-j - Qualifications and Training of Dealer Agents.

261:74-j Qualifications and Training of Dealer Agents. –
No dealer shall be appointed as an agent unless the dealer principal or its staff meet the qualifications and successfully complete the training programs established under RSA 261:74-r. No dealer agent may perform the duties required under this subdivision unless the dealer principal or its staff continues to meet the reasonable qualification and training requirements.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-k - Duties of Dealer Agents.

261:74-k Duties of Dealer Agents. –
Each dealer agent or its staff shall perform all the duties necessary to register motor vehicles, issue a permit for registration, transfer motor vehicle registrations, and process title applications unless the director determines otherwise. Dealers shall be responsible to the division, or towns and cities where applicable, for any inventory of title applications, registration forms, and any other materials issued to them and for all moneys collected. The dealer agent through the EVR integrator shall electronically transmit to the appropriate town or city a copy of the newly issued registration permit and a signed affidavit of residency, and, where applicable, a copy of the registration transferred and a copy of either the resident tax affidavit or the tax receipt as set forth in 261:74-n, III. Dealer agents shall be in compliance with the Red Flags Rule, 16 C.F.R part 681, and the Safeguards Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 314, as promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-l - Security and Record-Keeping Requirements.

261:74-l Security and Record-Keeping Requirements. –
Before receiving title applications, registration forms, and any materials related to electronic vehicle registration, dealer agents shall adopt and implement security and record-keeping requirements satisfactory to the director.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-m - Examination of Dealer Agent Records.

261:74-m Examination of Dealer Agent Records. –
Any dealer appointed as an agent pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed to have given its consent for authorized agents of the department and any auditor employed or commissioned by the state of New Hampshire or the municipality to examine, during usual business hours and with reasonable notice, the records required to be preserved under this chapter; provided no such agent shall be subjected to unnecessary or unreasonable examinations or investigations.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-n - Collection of Fees.

261:74-n Collection of Fees. –
I. Dealer agents shall collect the fees required to process motor vehicle registrations, permits for registration, transfers of registrations, and title applications as set forth in this chapter.
II. When a dealer agent processes motor vehicle registrations, permits for registration, transfers of registration, and title applications the applicable town or city or clerk shall receive the following fees through the dealer agent and the EVR integrator: the registration permit fee under RSA 261:153, I, the town clerk fee under RSA 261:152, the town clerk and dealer title application fees under RSA 261:4, IV, the municipal agent fee under RSA 261:74-d, and, when applicable, the waste reclamation fee under RSA 261:153, V, the municipal transportation improvement fee under RSA 261:153, VI, the collection of permit fees in unorganized places under RSA 261:160, and the public parking facilities fee under RSA 261:154. The town or city may use the fees received under this paragraph to offset the expenses of examination and auditing of the EVR program, if required. Towns, cities, and the state shall inform the EVR integrator annually as to the details of the fees listed in this paragraph and provide timely notice to the EVR integrator of any changes to fees.
III. When a registration permit applicant resides in a town that assesses, levies, or collects a resident tax pursuant to RSA 72:1, the applicant shall comply with the provisions of RSA 261:71 either by showing or causing to be shown to the dealer agent a tax receipt or by executing the affidavit permitted under RSA 261:71 at the time of sale. If a resident tax town electronically shares resident tax data with the EVR integrator, neither the affidavit nor tax receipt is needed if such data reveals the resident tax has been paid. An applicant shall not be permitted to register a vehicle if such data reveals that the applicant is delinquent in paying the resident tax.
IV. If the applicant resides in a town or city which has adopted the provisions of RSA 231:130-a and the town or city has provided notification of unpaid fines to the electronic vehicle registration integrator pursuant to 231:130-a, III, a dealer agent shall not issue a registration permit to the applicant unless the town or city clerk's records reveal no outstanding parking violations in this state.
V. No dealer agent shall assume or absorb any fee listed in paragraph II owed by a customer or advertise or assert that the dealer will assume or absorb such fee. Any violation of this paragraph shall subject the dealer agent to a fine of $100 per violation.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-o - Optional Electronic Vehicle Registration Charge.

