What New Hampshire's plate-reader law says—and leaves open

Automated license-plate readers can help police flag stolen vehicles and people linked to warrants, but they also raise questions about how long vehicle-location records remain available. New Hampshire’s statute sets specific eligible law-enforcement uses and requires most scans to be deleted within three minutes. It also says the cameras cannot record vehicle occupants and that a match alone is not enough to justify a traffic stop.

One limit remains part of the debate: agencies can use contracts to query plate databases operated elsewhere. Our report explains the statute’s safeguards and the questions lawmakers are still considering.

NorthEast News is an independent regional publication focused on New Hampshire and New England. Read the full report: https://www.northenews.com/article.html?slug=new-hampshire-license-plate-reader-law-privacy-model