Please reference the new regulations regarding plate covers, side exhaust on antiques and handlebars for motorcycles.

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 therefore 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. RSA 262:27-c. 1967, 281:1. 1973, 528:140. 1979, 358:13. 1981, 146:1. 2005, 177:36, eff. July 1, 2005. 2021, 55:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

266:77 Handlebars. – It shall be illegal to drive a motorcycle with improvised, defective, or repaired handlebars.
Source. RSA 263:29-a. 1967, 443:1. 1975, 422:1. 1981, 146:1. 2002, 30:1, eff. June 7, 2002. 2017, 48:1, eff. July 11, 2017.

266:117 Equipment Authorized for Antique Motor Vehicles. – Exhaust systems discharging along the side of the vehicle shall be allowed on antique motor vehicles, provided the exhaust discharge point is to the rear edge of either door if the vehicle has 2 doors and to the rear edge of either rear door if the vehicle has 4 doors, and any such system shall direct exhaust gas away from the vehicle.
Source. 2022, 81:1, eff. July 19, 2022.

If you have any questions concerning this notification, please contact the Dealer Inspection Desk at 603-227-4120