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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 316-A:27 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 316-A / Section 27
316-A:27 Privileged Communications.
Status: in_force

The confidential relations and communications between any person licensed under provisions of this chapter and such licensed person's patient are placed on the same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client, and, except as otherwise provided by law, no such doctor of chiropractic shall be required to disclose such privileged communications. Confidential relations and communications between a patient and any person working under the supervision of a doctor of chiropractic that are customary and necessary for diagnosis and treatment are privileged to the same extent as though those relations or communications were with such supervising doctor of chiropractic. This section shall not apply to disciplinary hearings or actions conducted under RSA 316-A:22, relative to the board of chiropractic examiners, RSA 326-B, relative to the board of nursing, RSA 151-A:11, relative to the board of examiners of nursing home administrators, or any other statutorily created medical occupational licensing board conducting disciplinary proceedings. This section shall not apply to hearings conducted pursuant to RSA 135-C:27-54.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 679:13 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 679 / Section 13
679:13 Administration of Oaths, Subpoenas, Etc.; Fees.
Status: in_force

The board shall have authority to administer oaths and to compel the attendance of witnesses to proceedings before it. The board shall have the power to subpoena and subpoena duces tecum. Witnesses compelled to appear shall be paid the same fee and mileage that are paid to witnesses in the superior court of the state. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum of the board may be served by any person designated in the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum to serve it. Any testimony given by a person duly sworn shall be subject to the pains and penalties of perjury. All applications or petitions to the board for which no filing fee has been otherwise specified by statute shall be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. Costs and attorney's fees may be taxed as in the superior court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 11:1 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 11 / Section 1
11:1 Custody and Administration.
Status: in_force

All trust funds left to and accepted by the state shall be kept separate from any other funds and shall be administered by the board of trustees or other governing body having control of the activities to be benefited by the trust in accordance with the terms of the instrument creating the same and under the direction and supervision of the governor and council. The funds shall be in the custody of the state treasurer. At the request of the attorney general, the state treasurer may accept custody of funds to be held in escrow for actions in which the state is a party at interest.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79:13 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79 / Section 13
79:13 Disposition of the Normal Yield Tax.
Status: in_force

The normal yield tax collected under RSA 79:3 shall be paid by the tax collectors of cities and towns into their respective treasuries for the general use of the city or town.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 567-A:7 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 567-A / Section 7
567-A:7 Effect of Appeal.
Status: in_force

After an appeal has been filed in the supreme court, all proceedings in pursuance of the decision appealed from shall be stayed pending determination of the appeal by the supreme court. The probate judge may, if the interests of an estate require it, appoint a special administrator under RSA 553:20. A decision of a probate judge, so far as it is affirmed or unaltered by the supreme court on appeal, shall be considered to have been in force from the time it was made by the probate judge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:12-1210 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 12-1210
564-B:12-1210 Employing Attorneys, Agents, and Other Persons.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust advisor or trust protector shall have the power to employ any attorney or other person, even if the person is affiliated or associated with the trust advisor or trust protector, to advise the trust advisor or trust protector in the performance of the trust advisor's or trust protector's duties. (b) To the extent consistent with the scope and nature of a trust advisor's or trust protector's powers and duties under the terms of the trust, the trust advisor or trust protector shall have the power to employ any agent or other person, even if the person is affiliated or associated with the trust advisor or trust protector, to assist the trust advisor or trust protector in the performance of the trust advisor's or trust protector's duties. (c) The reasonable compensation of a person whom a trust advisor or trust protector employs under subsection (a) or (b) is an expense incurred in the administration of the trust.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 313-A:31 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 313-A / Section 31
313-A:31 Tanning of Minors Prohibited.
Status: in_force

I. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of 18 to utilize a tanning device at a tanning facility in this state. Operators shall obtain proof of age from each person using a tanning device. II. This section shall not apply to any physician, advanced practiced registered nurse, or physician associate licensed under RSA 329, RSA 326-B, or RSA 328-D, respectively, who, in his or her practice, uses or prescribes to be used a phototherapy device with respect to a patient of any age.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:3-a — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 40 / Section 3-a
40:3-a Assistant Moderator.
Status: in_force

The moderator may appoint an assistant moderator, who shall take the oath of office in the same manner as the moderator and shall hold office at the pleasure of the moderator, and shall have all the powers and duties which the moderator has, subject to the control of the moderator.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-B:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-B / Section 4
399-B:4 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever wilfully violates any provision of RSA 399-B shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 511:31 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 511 / Section 31
511:31 Perishable Goods, etc.
Status: in_force

