New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:64 – Construction Equipment and Implements of Husbandry
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I. A resident owner of construction equipment, or a nonresident owner of such equipment who has a bona fide actual residence in a state granting like privileges to residents of this state shall not be required to register such equipment in this state if used at worksites and trailered from location to location or to cross highways to access contiguous property. To register construction equipment, as defined under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:42, the fee shall be $25 except for the following rubber-tired equipment; excavators, front end loaders, backhoes, graders, or construction equipment towed on a permanent trailer, such as a generator, which shall be assessed based on weight utilizing the following scale: for equipment that weighs up to 7,500 lbs., the fee shall be $25; for equipment from 7,501 lbs. to 15,000 lbs., the fee shall be $50; for equipment from 15,001 lbs. to 50,000 lbs., the fee shall be $100; for equipment from 50,001 lbs. to 80,000 lbs., the fee shall be $200; and for all equipment over 80,000 lbs., the fee shall be $300.
II. Owners of implements of husbandry shall not be required to register such implements in this state.
III. Implements of husbandry shall not be operated on toll roads or on the interstate and defense highway system. When implements of husbandry not meeting the definition of a tractor in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:108 are moved over any other way, the power unit shall display in a conspicuous location an identifying decal or plate issued by the division. The identifying decal or plate issued by the division is not a registration and shall not require the municipal permit for registration described in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:148. The fee for each identifying decal or plate shall be $15 for an implement weighing no more than 15,000 pounds and $25 for an implement weighing 15,001 pounds or more. The identifying decal or plate shall not require annual renewal but shall expire upon a change of ownership of the implement. The director may adopt rules pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A specifying the location for display of the identifying decal or plate, specifying such limitations as the director deems necessary for the safety of other highway users by restricting speeds of operation and operation after daylight hours, and specifying safety, conspicuity, and lighting equipment requirements.
II. Owners of implements of husbandry shall not be required to register such implements in this state.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:64
- Construction equipment: shall mean all bulldozers, rollers, scrapers, graders, spreaders, pavers, bituminous mixers, retreading machines, compressors, power shovels, excavators, backhoes, wagons, concrete mixers, generators, message boards, wood chippers, bucket loaders, snow loaders, rooters, scarifiers and construction tractors, and such other items of equipment which in the opinion of the director should be classified as construction equipment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:42
- Director: shall mean the director of the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:20
- Division: shall mean the division of motor vehicles in the department of safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:22
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Nonresident: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:67 - Owner: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:72 - Resident: shall mean a resident of the state as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:88
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106 - Tractor: shall mean : any self-propelled vehicle designed or used for agricultural purposes or as a traveling power plant or for drawing other vehicles, but having no provision for carrying a load other than attached implements such as snowplows, tool boxes, or bucket loaders, but shall not include vehicles used for recreational purposes or agricultural/industrial utility vehicles as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:108
- Trailer: shall mean any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle, except those running exclusively on snow or on stationary tracks and vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:113
- Way: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:125
III. Implements of husbandry shall not be operated on toll roads or on the interstate and defense highway system. When implements of husbandry not meeting the definition of a tractor in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:108 are moved over any other way, the power unit shall display in a conspicuous location an identifying decal or plate issued by the division. The identifying decal or plate issued by the division is not a registration and shall not require the municipal permit for registration described in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:148. The fee for each identifying decal or plate shall be $15 for an implement weighing no more than 15,000 pounds and $25 for an implement weighing 15,001 pounds or more. The identifying decal or plate shall not require annual renewal but shall expire upon a change of ownership of the implement. The director may adopt rules pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A specifying the location for display of the identifying decal or plate, specifying such limitations as the director deems necessary for the safety of other highway users by restricting speeds of operation and operation after daylight hours, and specifying safety, conspicuity, and lighting equipment requirements.