261:74-o Optional Electronic Vehicle Registration Charge. –
Each dealer agent may collect a charge from the consumer to transmit electronically the registration and title data and the fees collected required to register a motor vehicle, issue a permit for registration, transfer a motor vehicle registration, or title a motor vehicle. This optional charge is in addition to other dealership fees or charges and the fees otherwise required to register a motor vehicle, issue a permit for registration, transfer a motor vehicle registration, or title a motor vehicle. The charge shall be separately stated and identified as "optional EVR charge" on the purchase agreement between the customer and the dealer agent and shall be disclosed on a separate document signed by the customer. If a customer declines to pay the optional electronic vehicle registration charge, the dealer agent is not required to register the vehicle, issue a permit for registration, title the vehicle, or collect the required fees.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-p - Proof of Residency.

261:74-p Proof of Residency. –
A dealer agent shall not process any vehicle registration, permit for registration, or transfer of motor vehicle registration of a natural person unless the applicant has provided to the dealer agent a current New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card with an address matching the application to be transmitted and the natural person has signed an affidavit of residency which specifies the town or city in which he or she currently resides. Dealer agents shall not process registrations for homeless residents without a permanent address eligible to register under RSA 261:52-c. A dealer agent may register the vehicles of a corporation or other legal entity with a place of business in this state if the applicant is a registered business in New Hampshire and is in good standing and an authorized representative of the corporation or entity has signed an affidavit specifying the New Hampshire town or city in which the corporation or entity resides, is headquartered, or operates.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-q - Revocation or Suspension of Agency Status.

261:74-q Revocation or Suspension of Agency Status. –
I. The director may revoke or suspend a dealer's agent status for any violation of law or rule governing electronic vehicle registration, any violation of the dealer agent's security and record-keeping plan, revocation or suspension of the dealer license, or any other action that in the director's opinion adversely affects the registration system. If the director determines that a dealer agent has not continued to fulfill the requirements of this subdivision or has violated any of the rules adopted pursuant to this subdivision, the director shall commence a process to suspend or revoke the agent status of the dealer. The director shall take into account concerns of towns, cities, and the EVR advisory group established under RSA 261:74-s, IV about dealer agents.
II. Any dealer agent whose appointment is sought to be suspended or revoked shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing before the bureau of hearings prior to such suspension or revocation. Following the hearing, the director may suspend or revoke the appointment as dealer agent upon satisfactory evidence of malfeasance, misfeasance, theft, financial instability, or violation of the rules adopted under this subdivision and that the revocation or suspension is in the best interest of the state.
III. Upon the revocation of such agent status, the dealer agent shall surrender to the department or its authorized agent all materials issued by the state under the provision of this subdivision and all records pertaining to all matters authorized by this subdivision.
IV. Whenever an authorized auditor of the state of New Hampshire or the department determines that the public interest requires immediate action, the director may issue a temporary order suspending the authority of a dealer agent to register or transfer registrations, pending a hearing.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:74-r - Rulemaking.

261:74-r Rulemaking. –
The director, with input from the EVR advisory group established under RSA 261:74-s, IV, shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:
I. Minimum standards for the qualification of dealer agents and their staffs.
II. Minimum security standards for the dealer agent, staff, and dealer agent facility.
III. Training requirements and programs for dealer agents and their staffs.
IV. The collection, remittance, and auditing of state and local funds pursuant to this subdivision.
V. The completion of required reports and records and their submission to the department and towns or cities.
VI. Minimum standards of accuracy, legibility, and timeliness of submission for documents and reports.
VII. The indemnification and reimbursement of the state or town or city in case of loss.
VIII. The efficient and economical administration of this subdivision.
IX. Revocation and suspension of dealer agent status.
X. The ability to enter into agreements with dealer-agents and EVR integrators.
XI. The creation of an error resolution process to resolve registration errors resulting from the EVR program.
Source.
2011, 198:5, eff. June 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:75 - Number Plates.

