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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 172:13 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 172 / Section 13
172:13 Acceptance and Admissions.
Status: repealed

I. Any resident of the state, or the parent, person in loco parentis, or the legal guardian of a resident under 18 years of age or mentally incompetent, may apply to the commissioner for voluntary admission of such resident for care, treatment and guidance. The commissioner may adopt such rules regarding the admission, care and treatment of voluntary patients as he deems best. The rules of the commissioner in regard to voluntary clients shall be printed and made available to the public. No voluntary client shall, by asking the help or care of the commissioner, abridge any of his civil rights nor shall evidence of his voluntary submission to the commissioner's care and control be admissible against him in any court. All records pertaining to voluntary clients shall be kept confidential and not divulged, except that the commissioner may release such records to hospitals, institutions and physicians whenever in his discretion such information may assist in further treatment of the voluntary client. II. When a person is indicted for any felony or is awaiting the action of the grand jury on any felony, or is charged with a misdemeanor, and question as to the drug or alcohol dependency of the person is raised by either party, any justice of the superior or circuit court having jurisdiction over the matter may, after hearing, order such person to be examined in accordance with the instructions of the commissioner to determine whether said person is drug or alcohol dependent. The commissioner shall report the results of the examination and his findings to the court in writing. III. If a person examined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph II is found to be drug or alcohol dependent, the superior court having jurisdiction over the criminal action may, after hearing, without regard to the result of the criminal action, issue an order requiring the person to accept treatment at a certified substance abuse treatment facility when an opening becomes available. During treatment no further action shall be taken in respect to the original charges made against such a person unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court may release the person conditionally for treatment at any alcohol-drug abuse clinic, certified facility, mental health clinic or center or other appropriate sources of care. IV. Nothing in this section shall prevent the court from placing a person convicted of a violation of RSA 318-B on probation conditioned upon the requirement that the person receive treatment at a treatment facility such as a certified substance abuse facility or other alcohol-drug abuse clinic, mental health clinic or center, or other appropriate sources of care. V-VIII. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486-A:15 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 486-A / Section 15
486-A:15 Repayment Responsibility.
Status: in_force

Any party found, by means of a scientific or hydrogeological study, or other evaluation as approved by the department, of the groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of contaminants, to be responsible for contaminating a wellhead area, shall be required to repay to the state, the amount the state contributed for the evaluation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-T:1 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-T / Section 1
359-T:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: I. "Department" shall mean the department of safety. II. "Household goods carrier" shall mean a common or contract carrier which transports for hire by motor vehicle between points in this state: (a) Personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling as a part of the equipment or supply of the dwelling; (b) Furniture, fixtures, equipment, and property of any establishment, which are a part of the stock, equipment or supply of the establishment; (c) Articles, including objects of art, displays and exhibits with an unusual nature or value, which require specialized handling and equipment usually used in moving household goods. III. "Household goods carrier" does not include any person who transports his or her own goods for the purpose of sale or delivery, or in the furtherance of a trade or business other than transportation. IV. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the department of safety. V. "Common carrier" means a person holding itself out to the general public to provide motor vehicle transportation for compensation over regular or irregular routes, or both. VI. "Contract carrier" means a person providing motor vehicle transportation for compensation under continuing agreements with one or more persons: (a) By assigning motor vehicles for a continuing period of time for the exclusive use of each such person; or (b) Designed to meet the distinct needs of each such person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 673:7 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 673 / Section 7
673:7 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Local Boards.
Status: in_force

I. Any 2 appointed or elected members of the planning board in a city or town may also serve together on any other municipal board or commission, except that no more than one appointed or elected member of the planning board shall serve on the conservation commission, the local governing body, or a local land use board as defined in RSA 672:7. II. In counties in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places, the county commissioners shall determine which members of the planning board for those towns and places, if any, may serve on other municipal boards or commissions.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:83 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5-C / Section 83
5-C:83 Issuance of Death Certificate Copies.
Status: in_force

