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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-J:3 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-J / Section 3
227-J:3 Special Deputy Forest Rangers.
Status: in_force

The director may appoint, as special deputy forest rangers, persons to assist the director in the enforcement of the provisions of this title and any other laws for which the division has enforcement authority, the protection and improvement of forestlands throughout the state, and the protection of persons and property on property owned, leased, or under the control of the department. Such individuals shall be employees of the division and shall have powers and duties exercised only at the discretion of the director. Such appointees shall be allowed, for their services, such compensation as may be fixed by the commissioner and the director, and such compensation shall be deemed an expense of enforcing state forest protection laws and paid by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195-F:16 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195-F / Section 16
195-F:16 Waiver of Defenses; Rights of Holders.
Status: in_force

Upon the sale and issuance of any educational institution bonds to the bank by any educational institution, such educational institution shall be held and be deemed to have agreed that in the event of the failure of such educational institution to pay the interest on or the principal of any of such educational institution bonds owned or held by the bank as and when due and payable, such educational institution shall have waived all and any defenses to nonpayment, the bank shall thereupon constitute a holder or owner of such educational institution bonds as being in default, and that notwithstanding the provisions of any other law as to time or duration of default or percentage of holders or owners of bonds entitled to exercise rights of such holders or owners of bonds in default, or to invoke any remedies or powers thereof or of any trustee in connection therewith or of any board, body, agency or commission of the state having jurisdiction in such matter or circumstance, the bank may then and thereupon avail itself of all other remedies, rights and provisions of law applicable in such circumstance, and that the failure to exercise or exert any such rights or remedies within any time or period provided by law shall not be raised as a defense by such educational institution, and that all of the bonds of the issue of bonds of such educational institution as to which there has been such nonpayment shall for all of the purposes of this section be held and be deemed to have become due and payable and to be unpaid. The bank is hereby authorized and empowered to carry out the provisions of this section and to exercise all of the rights and remedies and provisions of law herein provided or referred to.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 491:12 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 491 / Section 12
491:12 Scire Facias on Municipal Court Judgments.
Status: in_force

Scire facias may be issued in the superior court, upon judgments and other proceedings in municipal courts, when the amount of the judgment or other demand claimed, including costs and interests, exceeds the jurisdiction of said municipal court, upon attested copies of such judgments or other proceedings being filed in the superior court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-C:10 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-C / Section 10
162-C:10 Public Trust.
Status: in_force

The lands and interests in lands acquired under the former RSA 221-A through the use of the trust fund for the program shall be held in public trust and used and applied for the purposes of this subdivision. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disposal of publicly-owned real estate, no deviation in the uses of any land or interest in land so acquired to uses or purposes not consistent with the purposes of this subdivision shall be permitted. The sale, transfer, conveyance, or release of any such land or interest in land from public trust is prohibited.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:99 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 99
263:99 Authority to Enter Into Agreements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 51:1 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 51 / Section 1
51:1 On Connecticut River.
Status: in_force

The northerly and southerly lines of towns adjoining Connecticut river are continued and extended across the river to the westerly line of the state, and the west line of the state is the western boundary of such towns.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 33:3-c — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 33 / Section 3-c
33:3-c Issue of Bonds for Preliminary Expenses.
Status: in_force

I. A municipality or county may issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of defraying the cost of preliminary or final plans and specifications or other preliminary expenses incidental to, or connected with, any proposed public work or improvement of a permanent nature consisting of the construction, reconstruction, alteration, enlargement, improvement, or the financing of the construction, reconstruction, alteration, enlargement, or improvement of the following: (a) A public building. (b) A water works. (c) A sewerage system or sewage or waste treatment facility. (d) A solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility. (e) Broadband infrastructure as defined in RSA 38:38, I(e) constructed to serve any locations within a municipality unserved by broadband as defined in RSA 38:38, I(c). II. Bonds or notes shall mature over a period of not more than 5 years from the date of issue unless they are issued at the same time as bonds or notes for the public work or improvement for which such expenses were incurred, in which case said bonds or notes shall mature over a period not exceeding the expected useful life of such public work or improvement. A municipality or county may issue its bonds or notes in accordance with this section for planning and other preliminary expenses relating to solid waste disposal or resource recovery facilities to serve the municipality or county, notwithstanding that the facilities may later be owned by a private entity, but only for such expenses incurred prior to any binding contractual commitment to a proposed private owner, and only if such bonds or notes do not constitute "private activity bonds" as defined in section 103(n)(7) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 416-A:17 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 416-A / Section 17
416-A:17 Rates and Rating Organizations.
Status: in_force

