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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:40 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 40
674:40 Improvements in Unapproved Streets.
Status: in_force

I. A municipality which has established and recorded an official map, as provided in RSA 674:10, or has conferred upon a planning board platting jurisdiction in accordance with RSA 674:35 shall not thereafter accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, or light any street or lay or authorize the laying of water mains, sewers, connections, or other facilities or utilities in any street, within any portion of the municipality unless such street: (a) Has been accepted or opened as, or has otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to the conferring of platting jurisdiction upon the planning board; or (b) Corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on the official map, or with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the planning board, or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the board. II. For the purposes of this section, the word "street" shall not mean or include a discontinued highway. III. The local legislative body may, however, accept, locate and construct any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official map or on an approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, provided the ordinance or other measure for the accepting, locating, and construction of such street is first submitted to the planning board for its approval and: (a) If approved by the board, be approved by a majority vote of those present and voting at a regular or special meeting of the local legislative body; or (b) If disapproved by the planning board, be approved by not less than 2/3 of those present and voting at a regular or special meeting of the local legislative body. IV. A street approved under paragraph III shall have the status of an approved street as though it had been originally shown on the official map or on a subdivision plat approved by the planning board or as though it had been originally platted by the planning board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 563:2 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 563 / Section 2
563:2 Requirement of Survival by 120 Hours.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in RSA 563:6, if the title to property, the devolution of property, the right to elect an interest in property, or the right to exempt property, homestead, or family allowance depends upon an individual's survivorship of the death of another individual, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived the other individual by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual. This section shall not apply if its application would result in a taking of an intestate estate by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78-B:6 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78-B / Section 6
78-B:6 Recording.
Status: in_force

The indicia of payment of the tax imposed by this chapter shall be attached to the deed, assignment or other instrument in writing before recording the same unless the instrument bears a statement that the transaction is not subject to the tax imposed by this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 235:34 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 235 / Section 34
235:34 State Contribution to Damage Losses.
Status: in_force

Any city, town or unincorporated place which suffers damage to its highways through disaster which is estimated to exceed 1/8 of one percent of its assessed valuation shall be entitled to aid in the repair of such damage. The commissioner shall be notified of such damage and, after an investigation, shall estimate the amount of aid to which the city, town or unincorporated place is entitled. The commissioner shall survey the damaged highways and prepare an estimate of cost for rehabilitation of these highways, notifying the towns of the proportionate share which the state will contribute and the estimated amount of aid available. Aid to any city, town or unincorporated place shall be computed on that amount which is in excess of an amount equal to 1/8 of one percent of its assessed valuation and shall not exceed 75% of the cost of the damage in excess of this amount. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the city, town or unincorporated place from making such emergency repairs as are deemed necessary for public convenience; and such sum expended shall be considered part of the town's contribution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 448-A:2 — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 448-A / Section 2
448-A:2 Notice of Lien.
Status: in_force

No lien shall be effective unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital or home health care provider, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries received, shall be filed with the clerk of the town or city in which the hospital or home health care provider is located not later than 10 days after the patient has been discharged from the hospital or by the home health care provider and prior to the payment of any moneys to such injured person, his attorneys or legal representatives, as compensation for such injuries, nor unless the hospital or home health care provider shall mail by registered mail, return receipt requested, a copy of such notice with a statement of the date of filing thereof to (1) the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured patient for the injuries sustained prior to the payment of any moneys to the injured person, his attorneys or legal representatives, as compensation for such injuries and (2) to any insurance carrier which has insured such person, firm or corporation against such liability. The person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured patient shall, upon request of the hospital or home health care provider, disclose the name of his or its insurance carrier which has insured such person, firm or corporation against such liability.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:32 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 32
263:32 Motorcycle Learner's Permit.
Status: in_force

I. Upon application, the department shall issue a motorcycle learner's permit to a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who has successfully completed an approved driver education course and has a valid New Hampshire driver's license. Applicants for such permit shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director in his or her discretion shall determine. Such proof of fitness shall include either passage of a written basic motorcycle knowledge test approved by the commissioner and the motorcycle rider education program advisory committee or successful completion of the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b, but shall not include a driver examination. II. A motorcycle learner's permit shall permit the holder of such a permit to drive a motorcycle on any way after sunrise and before sunset. The holder of a motorcycle learner's permit shall not carry any passengers when he drives on any way. III. The permit shall be valid for 45 days from the date of issuance, expiration of the renewal period, or until the holder of the permit obtains a special license to drive motorcycles, whichever is sooner. Upon application, the department shall issue a one-time renewal of a motorcycle learner's permit which shall be valid for an additional 45 days from the date of issuance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4-A:5 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 4-A / Section 5
4-A:5 Duties of Outgoing Governor.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of a governor whose term has expired and who has not been re-elected to make available to the governor-elect all official documents, vital information and procedural manuals necessary for a full and complete understanding of the operation of the executive branch and especially of those on-going items that will require action subsequent to the expiration of the incumbent governor's term.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 605:4 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 605 / Section 4
605:4 Nonacceptance of Plea.
Status: in_force

