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RSA 261 · CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
MOTOR VEHICLES · Official source
- RSA 261:1 · When Certificate Required
- RSA 261:10 · Withholding of Certificate; Bond Requirement
- RSA 261:100 · Amount of Bond Required
- RSA 261:101 · Dealers Association Bond
- RSA 261:102 · Penalty
- RSA 261:103 · Repealed by 2010, 290:6, eff. Sept. 11, 2010
- RSA 261:103-a · Dealer License Required
- RSA 261:103-b · Unlicensed Sales Prohibited
- RSA 261:104 · Registration
- RSA 261:105 · Repealed by 1997, 179:21, I, eff. June 17, 1997
- RSA 261:106 · Additional Business Locations
- RSA 261:107 · Repealed by 1997, 179:21, II, eff. June 17, 1997
- RSA 261:108 · Loaning Plates Prohibited
- RSA 261:109 · Temporary Plates; Courtesy Delivery
- RSA 261:11 · Refusal of Certificate
- RSA 261:110 · Notice of Sale
- RSA 261:111 · Retail Vehicle Dealer's Use of Dealer Registration
- RSA 261:111-a · Manufacturer Registrations
- RSA 261:112 · Application for Motorcycle and Moped Registration; Validity of Motorcycle Registration
- RSA 261:113 · Registration for Motorcycle and Moped Dealers
- RSA 261:114 · Application for Transporter Registration
- RSA 261:115 · Transporter Plates
- RSA 261:116 · Use of Transporter Registration
- RSA 261:117 · Loaning of Plates Prohibited
- RSA 261:118 · Additional Business Locations
- RSA 261:119 · Application for Utility Dealer Registration
- RSA 261:12 · Duplicate Certificate
- RSA 261:120 · Utility Dealer Registration
- RSA 261:121 · Use of Utility Plates
- RSA 261:122 · Limitation on Use of Utility Plates
- RSA 261:123 · Registration and Plates
- RSA 261:124 · Application
- RSA 261:125 · Certificate of Registration
- RSA 261:126 · Additional Business Locations
- RSA 261:127 · Number of Plates
- RSA 261:128 · Use of Junk Plates
- RSA 261:129 · Use of Motor Vehicles
- RSA 261:13 · Certificate of Origin
- RSA 261:130 · Retention of Vehicles or Parts
- RSA 261:131 · Automotive Recycling Dealer to Keep a Record Book
- RSA 261:132 · Premises May be Entered
- RSA 261:133 · Revocation of Automotive Recycling Dealer
- RSA 261:134 · Automotive Recycling Dealer Rules
- RSA 261:135 · Penalty
- RSA 261:136 · Application for Repairer Registration
- RSA 261:136-a · Use of Repairer Registration
- RSA 261:137 · Number of Plates
- RSA 261:138 · Use of Repair Plates
- RSA 261:139 · Use of Cars
- RSA 261:14 · Transfer of Interest in Vehicle
- RSA 261:140 · Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m
- RSA 261:140-a · Auto Wholesale Dealer Registration and Plates
- RSA 261:140-b · Use of Auto Wholesale Dealer Registration
- RSA 261:140-c · Repealed by 1997, 179:21, III, eff. June 17, 1997
- RSA 261:140-d · Additional Business Locations
- RSA 261:141 · Fees to be Collected
- RSA 261:141-a · Repealed by 1985, 261:12, II, eff. Oct. 1, 1985
- RSA 261:141-b · Processing Fee to be Collected
- RSA 261:141-c · Electric Vehicle Registration Fee to be Collected
- RSA 261:142 · Weight in Computation of Fees
- RSA 261:143 · Classification Determined by Director
- RSA 261:144 · Fees for Carrying Added Load
- RSA 261:145 · Exemption for Publicly Owned Vehicles
- RSA 261:146 · Exemption for Emergency Vehicles
- RSA 261:147 · Manufacturing Fee, Number Plates
- RSA 261:148 · Permit Required
- RSA 261:149 · Repealed by 1985, 93:1, eff. May 10, 1985
- RSA 261:15 · Resale by a Dealer
