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State of New HampshireTitle and Anti-TheftHandbookDepartment of SafetyDivision of Motor Vehicles23 Hazen Drive, Concord NH 03305July 2011John J. BarthelmesCommissioner of SafetyRichard C. Bailey Jr.Director of Motor Vehicles
Bureau of TitleContact InformationFAX: 271-0369Public Phone Lines:227-4150227-4160223-8778 –NH State Police Troop GWebpages:www.nh.govwww.nh.gov/safety/dmv(NH Title forms)www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ (US Import Vehicle forms)E-mail:priscilla.vaughan@dos.nh.govPriscilla Vaughan, Supervisordenise.bodwell@dos.nh.govDenise Bodwell, Title Review Officerrebecca.heitz@dos.nh.govRebecca Heitz, Cash Terminal Supervisor6
Table of ContentsPart I: General InformationA.B.C.D.E.F.Title and Registration History .New Hampshire Title Law and Title Samples Certificates of Origin .VIN Information .Codes .Probate Court Information .Fees .13910121920G.Part II: The Title ApplicationA. Lienholder Codes . . 27Part III: Vehicle Titling RequirementsA.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.Title Assignment Requirements 3460-Day Temporary Registration Requirements & out of state. 39Title Search Requirements . 43Abandoned or Unclaimed Vehicles & Mechanic’s LienRequirements 44Antique Vehicle Requirements 53Bankruptcy, & Repossessed Vehicle Requirements . 55Canadian & Direct Import Vehicle Requirements 56Divorce, Wills & Survivorship Circumstances . 60Duplicate Title Requirements 61Exempt Vehicle Requirements . 65Federal or State Governments or Driver Education SchoolsVehicles Requirements . . 66“Glider Kits”, Homemade Trailers, Reconstructed, & SalvagedVehicle Requirements . 68Salvage locations and salvage application 70Junks . 74Part IV: Dos and Don’tsA.B.C.D.Recommended Guidelines for Pay-Offs City and Town Clerk Recommendations .Licensed Dealer Recommendations .Lienholder Recommendations .Part V: Index of Topics 8083858890Part VI: Revision Information 92
Part I:General InformationA.Title and Registration History . 1Why Is A Title Or Registration Needed?The Truth-In-Mileage ActB.New Hampshire Title Law . 3Title Brands in New HampshireSamples:Gold bond titleIntaglio printed titlesComputer generated titlesC.Certificates of Origin . 9Samples:Certificate of OriginD.VIN Information . 11Samples:New Hampshire Issued VIN DecalE.Codes . . 12Suspension CodesCorporation CodesState AbbreviationsZip CodesF.Probate Courts of New Hampshire Contact Information . 19G.Fees . 20
Why Is A Title Or A Registration Needed?The History of Titles. By the early 1900’s, the motor car was rapidly replacing the horse-drawn carriage as thestandard means of transportation. At first, automobiles were regarded as noisy nuisances, but as their numbersincreased and the accident rate soared, it became apparent that governmental regulations were needed to control thedangers the automobile presented.Determining automobile ownership was one means of controlling the operation of motor vehicles, and in 1901, NewYork became one of the first states to establish a uniform statewide licensing and registration code. By 1909,Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania had passed similar laws. Gradually, all the states recognized the value ofautomobile registration in establishing ownership in case of theft, and liability in case of accident.Titling of motor vehicles was a later refinement of the traffic code which, by mid-century, had become an acceptedpractice for a majority of the states. Maryland initially adopted the titling process in 1921. All states currently havetitle laws, the last being Kentucky in 1984.The U.S. Congress passed the Highway Safety Act of 1966 to assist states in improving their motor vehicleregistration and titling programs through the development of an adequate information system. This system would aidin the rapid and efficient identification of vehicles and vehicle owners. The need for these guidelines was necessarysince the type of vehicle and vehicle owner information maintained varied from state to state. Some states had notitling systems and vehicle registration was limited to maintaining a file of license plate numbers assigned to namedindividuals. Under this Act, the U.S. Department of Transportation was given the responsibility to develop uniformguidelines and to assist the states in their implementation. Presently, all of the states have laws and regulations thatrequire motor vehicles to be legally registered and titled. Each state has charged an agency with the overallresponsibility for administering a program to register and title vehicles.The administration of a registration and titling program involves a detailed and complex system of law, datacollection and processing, vehicle licensing, and services which impact vehicle manufacturers, dealers, individuals,insurance companies, and other state