If a plea of guilty to a minor offense tendered under RSA 605:3 is not accepted, it may be withdrawn and a plea of not guilty may be entered, and in such case the former plea shall not operate against the accused at his trial.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:11 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-A / Section 11
126-A:11 Medical and Scientific Research Information.
Status: in_force

I. Personal medical and/or other scientific data of any kind whatsoever obtained for the purpose of medical or scientific research by the commissioner or by any person, organization, or agency authorized by the commissioner to obtain such data shall be confidential and shall be used solely for medical or scientific purposes. Such data shall include, but not be limited to, all information, records of interviews, written reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data procured in connection with such scientific studies and research conducted by the department, or by other persons, agencies, or other organizations so authorized by the commissioner. II. No hospital, sanitarium, rest home, nursing home, other person, or agency shall be held liable in any action for damages or other relief arising from the furnishing of personal medical and/or other scientific data to the department of health and human services or to the representative of an authorized medical or scientific research project. III. Personal medical and/or other scientific data obtained by the department of health and human services or by an authorized research project shall not be admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any tribunal, board, agency, or person. IV. Personal medical and/or other scientific data shall not be exhibited nor their contents disclosed in whole or in part by any officer or employee of the department, or by any other person, except as may be necessary to further the study or research project to which they relate. V. Any person who violates the provisions of this section by the unauthorized disclosure of any confidential medical or scientific data, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 426:14-a — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 426 / Section 14-a
426:14-a Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful in New Hampshire to manufacture, sell, or distribute cider or any product called "cider" by any means that violate any of the provisions of this subdivision, or any of the rules adopted under this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-E:1 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-E / Section 1
188-E:1 Designation of Regional Centers and Programs.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, department of education, is hereby authorized and directed to designate high schools, and public academies as defined in RSA 194:23, II, offering career and technical education programs as career and technical education centers. In instances where it is educationally and economically feasible to do so, the commissioner may designate individual career and technical education programs in other than the career and technical education centers as regional programs. An out-of-state school or program may be designated, when it is in the best interest of the state, as a part of the New Hampshire regional career and technical education plan.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 397-A:6 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 397-A / Section 6
397-A:6 License Grant.
Status: in_force

I. If the commissioner determines that the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter, then the commissioner shall forthwith issue a license or licenses permitting the applicant to act as a mortgage originator, mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer in accordance with the laws of this state. The commissioner may, by order, restrict or impose conditions for a license. Each branch office license and originator license is only in effect when the associated mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer is licensed in this state. Each branch manager of a location required to be licensed as a branch office under this chapter shall be licensed as a mortgage loan originator. Licensees shall be responsible for the supervision of their employees, agents, loan originators, and branch offices. Licensees shall conduct background checks, including checking the list of entities issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) whose assets were frozen by executive order on all of their loan originators. II. No mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer license shall be issued to any person whose principal place of business is located outside of this state unless that person designates an agent residing within this state for service of process. III. Each mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall state the name and address of the principal office of the licensee and, if the license is a branch office license, the name and address of the branch office location for which that license is issued. IV. If a mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensee is a person other than a natural person, the license issued to it shall entitle all officers, directors, members, partners, trustees, agents, originators, and employees of the licensed corporation, partnership, entity, or trust to make or broker loans; provided that all individuals who engage in the origination process are licensed as originators and that one officer, director, member, partner, employee, or trustee of such person shall be designated in the license application as the individual to be contacted under the provisions of this chapter. V. If the mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensee is a natural person, the license shall entitle all employees, agents, and originators of the licensee to make or broker loans, provided that all individuals who engage in the origination process are licensed as originators. VI. A license issued under this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable between persons.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:101 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 101
270:101 Marchs Pond and Chalk Pond.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 5 horsepower upon Marchs Pond or Chalk Pond in the town of New Durham. II. No person shall use or operate jet skis on Marchs Pond or Chalk Pond. III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, the Easter Seals camp may operate a motorized boat in excess of 5 horsepower on Marchs Pond. IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:8-812 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 8-812
564-B:8-812 Collecting Trust Property.
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee shall take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or other person to deliver trust property to the trustee. (b) Except as otherwise provided under the terms of the trust, the trustee shall take reasonable steps to redress a breach of trust known to the trustee to have been committed by a cotrustee or a former trustee prior to the trustee's acceptance of trusteeship. (c) Except as otherwise provided under the terms of the trust, the trustee shall take reasonable steps to redress a breach of trust actually known to the trustee to have been committed by a former trust advisor or a former trust protector. This subsection does not impose upon a trustee who is an excluded fiduciary any duty to monitor, duty to advise, or duty to warn as described under RSA 564-B:12-1204. (d) A person who receives a distribution from a trust is liable to return the distribution to the extent that a court subsequently determines that the person was not entitled to the distribution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 283:5 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 283 / Section 5
283:5 Widows of Veterans; Wives of Disabled Veterans.
Status: in_force

