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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433-A:12 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433-A / Section 12
433-A:12 Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Any person who, individually or through a servant or agent, violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if an individual, or guilty of a felony if any other person. II. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter shall, in addition, be liable for a civil forfeiture not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for each day of a continuing violation, which may be collected in a civil action or in connection with an action for injunctive relief brought by the attorney general. III. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the commissioner, shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383:9-a — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383 / Section 9-a
383:9-a Joint Examination.
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to arrange for a joint examination by the department and any other federal or state regulator or group of regulators with authority to conduct a similar type of examination of the entity, including other state banking departments, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Bank, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the United States Department of Treasury, and the National Credit Union Administration.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 464-A:36 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 464-A / Section 36
464-A:36 Accounts; Notice.
Status: in_force

I. Subject to the provisions of RSA 464-A:26, V, a guardian of the estate shall file an annual account under oath with the court within 90 days after the anniversary date of the guardian's appointment, or be in default. The clerk shall give notice of the default to the guardian by first class mail within 10 days after the default. The clerk shall issue a citation notice in accordance with RSA 554:26-a. II. Said annual account shall specify the amount and type of real and personal property received by the guardian and remaining in his or her control or invested by him or her, and the nature of such investment, and receipts of money disbursed and expenditures, during the preceding time. Upon request of the court, the guardian of the estate shall produce for examination by the court, all securities, evidences of deposit, and investments reported, and any other information or documentation which the court may consider relevant to the accounting of the financial and property transactions of the estate. III. Whenever any guardian of the estate files an account in the probate court, the guardian of the estate shall contemporaneously forward, in hand or by first class mail, the following to the ward and all parties appearing of record: (a) A copy of the account; and (b) A notice that the account may be approved unless a written objection, containing the specific factual or legal basis for the objection, is filed within 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court. IV. The guardian of the estate shall certify to the probate court that the requirements of paragraph III have been complied with.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-C:15 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-C / Section 15
100-C:15 Exemption From Taxation and Execution.
Status: in_force

I. The right of a person to any benefit or to any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the moneys in the funds created by this chapter, shall be exempted from any state, county, or municipal tax in the state; shall not be subject to execution, trustee process, attachment or any other process whatsoever, legal or equitable; and shall be unassignable except as provided in paragraph II. II. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the right of a person to any benefit or to any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the moneys in the funds created by this chapter shall be subject to assignment, attachment, and execution to the same extent as such rights under private retirement systems.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 417:26 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 26
417:26 Evidence Collection.
Status: in_force

If, by its own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the insurance department has any reason to believe that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any criminal activity or any violations involving title XXXVII, it may administer oaths, serve subpoenas ordering the attendance of witnesses or production of material, and collect evidence. Service of such subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be made by: I. Delivering a duly executed copy to the person to be served or an agent authorized by law to receive service of process; II. Delivering a duly executed copy to the person's principal place of business or abode in this state, if any; or III. Mailing a duly executed copy via registered mail, return receipt requested, to the person to be served, or an agent authorized by law to receive service of process.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-C:27 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 49-C / Section 27
49-C:27 Employees When Charter Adopted.
Status: in_force

No employee of the city at the time this charter is adopted shall be required to take any examination in order to continue within the employment of the city. All other provisions of the merit plan will apply to such employees. The incumbents when this charter takes effect who are not elected by popular vote, of all municipal offices not hereby abolished or superseded, shall continue to hold the same until the expiration of their respective terms where a term of years exists, or until such offices are abolished or superseded by lawful ordinances.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 325:14 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 325 / Section 14
325:14 Funeral Directors; Qualifications.
Status: in_force

No person shall engage or hold himself or herself out as engaged in funeral directing, unless the person: I. Is the holder of an embalmer's license; II. Has passed such examinations approved by the board to ascertain efficiency and qualifications to engage in funeral directing; and III. Obtains the appropriate license from the office of professional licensure and certification.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:1-d — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 1-d
189:1-d Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Attendance" means full-time participation in a program of instruction under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district. Educationally disabled home educated pupils educated at school district expense under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district shall be included. II. "Membership" means pupils of whom attendance is expected, whether a pupil is present or absent on any given day. III. "Average daily membership in attendance" means the aggregate half-day membership of pupils attending schools operated by a school district divided by the number of half-days of instruction offered. The average daily membership in attendance for preschool and kindergarten pupils shall be divided by the number of instructional days offered to higher-level elementary grades. IV. "Average daily membership in residence" means the average daily membership in attendance of pupils who are legal residents of the school district pursuant to RSA 193:12 or RSA 193:27, IV and attend a state-approved public or nonpublic school as assigned by the school district in which the pupil resides, or by the state, or attend an approved chartered public school.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:30 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 30
275:30 Day's Work Defined.
Status: in_force

In all contracts relating to labor, 8 hours' actual labor shall be taken to be a day's work unless otherwise agreed by the parties. This provision shall not apply to classes of labor for which the law provides day limits.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 186:70 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 186 / Section 70
186:70 Reading Recovery Training Program.
Status: in_force

I. There is established a reading recovery training program to provide reading recovery training to all eligible first-grade teachers so that reading recovery programs may be made available to all eligible first-grade pupils in those local school districts that choose to implement reading recovery programs. II. The department of education shall administer the reading recovery training program in accordance with the program requirements outlined in the Guidelines and Standards for the North American Reading Recovery Council. III. Each biennium, the department shall, subject to the extent of funds appropriated, provide for the training needs of the participating local districts and shall also provide continuing education to teachers who have completed the initial training. IV. Local districts shall be responsible for all salaries, benefits, and materials for local reading recovery teachers during program training and implementation. V. Unless excused by the department of education, a teacher who completes reading recovery training shall agree to provide reading recovery programs to New Hampshire pupils for at least 2 years following such training.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 245:21 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 245 / Section 21
245:21 Rights of Parties.
Status: in_force