agencies. The purpose of motor vehicle registration and titling is to obtain andmaintain accurate information about 1) the vehicles principally garaged or driven in the state, and 2) the vehicleowners. This is accomplished through the issuance of motor vehicle registration of ownership. The registration andtitling information relative to vehicles and owners is maintained in New Hampshire by the Division of MotorVehicles and is used to support activities in highway safety law enforcement, accident investigation, highway andtraffic research on vehicle safety, and to communicate vehicle and owner information accurately between states.Motor vehicle registration is the process of identifying a specific vehicle and its owner in order to permit theDivision of Motor Vehicles to issue a registration certificate and registration plates. This will give the vehicleoperator the legal privilege to operate the vehicle on public highways. The following information is normallycontained on an automobile registration certificate: name and address of the owner, vehicle make, vehicle body type,model year, vehicle identification number (VIN) and registration plate numbers or letters. The registration certificatemust be in the vehicle whenever it is operated on a public highway, readily available in the event of a traffic or lawenforcement stop or for a vehicle accident. This is to ensure that the vehicle is legally permitted to operate on thepublic roads and to aid in rapid identification of the vehicle and vehicle owner(s).The certificate of title is primarily issued to the vehicle owner by the Division of Motor Vehicles to certify theownership of a motor vehicle and is also used to record information concerning liens (outstanding charges against thevehicle known at the time of title issuance). The following minimum information is contained on a certificate of title:name and address of owner, vehicle make, vehicle body type, model year, VIN, title number, and lienholderinformation. If the vehicle owner wants to sell or transfer the vehicle to a new owner, the title provides space toidentify the new owner and record the odometer mileage reading at the time of sale or transfer.The certificate of title should be treated as an important document by the owner and should be stored in a securelocation, for example, a safe deposit box. For security reasons, the title should not be stored in the vehicle. Titles aremore secure than a registration certificate since they are difficult to counterfeit and harder to steal. Remember, bothregistration certificates and certificates of title are used to establish ownership, however, the certificate of title is theonly real evidence of ownership. Note: Canada and Germany do not issue titles therefore, the registration is used toshow ownership.1
The title is one of the key documents for maintaining the chain of ownership, since it will identify the previousowner and title, specifically by including the previous title number and state of issuance in the title. It will: Provide motor vehicle departments with data about previous owners, and therefore, aid in the searching ofregistration and titling files to locate previous records.Provide a readily identifiable ownership chain, which would describe the history of the vehicle.Make it more difficult for fraudulent evidence of ownership to be obtained.During the life of a vehicle, only one certificate of title can be legally valid at any one time. In most states,registrations are renewed annually, that is, a new registration certificate is issued each year. However, a new title isonly issued whenever the vehicle is sold to a new owner. The new owner must turn in the seller’s title to ensure thatonly one title is in force. The vehicle remains titled until it is destroyed, dismantled or becomes exempt from thetitle law.In addition to issuing certificates of registration and title, other uses of vehicle and owner information are asfollows: Maintain a record of safety related identifying information for each vehicle.Record the name and address of the owner.Provide for effective anti-theft and stolen vehicle recovery programs.Provide a means for linking vehicle and ownership information for highway and traffic safety studies,research, and accident and injury investigations.To aid law enforcement personnel in obtaining registration and owner information rapidly and accurately.Provide a database of information that can be exchanged between motor vehicle departments in other states.Protect the public in their buying and selling of motor vehicles.Provide a paper trail of odometer disclosure.The Truth-In-Mileage Act. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that odometerfraud costs consumers up to 4.1 billion a year! The 1986 federal Truth-In-Mileage Act makes odometertampering a felony and requires that mileage be stated on titles in all states by April of 1989. The governmenthopes that tighter titling requirements will establish a clear paper trail of ownership and odometer disclosure,making fraud more difficult.New Hampshire first recorded odometer readings on “gold” bond titles in 1968, (see sample page 3), and laterprinted secure intaglio titles, (see sample page 4), which were introduced on January 1, 1983. The Truth-InMileage Act required New Hampshire to further modify the wording and requirements of the assignments onthe back of New Hampshire titles, and also redesign the supplementary reassignment forms TDMV 17A and25A in order to retain their use. (See page 34 for guidelines on completing assignments on titles.)2