- RSA 261:150 · Transfer Credits
- RSA 261:151 · Refunds
- RSA 261:152 · Preparation of Documents
- RSA 261:153 · Fees for Registration Permits
- RSA 261:154 · Additional Fees for Registration Permits
- RSA 261:155 · Optional Referendum, Two-Thirds Vote of Governing Body, on Permit Fees
- RSA 261:156 · Collection of Insufficient Fund Checks
- RSA 261:157 · Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans
- RSA 261:157-a · Local Option; Exemption for Certain Other Veterans
- RSA 261:158 · Exemption for Publicly Owned and Emergency Vehicles
- RSA 261:159 · Exemption for Blind Veterans
- RSA 261:16 · Involuntary Transfers
- RSA 261:160 · Collection of Permit Fees in Unorganized Places
- RSA 261:161 · Expiration of Permits
- RSA 261:162 · Taxation of Motor Vehicles Prohibited
- RSA 261:163 · Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees
- RSA 261:164 · Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees
- RSA 261:165 · Accounting for Receipts of Permit Fees
- RSA 261:17 · Joint Tenancy With Rights of Survivorship
- RSA 261:176 · Misuse or Failure to Display Plates
- RSA 261:176-a · Counterfeiting or Duplication of Number Plates
- RSA 261:177 · Penalties; Dealers, Utility Dealers, Auto Recycling Dealers, Transporters, and Repairers
- RSA 261:178 · Suspension of Registration of Vehicle
- RSA 261:179 · Suspension or Denial of Registration for Abandoning Vehicle
- RSA 261:18 · Liens; Fee
- RSA 261:180 · Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration
- RSA 261:181 · Refusal or Revocation of Registration Based on Federal Prohibition From Operating in Interstate Commerce
- RSA 261:182 · Grounds for Refusal of Motor Carrier Registration Based on Fraud or Ineligibility
- RSA 261:19 · Fee to Accompany Applications
- RSA 261:2 · Final Date
- RSA 261:20 · Fees
- RSA 261:21 · Issuance of New Certificate
- RSA 261:22 · Destruction of Vehicles; Total Loss, Salvage, and Rebuilt Vehicles
- RSA 261:23 · Certain Liens and Security Interests Not Affected
- RSA 261:23-a · Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause; Vehicle Leases That are Not Sales or Security Interests
- RSA 261:24 · Perfecting of Security Interest
- RSA 261:25 · Duties on Creation of Security Interest
- RSA 261:26 · Assignment of Security Interest
- RSA 261:27 · Release of Security Interest
- RSA 261:28 · Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning the Security Agreement
- RSA 261:29 · Method of Perfecting Interest Exclusive
- RSA 261:2-a · Registration of Certain Title Exempted Vehicles
- RSA 261:3 · Exempted Vehicles
- RSA 261:30 · Suspension or Revocation of Certificate
- RSA 261:31 · Powers and Duties of Director
- RSA 261:31-a · Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee
- RSA 261:32 · Exemption of Previously Registered Vehicle
- RSA 261:33 · Issuance of Distinctive Certificate
- RSA 261:34 · Perfection of Security Interest
- RSA 261:35 · Perfection Under Other Statute
- RSA 261:36 · Filing of Notices of Security Interest
- RSA 261:37 · Assignment of Security Interest
- RSA 261:38 · Release of Interest
- RSA 261:39 · Lienholder to Furnish Information Concerning Security Agreement
- RSA 261:4 · Application for Certificate
- RSA 261:40 · Registration Required
- RSA 261:40-a · Unified Carrier Registration Required
- RSA 261:40-b · [RSA 261:40-b effective upon satisfaction of the contingency specified in 2025, 241:3.] 261:40-b Rental Fleet Passenger Vehicle Registration Program