I. The state registrar or any clerk of a town or city shall, upon receipt of a written application, issue a certified copy of a death record or an abstract thereof to any applicant having a direct and tangible interest in the vital record. II. Each copy issued shall show the date of filing and have the official seal of the state registrar or clerk of a town or city. III. Certified copies issued from records marked "amended" or "presumptive" shall be similarly noted and show the effective date. IV. Certified copies of death records shall be issued to the public only by the state registrar or clerk of a town or city. V. When a New Hampshire resident has died out-of-state, the division shall make that information available to the clerk of the New Hampshire city or town of residence of the decedent.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:8 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 641 / Section 8
641:8 False Filing With the Director of Charitable Trusts.
Status: in_force

A person shall be guilty of a class B felony if he knowingly makes a false entry in or false alteration of any registration statement, annual report or other information required to be filed with the director of charitable trusts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458:51-a — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 458 / Section 51-a
458:51-a Enforcement; Defense.
Status: in_force

I. Upon motion or petition by a party for enforcement of a final property settlement or decree of divorce, or for contempt related to any proceeding under this chapter, the court shall enforce such settlement or decree according to its terms, unless the settlement or decree or relevant part thereof, is shown to be invalid due to fraud, duress, deceit, impossibility, misrepresentation, mutual mistake, undue influence, or subsequent illegality by a preponderance of the evidence. II. In the enforcement of any such final decree, the court shall fashion remedies that place the parties in the position as if the decree had been fully performed according to its terms. III. This section shall apply to any motion or petition filed after the effective date of this section, regardless of when the underlying settlement or decree was entered.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433:19 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433 / Section 19
433:19 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food is hereby authorized to adopt all necessary rules to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 528:7 — NH Code / Title LIV / Chapter 528 / Section 7
528:7 Adjourning Sale.
Status: in_force

The officer may adjourn any sale under this chapter from time to time, not exceeding ten days at one time or sixty days from the seizure, giving the same notice of each adjournment as of a sale.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151-E:2 — NH Code / Title XI / Chapter 151-E / Section 2
151-E:2 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Assisted living facility" means a facility with individual living units where medical and social support services are provided on the basis of an individualized plan of care and which provides other common social support services. II. "Congregate housing" means public housing providing congregate services as defined in RSA 161-F:36. III. "Department" means the department of health and human services. IV. "Home-based care" means a range of medical and supportive services provided under the medicaid waiver to persons in their own homes or in the home of a relative or other person. V. "Nursing facility" means an institution or facility, or a distinct part of an institution or facility, whether proprietary or non-proprietary, which is primarily engaged in providing 24-hour care for residents needing: (a) Skilled nursing care, medical monitoring, and related services; (b) Rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured chronically disabled or sick; (c) Medication administration or instruction and supervision; or (d) On a regular basis, health-related care and services (above the level of room and board) which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities which provide 24-hour care. VI. "Medicaid waiver" means the medicaid home and community-based care waiver for the elderly and the chronically ill. VII. "Mid-level care" means care provided in an assisted living facility, congregate housing, or residential care facility under the medicaid waiver. VII-a. "Person-centered planning" means a planning process to develop an individual support plan that is directed by the person, his or her representative, or both, and which identifies his or her preferences, strengths, capacities, needs, and desired outcomes or goals. VIII. "Residential care facility" means a facility, including a supported residential care facility, which provides services to 2 or more individuals, beyond room and board care, in a residential setting, as an alternative to nursing facility care, which offers residents home-like living arrangements, social, health, or medical services, including but not limited to, medical or nursing supervision, or medical care or treatment by appropriately trained or licensed individuals, assistance in daily living, or protective care. "Residential care facility" shall also include a facility certified in accordance with RSA 151:9, VIII.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:45 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 45
259:45 Intersecting Way.
Status: in_force

"Intersecting way" shall mean any way which joins another at an angle, whether it crosses the other or not.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 479:17 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 479 / Section 17
479:17 Limitation of Action.
Status: in_force

No such petition shall be heard unless the same shall be entered in court within one year after such payment, performance, tender, refusal or neglect.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 547:18 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 547 / Section 18
547:18 Vacancy.
Status: in_force

