Section Saf-C 513.62 - Initial or Vanity Registration Plate(a) Pursuant to RSA 261:89, an initial or vanity registration plate shall be issued in lieu of the classifications listed in (b) below, provided that the applicant has complied with the requirements of Saf-C 508 and paragraph (c) below.(b) Initial or vanity plates shall be available for the following classifications, pursuant to (a) above: (5) Veteran's plates, to include disabled veteran's plates;(8) Walking disability plates, including motorcycle plates;(9) Purple heart plates, including motorcycle plates;(11) National Guard plates;(12) Active duty military plates;(13) Conservation plates;(15) Conservation park plates;(16) Disabled veteran motorcycle plates;(18) Veteran decal plates.(c) An initial or vanity registration plate shall not:(2) According to the plain and ordinary meaning of the characters on the vanity registration plate, expressly refers to or is commonly associated with any of the following subjects, in any language, whether read forward, backward, by mirror image or by phonetic spelling:a. Intimate body parts or genitals;b. Profane or vulgar sexual or excretory acts or functions;c. Words or terms of profanity or obscenity;f. Illegal drugs or intoxicants;h. Racial, ethnic, religious, gender or, sexual orientation slur, discrimination, genocide, hatred, or bigotry;(3) Have more than 7 characters;(4) Have more than 2 ampersands, plus signs, or minus signs, and which shall not be consecutive, such as &&;(5) Have any characters other than ampersands, numerals, plus signs, minus signs, or letters;(6) Have only numerals or only numerals and ampersands, plus signs, or minus signs; and(7) Have characters or combinations of characters which may cause difficulty of distinction or identification.(d) The director or designee shall recall any initial or vanity registration plate that has been issued which does not conform with the requirements of (c) above, regardless of when the plate was originally issued, as follows: (1) The director shall notify in writing any person whose initial or vanity registration plate is being recalled. The notification shall identify the non-conformity of the plate and explain the procedure for obtaining another plate;(2) Any person whose initial or vanity registration plate has been recalled shall elect to receive either a refund or a credit of the special vanity plate service fee for the prorated remaining registration period; and(3) Upon the surrender of an initial or vanity registration plate that has been recalled, or 30 days after notification as noted in (d)(1) above, the temporary vanity plate shall be invalidated, and the applicant shall receive a number plate of the same classification type for the remaining registration period at no additional cost.(e) A person whose initial or vanity registration plate has been recalled may submit a written request to the director setting forth a detailed explanation as to the reasons why such an initial or vanity registration plate should be issued. The director's decision shall be final.N.H. Admin. Code § Saf-C 513.62
#7972, eff 10/17/2003 (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for Saf-C 500); ss by #9995, INTERIM, eff 9/17/2011, EXPIRED: 3/15/2012.New. #10135, eff 5/23/2012; ss by #10635, INTERIM, eff 7/14/2014, EXPIRED: 1/12/2015.New. #10769, eff 1/21/2015; amd by #12581, eff 7/20/2018.Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 46, Filed November 14, 2019, Proposed by #12914, Effective 11/6/2019, Expires 11/6/2029 (formerly Saf-C 514.61).Amended by Number 6, Filed February 9, 2023, Proposed by #13521, Effective 1/13/2023, Expires 1/13/2033 (formerly Saf-C 514.62).