When living animals, or goods liable to perish or waste or to be greatly reduced in value by keeping, or which cannot be kept without great expense, are attached, and the parties do not consent to a sale, the officer, on application of either of the parties, while the attachment continues and before judgment on which the plaintiff can take execution, may cause the same to be examined in the manner prescribed in RSA 511:32-34.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:37-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 37-a
72:37-a Exemption for Improvements to Assist Persons With Disabilities.
Status: in_force

I. In this section: (a) "Person with a disability" means a person who by reason of a physical defect or infirmity permanently requires the use of special aids to enable him to propel himself. (b) "Residential real estate" has the meaning set forth under RSA 72:29, II. II. Every owner of residential real estate upon which he resides, and to which he has made improvements for the purpose of assisting a person with a disability who also resides on such real estate, is each year entitled to an exemption from the assessed value, for property tax purposes, upon such residential real estate determined by deducting the value of such improvements from the assessed value of the residential real estate before determining the taxes upon such real estate. III. The exemption under this section shall apply only in taxable years during which the person with a disability resided on the residential real estate for which the exemption is claimed on April 1 in any given year. IV. No person shall be entitled to an exemption under this section unless he has filed with the selectmen or assessors, on or before April 15 of some year, a permanent application therefor, signed under the penalty of perjury, on a form approved and provided by the commissioner of revenue administration showing that the applicant is duly entitled and is the true and lawful owner and occupant of the property on which the exemption is claimed. If any person, otherwise qualified to receive an exemption, shall satisfy the selectmen or assessors that he was prevented by accident, mistake or misfortune from filing an application on or before April 15 of the year in which he desires the exemption, said officials may receive said application at a later date and grant an exemption thereunder for that year; but no such application shall be received or exemption granted after the local tax rate has been approved for that year. V. Whenever the selectmen or assessors refuse to grant an applicant an exemption to which he may be entitled under this section, said applicant may appeal the decision in accordance with RSA 72:34-a. VI. An exemption granted under this section shall have no effect on an applicant's eligibility for other exemptions as authorized under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:4 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 171-B / Section 4
171-B:4 Petition.
Status: in_force

The petition for admission on an involuntary basis shall include: I. The name of the person sought to be admitted and such person's last known address. II. The specific facts that the petitioner alleges satisfy RSA 171-B:2. III. A certificate from a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall have experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities, who has examined the person and reviewed the condition or behavior of the person sought to be admitted within 10 days of the date the petition is filed and who agrees that, based on this examination, such person satisfies RSA 171-B:2, IV and V. IV. The names and addresses of witnesses who can testify to the specific acts, conditions, or behaviors of the person sought to be admitted which the petitioner alleges will satisfy the requirements of RSA 171-B:2.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 149-I:15 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 149-I / Section 15
149-I:15 Petition to Court.
Status: in_force

If the mayor and aldermen neglect or refuse to correct an assessment under RSA 149-I:14, any person aggrieved may apply by petition to the superior court for relief at any time within 90 days after notice of the assessment, and not afterwards. The court shall make such order thereon as justice may require.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:31 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 80 / Section 31
80:31 Real Estate Subject to Liens for Old Age Assistance.
Status: in_force

No tax sale of real estate upon which there is a lien for aid to permanently and totally disabled or for old age assistance recorded in the registry of deeds shall be valid as against the state of New Hampshire unless the purchaser at the tax sale shall notify in writing the commissioner of health and human services, within 45 days from the date of such sale. Such notice shall contain the date of the tax sale, the name of the delinquent taxpayer, the total amount for which the real estate was sold and amount of costs for notifying the commissioner of health and human services. Such costs shall be the same as for notifying mortgagees.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:74-c — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 74-c
270:74-c Personal Water Craft.
Status: in_force

I. In this section, "personal water craft" means a motor boat 16 feet or less in length that is propelled by jet pump, not propellers, where the operator and riders stand, kneel, straddle, or sit on, rather than inside, the craft. II. No person shall operate a personal water craft at more than headway speed within 300 feet of any marsh land or flat in the Hampton/Seabrook estuary, within 300 feet of the Rye marsh areas to include Witch Creek, Seavey Creek, Berry's Brook, Parson's Creek, Awcomin Marsh, and Rye Harbor Marsh, or within the New Castle Goat Island Back Channel Mooring Field as defined in rules adopted by the Pease Development Authority Pda 500, or that area marked between Shapleigh Island and Goat Island to Red Nun #4 to the Wentworth Bridge, to include the areas around Pest, Leaches, and Clampit Islands, without regard to tide height, or the landing in Hampton Falls to Hampton. Such watercraft shall stay in marked channels. This paragraph shall not apply to water craft operated by police, fire, or other emergency services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 631:4-b — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 631 / Section 4-b
631:4-b Harm or Threats to Sports Officials.
Status: in_force

