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RSA 266:10 · Height

Title: XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter: 266 · EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
Status: current
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No vehicle, except a vehicle transporting manufactured housing or modular buildings, whose total height including load is greater than 13 feet, 6 inches, shall be driven on the ways of this state.

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No manufactured housing or modular building whose total height is greater than 14 feet, 6 inches, shall be transported on the ways of this state. Transport of a manufactured housing unit or modular building that exceeds a total height of 13 feet, 6 inches shall require a non-police escort, equipped in accordance with any rules established by the department of transportation under RSA 21-L:12-a. Source. 1949, 85:1. RSA 263:66. 1981, 146:1. 2004, 182:1, eff. July 31, 2004.

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Source. 1949, 85:1. RSA 263:66. 1981, 146:1. 2004, 182:1, eff. July 31, 2004.

Source history

1949, 85:1. RSA 263:66
1981, 146:1
2004, 182:1, eff. July 31, 2004

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