I. Title insurance rates and rating organizations should be regulated in the manner provided by RSA 412:13 through RSA 412:16, and RSA 412:20 through RSA 412:25, except as otherwise provided in this section. II. Every title insurance company shall file with the commissioner its schedule of fees or premium rates, every manual of classifications, rules and plans pertaining thereto, and every modification of any of the foregoing which it proposes to use in this state. In every such filing, the company shall set forth that portion of the fee which is designated as premium as herein defined.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 39:3-b — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 39 / Section 3-b
39:3-b Penalty.
Status: in_force

A board of selectmen is guilty of a violation if it refuses to insert an article in the warrant, after being petitioned to do so in accordance with RSA 39:3.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 553:2 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 553 / Section 2
553:2 Right to Administer.
Status: in_force

Administration of the estate of any person deceased shall be granted: I. To the executor named in his will. II. To the widow, husband or any of the next of kin, or to such suitable person as they or any of them may nominate. III. To one of the devisees or creditors. IV. To such other person as the judge may think proper.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-E:13-1312 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-E / Section 13-1312
383-E:13-1312 Reserves.
Status: in_force

A corporate credit union shall be exempt from the regular reserve requirements of RSA 383-E:8-801 but shall be required to establish and maintain an equity reserve to meet losses, in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, under RSA 541-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:7 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 7
259:7 Bus.
Status: in_force

"Bus" shall mean every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 595-A:6 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 595-A / Section 6
595-A:6 Seizure, Custody and Disposition of Articles; Exceptions.
Status: in_force

If an officer in the execution of a search warrant, or by some other authorized method, finds property or articles he is empowered to take, he shall seize and safely keep them under the direction of the court or justice so long as necessary to permit them to be produced or used as evidence in any trial. Upon application by a prosecutor, defendant, or civil claimants, the court, prior to trial or upon an appeal after trial, shall, upon notice to a defendant and hearing, and except for good cause shown, order returned to the rightful owners any stolen, embezzled or fraudulently obtained property, or any other property of evidential value, not constituting contraband. This section shall apply regardless of how possession of the property was obtained by the state. Photographs or other identification or analysis made of the returned property shall be admissible at trial as secondary evidence, in lieu of the originals, for all relevant purposes, including ownership. In the case of unknown, unapprehended defendants, or defendants wilfully absent from the jurisdiction, the court shall have discretion to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interest of such unknown or absent defendants. The judicial findings on such matters as ownership, identification, chain of possession or value made at such an evidentiary hearing for the restoration of property to the rightful owners shall thereafter be admissible at trial, to be considered with other evidence on the same issues, if any, as may be admitted before the finder of fact. All other property seized in execution of a search warrant or otherwise coming into the hands of the police shall be returned to the owner of the property, or shall be disposed of as the court or justice orders, which may include forfeiture and either sale or destruction as the public interest requires, in the discretion of the court or justice, and in accordance with due process of law. Any property, the forfeiture and disposition of which is specified in any general or special law, shall be disposed of in accordance therewith.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 233-A:9 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 233-A / Section 9
233-A:9 Maintenance and Operation of Public Boat Access Areas.
Status: in_force

The fish and game department shall provide for the continuing maintenance and operation of public boat access areas, roads, and related facilities, including trash removal and cleanup. Maintenance and operation activities may be done by the fish and game department, by other state agencies, or by private firms or individuals, under contract to the fish and game department, or by arrangement with local municipalities or organizations, as considered advisable by the department. Moneys necessary to defray the costs of such maintenance and operation shall be a charge against the statewide public boat access fund established pursuant to RSA 233-A:13.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 658:28 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 658 / Section 28
658:28 Voter Instruction Cards to be Posted.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall also prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at such elections as to obtaining ballots, the manner of marking them, the method of gaining assistance and obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled. He shall cause the same to be printed on separate cards to be called voter instruction cards and shall furnish a suitable number of the same to each town and ward clerk. Each town and ward clerk shall cause one voter instruction card to be posted in each voting booth and voting privacy screen and not less than 3 such cards to be posted immediately outside the guardrail in the polling place.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 311:5 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 311 / Section 5
311:5 Limitation.
Status: in_force

