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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-C:19 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 49-C / Section 19
49-C:19 Non-Interference by the Elected Body.
Status: in_force

The elected body shall act in all matters as a body, and shall not seek individually to influence the official acts of the chief administrative officer, or any other official, or to direct or request, except in writing, the appointment of any person to, or his removal from, office; or to interfere in any way with the performance by such officers of their duties. Any member violating the provisions of this section, as determined through procedures established in the charter, shall forfeit his office.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:33 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 33
161-F:33 Owner's Responsibility.
Status: in_force

The tenant owner of a companion animal shall have the following responsibilities: I. (a) To provide the management with a signed agreement with some person, or other legal entity, other than another tenant, that such person or legal entity shall act as a temporary or permanent caretaker for the companion animal if the owner cannot care for it, whether temporarily or permanently. (b) The signed agreement shall also permit management to implement the agreement referred to in subparagraph (a), if the animal is not cared for properly or is abused in any manner. II. To provide the management with a veterinarian certificate stating that the animal is in good health and, if the animal is a cat or a dog, that it has been neutered or spayed, as applicable. III. To be totally responsible for the care and cleanliness of the companion animal whether within the owner's building, on the building grounds, or on adjacent property. IV. To be limited to no more than one companion animal per apartment, with the exception of birds and aquarium fish. V. To abide by any local ordinances that may affect the custody of certain companion animals.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-B:13 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-B / Section 13
106-B:13 Power to Take Identification Data.
Status: in_force

The employees shall have authority to take fingerprints and, in addition thereto, such identification data as shall be prescribed by the director of all persons taken into custody by them in the discharge of their duties.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 237-A:5 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 237-A / Section 5
237-A:5 Pledge of Revenues or Other Property.
Status: in_force

Any pledge of revenues or other property made by the state under this chapter shall be valid and binding and shall be deemed continuously perfected for the purposes of RSA 382-A and other laws from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, rights and proceeds so pledged and then held or thereafter acquired or received by the state shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or segregation thereof or further act; and the lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. No such revenues may be used in a manner inconsistent with the pledge. Neither the resolution, any trust or security agreement nor any other agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the secretary of state and no filing need be made under RSA 382-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 200-A:7 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 200-A / Section 7
200-A:7 Qualification Requirements.
Status: in_force

Financial assistance under this chapter shall be granted only to those New Hampshire residents who agree to repay the state for such sums as are expended in their behalf. An interest free note for repayment hereunder shall be signed and be enforceable in an action for debt. It shall not be a defense to such action that the recipient was a minor when the note was executed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-E:211 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-E / Section 211
564-E:211 Estates, Trusts, and Other Beneficial Interests.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "estate, trust, or other beneficial interest" means a trust, probate estate, guardianship, conservatorship, escrow, or custodianship or a fund from which the principal is, may become, or claims to be, entitled to a share or payment. (b) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to estates, trusts, and other beneficial interests authorizes the agent to: (1) accept, receive, receipt for, sell, assign, pledge, or exchange a share in or payment from an estate, trust, or other beneficial interest; (2) demand or obtain money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be, entitled by reason of an estate, trust, or other beneficial interest, by litigation or otherwise; (3) exercise for the benefit of the principal a presently exercisable general power of appointment held by the principal; (4) initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to ascertain the meaning, validity, or effect of a deed, will, declaration of trust, or other instrument or transaction affecting the interest of the principal; (5) initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to remove, substitute, or surcharge a fiduciary; (6) conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything received for an authorized purpose; (7) transfer an interest of the principal in real property, stocks and bonds, accounts with financial institutions or securities intermediaries, insurance, annuities, and other property to the trustee of a revocable trust created by the principal as settlor; and (8) reject, renounce, disclaim, release, or consent to a reduction in or modification of a share in or payment from an estate, trust, or other beneficial interest.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:62 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 80 / Section 62
80:62 Postponement of Execution; Execution of Tax Lien by Agent.
Status: in_force