261:75 Number Plates. –
I. The department shall design and issue to every person whose vehicle is registered a number plate or plates for a fee of $4.00 per plate. Such plate or plates shall be furnished by the department yearly or at whatever interval of years the department shall determine. In all cases such plate or plates shall bear on the face thereof a permanent or changeable designation of their effective period.
II. Every vehicle driven in or on any way in this state, if required to be registered hereunder, shall have displayed conspicuously thereon a number plate or plates to be furnished by the department, together with any current validation sticker issued by the department and which has a changeable designation of their effective period. The director may make special rules relative to the number of plates, the location of said plate or plates on the vehicle, and the material and design thereof, provided, however, that number plates for passenger vehicles shall have the state motto "Live Free or Die" written thereon. The plate shall be kept clean.
Source.
1905, 86:2. 1911, 133:2, 5. 1915, 129:2. 1917, 229:2. 1921, 119:2, 5. PL 100:3; 103:1. 1933, 94:1. 1939, 68:1. 1941, 101:1. RL 116:7; 119:1. 1943, 3:1, 2. RSA 260:9; 263:1. 1969, 494:1. 1970, 38:1. 1979, 358:5, I. 1981, 146:1. 1990, 79:3. 1997, 186:2. 2002, 165:6, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:75-a - Number Plate Checks by Law Enforcement.

261:75-a Number Plate Checks by Law Enforcement. –
A duly sworn state, county, or local law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties may obtain, through electronic query from the department of safety, the registration information on a particular number plate and plate type or number plate validation decal for any official purpose, whether the inquiry relates to a particular offense or is for general crime detection and prevention purposes, provided a record is kept regarding such inquiry. The information so obtained shall only be used for valid law enforcement purposes and shall not be disclosed to any unauthorized person for any purpose. The commissioner of safety may further limit the release of such information at his or her discretion.
Source.
2007, 335:1, eff. July 16, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:75-c - Special Registration Plate Symbol.

261:75-c Special Registration Plate Symbol. –
The director is hereby authorized to assign registration numbers that include a special registration plate symbol for the purpose of benefitting the state park system. The special registration plate symbol shall serve as a character in the registration number. A special registration plate symbol may be used on any type of number plate issued by the division for private passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. The design and size of an appropriate symbol shall be determined by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of natural and cultural resources. The department shall determine the means of identifying the special registration plate symbol in the computerized records of the department. A special registration plate symbol shall be available to any applicant upon payment of a special registration plate symbol fee of $85, which shall be in addition to any other registration and number plate fees. An applicant may include the symbol on any vanity number plate upon payment of the special registration plate symbol fee and the vanity plate service fee in RSA 261:89. Vanity plate service fees shall be distributed as provided in RSA 261:89 and RSA 263:52. The fees described in this section shall apply to original registrations and annual registration renewals. The department shall retain from the special registration plate symbol fees an amount as is necessary to recover any additional production and administrative costs associated with use of the symbol. The remaining funds shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the state park fund established in RSA 216-A:3-i to fund maintenance and use of the park system and promotion of the special registration number program. All other registration fees, permit fees, number plate fees, and special number plate fees shall be distributed as required by law. The cost of replacement number plates shall be identical to the cost of initial number plates and the revenue from replacement number plates shall be distributed in the same manner as revenue derived from initial number plates.
Source.
2010, 373:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:76 - Number of Plates.

261:76 Number of Plates. –
Any provision of the motor vehicle laws relative to furnishing sets of number plates for various types of vehicles shall be construed as authorizing the director to determine the number of plates to be furnished for any one vehicle in accordance with his determination as made under the authority of RSA 261:75.
Source.
1943, 3:3. RSA 263:2. 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 261:77 - Use of Plates.

