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Section 264:25-a – Expedited Clearance of Roadways at Accident Scenes.

    264:25-a Expedited Clearance of Roadways at Accident Scenes. – Notwithstanding the requirements imposed by RSA 264:25, the driver of a vehicle who has been involved in an accident on the traveled portion of the roadway, shall move such vehicle from the traveled portion to an untraveled area if it is possible to move such […]

Section 264:26 – Uniform Police Investigation Report of Accident.

    264:26 Uniform Police Investigation Report of Accident. – I. The commissioner shall prescribe for each police department and officer and other suitable agencies or individuals a uniform police investigation report of accident, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, which form shall be followed in filing all such reports. II. In each reportable […]

Section 264:27 – Statistical Information Based on Reports.

    264:27 Statistical Information Based on Reports. – The department shall tabulate and analyze all such accident reports and shall publish annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon. Commensurate with the demand for service and the ability to comply, the department shall render statistical information service to all contributing agencies. Source. RSA […]

Section 264:28 – False Reporting of Accidents.

    264:28 False Reporting of Accidents. – Except as provided in RSA 264:29, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer or to the department or its agents concerning an accident or alleged accident. Source. RSA 262-A:67-c. 1977, 43:1. 1981, […]

Section 264:29 – Penalty.

    264:29 Penalty. – Whoever fails to comply with the foregoing requirements relating to injury to property, or relating to the report to be made to the division, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Whoever fails to comply with the foregoing requirements […]

Section 264:3 – When Proof Required After Report of Accident.

    264:3 When Proof Required After Report of Accident. – I. After receipt of the report required by RSA 264:25, the director shall suspend the license and registration certificate and require the surrender of the registration plates, if any, of the driver, and shall suspend the registration certificates and require the surrender of the plates […]

Section 264:31 – Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.

    264:31 Report of Injury to Dog or Cat. – The driver of any vehicle who knowingly strikes a dog or cat and fails to report the incident to the dog’s owner or custodian or the cat’s owner or custodian or to a police officer as soon as possible, shall be guilty of a violation. […]

Section 264:32 – Applicability of Requirement.

    264:32 Applicability of Requirement. – Any person who became subject to the laws of this state as they existed prior to May 1, 1951, having to do with financial responsibility for the ownership or driving of vehicles, shall continue to be subject to such laws, except that if it shall appear to the satisfaction […]

Section 264:33 – Application of Chapter.

    264:33 Application of Chapter. – This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the provisions of the motor vehicle laws but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. Its provisions shall not apply to a vehicle owned by, or under lease to, the federal government nor to a member of the […]

Section 264:34 – Other Remedies Unaffected.

    264:34 Other Remedies Unaffected. – This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for security upon the other processes provided by law. Source. 1937, 161:27. RL 122:26. RSA 268:27. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

Section 264:4 – Form of Security.

    264:4 Form of Security. – Such security, when ordered, shall be in such form and amount as the director may require, but in no case in excess of the amount of actual damages, as determined to the satisfaction of the director, or in excess of the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under […]

Section 264:4-a – Form of Security; Periodic Payments.

    264:4-a Form of Security; Periodic Payments. – I. The director shall consider whether an individual subject to suspension of license and registration certificate and surrender of registration plates under RSA 264:3 has the ability to pay the security required under RSA 264:4 in full. If the individual does not have the ability to pay […]

Section 264:5 – Application of Security.

    264:5 Application of Security. – Security furnished in compliance with the requirements hereof shall be applicable only to the payment of a judgment against the depositor for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action at law in a court of this state begun not later than 2 years thereafter; and […]

Section 264:6 – Limitation of Driving.

    264:6 Limitation of Driving. – I. The provisions of RSA 264:3 shall not apply: (a) To the owner of a vehicle driven by one having obtained possession or control thereof without his express or implied consent; (b) To either the owner or driver of a vehicle involved in an accident when the director shall […]

Section 264:7 – Suspensions.

    264:7 Suspensions. – I. The suspension required in RSA 264:3 shall remain in effect, the vehicle in any manner involved in such accident shall not be registered in the name of the person whose license or registration was so suspended, and no other vehicle shall be registered in the name of such person nor […]

Section 264:8 – Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements.

    264:8 Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements. – I. Every judgment herein referred to shall for the purpose of this chapter be deemed satisfied: (a) When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of […]

Section 264:9 – Suspension Waived Upon Payment of Judgment in Installments.

    264:9 Suspension Waived Upon Payment of Judgment in Installments. – The department shall restore any license or registration when the judgment debtor gives proof of his financial responsibility in the future and when the judgment debtor obtains an order from the trial court in which such judgment was rendered, permitting the payment of such […]