Section 261:176 - Misuse or Failure to Display PlatesI. Any person who knowingly attaches or permits to be attached to a vehicle a number plate assigned by the department, or authority of any other jurisdiction, to another vehicle or who knowingly obscures or permits to be obscured the figures or letters on any number plate attached to any vehicle or who knowingly and deliberately fails to display on a vehicle the number plates and the registration number duly issued therefor shall be guilty of a violation.II. Any person who applies or permits to be applied any covering to a license plate that is colored, smoked, or tinted shall be guilty of a violation.III. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $150.Amended by 2021 , 55: 1, eff. 1/1/2022.RSA262:27-c. 1967, 281:1. 1973, 528:140. 1979, 358:13. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2005, 177:36, eff. July 1, 2005. 2006, 259:4, eff. one day after passage of state operating budget for biennium ending June 30, 2009. 2007, 263:66, eff. June 29, 2007.