{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-261-36","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 261:36","heading":"Filing of Notices of Security Interest.","body":"I. The department shall file each notice of security interest received by it with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by it:\n(a) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;\n(b) Under the vehicle identification number; and\n(c) In the discretion of the director, by any other method he determines.\nII. The department need not maintain, in the record provided for in paragraph I, any reference to a security interest in a previously registered vehicle after the department files a notice of release of the security interest or issues a certificate of title of the vehicle containing the name of the lienholder.\nIII. The department, before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title, shall check the name of the owner and the vehicle identification number against the record provided for in paragraph I.","path":["Title XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES","Chapter 261: CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","Previously Registered Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/261/261-36.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:34:19Z","sha256":"3618373753a398052495fb481324d8d5f46cc21690b7502f7a2d720eaea78b8a","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-261-35","next":"us-nh/rsa-261-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}