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RSA 262:7 · Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number

Title: XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter: 262 · ANTITHEFT LAWS, OFFENSES, PENALTIES, HABITUAL OFFENDERS, ARREST OF NONRESIDENTS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES
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262:7 Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number. – Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, knowing that a vehicle identification number of said motor vehicle or engine has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, if upon discovery by any person that a vehicle identification number has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed, he shall report the same to the nearest police station and shall not be charged with a violation of this section. Source. RSA 260:7-a. 1967, 214:1. 1973, 528:132. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

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Source. RSA 260:7-a. 1967, 214:1. 1973, 528:132. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

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1967, 214:1
1973, 528:132
1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982
RSA 260:7-a

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t when determining the reasonable fee in a requested hearing conducted by the department of safety.] 4 New Section; Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. Amend RSA 262 by inserting after section 35-a the following new section: 262:35-b Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. I. This section shall apply to any tow of a motor vehicle performed at the direction of a
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t when determining the reasonable fee in a requested hearing conducted by the department of safety.] 4 New Section; Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. Amend RSA 262 by inserting after section 35-a the following new section: 262:35-b Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. I. This section shall apply to any tow of a motor vehicle performed at the direction of a
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r to 1981 where removal is reasonably necessary for repair or restoration. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Restoration and Repair; Pre-1981 Vehicles. Amend RSA 262:7 to read as follows: 262:7 Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number. I. Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, knowing that a ve
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cessary for repair or restoration. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Restoration and Repair; Pre-1981 Vehicles. Amend RSA 262:7 to read as follows: 262:7 Changed or Removed Vehicle Identification Number. I. Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, knowing that a vehicle i
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t when determining the reasonable fee in a requested hearing conducted by the department of safety.] 4 New Section; Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. Amend RSA 262 by inserting after section 35-a the following new section: 262:35-b Notice of Right to Dispute Towing and Storage Charges. I. This section shall apply to any tow of a motor vehicle performed at the direction of a