261:77 Use of Plates. –
Except as provided for nonresidents, no number plates other than those procured from the department or authorized by the director shall be displayed on any vehicle so operated. No expired number plates shall be displayed. This prohibition on the display of expired number plates shall not supersede the provisions of RSA 261:89-a, nor shall it apply in those cases in which expired number plates are displayed in conjunction with current and authorized plates issued by the director which contain the designation "antique". During the month of expiration, the owner of a duly registered vehicle which has been properly registered for the succeeding year may display the number plates for that year in place of those of the current year. The provisions of this section shall also apply to a vehicle which has been exchanged for a vehicle properly registered.
Source.
1911, 133:5. 1921, 119:5. PL 103:2. 1927, 76:1. 1937, 113:7. 1939, 140:1. RL 119:2. RSA 263:3. 1981, 146:1. 1994, 384:2, eff. June 9, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:78 - Repealed by 1987, 151:10, II, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m.

261:78 Repealed by 1987, 151:10, II, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:79 - Repealed by 1997, 252:5, III, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.

261:79 Repealed by 1997, 252:5, III, eff. Aug. 18, 1997. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:80 - Number Plates for Mopeds.

261:80 Number Plates for Mopeds. –
The department shall furnish for the fee set forth in RSA 261:75, I, to each person whose moped is registered a number plate of a suitable design which design shall be different from the design of motorcycle number plates.
Source.
RSA 260:11-c. 1976, 4:18. 1981, 146:1. 2008, 366:2, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:81-a - Registration of Other Motorized Devices.

261:81-a Registration of Other Motorized Devices. –
If other than a motorcycle, autocycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped, any person seeking to register a motorized 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle or device shall provide proof of manufacture to meet United States Department of Transportation motor vehicle safety standards to the satisfaction of the director.
Source.
2005, 108:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2015, 222:3, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:83 - Farm Tractor Plates.

261:83 Farm Tractor Plates. –
I. A tractor shall qualify for farm tractor registration rates and shall be driven with such registration only when the tractor is used exclusively for agricultural purposes or to draw another vehicle in such a way that part of the load is carried on such towing vehicle.
II. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a farm tractor that is fitted with attachments such as cultivators, loaders, or other equipment, specific to the activities of the farm, or a specialized vehicle such as a backhoe, bulldozer, excavator, grader, or loader, shall qualify for farm tractor registration rates and number plates, provided that it is being used exclusively for agriculture and farming purposes, and not being used for hire.
III. For a person using a specialized vehicle under paragraph II to be eligible for the issuance of a farm tractor plate, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide. This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.
I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of specialized vehicles such as backhoes, bulldozers, excavators, graders, or loaders registered under RSA 261:83, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only for agricultural and farming purposes and uses incidental thereto.
Signed: ___________________________
Date: __________
Copies to:
Town or City Clerk
Applicant
Source.
1905, 86:2, 3. 1909, 154:1, 2. 1911, 133:26. 1913, 81:6; 171:1, 2. 1915, 129:8. 1917, 229:7. 1919, 161:6. 1921, 119:25. 1923, 75:11. 1925, 87:1; 137:1. PL 102:1. 1927, 53:2; 94:1. 1933, 170:2. 1935, 45:1; 73:5. 1939, 48:1; 66:1; 132:5, 6; 161:1, 2; 189:4; 190:8. RL 118:1. 1945, 48:1. 1947, 107:2; 118:1; 177:7; 273:1, 2. 1949, 37:1. 1951, 24:1; 144:2. 1953, 76:1; 252:1, 2, 6. RSA 262:1. 1955, 144:1. 1957, 235:1. 1965, 240:3. 1971, 113:1. 1977, 314:5; 487:3. 1978, 38:1. 1981, 146:1. 1999, 265:4. 2002, 253:3, eff. July 16, 2002. 2016, 129:1, eff. July 26, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:84 - Farm Plates.