- RSA 261:41 · Exemption of Vehicles Owned by Military Personnel
- RSA 261:41-a · Registration, Equipment, and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Utility Vehicles
- RSA 261:41-b · Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles; Exemption for Compact Utility Tractor
- RSA 261:41-c · Roadable Aircraft; Registration
- RSA 261:42 · Permits Required
- RSA 261:43 · Reciprocal Fines and Penalties
- RSA 261:44 · Operation Without Registration; Reciprocity
- RSA 261:45 · Obligation to Register Vehicle
- RSA 261:45-a · Members of Armed Services; Government Employees Deployed Abroad; Registration; Residency
- RSA 261:46 · Nonresident Registration
- RSA 261:46-a · Registration of Foreign Nationals
- RSA 261:47 · Neutral Zone Privilege
- RSA 261:48 · Repealed by 1987, 151:10, I, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m
- RSA 261:49 · Agreement
- RSA 261:4-a · Antique Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Title
- RSA 261:5 · Implement of Husbandry or Special Mobile Equipment
- RSA 261:50 · Powers of Administrator
- RSA 261:51 · Withdrawal
- RSA 261:52 · Application for Registration
- RSA 261:52-a · Repealed by 2021, 91:99, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 2025
- RSA 261:52-b · Re-Registration by Residents Temporarily Traveling Out of the State
- RSA 261:52-c · Registration or Re-Registration by Residents Without a Permanent Street Address
- RSA 261:52-d · Indication of Contact Address
- RSA 261:53 · Application of Minors
- RSA 261:54 · Age Limit for Registrants
- RSA 261:55 · Change of Address or Name
- RSA 261:56 · Temporary Permit and Plates Pending Registration
- RSA 261:56-a · Repealed by 2024, 330:4, eff. Sept. 1, 2024
- RSA 261:57 · [RSA 261:57 effective January 1, 2026; see also RSA 261:57 set out below.] 261:57 Twenty-Day Registration
- RSA 261:57-a · Temporary Registrations and Number Plates
- RSA 261:57-b · In-Transit Registration
- RSA 261:58 · Registration Record and Certificate
- RSA 261:59 · Possession of Certificate Required
- RSA 261:59-a · Proof of Valid Registration
- RSA 261:6 · Department to Check Vehicle Identification Number
- RSA 261:60 · Copies of Listings; Prima Facie Evidence
- RSA 261:61 · Improper Use of Evidence of Registration or Title
- RSA 261:62 · Expiration of Registration
- RSA 261:63 · Emergency Extension of Registration
- RSA 261:64 · Construction Equipment and Implements of Husbandry
- RSA 261:65 · Repealed by 2016, 145:2, II, eff. July 26, 2016
- RSA 261:66 · Transfer of Ownership
- RSA 261:67 · New Certificate
- RSA 261:68 · Members of Armed Forces; Refunds
- RSA 261:69 · Repealed by 1983, 230:19, III, eff. Aug. 17, 1983
- RSA 261:7 · Issuance of Certificate; Records
- RSA 261:70 · Repealed by 1983, 230:19, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 1983
- RSA 261:71 · Payment of Resident Tax Required
- RSA 261:71-a · Payment of Federal Heavy Truck Use Tax Required
- RSA 261:72 · Affidavit Required
- RSA 261:72-a · Repealed by 1998, 207:9, I, eff. June 18, 1998
- RSA 261:72-b · Repealed by 1998, 207:9, II, eff. June 18, 1998
- RSA 261:73 · Penalty for False Statements
- RSA 261:74 · Registration of Vehicles Without Safety Glass Prohibited
- RSA 261:74-a · Agents Appointed
- RSA 261:74-b · Qualifications and Training of Agents
- RSA 261:74-c · Duties of Agents
