Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1498 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1498
AN ACT relative to obscured figures or letters on number plates attached to motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1
This bill modifies the penalties for obscuring figures or letters on number plates attached to motor vehicles.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2556
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to obscured figures or letters on number plates attached to motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Improper Use of Evidence of Registration or Title. Amend RSA 261:61, I-II to read as follows:
I. No person shall lend to another any certificate of title, registration certificate, number plate, temporary permit, or other permit issued to him or her if the person desiring to borrow the same would not be entitled to the use thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit the use of any of the same by one not entitled thereto, nor shall any person display upon a vehicle any registration certificate, number plate, or permit assigned by the director or authority of any other jurisdiction not issued to such vehicle or otherwise lawfully used under this chapter, or knowingly obscure or permit to be obscured so that they become unreadable the figures or letters on any number plate attached to any motor vehicle.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $150. For a first offense involving obscured figures or letters other than the plate number and numbered decals, the fine shall be waived if the person removes the obstruction within 10 days of the offense.
2 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates. Amend RSA 261:176, I-II to read as follows:
I. Any person who knowingly attaches or permits to be attached to a vehicle a number plate assigned by the department, or authority of any other jurisdiction, to another vehicle or who knowingly obscures or permits to be obscured so that they become unreadable the figures or letters on any number plate attached to any vehicle or who knowingly and deliberately fails to display on a vehicle the number plates and the registration number duly issued therefor shall be guilty of a violation.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $150. For a first offense involving obscured figures or letters other than the plate number and numbered decals, the fine shall be waived if the person removes the obstruction within 10 days of the offense.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.