215-C:1 Definitions
215-C:2 Bureau Responsibilities
215-C:3 Rulemaking
215-C:3-a Administrative Fines
215-C:4 Frozen Surface of a Public Body of Water; Back Lake Speed Limit
215-C:5 Limitation on Use of Lake or Pond Used by Ice Fishermen
215-C:6 Vehicles on Sand Dunes Prohibited
215-C:7 Operation on Open Water Prohibited
215-C:8 Operation of Snowmobiles
215-C:9 Limitations of Snowmobile Operation on Class I, II, and III Highways
215-C:10 Limitations of Snowmobile Operation on Class I, II, III, and III-a Highways
215-C:28 Manufacturing Specification Requirements
215-C:29 Snowmobiles Must be Submitted to Sound Tests
215-C:29-a Protective Headgear
215-C:30 Snowmobile Required Equipment
215-C:31 Regulations of Political Subdivisions
215-C:32 Enforcement
215-C:33 Snowmobile Fines
215-C:34 Penalties and Owner/Operator Responsibilities
215-C:35 Loaded Firearms Forbidden
215-C:36 Registration
215-C:37 Transfer of Registration
215-C:38 Missing or Damaged Decals or Plates
215-C:38-a Duplicate Registration
215-C:39 Registration Fees
215-C:44 Vehicles Exempted from Fee
215-C:45 Snowmobile Dealers and Rental Agents
215-C:46 New Owner Notification of Laws
215-C:47 Reciprocity
215-C:48 Financial Responsibility and Conduct After an Accident
215-C:49 Snowmobile Operation and License
215-C:50 Events
215-C:51 State Parks and Forests
215-C:52 General Administration
215-C:53 Snowmobile Statistics; Safety
215-C:54 Removal or Defacing Signs or Markers
215-C:55 Posted Land
215-C:56 Operating Budget
215-C:57 Rockingham Recreational Trail
215-C:59 Online Payment of Fees

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 215-C - Snowmobiles

  • Accompanied by: or "accompany" means when a person is within sight and when actual physical direction and control can be effected. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • accompany: means when a person is within sight and when actual physical direction and control can be effected. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Antique snowmobile: means a snowmobile which is any of the following:
    (a) A snowmobile manufactured prior to the year 1995; or
    (b) An antique motor vehicle converted to travel over snow, manufactured prior to 1940. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bureau: means the bureau of trails in the department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cowl: means the forward portion of a snowmobile surrounding the motor. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dealer: means a person in the snowmobile or OHRV business who sells snowmobiles to the general public, or demonstrates for sale snowmobiles on consignment to the general public. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the fish and game department. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • legislative body: shall mean a town meeting, school district meeting, village district meeting, city or town council, mayor and council, mayor and board of aldermen, or, when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county convention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:47
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Off highway recreational vehicles: shall not include snowmobiles as defined in this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Operate: in all its moods and tenses, when it refers to a snowmobile, means to use that vehicle in any manner for transportation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Operator: means a person riding on or in, and who is in actual physical control of, a snowmobile or OHRV. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Owner: means any person, other than a lienholder, having title to a snowmobile. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Public water: means any public body of water as defined by N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Public way: means any public highway, street, sidewalk, avenue, alley, park or parkway, or any way that is funded by state, city, town, county, or the federal government, or laid out by statute, or any parking lots open for use by the public or vehicular traffic, or any frozen surface of a public body of water; provided, however, the off highway portion of any trail established specifically for snowmobiles shall not be a public way. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rental agent: means a person licensed under N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Resident: means a resident of the state as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
  • Snowmobile: means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is designed to travel over ice or snow supported in part by skis, tracks, or cleats. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Snowmobile club: means an organized, dues-paying group of snowmobile users with bylaws, registered with the secretary of state as a nonprofit organization. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Snowmobile trails maintenance vehicle: means any mechanically-propelled vehicle used to maintain snowmobile trails or cross country ski trails, classified by the chief of the bureau of trails. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Snowmobiles: shall not include OHRVs as defined in RSA 215-A. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
  • Trail connector: means that specific portion of an snowmobile trail or cross country ski trail on which a snowmobile trail maintenance vehicle may operate authorized within a state highway right-of-way by the department of transportation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Traveled portion: means all areas of a public highway between the plowed snowbanks. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1
  • Youth model snowmobile: means a snowmobile that is equipped with an internal combustion engine with a maximum piston displacement of 125 cubic centimeters. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-C:1