- RSA 261:74-d · Additional Fees Charged by Agents
- RSA 261:74-e · Examination of Records
- RSA 261:74-f · Revocation of Agency Status
- RSA 261:74-g · Rulemaking
- RSA 261:74-h · Appointment of Dealer Agents
- RSA 261:74-i · Duration of Appointment
- RSA 261:74-j · Qualifications and Training of Dealer Agents
- RSA 261:74-k · Duties of Dealer Agents
- RSA 261:74-l · Security and Record-Keeping Requirements
- RSA 261:74-m · Examination of Dealer Agent Records
- RSA 261:74-n · Collection of Fees
- RSA 261:74-o · Optional Electronic Vehicle Registration Charge
- RSA 261:74-p · Proof of Residency
- RSA 261:74-q · Revocation or Suspension of Agency Status
- RSA 261:74-r · Rulemaking
- RSA 261:74-s · Agreements With Electronic Vehicle Registration Integrators
- RSA 261:75 · Number Plates
- RSA 261:75-a · Number Plate Checks by Law Enforcement
- RSA 261:75-b · [RSA 261:75-b repealed by 2016, 78:3, II, effective January 1, 2027.] 261:75-b Use of Number Plate Scanning Devices Regulated
- RSA 261:75-c · Special Registration Plate Symbol
- RSA 261:76 · Number of Plates
- RSA 261:77 · Use of Plates
- RSA 261:78 · Repealed by 1987, 151:10, II, eff. July 1, 1987 at 12:01 a.m
- RSA 261:79 · Repealed by 1997, 252:5, III, eff. Aug. 18, 1997
- RSA 261:8 · Information in Certificate
- RSA 261:80 · Number Plates for Mopeds
- RSA 261:81 · Repealed by 2017, 24:1, I, eff. April 25, 2017
- RSA 261:81-a · Registration of Other Motorized Devices
- RSA 261:82 · Agricultural Plates
- RSA 261:83 · Farm Tractor Plates
- RSA 261:84 · Farm Plates
- RSA 261:85 · Repealed by 2017, 24:1, II, eff. April 25, 2017
- RSA 261:86 · Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans
- RSA 261:87 · Repealed by 1999, 291:2, I, eff. Sept. 14, 1999
- RSA 261:87-a · Repealed by 1999, 291:2, II, eff. Sept. 14, 1999
- RSA 261:87-b · Special Number Plates for Veterans
- RSA 261:87-c · Gold Star Number Plates
- RSA 261:88 · Walking Disability Plates and Placards
- RSA 261:89 · Vanity Number Plates
- RSA 261:89-a · Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates
- RSA 261:89-b · Number Plates for Vehicles Registered as Street Rods
- RSA 261:89-c · Vehicle Identification Number for Street Rods and Custom Vehicles
- RSA 261:89-d · Identifying Decals for Vehicles Registered as Custom Vehicles
- RSA 261:89-e · Identification of Roadable Aircraft
- RSA 261:9 · Delivery of Certificate
- RSA 261:90 · Official Cover Plates
- RSA 261:90-a · Repealed by 2010, 368:1(48), eff. Dec. 31, 2010
- RSA 261:91 · Special Number Plates
- RSA 261:91-a · Commemorative License Plates
- RSA 261:91-b · [RSA 261:91-b repealed by 2025, 126:2, effective July 4, 2027.] 261:91-b 250th Anniversary of American Independence Commemorative License Plates
- RSA 261:92 · Publicly Owned Vehicles; Nonprofit Corporations
- RSA 261:93 · Civil Air Patrol Vehicles
- RSA 261:94 · Expiration of Official Cover Plates and Special Number Plates
- RSA 261:95 · Refund for Unused Vehicle Plates
- RSA 261:96 · Lost or Mutilated Plates
- RSA 261:97 · Rulemaking Authority on Dealer Number Plates
- RSA 261:97-a · Conservation Number Plates
- RSA 261:97-b · Conservation Number Plate Fund
- RSA 261:97-c · Use of Funds
- RSA 261:97-d · New Hampshire Conservation Number Plate Advisory Committee; Duties; Meetings
- RSA 261:97-e · Plate Use
- RSA 261:97-f · Report
- RSA 261:98 · Bond Required
- RSA 261:99 · Filing of Bond