{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-261-3","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 261:3","heading":"Exempted Vehicles.","body":"I. No certificate of title need be obtained for:\n(a) A vehicle owned by the United States or owned or operated by the New Hampshire National Guard;\n(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;\n(c) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state;\n(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;\n(e) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;\n(f) An implement of husbandry;\n(g) Special mobile equipment;\n(h) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle;\n(i) A snowmobile as defined in RSA 259:102;\n(j) Trailers with gross weight of less than 3,001 pounds;\n(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.\n(l) A roadable aircraft as defined in RSA 259:91-a.\nII. RSA 262:1 to 5 inclusive do not apply to:\n(a) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;\n(b) An implement of husbandry;\n(c) Special mobile equipment;\n(d) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle.","path":["Title XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES","Chapter 261: CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","Certificate of Title"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/261/261-3.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:34:19Z","sha256":"4de08069dd4fc76d45940c8b065963a792943543381f372925e0078a9bfd39fa","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-261-2-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-261-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}