New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:180 – Mandatory Suspension or Revocation of Registration
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I. No person shall register any type of motor vehicle in this state while his license is under revocation or suspension for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section. Any person who registers a vehicle while his license is under suspension or revocation for any reason under paragraph III shall be guilty of a violation, and shall have his registration revoked.
II. A person whose license is under suspension or revocation for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section who registers a vehicle shall not be entitled to a refund of either the municipal permit fee or the registration fee.
III. The commissioner, when suspending a driver‘s license or privilege to drive because the driver is an habitual offender or has been convicted of negligent homicide involving the use of a motor vehicle, manslaughter involving the use of a motor vehicle, a subsequent offense of driving or attempting to drive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, or any other chemical substance, natural or synthetic, which impairs a person’s ability to drive under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:2, I, or aggravated driving while intoxicated or attempted aggravated driving while intoxicated under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:3, shall also revoke the registration of any vehicle registered to the individual whose license is being revoked or suspended, for the period of revocation or suspension of the license or privilege to drive.
IV. The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to RSA 541-A, a system for providing a hardship registration for an additional fee of $10 on a vehicle registered to a person whose license is under suspension or revocation and whose registration has also been suspended or revoked pursuant to this section.
II. A person whose license is under suspension or revocation for any of the reasons listed in paragraph III of this section who registers a vehicle shall not be entitled to a refund of either the municipal permit fee or the registration fee.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:180
- Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:13
- Driver: shall mean a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:25
- Habitual offender: means any resident or nonresident person whose record, as maintained in the office of the division, shows that such person has accumulated convictions in the number provided in paragraph I, II or III of this section for those offenses listed therein and committed within a 5-year period, based on the date of the offense. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:39
- License: shall mean any driver's license or any other license or permit to drive a vehicle issued under the laws of this state or a reciprocating state including:
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:48 - Motor vehicle: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:60 - Person: shall mean the same as provided in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:74
- Revocation: shall mean the termination by formal action of the department or of a court of competent jurisdiction of a person's driver's license or privilege to drive on the ways of this state, or of any other license, registration or permit issued by the department. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:90
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106 - Suspension: shall mean the temporary withdrawal by formal action of the department or of a court of competent jurisdiction of a person's driver's license or privilege to drive a vehicle on the ways of this state, or any other license, registration or permit issued by the department, which temporary withdrawal shall be for a period specifically designated by the department or court and until the reissuance of the license, registration, permit or privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:107
- Vehicle: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:122
III. The commissioner, when suspending a driver‘s license or privilege to drive because the driver is an habitual offender or has been convicted of negligent homicide involving the use of a motor vehicle, manslaughter involving the use of a motor vehicle, a subsequent offense of driving or attempting to drive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, or any other chemical substance, natural or synthetic, which impairs a person’s ability to drive under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:2, I, or aggravated driving while intoxicated or attempted aggravated driving while intoxicated under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:3, shall also revoke the registration of any vehicle registered to the individual whose license is being revoked or suspended, for the period of revocation or suspension of the license or privilege to drive.
IV. The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to RSA 541-A, a system for providing a hardship registration for an additional fee of $10 on a vehicle registered to a person whose license is under suspension or revocation and whose registration has also been suspended or revoked pursuant to this section.