New Hampshire Vehicle Registration Fee Calculator

New Hampshire splits vehicle registration between the state and your town, and the town half is usually the larger one. The state fee under RSA §261-141 is weight-banded: $42 for vehicles up to 3,000 lb, $48 from 3,001 to 5,000 lb, $66 from 5,001 to 8,000 lb, and $1.06 per hundred pounds above that. The municipal permit fee under RSA §261-153 is where the money is: it is the vehicle's ORIGINAL maker's list price multiplied by a mill rate that falls with age — 18 mills in the current model year, then 15, 12, 9, 6, and 3 mills from the fifth year onward — subject to a $5 minimum. On a $32,000 list price that is $576 in the first year, falling to $96 by year six. Because it follows the original list price rather than what you paid, buying used does not reduce it. A title is $35.00 and plates are $4.00 each. Towns may add up to $3 for waste disposal and up to $5 for transportation improvements under RSA §261-148. LIMITATION: New Hampshire's vehicle sales-tax treatment could not be confirmed — the DMV and Revenue pages returned access errors — so this calculator assumes no rate rather than publishing one we cannot stand behind.