261:84 Farm Plates. –
I. A truck, tractor-truck, or semi-trailer shall qualify for farm registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration only if such vehicle is used solely for the transportation of agricultural products produced on and meant to be used in connection with the operation of a farm or farms owned, operated, or occupied by the registrant. Additionally, any vehicle which qualifies for farm plates may transport or tow an implement of husbandry. A vehicle which qualifies for farm registration and number plates shall not be used for the transportation of wood and lumber for sale other than from such farms on which the production of wood and lumber is incidental to other farm operations, nor shall such trucks be used for the retail delivery of milk.
II. This section shall be construed as authorizing the holder of farm plates or a driver authorized by the holder to operate the vehicle while it is empty so long as it is being used generally to accomplish the purposes allowed in this section, and to transport within such vehicle incidental personal property such as food, tools, and clothing.
III. To be eligible for the issuance of a farm vehicle registration, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide. This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.
I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of trucks, tractor-trucks, or semi-trailers registered under RSA 261:84, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only for agricultural and farming purposes and uses incidental thereto.
Signed:
Date:
Copies to:
Town or City Clerk
Applicant
Source.
1905, 86:2, 3. 1909, 154:1, 2. 1911, 133:26. 1913, 81:6; 171:1, 2. 1915, 129:8. 1917, 229:7. 1919, 161:6. 1921, 119:25. 1923, 75:11. 1925, 87:1; 137:1. PL 102:1. 1927, 53:2; 94:1. 1933, 170:2. 1935, 45:1; 73:5. 1939, 48:1; 66:1; 132:5, 6; 161:1, 2; 189:4; 190:8. RL 118:1. 1945, 48:1. 1947, 107:2; 118:1; 177:7; 273:1, 2. 1949, 37:1. 1951, 24:1; 144:2. 1953, 76:1; 252:1, 2, 6. RSA 262:1. 1955, 144:1. 1957, 235:1. 1965, 240:3. 1971, 113:1. 1977, 314:5; 487:3. 1978, 38:1. 1981, 146:1. 1986, 24:2. 1987, 188:1. 1991, 77:3. 2007, 13:1, eff. July 1, 2007. 2018, 62:2, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:87 - Repealed by 1999, 291:2, I, eff. Sept. 14, 1999.

261:87 Repealed by 1999, 291:2, I, eff. Sept. 14, 1999. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:87-a - Repealed by 1999, 291:2, II, eff. Sept. 14, 1999.

261:87-a Repealed by 1999, 291:2, II, eff. Sept. 14, 1999. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:87-b - Special Number Plates for Veterans.

261:87-b Special Number Plates for Veterans. –
I. The director is hereby authorized to issue special number plates to be used on motor vehicles owned by veterans of the United States armed services, in lieu of other number plates. The design of these special plates shall be determined by the commissioner, and shall be distinct from the design or designs of those plates issued under RSA 261:86. Such plates shall be issued only to veterans as defined in RSA 21:50, I(a) upon application, proof of veteran status in a form authorized by RSA 21:50, I(b), and payment of the regular motor vehicle registration fee and the $4 per plate fees under RSA 261:75. The director shall also issue such plates to any person providing proof of honorable discharge from the armed services of any nation allied with the United States during World War II and proof of such person's service during World War II. Renewals of such special number plates shall be charged the fee assessed for standard motor vehicles as prescribed under RSA 261:141. The plates furnished pursuant to this section are non-transferable and shall expire upon the death of the veteran, except that the surviving spouse may use the plates for one year after the death of the veteran and shall be eligible to replace the plates during that year at no charge under RSA 261:75.
II. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle is owned by a veteran if the veteran is the motor vehicle's owner under RSA 259:72, I, or if the legal ownership of the motor vehicle is held by a trust established by the veteran and the veteran has use of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle is used for the transportation of the veteran. The director shall establish the documentation required for a motor vehicle held in trust to be eligible for plates under this section. The director shall not issue more than one set of plates under this section to any trust. A trustee of the trust or the administrator of the estate may be fined up to $500 for failing to return within 60 days of the death of the veteran any plates issued under this section for a motor vehicle held in trust.
Source.
2000, 284:1. 2002, 160:1. 2004, 209:1. 2006, 262:2, 3. 2007, 165:1. 2008, 355:2, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:87-c - Gold Star Number Plates.

