261:3 Exempted Vehicles.

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NH Code › Title XXI › Chapter 261 › Section 3

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I. No certificate of title need be obtained for: (a) A vehicle owned by the United States or owned or operated by the New Hampshire National Guard; (b) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing; (c) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state; (d) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state; (e) A vehicle moved solely by animal power; (f) An implement of husbandry; (g) Special mobile equipment; (h) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle; (i) A snowmobile as defined in RSA 259:102; (j) Trailers with gross weight of less than 3,001 pounds; (k) Any motor vehicle whose manufacturer's model year is before the year 2000, except heavy trucks and truck-tractors whose gross vehicle weight exceeds 18,000 pounds. (l) A roadable aircraft as defined in RSA 259:91-a. II. RSA 262:1 to 5 inclusive do not apply to: (a) A vehicle moved solely by animal power; (b) An implement of husbandry; (c) Special mobile equipment; (d) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle.

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