I. In this section: (a) "Discharge of the sports official's duties" begins at the time the sports official arrives at the field of play or immediate vicinity and ends when the sports official has left the field of play or immediate vicinity. (b) "Field of play or immediate vicinity" means any field, court, stadium, park, or other venue designated for a sports event, or the parking lot, hallways, spectator areas, or pathways providing access to and from the field, court, stadium, park, or venue. (c) "Participant" means any person acting as a spectator, coach, administrator, or player at a sports event. (d) "Sports event" means any organized amateur or professional athletic contest in the state. (e) "Sports official" means a person at a sports event who enforces the rules of the event, such as an umpire, referee, timer, or scorer, regardless of whether the person is paid or provides his or her services as an unpaid volunteer. II. Any person who commits first degree assault under RSA 631:1, second degree assault under RSA 631:2, simple assault under RSA 631:2-a, reckless conduct under RSA 631:3, criminal threatening under RSA 631:4, stalking under RSA 633:3-a, criminal mischief under RSA 634:2, or harassment under RSA 644:4, against a sports official engaged in the discharge of the sports official's duties on the field of play or immediate vicinity shall be guilty of the offense of harming or threatening a sports official and subject to the punishment prescribed for the underlying offense. III. In addition, the court may prohibit any person convicted of an offense under this section from acting as a participant at a sports event within this state for any period of time the court deems reasonable, up to and including life, except that the court shall not prohibit a person from acting as a participant at a sports event for more than 12 months for a first offense. Any person violating such order may, in addition to being held in criminal contempt of court or subject to a probation violation, if applicable, be fined in the amount of $1,000 in any court of competent jurisdiction for each violation of the order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 667:15 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 667 / Section 15
667:15 Endorsement.
Status: in_force

Upon the back of each ballot shall be printed the words "Official Ballot for Dist. No. ___ , County of __________ , For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention", the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the secretary of state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:35 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 35
243:35 Perfecting Title.
Status: in_force

Whenever the petitioner has made payment or tender and deposit of all sums thus awarded, the lessee corporation, or the new corporation, as the case may be, shall become possessed and seized of the property, franchises and rights named in the contract of lease or union in accordance with the terms thereof, and the superior court may make and enforce any orders that may be necessary to perfect the title.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:75 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265 / Section 75
265:75 Racing on Highways.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall drive any vehicle on a highway in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose of making a speed record; and no person shall in any manner participate in any such race, competition, contest, test or exhibition. II. The driving of 2 or more vehicles from a point side-by-side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to outdistance each other, or the driving of one or more vehicles over a common selected course, where the starting and finishing points are the same, for the purpose of comparing the relative speeds or power of acceleration of such vehicle or vehicles within a certain distance or time limit on a highway is prohibited. III. The use of one or more vehicles in an attempt to outgain, outdistance, or prevent another vehicle from passing, to arrive at a given destination ahead of another vehicle or vehicles, or to test the physical stamina or endurance of drivers over long distance driving routes on a highway is prohibited. IV. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 10:1 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 10 / Section 1
10:1 Governor and Council.
Status: in_force

The ultimate executive authority over the New Hampshire hospital, formerly the state hospital; the New Hampshire youth development center, formerly the industrial school; and the Glencliff home, formerly the state sanatorium, including all real and personal estate used in connection therewith, the purchase of materials and supplies for said institutions and the departments of state, as hereinafter provided, is vested in the governor and council.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 246:3 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 246 / Section 3
246:3 Apportionment of Costs.
Status: in_force

Any order issued under RSA 246:2 shall provide for the apportionment of the cost (1) between the railroads in interest if the crossing eliminated or improved is a railroad crossing or (2) between the railroad and the state if such crossing is located at the intersection of a railroad and a state highway, trunk line or state-aided highway, or (3) between the railroad and the municipality if such crossing is located at the intersection of a railroad and a highway other than those above specified. In making such apportionment, the department of transportation shall give due consideration to whether the railroad or the highway was first constructed, to the nature and volume of highway traffic, to the number of trains operated by the railroad at the crossing, and all other relevant facts and circumstances. After such reconstruction, the abutments and superstructure of the bridge or underpass shall be maintained by the railroad; but the department of transportation may direct that the wearing surface of a highway at the crossing be maintained by the state or by the town or city whenever it finds that justice so requires.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-B:7 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-B / Section 7
310-B:7 Examination Requirements.
Status: in_force

