1. I. No certificate of title need be obtained for:

   1. (a) A vehicle owned by the United States or owned or operated by the New Hampshire National Guard;
   2. (b) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing;
   3. (c) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state;
   4. (d) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state;
   5. (e) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;
   6. (f) An implement of husbandry;
   7. (g) Special mobile equipment;
   8. (h) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle;
   9. (i) A snowmobile as defined in RSA 259:102;
   10. (j) Trailers with gross weight of less than 3,001 pounds;
   11. (k) Any motor vehicle whose manufacturer's model year is before the year 2000, except heavy trucks and truck-tractors whose gross vehicle weight exceeds 18,000 pounds.
   12. (l) A roadable aircraft as defined in RSA 259:91-a.

2. II. RSA 262:1 to 5 inclusive do not apply to:

   1. (a) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;
   2. (b) An implement of husbandry;
   3. (c) Special mobile equipment;
   4. (d) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle.

Source. RSA 269-A:2. 1967, 357:1. 1969, 488:3; 504:1, 2. 1977, 458:1. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 54:1. 1998, 202:1-5. 2006, 90:11, eff. July 1, 2006 at 12:01 a.m. 2014, 262:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2020, 33:32, eff. Sept. 22, 2020.