New Hampshire Title LawThe Title Law, (RSA: 261), in the State of New Hampshire became effective on September 1, 1968. The Bureau ofTitle and Anti-Theft in the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Safety, administers the regulations setforth by this law. This Bureau is located in Concord, New Hampshire, where all titles are centrally issued.Initially, the State of New Hampshire issued “gold” bond titles starting September 1, 1968, (see sample below). Thistype of title was merely a title application reproduced onto goldenrod colored check line safety paper. These types oftitles were discontinued on December 31, 1982 and were replaced by titles printed on highly secure intaglio paper.The intaglio title initially had the title application reproduced and printed on the face of the title, (see sample on page4), then later went to a computer generated title, (sample page 5), starting on January 1, 1991. Lastly, starting March1, 1996, the Title Bureau began issuing the green computer generated titles that are currently in use. These titlescontain the highest of security features in the paper and printing, (see sample on page 6).Gold bond titlesample, issued from9/1/68 – 12/31/82.3
Intaglio title sample,issued from 1/1/8312/31/90.4
Computer generatedtitle on intaglio paper,issued from 1/1/93 –12/31/1995.5
Revised computer generated title(green), issued from3/1/1996 – 6/30/20106
Revised computer generated title (green) 81/2 X 11, issued from 7/1/2011 – present.7
Applications for titles are mailed or delivered to the Title Bureau through New Hampshire licensed dealers, town andcity clerks, or financial institutions. Once proper fees are recorded, the applications and supporting documents areexamined individually to determine that the legal ownership of each subject vehicle has been established and that allliens have been recorded. After examination, each vehicle identification number (VIN) is submitted to the NationalCrime Information Center (NCIC) computer bank for a check against any reported vehicle theft in this or any otherstate. Then the vehicle identification number, owner’s name, and title number are computerized for the Bureau’spermanent record. Once the title is issued, it is mailed to the owner or lienholder named on the title application. In1986, the Title Bureau issued a record 330,000 titles. By January 3, 2000, the Title Bureau had issued a total of8,202,300 titles.Title Brands. “Branding” titles is basically a consumer protection device in which various legends are recorded onthe title document to convey a possible status of the vehicle. These legends are especially important to all concernedparties, as the legends may have an effect on the valuation of the vehicle. At the present time, New Hampshire willcarry over any legend represented on the supporting documents such as a Certificate of Origin or the existing title.Approximately 20,000 titles with various brands and legends are issued each year out of a total of over 300,000.These brands are typed on the face of the title under the word “legend”. Sample legends or brands are as follows:ACTUAL MILEAGEADDIT'L LIENS ON FILEANTIQUE VEHICLEBONDED VEHICLECD RACCONTACT TITLE BUREAUDIRECT IMPORT VEHICLEDRACDUPLICATEEXCEEDS MECHANICAL LIMITSFLOOD DAMAGED VEHICLEFRACGLIDER KITHOMEMADE VEHICLELEMON LAWMANUFACTURER BUYBACKMAY BE AN UNDISC. LIENMILEAGE IN KILOMETERSNO ODOMETERNON-RESIDENT8NOT ACTUAL MILEAGEPRIOR DAMAGEREBUILT VEHICLERECONSTRUCTED VEHICLERECOVERED THEFTREPLICA VEHICLESALVAGETRACVEHICLE IN TRUST
