Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 262:7

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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
  • Vehicle: shall mean :
    I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:122
  • Vehicle identification number: shall mean a unique distinguishing number issued by a vehicle manufacturer to a particular vehicle and stamped or embossed on a permanent part of the vehicle or on a plate provided by the manufacturer for that purpose, or such unique distinguishing number issued by the motor vehicle titling authority of this or any other state in lieu of a manufacturer's number. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:123
Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a motor vehicle or an engine for a motor vehicle, knowing that a vehicle identification number of said motor vehicle or engine has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, if upon discovery by any person that a vehicle identification number has been removed, defaced, obliterated, or changed, he shall report the same to the nearest police station and shall not be charged with a violation of this section.