I. Whenever it shall appear to the selectmen or assessors that the collector of taxes or deputy collector of taxes will be unable to execute the tax lien to the municipality as specified in the notice of lien, they shall have the power to delay the execution of the tax lien for a period not exceeding 3 days. If at the end of the postponed period, the tax collector or deputy collector of taxes is unable to execute the lien by reason of illness or other unavoidable cause, the selectmen or assessors may appoint in writing any duly qualified person to execute the tax lien and make the statutory return to the register of deeds. II. Such appointee shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties which shall be to execute the tax lien to the municipality and to deliver the same to the town or city treasurer, taking his receipt thereof, and to make a report of the execution of the tax lien to the register of deeds within 30 days thereafter. No bond shall be required of any person appointed to execute the tax lien. III. For the proper discharge of his duties the person appointed to execute the tax lien to the municipality shall be entitled to the same fees and charges that the collector would have received if he had executed the tax lien and made report thereof to the register of deeds. If said tax lien execution is made in a municipality in which all fees and costs accrue to the town or city, then the sum to be allowed to the person duly qualified for his services shall not be less than the per diem compensation of the tax collector if he is paid upon a salary basis, nor less than he would have received if employed on a commission basis. IV. Within 24 hours after the execution of the tax lien by the person duly qualified and appointed, the selectmen or assessors shall notify the commissioner of revenue administration, in writing, of the time and place of the tax lien execution and the name of the person conducting said execution. An attested copy of their notice to the commissioner of revenue administration shall be delivered by the selectmen or assessors to the person that performed the execution of the tax lien. Such person shall thereupon forward the copy of the notice, together with his report of the execution of the tax lien, to the register of deeds who shall cause the same to be entered as a part of the tax lien record.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-N:3 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-N / Section 3
125-N:3 Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program.
Status: in_force

I. The department shall develop a dioxin emissions reduction and control program. The program shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Studying the human health and ecological impacts of dioxin emissions and contamination. (b) Encouraging the development of, and evaluating, technologies and pollution prevention practices, to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions to the ambient air from stationary sources. (c) Promoting residential, commercial, and industrial energy efficiency and conservation programs to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions. (d) Supporting and encouraging federal legislation to reduce dioxin emissions from motor vehicles and other mobile sources. (e) Continuing pollution prevention efforts, including recycling and outreach and education efforts, to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions to the ambient air from municipal waste combustors and medical waste incinerators. (f) Conducting public education and outreach regarding the public health and environmental impacts of backyard trash burning and other sources of dioxin emissions. (g) Researching and attempting to quantify the sources of dioxin. II. The department shall not implement or impose dioxin emission limits for emissions resulting from stationary source combustion of virgin petroleum fuels, coal and untreated wood and wood products without further legislative authorization unless such limits are required to be implemented or imposed under federal authority enacted or promulgated after the effective date of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:66 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 66
310-A:66 Examinations.
Status: in_force

The board shall prescribe the examination requirements in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318-C:14 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 318-C / Section 14
318-C:14 Prejudgment Attachment and Execution on Judgments.
Status: in_force

I. A plaintiff under this chapter, subject to paragraph II, may request an ex parte prejudgment attachment order from the court against all assets of a defendant sufficient to satisfy a potential award. If attachment is instituted, a defendant is entitled to an immediate hearing. Attachment may be lifted if the defendant demonstrates that the assets will be available for a potential award or if the defendant posts a bond sufficient to cover a potential award. II. Any assets sought to satisfy a judgment under this chapter that are named in a forfeiture action or have been seized for forfeiture by any state or federal agency may not be used to satisfy a judgment unless and until the assets have been released following the conclusion of the forfeiture action or released by the agency that seized the assets.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-T:17 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-T / Section 17
359-T:17 Vehicles to be Registered.
Status: in_force

Each household goods carrier holding a certificate or permit under the provisions of this chapter shall annually apply to the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, on blanks to be furnished by it, for the registration of each vehicle operated under the provisions of such certificate or permit and pay to said department fees as provided for in RSA 359-T:18. Upon receipt of such application and fee, a distinguishing number plate or plates and registration certificate shall be furnished by the division for such vehicle applied for, and said plates shall be prominently displayed on the vehicle in such manner as the director of the division shall prescribe. Registration certificates and number plates issued under the provisions of this section shall be used coincidental with, and shall expire with, the corresponding registration certificate and number plates issued by the division of motor vehicles, department of safety, of this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-B:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-B / Section 1
162-B:1 Declaration of Policy.
Status: in_force

