New Hampshire § 261-176 - Section 261:176 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 261-176 — Section 261:176 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 261-176. Section 261:176 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates.
I. Any person who knowingly attaches or permits to be attached to a vehicle a number plate assigned by the department, or authority of any other jurisdiction, to another vehicle or who knowingly obscures or permits to be obscured the figures or letters on any number plate attached to any vehicle or who knowingly and deliberately fails to display on a vehicle the number plates and the registration number duly issued therefor shall be guilty of a violation. II. Any person who applies or permits to be applied any covering to a license plate that is colored, smoked, or tinted shall be guilty of a violation. III. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $150.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 261-176 ("Section 261:176 Misuse or Failure to Display Plates.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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