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the judge of probate of any county, the administrative judge of the probate court shall call upon the judge of some other county, who shall act during such vacancy. Such judge who is called upon shall receive the same per diem compensation determined by the supreme court upon recommendation by the judicial branch administrative council, plus reasonable expenses, which shall be paid by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 201-D:5 — NH Code / Title XVI / Chapter 201-D / Section 5
201-D:5 State Library Staff.
Status: in_force

The state library shall employ consultants and other staff to promote the development system by working with library forums, cooperatives, and other groups which include member libraries.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-C:12 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-C / Section 12
408-C:12 Finance.
Status: in_force

I. The commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment and organization. To fund the cost of its initial operation, the commission may accept contributions and other forms of funding from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, compacting states and other sources. Contributions and other forms of funding from other sources shall be of such a nature that the independence of the commission concerning the performance of its duties shall not be compromised. II. The commission shall collect a filing fee from each insurer and third party filer filing a product with the commission to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission and its staff in a total amount sufficient to cover the commission's annual budget. III. The commission's budget for a fiscal year shall not be approved until it has been subject to notice and comment as set forth in RSA 408-C:7. IV. The commission shall be exempt from all taxation in and by the compacting states. V. The commission shall not pledge the credit of any compacting state, except by and with the appropriate legal authority of that compacting state. VI. The commission shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all its internal receipts, including grants and donations, and disbursements of all funds under its control. The internal financial accounts of the commission shall be subject to the accounting procedures established under its bylaws. The financial accounts and reporting including the system of internal controls and procedures of the commission shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. Upon the determination of the commission, but no less frequently than every 3 years, the review of the independent auditor shall include a management and performance audit of the commission. The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature of the compacting states, which shall include a report of the independent audit. The commission's internal accounts shall not be confidential and such materials may be shared with the commissioner of any compacting state upon request provided, however, that any work papers related to any internal or independent audit and any information regarding the privacy of individuals and insurers' proprietary information, including trade secrets, shall remain confidential. VII. No compacting state shall have any claim to or ownership of any property held by or vested in the commission or to any commission funds held pursuant to the provisions of this compact.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270-E:16 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270-E / Section 16
270-E:16 Repair Numbers.
Status: in_force

I. A person who engages in the business of maintaining or repairing vessels may make application to the department for a general distinguishing number for the boats which he is maintaining or repairing. II. The commissioner may, if he is satisfied of the facts stated in the application, issue to the applicant a certificate containing the name, residence, and address of the applicant and the general distinguishing number assigned together with such provisions as the commissioner may determine. All vessels being maintained or repaired by said person may, while being maintained or repaired, be regarded as being registered under such distinguishing number, provided the number issued by the commissioner is attached to the vessel. III. A person to whom such number has been assigned shall not loan the number plates to any person. Such numbers may be used on vessels which are being maintained or repaired by him as part of his business only when such vessels are being operated by the person to whom the plates were issued or a person employed by him. In no case shall such plates be used on vessels for any other purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 670:4 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 670 / Section 4
670:4 Nominations.
Status: in_force

To become a candidate for any village district office, a person must have a domicile in the village district. In any village district which has voted to elect district officers by non-partisan official ballot as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the village district clerk, in the same manner as with the town clerk in town elections as provided in RSA 669:19-669:22.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 568:56 — NH Code / Title LVII / Chapter 568 / Section 56
568:56 Beginning of Proceedings.
Status: in_force

The date of the filing of the debtor's assignment or of the filing of the creditor's petition shall be deemed to be the beginning of proceedings in insolvency under the provisions of this chapter in each case and the time from which other times and dates shall be reckoned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38-A:19 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38-A / Section 19
38-A:19 Public Utilities Commission.
Status: in_force

The authority shall not be subject to regulation by the New Hampshire public utilities commission except that such authority may not conduct its operations beyond the city or town limits in which it is located without the approval of the public utilities commission pursuant to procedure provided by the statute and regulations covering said commission pertaining to similar service by other common carriers operating under the jurisdiction of said commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 235:12 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 235 / Section 12
235:12 Unimproved Portions.
Status: in_force