I. The state of New Hampshire endorses the action of the Congress of the United States in enacting the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to institute a program to encourage the widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; and therefore declares the policy of the state to be, (1) To cooperate actively in the program thus instituted; and (2) To the extent that the regulation of special nuclear materials and by-product materials, of production facilities and utilization facilities, and of persons operating such facilities, may be within the jurisdiction of the state, to provide for the exercise of the state's regulatory authority so as to conform, as nearly as may be, to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations issued thereunder, to the end that there may, in effect, be a single harmonious system of regulation within the state. II. The state of New Hampshire recognizes that the development of industries producing or utilizing atomic energy may result in new conditions calling for changes in the laws of the state and in administrative rules thereunder with respect to health and safety, working conditions, workers' compensation, transportation, public utilities, life, health, accident, fire, and casualty insurance, the conservation of natural resources, including wildlife, and the protection of streams, rivers and airspace from pollution, and therefore declares the policy of the state to be, (1) To adapt its laws and rules to meet the new conditions in ways that will encourage the healthy development of industries producing or utilizing atomic energy while at the same time protecting the public interest; and (2) To initiate continuing studies and regularly publish public results concerning the need for changes in the relevant laws and rules of the state by the respective departments and agencies of state government responsible for their administration; and (3) To assure the coordination of the studies thus undertaken, particularly with other atomic industrial development activities of the state and with the development and regulatory activities of other states and of the government of the United States.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-C:12 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-C / Section 12
415-C:12 Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of the provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 397:2 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 397 / Section 2
397:2 Powers of Bank Commissioner.
Status: in_force

During the period of any banking emergency so proclaimed, the bank commissioner, hereinafter called the commissioner, in addition to all other powers conferred upon him by law, shall have authority to order any one or more banks to restrict all or any part of their business and to limit or postpone for any length of time the payment of any amount or proportion of the deposits in any of the departments thereof as he may deem necessary or expedient and may further regulate payments therefrom as to time and amount, as in his opinion the interest of the public or of such bank or banks or the depositors thereof may require, and may make such further orders and regulations in respect to the business of such bank or banks as in his opinion the interest of the public or of such bank or banks or the depositors thereof may require, and any order or orders made by him hereunder may be amended, changed, extended, or revoked, in whole or in part, whenever in his judgment circumstances warrant or require. After the termination of any such banking emergency, any such order may be continued in effect as to any particular bank or banks as aforesaid if in the judgment of the commissioner circumstances warrant or require and the governor approves.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383:11-a — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383 / Section 11-a
383:11-a Contract Services.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be authorized to enter into contracts with federal regulatory and insuring agencies to perform examinations of financial institutions, or to provide other services, and to receive monetary reimbursement for the costs incurred in providing such contract services. Contracts for services to be provided by the banking department under this section shall be reviewed and approved as to proper legal form by the department of justice. Sums collected for contracted services under this section shall be payable to the state treasurer as restricted revenue and credited to the appropriation for the bank commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-D:5-b — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-D / Section 5-b
169-D:5-b Consent Order.
Status: in_force

I. At any time after the filing of the petition and prior to an order of adjudication pursuant to RSA 169-D:14, the court may suspend the proceedings upon its own motion or upon the motion of any party, and continue the case under terms and conditions established by the parties and approved by the court. II. A consent order shall not be approved unless the department consents and the child and parents, guardian, or custodian are informed of the consequences of the order by the court and the court determines that the child and parents voluntarily and intelligently consent to the terms and conditions of the order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 428:16 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 428 / Section 16
428:16 Weighing.
Status: in_force

