§ 261:82 — Agricultural Plates

New Hampshire § 261:82

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Ch. 261: CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
• Subdivision: Number Plates

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I. A truck, truck-tractor, tractor, or cargo van shall qualify for agricultural registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration only within a 20 mile radius from the main entrance to the farm upon which said vehicle is driven, and may be used for the following purposes:
(a) Transportation of agricultural products for delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market.
(b) Non-commercial hauling of firewood harvested on the farm.
(c) Hauling animals, hay, fertilizer, feed, livestock, poultry, agricultural supplies, farm workers or other supplies or farm products in connection with the registrant's farming operation.
(d) Hauling household rubbish or garbage from the farm to a disposal site.
(e) Hauling or towing implements of husbandry.
II. Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in paragraph I, a vehicle registered under this section may be used to transport animals and agricultural products to agricultural fairs and exhibits for exhibition purposes only.
III. A vehicle registered under this section shall not be used for the purpose of transporting goods for sale or hire, including the common or contract carriage of freight or merchandise, or for commuting to and from a place of employment, or for leisure activities.
IV. This section shall be construed as authorizing the holder of agricultural plates, or a driver authorized by the holder, to operate the vehicle while it is empty so long as it is being used generally to accomplish the purposes allowed in this section, and to transport within such vehicle incidental personal property such as food, tools, and clothing. The holder or authorized driver may operate the vehicle for purposes that are incidental to the purposes in paragraph I, including, but not limited to, stops at a school or place of business during travel authorized by paragraph I.
V. (a) To be eligible for the issuance of an agricultural vehicle registration for agricultural and farming purposes, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide. This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.
I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of trucks, tractor-trucks, tractors, or cargo vans registered under RSA 261:82, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only for agricultural and farming purposes and uses incidental thereto, within a 20 mile radius of the main entrance of the farm upon which the vehicle is to be driven.
Signed:
Date:
Copies to:
Town or City Clerk
Applicant
(b) To be eligible for the issuance of an agricultural vehicle registration in support of commercial fishing operations, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide. This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.
I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of trucks, tractor-trucks, tractors, or cargo vans registered under RSA 261:82, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only in support of commercial fishing operations, within a 10 mile radius of the main entrance to the docking area of the commercial fishing boats it is supporting.
Signed:
Date:
Copies to:
Town or City Clerk
Applicant
VI. A truck, truck-tractor, tractor, or cargo van shall qualify for agricultural registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration if:
(a) It is used exclusively in support of commercial fishing operations; and
(b) It is driven within a 10 mile radius from the main entrance to the docking area of the commercial fishing boats it is supporting; and
(c) It is used only for the transportation of commercial fishing products for delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market or in support of maintenance or operations of the fishing boat and transportation of the crew.

Legislative History

1905, 86:2, 3. 1909, 154:1, 2. 1911, 133:26. 1913, 81:6; 171:1, 2. 1915, 129:8. 1917, 229:7. 1919, 161:6. 1921, 119:25. 1923, 75:11. 1925, 87:1; 137:1. PL 102:1. 1927, 53:2; 94:1. 1933, 170:2. 1935, 45:1; 73:5. 1939, 48:1; 66:1; 132:5, 6; 161:1, 2; 189:4; 190:8. RL 118:1. 1945, 48:1. 1947, 107:2; 118:1; 177:7; 273:1, 2. 1949, 37:1. 1951, 24:1; 144:2. 1953, 76:1; 252:1, 2, 6. RSA 262:1. 1955, 144:1. 1957, 235:1. 1965, 240:3. 1971, 113:1. 1977, 314:5; 487:3. 1978, 38:1. 1981, 146:1; 320:1, 2. 1982, 12:1. 1985, 213:9. 1986, 24:1. 1991, 77:1, 2. 2012, 120:1, 2, eff. June 5, 2012. 2016, 97:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. 2018, 62:1, eff. July 24, 2018.