CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
RSA tit. XXI, ch. 261
in effectContents
section261:1. When Certificate Required.section261:2. Final Date.section261:2-a. Registration of Certain Title Exempted Vehicles.section261:3. Exempted Vehicles.section261:4. Application for Certificate.section261:4-a. Antique Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Title.section261:5. Implement of Husbandry or Special Mobile Equipment.section261:6. Department to Check Vehicle Identification Number.section261:7. Issuance of Certificate; Records.section261:8. Information in Certificate.section261:9. Delivery of Certificate.section261:10. Withholding of Certificate; Bond Requirement.section261:11. Refusal of Certificate.section261:12. Duplicate Certificate.section261:13. Certificate of Origin.section261:14. Transfer of Interest in Vehicle.section261:15. Resale by a Dealer.section261:16. Involuntary Transfers.section261:17. Joint Tenancy With Rights of Survivorship.section261:18. Liens; Fee.section261:19. Fee to Accompany Applications.section261:20. Fees.section261:21. Issuance of New Certificate.section261:22. Destruction of Vehicles; Total Loss, Salvage, and Rebuilt Vehicles.section261:23. Certain Liens and Security Interests Not Affected.section261:23-a. Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause; Vehicle Leases That are Not Sales or Security Interests.section261:24. Perfecting of Security Interest.section261:25. Duties on Creation of Security Interest.section261:26. Assignment of Security Interest.section261:27. Release of Security Interest.section261:28. Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning the Security Agreement.section261:29. Method of Perfecting Interest Exclusive.section261:30. Suspension or Revocation of Certificate.section261:31. Powers and Duties of Director.section261:31-a. Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee.section261:32. Exemption of Previously Registered Vehicle.section261:33. Issuance of Distinctive Certificate.section261:34. Perfection of Security Interest.section261:35. Perfection Under Other Statute.section261:36. Filing of Notices of Security Interest.section261:37. Assignment of Security Interest.section261:38. Release of Interest.section261:39. Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning Security Agreement.section261:40. Registration Required.section261:40-a. Unified Carrier Registration Required.section261:40-b. Rental Fleet Passenger Vehicle Registration Program.section261:41. Exemption of Vehicles Owned by Military Personnel.section261:41-a. Registration, Equipment, and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Utility Vehicles.section261:41-b. Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Compact Utility Tractor.section261:41-c. Roadable Aircraft; Registration.section261:42. Permits Required.section261:43. Reciprocal Fines and Penalties.section261:44. Operation Without Registration; Reciprocity.section261:45. Obligation to Register Vehicle.section261:45-a. Members of Armed Services; Government Employees Deployed Abroad; Registration; Residency.section261:46. Nonresident Registration.section261:46-a. Registration of Foreign Nationals.section261:47. Neutral Zone Privilege.section261:49. Agreement.section261:50. Powers of Administrator.section261:51. Withdrawal.section261:52. Application for Registration.section261:52-b. Re-Registration by Residents Temporarily Traveling Out of the State.section261:52-c. Registration or Re-Registration by Residents Without a Permanent Street Address.section261:52-d. Indication of Contact Address.section261:53. Application of Minors.section261:54. Age Limit for Registrants.section261:55. Change of Address or Name.section261:56. Temporary Permit and Plates Pending Registration.section261:57. Twenty-Day Registration.section261:57-a. Temporary Registrations and Number Plates.section261:57-b. In-Transit Registration.section261:58. Registration Record and Certificate.section261:59. Possession of Certificate Required.section261:59-a. Proof of Valid Registration.section261:60. Copies of Listings; Prima Facie Evidence.section261:61. Improper Use of Evidence of Registration or Title.section261:62. Expiration of Registration.section261:63. Emergency Extension of Registration.section261:64. Construction Equipment and Implements of Husbandry.section261:66. Transfer of Ownership.section261:67. New Certificate.section261:68. Members of Armed Forces; Refunds.section261:71. Payment of Resident Tax Required.section261:71-a. Payment of Federal Heavy Truck Use Tax Required.section261:72. Affidavit Required.section261:73. Penalty for False Statements.section261:74. Registration of Vehicles Without Safety Glass Prohibited.section261:74-a. Agents Appointed.section261:74-b. Qualifications and Training of Agents.section261:74-c. Duties of Agents.section261:74-d. Additional Fees Charged by Agents.section261:74-e. Examination of Records.section261:74-f. Revocation of Agency Status.section261:74-g. Rulemaking.section261:74-h. Appointment of Dealer Agents.section261:74-i. Duration of Appointment.section261:74-j. Qualifications and Training of Dealer Agents.section261:74-k. Duties of Dealer Agents.section261:74-l. Security and Record-Keeping Requirements.section261:74-m. Examination of Dealer Agent Records.section261:74-n. Collection of Fees.section261:74-o. Optional Electronic Vehicle Registration Charge.section261:74-p. Proof of Residency.section261:74-q. Revocation or Suspension of Agency Status.section261:74-r. Rulemaking.section261:74-s. Agreements With Electronic Vehicle Registration Integrators.section261:75. Number Plates.section261:75-a. Number Plate Checks by Law Enforcement.section261:75-b. Use of Number Plate Scanning Devices Regulated.section261:75-c. Special Registration Plate Symbol.section261:76. Number of Plates.section261:77. Use of Plates.section261:80. Number Plates for Mopeds.section261:81-a. Registration of Other Motorized Devices.section261:82. Agricultural Plates.section261:83. Farm Tractor Plates.section261:84. Farm Plates.section261:86. Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans.section261:87-b. Special Number Plates for Veterans.section261:87-c. Gold Star Number Plates.section261:88. Walking Disability Plates and Placards.section261:89. Vanity Number Plates.section261:89-a. Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates.section261:89-b. Number Plates for Vehicles Registered as Street Rods.section261:89-c. Vehicle Identification Number for Street Rods and Custom Vehicles.section261:89-d. Identifying Decals for Vehicles Registered as Custom Vehicles.section261:89-e. Identification of Roadable Aircraft.section261:89-f. Vanity Registration Plates for Amateur Radio Operators.section261:90. Official Cover Plates.section261:91. Special Number Plates.section261:91-a. Commemorative License Plates.section261:91-b. 250th Anniversary of American Independence Commemorative License Plates.section261:92. Publicly Owned Vehicles; Nonprofit Corporations.section261:93. Civil Air Patrol Vehicles.section261:94. Expiration of Official Cover Plates and Special Number Plates.section261:95. Refund for Unused Vehicle Plates.section261:96. Lost or Mutilated Plates.section261:97. Rulemaking Authority on Dealer Number Plates.section261:97-a. Conservation Number Plates.section261:97-b. Conservation Number Plate Fund.section261:97-c. Use of Funds.section261:97-d. New Hampshire Conservation Number Plate Advisory Committee; Duties; Meetings.section261:97-e. Plate Use.section261:97-f. Report.section261:97-g. Special Veteran Number Plates.section261:97-h. New Hampshire First for Veterans Number Plate Fund.section261:97-i. Use of Funds.section261:97-j. Plate Use.section261:97-k. New Hampshire First for Veterans Number Plate Advisory Commission.section261:97-l. Agency Reports.section261:98. Bond Required.section261:99. Filing of Bond.section261:100. Amount of Bond Required.section261:101. Dealers Association Bond.section261:102. Penalty.section261:103-a. Dealer License Required.section261:103-b. Unlicensed Sales Prohibited.section261:104. Registration.section261:106. Additional Business Locations.section261:108. Loaning Plates Prohibited.section261:109. Temporary Plates; Courtesy Delivery.section261:110. Notice of Sale.section261:111. Retail Vehicle Dealer's Use of Dealer Registration.section261:111-a. Manufacturer Registrations.section261:112. Application for Motorcycle and Moped Registration; Validity of Motorcycle Registration.section261:113. Registration for Motorcycle and Moped Dealers.section261:114. Application for Transporter Registration.section261:115. Transporter Plates.section261:116. Use of Transporter Registration.section261:117. Loaning of Plates Prohibited.section261:118. Additional Business Locations.section261:119. Application for Utility Dealer Registration.section261:120. Utility Dealer Registration.section261:121. Use of Utility Plates.section261:122. Limitation on Use of Utility Plates.section261:123. Registration and Plates.section261:124. Application.section261:125. Certificate of Registration.section261:126. Additional Business Locations.section261:127. Number of Plates.section261:128. Use of Junk Plates.section261:129. Use of Motor Vehicles.section261:130. Retention of Vehicles or Parts.section261:131. Automotive Recycling Dealer to Keep a Record Book.section261:132. Premises May be Entered.section261:133. Revocation of Automotive Recycling Dealer.section261:134. Automotive Recycling Dealer Rules.section261:135. Penalty.section261:136. Application for Repairer Registration.section261:136-a. Use of Repairer Registration.section261:137. Number of Plates.section261:138. Use of Repair Plates.section261:139. Use of Cars.section261:140-a. Auto Wholesale Dealer Registration and Plates.section261:140-b. Use of Auto Wholesale Dealer Registration.section261:140-d. Additional Business Locations.section261:141. Fees to be Collected.section261:141-b. Processing Fee to be Collected.section261:141-c. Electric Vehicle Registration Fee to be Collected.section261:142. Weight in Computation of Fees.section261:143. Classification Determined by Director.section261:144. Fees for Carrying Added Load.section261:145. Exemption for Publicly Owned Vehicles.section261:146. Exemption for Emergency Vehicles.section261:147. Manufacturing Fee, Number Plates.section261:148. Permit Required.section261:150. Transfer Credits.section261:151. Refunds.section261:152. Preparation of Documents.section261:153. Fees for Registration Permits.section261:154. Additional Fees for Registration Permits.section261:155. Optional Referendum, Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body, on Permit Fees.section261:156. Collection of Insufficient Fund Checks.section261:157. Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans.section261:157-a. Local Option; Exemption for Certain Other Veterans.section261:158. Exemption for Publicly Owned and Emergency Vehicles.section261:159. Exemption for Blind Veterans.section261:160. Collection of Permit Fees in Unorganized Places.section261:161. Expiration of Permits.section261:162. Taxation of Motor Vehicles Prohibited.section261:163. Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees.section261:164. Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees.section261:165. Accounting for Receipts of Permit Fees.section261:176. Misuse or Failure to Display Plates.section261:176-a. Counterfeiting or Duplication of Number Plates.section261:177. Penalties; Dealers, Utility Dealers, Auto Recycling Dealers, Transporters, and Repairers.section261:178. Suspension of Registration of Vehicle.section261:179. Suspension or Denial of Registration for Abandoning Vehicle.section261:180. Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration.section261:181. Refusal or Revocation of Registration Based on Federal Prohibition From Operating in Interstate Commerce.section261:182. Grounds for Refusal of Motor Carrier Registration Based on Fraud or Ineligibility.
Source: New Hampshire General Court (gc.nh.gov)URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-XXI-261.htmFetched: 10/20/2026