No person shall act as attorney in any cause in which the person has acted as judge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 544:40 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 544 / Section 40
544:40 Contempt, Penalty.
Status: in_force

A party found guilty of contempt under the provisions of this RSA 544 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony, if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 597:25 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 597 / Section 25
597:25 Condition.
Status: in_force

Recognizances may be taken with condition to attend the court or before the justice at the next term, from term to term, at a fixed day to which the case may be continued, or from day to day, there to wait and abide the order of the court, and not to depart without leave until discharged by order of court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 291-A:23 — NH Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 291-A / Section 23
291-A:23 Honoring an Individual's Decision to Donate.
Status: in_force

A person's decision to make a donation of that person's own body, organ, or tissue after death shall be honored and may not be revoked or amended by anyone after such individual's death. In the absence of a revocation or amendment by the individual prior to death, health care providers and procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor's decision and may take appropriate actions to effect the anatomical gift.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:75 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 75
436:75 Contract of Sale.
Status: in_force

No animal showing physical evidence of tuberculosis or brucellosis, or in which such disease shall have been indicated as a result of the tuberculin or other approved test, shall be sold other than for immediate slaughter, said slaughtering to be ordered by and under the supervision of the commissioner or his agent, except under a written contract approved by the commissioner, signed by both parties, describing the animal and stating that it is believed to be tuberculous or infected with brucellosis. A contract of sale as provided by this section shall be executed in triplicate and one copy thereof delivered to the purchaser, one kept by the seller, and the other delivered to the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 205:11 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 11
205:11 Workable Program.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality, or such public officer or public body as it may designate, is hereby authorized to prepare a workable program, which may include an official plan of action as it exists from time to time for effectively dealing with the problem of blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well planned community with well organized neighborhoods, for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and to prevent the development or spread of such areas, to encourage needed rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted areas, and to establish and preserve a well planned community.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-A:13 — NH Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421-A / Section 13
421-A:13 Criminal Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Any person who violates RSA 421-A:3 or any rule adopted under it, or any order of which he has notice, or who willfully violates RSA 421-A:7, 8 or 11 or any rule adopted or order issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each of the acts specified shall constitute a separate offense and a prosecution or conviction for any of such offenses shall not bar prosecution or conviction for any other offense. No indictment or information may be returned more than 6 years after the alleged violation. II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 237:28 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 237 / Section 28
237:28 Contracts for Construction.
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of the highway hereunder shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder submitting a sealed bid after an advertisement calling for bids has been published at least once in each of 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in New Hampshire. The first publication of such advertisement shall be not less than 14 days prior to the date upon which bids are received. Contracts shall be awarded in accordance with RSA 228:4.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 422:36 — NH Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 422 / Section 36
422:36 Airways Toll Moneys; Aircraft Operating Fee Revenues.
Status: in_force

I. A portion of moneys derived from the airways toll, available for the establishment and maintenance of air navigation facilities, may be paid over directly to a city or town which has established an aeronautical fund in accordance with the provisions of RSA 423:6, 7, and 8. II. Disbursements of revenue from the aircraft operating fee shall be made by the department after collection of such fees provided that $250,000 of aircraft operating fee revenues originating at a publicly or privately owned airport shall be available each fiscal year for public use and shall, upon application, be paid over to the aeronautical fund established for that airport and shall be used for aeronautical purposes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 491-A:4 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 491-A / Section 4
491-A:4 Probate Judges; Salaries.
Status: in_force

