Section 262:40-c Abandoning a Vehicle; Penalty. - New Hampshire Statutes

No person shall abandon a motor vehicle, registered or unregistered, on any way or on any property other than his or her own without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property or, in the case of public property, of the police department having jurisdiction over the property. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered abandoned if it has been left for more than 24 hours without the appropriate permission being given. The last owner of record of a motor vehicle found abandoned, as shown by the files of the department, shall be deemed prima facie to have been the owner of such motor vehicle at the time it was abandoned and to have been the person who abandoned the motor vehicle or caused or procured its abandonment. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500, and may be subject to the loss of driver's license and registration as provided in RSA 263:56 and RSA 261:179. The court may assess costs of abandoning a vehicle, including but not limited to, towing and storage costs, against any person convicted of abandoning a vehicle in violation of this section, and the director shall suspend the driver's license of any person who has not paid such costs.

Source. 1989, 253:3. 2003, 119:2, eff. Aug. 8, 2003.