2006 New Hampshire Statutes - Section 266:74 Emergency Lights.

    I. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle equipped with an emergency light to be driven on the ways of the state. This provision shall not apply to vehicles of any law enforcement agencies or officers, forestry departments, fire departments, volunteer ambulance drivers, volunteer members of fire departments, state, city, or town highway or public works departments, public utilities, wreckers, public or private ambulances, private snow removal vehicles, emergency highway service vehicles, postal service vehicles, school buses, funeral escort and lead vehicles, and such other vehicles as determined by the director. Emergency lights shall not be in operation except during an emergency, and in the case of private snow removal vehicles, while such vehicle is actively in use in snow removal, and, in the case of postal service vehicles, while such vehicle is actively engaged in delivering mail, and, in the case of school buses, while such school bus is actively engaged in the transportation of students.
    II. Blue colored lights shall only be used on law enforcement vehicles operated by law enforcement officers. When blue colored lights are installed on a private vehicle belonging to a law enforcement officer, such lights shall be covered when the vehicle is being driven by someone other than a law enforcement officer. The display or use of blue colored motor vehicle lights by any person who is not an employed full-time or part-time police officer shall be prohibited.
    III. The director by rule adopted pursuant to RSA 260:5 shall determine the location, color, and method of use of emergency lights.
    IV. Any person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall:
       (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII:
          (1) For a first offense, be guilty of a violation and fined not less than $250 nor more than $500.
          (2) For a second or subsequent offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
       (b) If a resident of this state, have his driver's license or driving privilege or, if a nonresident, his privilege as an out-of-state driver to drive on any ways of this state, revoked for a period of not less than 30 days.
    V. (a) Any person who uses blue lights knowingly or purposely to commit a crime punishable as a misdemeanor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
       (b) Any person who uses blue lights knowingly or purposely to commit a crime punishable as a felony shall be guilty of a class B felony.

Source. 1953, 135:1. RSA 263:41. 1963, 254:1. 1969, 191:1. 1977, 149:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:12; 479:56. 1987, 404:17. 1991, 172:1. 2001, 81:3, eff. Aug. 18, 2001; 196:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.