215-C:1 Definitions. – As used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: I. " Accompanied by, " or " accompany " means when a person is within sight and when actual physical direction and control can be effected. II. " Antique snowmobile […]
215-C:10 Limitations of Snowmobile Operation on Class I, II, III, and III-a Highways. – I. A person shall not operate a snowmobile on the traveled portions or the plowed snowbanks adjacent to class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highways. II. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, a person […]
215-C:11 to 215-C:27 Repealed by 2006, 260:37, XXXV, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. –
215-C:2 Bureau Responsibilities. – I. The bureau of trails, established in RSA 215-A:2, shall have the responsibility to provide coordination between the department of natural and cultural resources, division of forests and lands, the fish and game department, and the department of transportation, with respect to matters pertaining to snowmobiles and OHRVs. II. In […]
215-C:28 Manufacturing Specification Requirements. – I. No person shall sell, offer to sell, or operate in this state, a snowmobile manufactured after July 1, 1981, unless it meets the minimum safety standards for snowmobile product certification of the Snowmobile Safety and Certification Committee in effect at the time of its manufacture, including the standards […]
215-C:29 Snowmobiles Must be Submitted to Sound Tests. – I. The operator or owner of any snowmobile shall, when required by any law enforcement officer, submit his or her vehicle to a sound test conducted according to the applicable provisions of RSA 215-C:28. II. The executive director may adopt sound level limits and test […]
215-C:29-a Protective Headgear. – No person under the age of 18 shall operate any snowmobile within this state without wearing eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218. Source. 2008, 345:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
215-C:3 Rulemaking. – The commissioner of the department of cultural and natural resources, as a member of the bureau of trails, shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. The use and control of snowmobile trails, facilities, and lands under bureau control or lease; II. Complete and specific procedures relative to the distribution […]
215-C:3-a Administrative Fines. – I. The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $250 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of the department’s administrative rules. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of […]
215-C:30 Snowmobile Required Equipment. – I. No person shall operate a snowmobile unless it is equipped with: (a) At least one, but not more than 2 headlights, all in working order, when operating at any time during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise. (b) One or more rear […]
215-C:31 Regulations of Political Subdivisions. – I. With bylaws or ordinances city or town councils and boards of selectmen may regulate the operation of snowmobiles within city or town limits, providing they do not conflict with provisions of this chapter. II. Speed limits for snowmobiles traveling on the frozen surface of Turtle Pond, also […]
215-C:32 Enforcement. – I. The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by all duly authorized representatives of the department of fish and game and by every police and law enforcement officer including, but not limited to, members of the state police, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, policemen, and constables and all persons empowered to make […]
215-C:33 Snowmobile Fines. – I. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint for a violation of any law or any rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, brought by a conservation officer of the New Hampshire fish and game department, is prosecuted shall remit the amount of any fine or forfeiture […]
215-C:34 Penalties and Owner/Operator Responsibilities. – I. (a) Unless otherwise provided, any person who violates this chapter or any rule relating thereto shall be guilty of a violation. In addition thereto, the operator or owner or both of any snowmobile shall be responsible and held accountable: (1) To the owner of any lands where […]
215-C:35 Loaded Firearms Forbidden. – No person shall carry on a snowmobile, or a trailer towed by same, any firearms unless said firearm is unloaded. This section shall not apply to law enforcement officers carrying firearms in the course of duty or to pistols or revolvers carried by any person who is not prohibited […]
215-C:36 Registration. – I. Registration of a snowmobile or OHRV does not constitute a license to operate the vehicle on private land. Any person operating a snowmobile upon the land of another shall stop and identify himself or herself upon the request of the landowner or a duly authorized representative and, if requested, shall […]
215-C:37 Transfer of Registration. – I. A person who conveys to another the ownership of his or her registered snowmobile may register in his or her name another snowmobile for the remainder of that registration year, at a reduced rate of $17.50, provided that the reverse side of the registration form is completely filled […]
215-C:38 Missing or Damaged Decals or Plates. – The original white registration certificate shall be returned to a snowmobile registration agent completed on the reverse side with the probable date lost; the reason the decals or plates are missing, specifying, for example, lost, destroyed, or stolen; and the signature of the owner. The snowmobile […]
215-C:38-a Duplicate Registration. – A registration certificate which is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed may be replaced by a duplicate registration, upon payment of a fee of $5 and completion of an affidavit setting forth the circumstances of the loss or destruction of the registration. The duplicate registration shall entitle the registrant to engage […]
215-C:39 Registration Fees. – The fees to be collected under this chapter are as follows: [Paragraph I effective until May 1, 2023; see also paragraph set out below.] I. Individual resident registration- $122 for each snowmobile registration upon presentation of a valid driver’s license issued to a New Hampshire resident 18 years of age […]