Before any license or renewal thereof is issued under this subdivision, the applicant shall file with the commissioner a certificate from an inspector of weights and measures to the effect that the weights to be used in the business for buying and selling live poultry have been inspected and have been found correct or furnish the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food with a declaration to the effect that all poultry purchased by him will be weighed on scales properly sealed by the department.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-H:1 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-H / Section 1
485-H:1 Purpose Statement.
Status: in_force

Communities across the state have been impacted by perfluorochemical contamination, largely through no fault of their own. Perfluorochemicals are a class of chemicals that are part of a larger group of chemicals called per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The cost of remediating this contamination for many communities would result in dramatically higher water and sewer rates for end users. The existence of these man-made chemicals, some of which are occurring at unhealthy levels in New Hampshire's drinking water, require a strategy to protect, preserve, and enhance the water that New Hampshire citizens and environment rely upon.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 73:1 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 73 / Section 1
73:1 Residents.
Status: in_force

Every person shall be taxed in the town in which he is an inhabitant or resident on April 1, for his resident tax and estate, except in cases otherwise provided by law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 33-B:2 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 33-B / Section 2
33-B:2 Issuance of Revenue Bonds.
Status: in_force

A municipality or regional water district may issue bonds or notes under this chapter for construction of revenue-producing facilities. Bonds issued by a municipality or regional water district under this chapter shall not be deemed to be a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of the municipality or municipalities that are members of a regional water district. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds shall be payable solely from the particular funds provided therefor under this chapter. Bonds issued by a municipality shall be issued in such amounts as the legislative body may authorize by a vote as required under RSA 33:8 or 9, as applicable. Bonds issued by regional water districts shall be issued in such amounts as the governing body may authorize pursuant to the regional water district's charter. Bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, including rates variable from time to time as determined by such index, banker's loan rate or other method as may be determined by the authorized officers, and shall mature at such time or times as may be determined by the authorized officers, except that no bond shall mature more than 40 years from the date of its issue or beyond the expiration of the expected useful life of the facilities being financed by the bonds as determined by the authorized officers. Bonds may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the municipality or regional water district at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authorized officers prior to the issue of bonds. The authorized officers shall determine the form and details and the manner of execution of bonds. The municipality or regional water district may sell its bonds in such manner, either at public or private sale, for such price, at such rate or rates of interest, or at such discount in lieu of interest, as the authorized officers may determine. The provisions of RSA 33:11-a, 14 and 15 shall apply to bonds issued under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 361-C:2 — NH Code / Title XXXIII-A / Chapter 361-C / Section 2
361-C:2 Attorney's Fees for Consumer.
Status: in_force

If a retail installment contract or evidence of indebtedness provides for attorney's fees to be awarded to the retail seller, lender or creditor in any action, suit or proceeding against the retail buyer, borrower or debtor involving the sale, loan or extension of credit, such contract or evidence of indebtedness shall also provide that: I. Reasonable attorney's fees shall be awarded to the buyer, borrower or debtor if he prevails in (a) Any action, suit or proceeding brought by the retail seller, lender or creditor; or (b) An action brought by the buyer, borrower or debtor; and II. If a buyer, borrower or debtor successfully asserts a partial defense or set-off, recoupment or counterclaim to an action brought by the retail seller, lender or creditor, the court may withhold from the retail seller, lender or creditor the entire amount or such portion of the attorney fees as the court considers equitable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318-C:11 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 318-C / Section 11
318-C:11 Comparative Responsibility.
Status: in_force

I. An action by an individual drug user is governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Comparative responsibility attributed to the plaintiff does not bar recovery but diminishes the award of compensatory damages proportionally, according to the measure of responsibility attributed to the plaintiff. II. The burden of proving the comparative responsibility of the plaintiff is on the defendant, which shall be shown by clear and convincing evidence. III. Comparative responsibility shall not be attributed to a plaintiff who is not an individual drug user.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 210:14 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 14
210:14 Disturbing Traps of Another.
Status: in_force

No person shall disturb the trap of another, nor take a fur-bearing animal from the trap of another unless an owner shall have complied with the authorization provisions of RSA 210:13. Any person taking a fur-bearing animal from a trap set by another without complying with RSA 210:13 shall be deemed guilty of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and punishable accordingly.