The employment preferences provided for veterans under the provisions of RSA 283:4 are extended to include any unremarried widow whose husband at the time of his death was a citizen of this state and who served in the armed forces of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and also to any wife of a totally disabled veteran who is a citizen of the state and who served in the armed forces of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 264:23 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 264 / Section 23
264:23 Limitation.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall not accept any such deposit or issue a certificate therefor, and the department shall not accept such certificate, unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against the depositor registered in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county where the depositor resides.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:24 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 24
189:24 Standard School.
Status: in_force

A standard school is one approved by the state board of education, and maintained for at least 180 days in each year, or the equivalent number of hours as required in the rules of the department of education, in a suitable and sanitary building, equipped with approved furniture, books, maps and other necessary appliances, taught by teachers, directed and supervised by a principal and a superintendent, each of whom shall hold valid educational credentials issued by the state board of education, with suitable provision for the care of the health and physical welfare of all pupils. A standard school shall provide instruction in all subjects prescribed by statute or by the state board of education for the grade level of pupils in attendance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-F:2 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 135-F / Section 2
135-F:2 Statement of Policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of New Hampshire to implement a system of care model for providing behavioral health services to children in all of the publicly-funded service systems in the state, including but not limited to, children with exposure to adverse childhood experiences and those with severe emotional disturbances whose needs are not met through childcare, educational, and developmental services alone.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-L:8 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-L / Section 8
21-L:8 Aviation Users Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

I. There shall be an aviation users advisory board consisting of 7 members. All members, except the members set forth in subparagraphs (c), (d), and (g), shall hold a valid pilot's certificate at the time of appointment. The members shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, and shall include the following: (a) One member representing an airline. (b) One member representing corporate aviation. (c) One member who shall be an airport manager. (d) One member who shall be a member of an airport authority or of the governing body of a municipality maintaining a municipal airport. (e) One member representing general aviation who shall be chosen from a list of at least 4 and not more than 6 names submitted to the governor by the Aviation Association of New Hampshire. (f) One member representing general aviation. (g) One member representing the unmanned aircraft systems industry, who shall be certificated as a remote pilot pursuant to 14 C.F.R. section 107 et seq., as amended, at the time of appointment. (h) The commissioner, or designee, who shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the board. II. Except for the commissioner, or designee, board members shall serve for a term of 4 years. Board members shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms. The board shall annually elect from among its members a chairman. III. Board members shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive reimbursement for their reasonable and necessary expenses in the performance of their duties. This reimbursement shall be a charge against the appropriation for the division of aeronautics, rail, and transit. IV. The board shall meet at least 4 times per year at a time and place to be fixed by the chairman, either upon his own motion or at the request of 3 or more board members. V. The aviation users advisory board shall regularly advise the director of the division of aeronautics, rails, and transit on all matters relative to the operation of the division. The director shall consult the board on all matters relative to the operation of airports and licensing of pilots and other aviation personnel. VI. The aviation users advisory board shall act as the board of appeal for aeronautical matters. Appeals from the decisions of the director of aeronautics, rail, and transit may be taken to the commissioner. Decisions of the commissioner may be appealed to the board, and such appeal shall be a condition precedent to any appeal to any court, contrary provisions of RSA 541-A notwithstanding. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for its appeals process.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 47:1-b — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 47 / Section 1-b
47:1-b Special Revenue Funds.
Status: in_force

Cities may, pursuant to RSA 47:1-c, vote to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund separate from the general fund. Any surplus in such fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus nor shall any surplus be expended for any purpose or transferred to any appropriation until such time as the legislative body shall have voted to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose or source of the revenue. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of capital reserve funds pursuant to RSA 34 or city created trust funds pursuant to RSA 31:19-a. The provisions of this section shall be limited to those municipal activities funded primarily through user fees including, but not limited to, municipal airports and solid waste facilities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374-B:8 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374-B / Section 8
374-B:8 Remedies.
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds or notes issued under this chapter, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under a trust agreement or resolution securing the same, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement or resolution, may bring suit upon the bonds, notes or coupons and may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted under this chapter or under such trust agreement or resolution, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the municipality or by any officer thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 41:63 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 41 / Section 63
41:63 Delivery by Clerk.
Status: in_force

Whenever a town officer goes out of office he shall deliver to his successor all records, books, pamphlets, papers and other things in his possession pertaining to the office.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-E:10 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-E / Section 10
415-E:10 Termination of Arrangement.
Status: in_force

If an arrangement is terminated for any reason, it shall pay all outstanding claims, debts, and obligations. The arrangement may retain sufficient funds to provide coverage for such additional period as the trustees of the arrangement consider prudent. In addition, the trustees may purchase such additional insurance as they consider necessary for protection against potential future claims. Any funds remaining in the arrangement after satisfaction of all obligations upon termination shall be paid to participating employers and/or covered employees as of the termination date in some equitable manner meeting with the approval of the commissioner, including, without ruling out other alternatives, equally on a per capita basis to each participating employer and/or employee who is covered under the arrangement as of the effective date of termination.