I. For purposes of calculating the annual salaries of part-time judges appointed after October 3, 1986, the supreme court shall establish and revise as needed a weighted case value, relating the judicial time required for each type of case included in the court's jurisdiction, which when multiplied by the caseload of each court will produce the number of weighted case units for that court. Any revisions to the weighted case values shall be approved by the legislature. The number of weighted case units, as calculated annually by the administrative office of the courts, shall serve as the basis for determining the salary of part-time justices. II. The following compensation schedule shall be used when calculating salaries for part-time probate judges from October 3, 1986: Weighted Case Units Step Increase Per 100 Case Units 1 2 3 4 5 0-499 $2,500 $3,217 $3,928 $4,642 $5,356 500-999 6,070 6,784 7,498 8,212 8,926 1000-1499 9,640 10,354 11,068 11,782 12,496 1500-1999 13,329 14,162 14,995 15,828 16,661 2000-2499 17,494 18,327 19,160 19,993 20,826 2500-2999 21,659 22,492 23,325 24,258 24,991 3000-3499 25,824 26,657 27,490 28,323 29,156 3500-3999 29,989 30,822 31,655 32,488 33,321 4000-4499 34,154 34,987 35,820 36,653 37,486 4500-4999 38,319 39,152 39,985 40,818 41,651 5000-5250 42,484 43,317 43,733 - - III. The salary of a part-time justice shall not exceed 70 percent of the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice as provided by RSA 491-A:1. Judicial time shall be measured in weighted case units which shall reflect judicial time required to process a case. The compensation per weighted case unit shall be proportional to the taxable compensation for a full-time judge. A part-time justice, whose weighted caseload equals 3.5 judicial days per week, shall receive the maximum salary as provided by this section. The compensation schedule provided in this section shall be based upon the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice pursuant to RSA 491-A:1. IV. The supreme court, after reviewing population, caseload, judicial time and efficiency, available judicial resources, the needs of the judicial branch family division, and other relevant criteria, may request the governor and council to designate a sitting part-time probate judge as a full-time judge. The court may recommend certain judges; however, the governor and council shall not be bound by that recommendation. Upon designation, that judge shall become full-time. Prior to making its request, there shall be funds in the court's budget specifically appropriated for the salary and benefits of an additional full-time probate judge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-L:15 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-L / Section 15
12-L:15 Discovery Center Equipment, Software, Buildings, and Grounds.
Status: in_force

I. Ownership of the discovery center equipment, software, buildings, and grounds shall be retained by the state. II. The state shall retain responsibility for all debt service incurred by the discovery center prior to January 1, 2013. III. The state shall assume buildings and grounds routine maintenance and repair costs up to an amount appropriated by the general court, which shall not exceed $70,000 annually. IV. The state shall enter into a 10-year, renewable lease with the corporation to occupy and operate the discovery center buildings and grounds and utilize the equipment and software beginning on January 1, 2013, at a charge of $1 per year. Either party may terminate this lease with 90 days notice if the other party fails to make a good faith effort to meet all of its obligations under RSA 12-L.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 360:22 — NH Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 360 / Section 22
360:22 Subsequent Mortgage.
Status: in_force

No mortgagor shall execute a second or subsequent mortgage of personal property while the same is subject to a previously existing mortgage given by him, unless the fact of the existence of the previous mortgage is set forth in the subsequent mortgage.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 212:9 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 212 / Section 9
212:9 Sale and Exchange.
Status: in_force

Whenever the executive director shall deem it to be in the best interests of the state, he may, with the consent of the governor, authorize the sale or exchange of any lands, or any part thereof, to which title has been acquired by purchase, gift, lease or condemnation, together with the buildings, improvements, and appurtenances thereon, for privately owned lands of equal or greater value, and suitable for fish and game department uses for the protection, regulation and management of wildlife resources, implementation of department programs, or administrative purposes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 9:8-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 9 / Section 8-a
9:8-a Accounting Unit Format.
Status: repealed

I. All budgets provided for by this subdivision shall be in accounting unit format consistent with the chart of accounts of the state integrated financial accounting system. For expository purposes, the budget may be presented as a summarized 3 class line document consisting of personnel services, operating expenses, and other expenses; provided, however, that the final budget as passed and the warrants issued by the commissioner of administrative services shall be classified into at least the following classes as appropriate: personnel services, current expense, equipment, other personnel services, benefits, travel in-state, travel out-of-state, individual and departmental dues to national and regional organizations, and other expenditures. II. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 277:14 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 277 / Section 14
277:14 Report.
Status: in_force

A report of such inspection shall be filed in the office of the commissioner and a copy thereof given the employer.