261:87-c Gold Star Number Plates. –
I. The department shall furnish one set of special number plates, designed by the director with the approval of the commissioner, for one motor vehicle owned by a mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces. These gold star number plates shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fees. There shall be no number plate fees for gold star number plates.
II. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle is owned by a mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces if the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces is the motor vehicle's owner under RSA 259:72, I, or if the legal ownership of the motor vehicle is held by a trust established by the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces and the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces has use of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle is used for the transportation of the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces. The director shall establish the documentation required for a motor vehicle held in trust to be eligible for plates under this section. The director shall not issue more than one set of plates under this section to any trust. A trustee of the trust or the administrator of the estate may be fined up to $500 for failing to return within 60 days of the death of the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces any plates issued under this section for a motor vehicle held in trust.
III. A stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces shall only be eligible for gold star number plates if her marriage license is dated prior to the member's fifteenth birthday and the stepmother provides a copy of the marriage license to the director. The stepmother shall also be required to provide a DD Form 1300 to the director. A stepmother shall not receive plates under this section if another stepmother of the person killed while on duty holds gold star number plates furnished under this section.
Source.
2006, 262:1. 2008, 100:2, eff. May 28, 2008. 2018, 128:1, eff. July 29, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89 - Vanity Number Plates.

261:89 Vanity Number Plates. –
The director is hereby authorized to design and to issue, under such rules as the director deems appropriate, vanity number plates to be used on motor vehicles in lieu of other number plates. Such number plates shall be of such design and shall bear such letters or letters and numbers as the director shall prescribe, but there shall be no duplication of identification. Such number plates or a changeable designation of the effective period thereof, as the director shall determine, shall be issued only upon application therefor and upon payment of a special vanity plate service fee of $40, said special fee to be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee and any other number plate manufacturing fee otherwise required by law for the particular vehicle. Plates shall be renewed on an annual basis for $40 per set. All special fees collected under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and distributed as provided by RSA 263:52. Upon rejection of an application for vanity number plates, the director shall refund or credit the collected special vanity plate service fee. The director shall recall any vanity number plates that have been issued which do not conform to applicable law and rules, regardless of when the plates were issued. Any person whose application for vanity number plates has been rejected or whose vanity number plates have been recalled shall be issued a number plate of the same classification as the plate that had been requested or recalled. The prorated by month portion of the special vanity plate service fee shall be refunded or credited to the person whose vanity number plates have been recalled.
Source.
RSA 260:10-a. 1957, 8:1. 1970, 38:6. 1974, 45:2. 1981, 146:1. 1982, 42:154. 1983, 469:104. 2009, 144:195, eff. July 1, 2009. 2015, 243:11, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89-a - Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates.

261:89-a Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates. –
I. The director may permit the owner of an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle, as defined in RSA 259:4, or trailer, as defined in paragraph II of this section, to use a registration plate which was issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer was manufactured, provided the motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer is registered as an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer under this chapter, and the number of the antique plate is recorded with the director. Registration plates issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle was manufactured may be affixed to both the front and rear of the antique motor vehicle, to either the front or rear of the antique motorcycle, and to the rear of the farm tractor or antique trailer for any such vehicle with a year of manufacture of 1975 or earlier if the registration plate matching the registration certificate is carried within the antique motor vehicle, so long as the number on the antique plate is not in use on another motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer. Any antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer bearing a registration plate with the year of manufacture shall also carry, within it, a valid antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer registration certificate and a permit issued under this section.
II. For the purposes of this section, "trailer" means any vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying passengers or property wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle.
Source.
1991, 73:1. 1998, 193:1. 2012, 123:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2012. 2014, 270:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2016, 16:1, eff. June 14, 2016. 2022, 27:2, eff. June 17, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89-b - Number Plates for Vehicles Registered as Street Rods.

