Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 261:89-a - Antique Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, or Trailer PlatesI. The director may permit the owner of an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle, as defined in RSA 259:4, or trailer, as defined in paragraph II of this section, to use a registration plate which was issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer was manufactured, provided the motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer is registered as an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer under this chapter, and the number of the antique plate is recorded with the director. Registration plates issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle was manufactured may be affixed to both the front and rear of the antique motor vehicle, to either the front or rear of the antique motorcycle, and to the rear of the farm tractor or antique trailer for any such vehicle with a year of manufacture of 1975 or earlier if the registration plate matching the registration certificate is carried within the antique motor vehicle, so long as the number on the antique plate is not in use on another motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer. Any antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer bearing a registration plate with the year of manufacture shall also carry, within it, a valid antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer registration certificate and a permit issued under this section.II. For the purposes of this section, "trailer" means any vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying passengers or property wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle.Amended by 2022 , 27: 2, eff. 6/17/2022.Amended by 2016 , 16: 1, eff. 6/14/2016.Amended by 2014 , 270: 1, eff. 1/1/2015.Amended by 2012 , 123: 1, eff. 8/4/2012. 1991, 73:1. 1998, 193:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.