Certificate of OriginThe Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin (MCO), also known as the Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin (MSO), isprepared and issued by the vehicle manufacturer for a new vehicle and is considered the “birth certificate”, (seesample below). The certificate is a document that serves as proof of ownership for a previously unregistered newvehicle. The MCO gives the name of the manufacturer, make, model, year, the manufacturer’s vehicleidentification number, the engine number, and the number of engine cylinders. The MCO is also used as a record ofthe dealers who have handled the car prior to its being sold and registered.New Hampshire law requires that when the manufacturer delivers a new vehicle in this state to its agent orfranchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver a certificate of origin in the form prescribed by theDirector of the Division of Motor Vehicles. No person shall bring into the state of New Hampshire any newvehicle(s) unless the certificate of origin is possessed as prescribed by the Director of the DMV. When a newvehicle is sold in the state, the dealer assigns the certificate of origin over to the purchaser and the certificatebecomes the supporting document to the title application. Any and all certificates of origin should be surrenderedwith the title application. The actual document must be on bank note or watermark and security thread papercontaining security features promulgated by the Director of Motor Vehicles.9
Vehicle Identification NumberStarting in 1968, all domestic passenger cars were assembled with the VIN plate attached to the left side of the dashor instrument panel, visible through the windshield. The exceptions to this rule are the Corvette, manufactured priorto 1984, and several import vehicles, which have the VIN plate affixed to the left side windshield post.Vehicle Identification Numbers Standardization. Beginning with the 1981 model year, the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, required manufacturers selling over-the-road vehiclesin the United States to affix to the vehicles a 17-character vehicle identification number (VIN) plate. This standardestablishes a format that applies to all passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers, andincomplete vehicles and motorcycles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less. (See example andexplanation of a VIN below.) A VIN format is as follows: The first three characters of the VIN are designated the WMI (World ManufacturersIdentification). The WMI uniquely identifies the nation of origin, manufacturer, make and typeof vehicle. The second section has five characters and has been designated the VDS (Vehicle DescriptionSection). The VDS uniquely identifies the attributes of the vehicle such as model, body style,engine, etc. The third section of the VIN is located after the check digit. It is eight characters in length andis called the VIS (Vehicle Identification Section). The first character represents the vehicle’smodel year, (see chart on next page), the second character represents the plant of manufacture.The last six characters represent the sequential production number.Sample VIN:1 F A B P 2 8 A 6 F F 1 4 3 8 9 0Check DigitVehicleDescriptionSectionVehicle Identification SectionF Vehicle Model Year (see codes next page)F Plant of Manufacturer143890 Sequential Production NumberWorld Manufacturer Identification (WMI)1 Nation of OriginF ManufacturerA Make and Model10
Vehicle Model Year Codes, (the tenth digit in the VIN):1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ABCDEFGHJK1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 LMNPRSTVWX2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Y1234567892010 A2011 B2012 C2013 D2014 E2015 F2016 GState Issued Vehicle Identification Number. Depending on the manufacturer, the VIN plate is attached usingaluminum, stainless steel or plastic pop rivets, rosette rivets, or sheet metal screws. Since 1974, some manufacturersare using VIN plates with both concealed and exposed rivets.New Hampshire state law RSA 262:9 reads: “Penalty for Removing. No person shall willfully remove, deface,obliterate, change, or cause to be removed, obliterated, defaced, or changed any factory, serial, or other identificationnumber or mark on or from any motor vehicle. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of amisdemeanor.” Under the Division’s Official Inspection Station Rules and Regulations, if the VIN plate is missingor has been tampered with (missing pop rivets, obviously removed and re-attached, etc.), the vehicle is to be rejectedand a NH State Police Troop G officer contacted, (phone: 271-3339).Normally, when the VIN plate has been tampered with it means the recovery of a stolen vehicle. However, there areinstances where a VIN plate has rusted out, or has been removed while making repairs, such as replacing a dash onsome foreign vehicles. In such a repair situation, the NH State Police Troop G must be contacted to render priorapproval of the VIN plate removal.In these cases mentioned, once the true identity of the vehicle is established, a state issued decal, (see sample below),is affixed for the purpose of identification and confirmation that the Director of Motor Vehicles has assigned aspecial identification number for the purposes of registration, title, and inspection requirements (RSA 262:6).Once removed or tampered with, the V
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