261:89-b Number Plates for Vehicles Registered as Street Rods. –
I. The director is hereby authorized to design and to issue under such rules, as he shall deem appropriate, distinctive number plates to be used on motor vehicles registered as street rods. Such plates shall be in lieu of other number plates and shall be issued only upon receipt of a duly executed certificate verifying that the subject vehicle is in fact a street rod as defined in RSA 259:106-a. The director is hereby authorized to issue a street rod vanity plate as provided by RSA 261:89.
II. A special fee in the amount of $25 shall be paid for the certificate of verification. This special fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee as prescribed by law for the particular vehicle being registered, and any number plate manufacturing fee or fees otherwise required by law for the particular vehicle. All special fees collected shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited to the highway fund. A vehicle which is registered as a street rod, regardless of the year of manufacture of said vehicle, shall be assessed an annual municipal permit fee in the amount of $50, which fee shall not be prorated regardless of the number of months in actual road use. This fee shall be in lieu of any other municipal permit fee. For purposes of this section and that of vehicle registration, the year of manufacture of a street rod is deemed to be the year of manufacture of the body. In the event the body is a replica as defined by RSA 259:106-a, then the year of manufacture is deemed to be the model year of the body so replicated.
III. The certificate of verification required by this section shall be documented by an instrument designed and issued by the director. Any authorized highway enforcement officer or any individual who is authorized by the director to perform motor vehicle inspections provided by RSA 266:1, V is hereby authorized to perform the verification and certification required by this section. A certificate of verification issued under this section shall be transferable in the event the vehicle described by such certificate is sold or the ownership is otherwise transferred or conveyed.
IV. Pursuant to RSA 261:75, a vehicle duly registered as a street rod shall be issued one number plate of the design as set forth in this section. Such plate shall be attached in a conspicuous place on the rear of the vehicle.
Source.
1992, 214:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89-c - Vehicle Identification Number for Street Rods and Custom Vehicles.

261:89-c Vehicle Identification Number for Street Rods and Custom Vehicles. –
The vehicle identification number or "VIN" for a street rod or custom vehicle shall be the number stamped on the frame of the vehicle, or if no such number, as established pursuant to RSA 261:22, IV.
Source.
1992, 214:2. 2010, 353:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89-d - Identifying Decals for Vehicles Registered as Custom Vehicles.

261:89-d Identifying Decals for Vehicles Registered as Custom Vehicles. –
The director is hereby authorized to design and to issue, under such rules as the director deems appropriate, distinctive identifying decals to be placed on the windshield of a custom vehicle at the time of registration designating the vehicle as a custom vehicle. Such decal shall be issued only upon receipt of a duly executed certificate in a format designated by the director indicating the year and make of the body that the custom vehicle resembles or was based upon and verifying that the vehicle is garaged and maintained in the state, that the vehicle is in fact a custom vehicle as defined in RSA 259:17-a, and that the vehicle is not intended for daily commuting use. A special fee in the amount of $15 shall be paid for the identifying decal. This special fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee and shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited to the highway fund. Any state trooper or any individual who is authorized by the director to perform motor vehicle inspections provided by RSA 266:1, V is hereby authorized to perform the verification required by this section. A certificate of verification and decal issued under this section shall be transferable in the event the vehicle described by such certificate is sold or the ownership is otherwise transferred or conveyed. A vehicle displaying a custom vehicle identifying decal shall not be required to display a number plate on the front of the vehicle.
Source.
2010, 353:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:89-e - Identification of Roadable Aircraft.

261:89-e Identification of Roadable Aircraft. –
Roadable aircraft as defined in RSA 259:91-a shall be identified using the federally issued tail number and shall not be required to display an additional license plate or decal.
Source.
2020, 33:34, eff. Sept. 22, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:90 - Official Cover Plates.

