Section 261:3 Exempted Vehicles.


   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 older than 15 years, except heavy trucks and truck-tractors whose gross vehicle weight exceeds 18,000 pounds.
   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.

Source. RSA 269-A:2. 1967, 357:1. 1969, 488:3; 504:1, 2. 1977, 458:1. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 54:1. 1998, 202:1; 202:2; 202:3; 202:4; 202:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. 2006, 90:11, eff. July 1, 2006 at 12:01 a.m.