CHAPTER 25
HB 310 – FINAL VERSION
15Apr2015… 1316EBA
2015 SESSION
08/03
HOUSE BILL 310
AN ACT relative to reporting the destruction of motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5
This bill requires the reporting of the destruction of motor vehicles to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System.
This bill is a request of the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Apr2015… 1316EBA
15-0769
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to reporting the destruction of motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
25:1 Destruction of Vehicles; Total Loss, Salvage, and Rebuilt Vehicles. RSA 261:22, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I.(a) The owner of a facility where any motor vehicle is first crushed, shredded, baled, or sheared shall submit within 30 days to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), supported by the United States Department of Justice, as required by federal law, an electronic file which shall also be sent to the department containing such information as is necessary to:
(1) Identify the vehicle when it was brought to the facility; and
(2) Provide contact information for all parties identified on the electronic file.
(b) For purposes of this section, “facility” means the motor vehicle salvage facility, as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XI-b, or other location at which a vehicle is crushed, shredded, baled, or sheared.
(c) The certificate of title for the vehicle shall be assigned to the facility and submitted to the department, unless one is not required for the vehicle under RSA 261:3, and any other information and documents the director reasonably requires.
(d) Any vehicle that has been crushed, shredded, baled, or sheared in the state shall be accompanied while being transported on the ways of the state by either a copy of the electronic report sent to NMVTIS or some alternative means, approved by the department, of certifying that such submission was made.
25:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
Approved: May 7, 2015
Effective Date: January 1, 2016