An original license or certification as a licensed or certified real estate appraiser may be issued to any person who has demonstrated through a proctored written examination process that he or she meets the minimum requirements of the Appraisal Foundation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-H:7 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-H / Section 7
485-H:7 Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund Exception.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any funds deposited into the drinking water and groundwater trust fund established in RSA 6-D:1 as a result of this chapter may be transferred to the department to be used for funding PFAS remediation projects, including those at wastewater treatment facilities, at the discretion of the drinking water and groundwater trust fund's advisory commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:16-j — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 16-j
304-B:16-j Failure to Take Action.
Status: in_force

If the limited partnership does not effectuate the proposed action that gave rise to the dissenters' rights within 60 days after the date set for demanding payment, it shall send a new dissenters' notice under RSA 304-B:16-e and repeat the payment demand procedure if it effectuates the proposed action.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 637:3 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 637 / Section 3
637:3 Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer.
Status: in_force

I. A person commits theft if he obtains or exercises unauthorized control over the property of another with a purpose to deprive him thereof. II. As used in this section and RSA 637:4 and 5, "obtain or exercise unauthorized control" includes but is not necessarily limited to conduct heretofore defined or known as common law larceny by trespassory taking, larceny by conversion, larceny by bailee, and embezzlement.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 46:5 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 46 / Section 5
46:5 Record of.
Status: in_force

A record that the oaths have been so taken shall be made in the journal of the mayor and aldermen, and of the common council, by their respective clerks.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 670:1-a — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 670 / Section 1-a
670:1-a Rescheduling of Village District Elections.
Status: in_force

In the case of a village district that includes voters from 2 or more towns and holds its elections in conjunction with town elections, in the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, V, the town moderators in each town shall, as described in RSA 669:1, coordinate to reschedule the town and village district elections as provided in that section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 613-A:5 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 613-A / Section 5
613-A:5 Exceptions.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to any person in this state confined as insane or mentally ill or as a defective delinquent or under sentence of death.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-C:21-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-C / Section 21-a
169-C:21-a Violation of Protective Order; Penalty.
Status: in_force

I. (a) When a person subject to a protective order under RSA 169-C:16, I(d)(1) or RSA 169-C:19, II(a)(1) violates either a temporary or permanent protective order issued or enforced under this chapter, peace officers shall arrest the defendant and ensure that the defendant is detained until arraignment. Such arrests may be made within 6 hours without a warrant upon probable cause, whether or not the violation is committed in the presence of a peace officer. (b) Subsequent to an arrest, the peace officer shall seize any firearms and ammunition in the control, ownership, or possession of the defendant and any deadly weapons which may have been used, or were threatened to be used, during the violation of the protective order. The law enforcement agency shall maintain possession of the firearms, ammunition, or deadly weapons until the court issues an order directing that the firearms, ammunition, or deadly weapons be relinquished and specifying the person to whom the firearms and ammunition or deadly weapons will be relinquished. II. The prosecution and sentencing for criminal contempt for a violation of a protective order shall not preclude the prosecution of or sentencing for other criminal charges underlying the contempt. III. A person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly violates a protective order issued under this chapter. Charges made under this chapter shall not be reduced to a lesser charge, as permitted in other instances under RSA 625:9. IV. Any person convicted under paragraph III, or who has been convicted in another jurisdiction of violating a protective order enforceable under the laws of this state, who, within 6 years of such conviction or the completion of the sentence imposed for such conviction, whichever is later, subsequently commits and is convicted of one or more offenses under this chapter may be charged with an enhanced penalty for each subsequent offense as follows: (a) There shall be no enhanced charge under this section if the subsequent offense is a class A felony or an unclassified felony; (b) If the subsequent offense would otherwise constitute a class B felony, it may be charged as a class A felony; (c) If the subsequent offense would otherwise constitute a class A misdemeanor, it may be charged as a class B felony; (d) If the subsequent offense would otherwise constitute a class B misdemeanor, it may be charged as a class A misdemeanor; (e) If the subsequent offense would otherwise constitute a violation, it may be charged as a class B misdemeanor.