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RSA 261:87-c · Gold Star Number Plates

Title
XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter
261 · CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Status
current
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261:87-c Gold Star Number Plates. –

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Source note

Source. 2006, 262:1. 2008, 100:2, eff. May 28, 2008. 2018, 128:1, eff. July 29, 2018.

Source history

  • 2006, 262:1
  • 2008, 100:2, eff. May 28, 2008
  • 2018, 128:1, eff. July 29, 2018

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