Cameras / NH
License plate readers in New Hampshire
68 cameras have been documented in New Hampshire. That is the 49th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and under 0.1% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. No city here has reached ten documented cameras, so all 68 sit outside the cities this index lists — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
68
cameras documented statewide
49th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
0
in listed cities
68
outside city limits
ALPR law in New Hampshire
New Hampshire regulates automated license plate readers under RSA 261:75-b. The statute caps retention at 3 minutes. New Hampshire has the strictest retention rule in the country: plate data must be purged unrecoverably within three minutes of capture. It may be kept longer only where the read produced an arrest, citation, protective custody, or a missing- or wanted-person broadcast, and then only until the case concludes.
ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →
Statute last verified September 26, 2026.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, across all 68 cameras documented in New Hampshire.
- Flock Safety16
- Unknown52
Explore this data further
- Who operates New Hampshire’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
New Hampshire ranks 49th of 52 by documented cameras. Maine (68) ranks just above, and Vermont (32) just below.