All portions of class II highways which have not been improved to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation shall be maintained by the city or town in which they are located.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21:27-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21 / Section 27-a
21:27-a County Attorney.
Status: in_force

The words "county solicitor" or the word "solicitor" when referring to the county law official, shall mean the county attorney.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:23 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651-A / Section 23
651-A:23 Credit for Confinement Prior to Sentencing.
Status: in_force

Any prisoner who is confined to the state prison, any house of correction, any jail or any other place shall be granted credit against both the maximum and minimum terms of his sentence equal to the number of days during which the prisoner was confined in jail awaiting and during trial prior to the imposition of sentence and not under any sentence of confinement. The clerk of the court sentencing a prisoner shall record in the mittimus the number of days of such confinement, and the credit provided for herein shall be calculated on the basis of such information.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 498:13 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 498 / Section 13
498:13 Fees of Masters, Etc.
Status: in_force

In special cases the court may, within the appropriation limits established by the legislature, allow a reasonable compensation to masters for their services and expenses, including stenographer's fees in cases where the employment of a stenographer is authorized by the court, which shall be paid by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 208:1-b — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 208 / Section 1-b
208:1-b Mountain Lion.
Status: in_force

No person shall, at any time, shoot, hunt, take, or possess, any mountain lion or any part of the carcass, taken in this state. However, this section shall not apply to a person acting in self-protection or protecting such person's property.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-F:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-F / Section 4
402-F:4 Books and Records; Reinsurance Intermediary-Brokers.
Status: in_force

I. For at least 10 years after expiration of each contract of reinsurance transacted by the RB, the RB shall keep a complete record for each transaction showing: (a) The type of contract, limits, underwriting restrictions, classes or risks and territory. (b) Period of coverage, including effective and expiration dates, cancellation provisions and notice required of cancellation. (c) Reporting and settlement requirements of balances. (d) Rates used to compute the reinsurance premium. (e) Names and addresses of assuming reinsurers. (f) Rates of all reinsurance commissions, including the commissions on any retrocessions handled by the RB. (g) Related correspondence and memoranda. (h) Proof of placement. (i) Details regarding retrocessions handled by the RB, including the identity of retrocessionaires and percentage of each contract assumed or ceded. (j) Financial records, including but not limited to, premium and loss accounts. (k) When the RB procures a reinsurance contract on behalf of a licensed ceding insurer: (1) Directly from any assuming reinsurer, written evidence that the assuming reinsurer has agreed to assume the risk; or (2) If placed through a representative of the assuming reinsurer, other than an employee, written evidence that such reinsurer has delegated binding authority to the representative. II. The insurer shall have access and the right to copy and audit all accounts and records maintained by the RB related to its business in a form usable by the insurer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124:13-a — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124 / Section 13-a
124:13-a Disbursement of Energy Overcharge Funds.
Status: in_force

Energy overcharge funds disbursed by the federal Department of Energy to the state shall be subject to the same department and agency planning requirements as federal block grants under this subdivision. No such energy overcharge funds shall be expended until specifically appropriated by the general court. The state agency responsible for planning for the distribution of federal fuel assistance block grants shall be responsible for submitting plans under RSA 124:13 for expenditure of any energy overcharge funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 168-A:13 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 168-A / Section 13
168-A:13 Social Security Numbers.
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of a paternity action filed pursuant to this chapter in which paternity is established, the court shall also order the mother and father to supply their social security numbers to the registrar of vital records, in accordance with RSA 5-C:25, and to the department of health and human services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 658:1 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 658 / Section 1
658:1 General Election.
Status: in_force

At least 14 days before any state general election, the selectmen shall post a warrant at all the polling places and at the office of the town or city clerk or at the town hall. Said warrant shall prescribe the hour the polls are to open and the hour before which they may not close as provided in RSA 659:4 and RSA 659:4-a. It shall also state all offices and questions which are to be voted on and the location of the central polling place and of any additional polling places. If the selectmen neglect to issue a warrant for the state general election, or if they neglect to cause copies of such warrant to be posted agreeably to any vote of the town, they shall for each offense be guilty of a violation and any fines collected shall be remitted to the town.