City of Laconia Department of Licensing

Taxi Company

Download the Taxi Company Application here.

FEE:
$100 Renewal month is March.

Any company that wants to pick up passengers in the city needs a Taxi Company license.

The application must be accompanied by:

• Certificate of Liability Insurance listing the City of Laconia as an additional insured with a 10 day notification of cancellation (at the bottom of the certificate)
• If it is a new company (not a renewal) letters of necessity must be provided:
• one from an industrial business, one school, and one retail business in the city.
  
• Copies of registrations for the vehicles that are being use

TAXICAB - Any motor vehicle, having a manufacturers rated capacity of not more than seven passengers, used in the call and demand transportation of passengers from within city limits of the city to a destination inside or outside of the city, for compensation to or from points chosen or designated by the passengers and not operated on a fixed schedule, or between fixed termini, this definition shall not include: a motor vehicle subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of the state; signtseeing buses, airport shuttles or limousines designed to carry eight persons or more from a fixed place to places of interest inside or outside the city, or motor vehicles collecting fares by tickets or coupons sold for interstate transportation.

Taxi Driver

Download the Taxi Driver Application here.

FEE:
$25 Renewal month is March for everyone.

Anyone who wants to drive for a taxi company in the city needs a taxi driver permit.

The application must be accompanied by:

• Criminal Background Check from the State of NH
• Driving Record from the NH DMV