261:90 Official Cover Plates. –
Upon payment of a fee, the director may issue and shall designate official cover plates with the reproduction of the state seal thereon to be affixed to a vehicle of United States senators from this state, representatives to congress from this state, the governor, members of the governor's council, the president of the senate, members of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, members of the house of representatives, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the President of the United States and members of his or her executive staff, and any ambassador or member of the foreign diplomatic corps. The fee for official cover plates shall be $1 in addition to any other number plate manufacturing fee otherwise required. The official cover plates, exclusive of the seal, shall be white with green lettering, which shall alternate with red lettering every other biennium. Official cover plates shall have the title of the person requesting the plates, except for members of the governor's council whose plates shall have their council district numbers embossed on them, and members of the general court, whose plates shall have their house seat numbers or their senate district numbers embossed on them unless the president of the senate, for members of the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, for members of the house of representatives, shall designate a title for their plates. The president of the senate, or a designee, and the speaker of the house of representatives, or a designee, shall provide the director with input as needed on the cover plate design for members of the general court. The director shall not issue more than 2 sets of official cover plates to any person. Official cover plates may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates or the name of the spouse of a member of the general court, or any vehicle being operated by a member of the general court. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the issuance of regular motor vehicle plates and the payment of the registration fee therefor. Official cover plates shall be manufactured at the state prison and the prison shall provide the plates to the department at the prison's cost.
Source.
RSA 260:10-b. 1967, 314:1. 1971, 493:2. 1973, 163:2. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 253:2. 2005, 295:1. 2010, 368:25, eff. Dec. 31, 2010. 2016, 145:1, eff. July 26, 2016. 2019, 346:148, eff. July 1, 2019. 2023, 150:2, eff. Sept. 26, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:90-a - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(48), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

261:90-a Repealed by 2010, 368:1(48), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:91 - Special Number Plates.

261:91 Special Number Plates. –
Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director shall issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, justices of the supreme and superior courts, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, "Live Free or Die," written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions, and the liquor commission, division of enforcement and licensing. Special number plates issued to members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates. Special plates for active duty members of the armed forces shall be distinct from special number plates for veterans.
Source.
1953, 81:1. RSA 260:10. 1955, 28:1; 143:2. 1957, 136:1. 1973, 163:1. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 253:1. 1998, 28:1. 2005, 295:3. 2008, 100:1; 138:2. 2013, 170:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2013. 2023, 150:1, eff. Sept. 26, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:91-a - Commemorative License Plates.

261:91-a Commemorative License Plates. –
The director is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A for the design, sale, and distribution by towns and cities celebrating the centennial, bicentennial, tricentennial, sesquicentennial, or sestercentennial of the founding of the town or city or similar special occasion in the history of the town or city, and the display of said plates in place of the front license plate on vehicles for a period not to exceed one year, during which the celebration is taking place.
Source.
2004, 209:3, eff. June 11, 2004. 2018, 152:1, eff. July 29, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:92 - Publicly Owned Vehicles; Nonprofit Corporations.

261:92 Publicly Owned Vehicles;  Nonprofit Corporations. –
The director shall have the authority to prescribe special rules relative to registration of vehicles owned and driven by the government of the United States, the state, or by any county, city, town, regional planning commission, school district, volunteer fire department, eligible nonprofit corporation operating transportation under contract with the department of transportation for the public or for elderly or disabled persons, or public or private educational institution used for the purpose of student driver training, and may issue permanent number plates for such vehicles. Said vehicles displaying said number plates shall be deemed to be properly registered under the provisions of this title and may be driven upon the ways of the state without further registration or subsequent number plates.
Source.
1945, 4:1. 1953, 252:5. RSA 262:14. 1981, 146:1. 1992, 150:6. 2000, 200:7, eff. July 29, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 261 - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles › Section 261:93 - Civil Air Patrol Vehicles.

261:93 Civil Air Patrol Vehicles. –
For the purposes of RSA 261:92, motor vehicles owned by or issued to, and driven by, the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol, shall be deemed as owned and driven by the government of the United States.
Source.
RSA 262:14-a. 1957, 20:1. 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 261:94 - Expiration of Official Cover Plates and Special Number Plates.

261:94 Expiration of Official Cover Plates and Special Number Plates. –
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law any official cover plates and special number plates which are issued to elected or appointed officials who have a term of office shall expire at the expiration of their terms of office or upon their retirement, resignation, disqualification, expulsion, or death, whichever comes first.
Source.
RSA 260:11-a. 1959, 226:1. 1971, 493:1. 1981, 146:1. 2005, 295:4, eff. Sept. 25, 2005.