The rights of all parties shall be the same in such case as in case of an original appraisal. The change of location shall be a discontinuance of the part abandoned, but the proprietors may be allowed by the department of transportation a limited time to remove their fixtures therefrom.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 52:3 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 52 / Section 3
52:3 Procedure and Powers.
Status: in_force

I. At such meeting the legal voters may by vote establish the district, give to it a name, and choose necessary officers therefor to hold office until the first annual meeting of the district. II. The district shall thereupon be a body corporate and politic, and shall have all the powers in relation to the objects for which it was established that towns have or may have in relation to like objects, and all that are necessary for the accomplishment of its purposes. III. The district may at an annual meeting vote to raise such sums of money as the voters judge necessary for the purpose of reducing an accumulated general fund deficit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:89 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 89
282-A:89 Recomputation.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, whenever through inadvertence, mistake or any other means erroneous charges or credits are found to have been made to an employer's account, the same shall be readjusted as of the date of discovery. Such readjustment shall not affect any computation or rate assigned prior to the date of discovery, but there shall be an immediate recomputation, in accordance with the applicable provisions of this subdivision, of such employer's account with notice to the employer of the result thereof. If such recomputation results in a contribution rate either higher or lower than that rate in effect on the date of discovery, such new rate shall become effective and applicable to taxable wages as of the first day of the quarter next succeeding the quarter in which the discovery is made.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 426:15 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 426 / Section 15
426:15 Administrative Authority; Inspectors; Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have general authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this subdivision and may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this subdivision. The commissioner or duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any place, building, or vehicle in which apple cider is manufactured, sold, offered, or exposed for sale or exchanged or distributed at retail or wholesale. The commissioner or duly authorized agent shall have authority to open any package or container, and may upon tendering the market price take such container and its contents or sample from the package or container.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:9 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 9
259:9 Certificate.
Status: in_force

"Certificate" shall mean: I. As used in the provisions of this title relative to financial responsibility, the certificate of an insurance company authorized to transact the business specified in RSA 412 or of an insurance company or surety company not authorized to do business in this state, if such company possesses capital and assets to the extent and of the quality required under the provisions of RSA 405:2 or 4, as determined by the insurance commissioner of this state, that it has issued to or for the benefit of the defendant a motor vehicle liability policy as hereinafter defined covering the use of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer involved in the accident, as a result of which the action of law to recover damages referred to in RSA 264:3 was commenced as respects such accidents; II. As used in the certificate of title and anti-theft laws, a physical or electronic certificate of title issued by the division.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-E:14 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-E / Section 14
141-E:14 Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that the provisions of RSA 141-E:7, I or II; 141-E:8, I or II; 141-E:9; 141-E:10; or 141-E:11, or any rule adopted by the commissioner under this chapter has been violated, he or she shall issue a notice of violation and an order of abatement. The commissioner may request the attorney general to bring a civil action in superior court for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction or both, to enforce any provision of RSA 141-E:7, I or II; 141-E:8, I or II; 141-E:9; 141-E:10; or 141-E:11, or any rule adopted by him or her under this chapter, or any order issued by him or her pursuant to this chapter. II. The notices of violation issued pursuant to paragraph I of this section shall set forth the facts constituting the violation. The orders of abatement shall require elimination of the violation and shall set forth the time frame within which abatement shall be completed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:79 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 79
270:79 Otter Lake.
Status: in_force

No person shall use or operate any motorboat or other boat equipped with an outboard motor at greater than trolling speed, except in case of emergency or by special approval of the selectmen, on the waters of Otter Lake in the town of Greenfield. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation. Any fines collected under this section shall be for the use of the town of Greenfield.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:78 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 78
228:78 Application for Leave To Issue.
Status: in_force

Any such common carrier by rail which may apply to the department for authority to issue such securities shall file with its application a statement in reasonable detail, showing the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for any of the purposes for which such securities are to be issued and the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for such purposes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:43-c — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 43-c
31:43-c Minors under 16.
Status: in_force

In all such cities and towns it shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 16 years to be upon any public street, or in any public place, after the hour of 9 o'clock in the evening, unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other suitable person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:9 — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 176 / Section 9
176:9 Liquor Investigator; Training.
Status: in_force

I. The commission may, subject to rules adopted by the director of personnel, employ and dismiss liquor investigators. Liquor investigators shall, under the direction of the commission, investigate any or all matters arising under this title. II. Any new liquor investigator employed by the commission under this section after August 13, 1985, shall, within 6 months of employment, satisfactorily complete a preparatory police training program as provided by RSA 106-L:6, unless he or she has already completed such a program. III. The commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant, or liquor investigator may enter any place where liquor, beverages, tobacco products, e-cigarettes are sold or manufactured, at any time, and may examine any license or permit issued or purported to have been issued under the terms of this title. They shall make complaints for violations of this title.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 365:33 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 365 / Section 33
365:33 Appointment of Agent.
Status: in_force

Any public utility may, by writing filed with the commission, appoint an agent who shall reside and have an office in the city of Concord, upon whom service for and on its behalf may be made by the commission. Such appointment may at any time be revoked or a new appointment made by like writing similarly filed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-A:61 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-A / Section 61
304-A:61 Certificate of Merger.
Status: in_force

I. In a merger of a limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, or a limited partnership with a partnership in which a partnership is the surviving entity, the surviving entity shall file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of merger, together with payment of a filing fee of $35. II. A certificate of merger must contain: (a) The name of each partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company that is a party to the merger; (b) The name of the surviving entity into which the other entities were merged; (c) The street address of the surviving entity's chief executive office and of an office in this state, if any; (d) A statement that the executed agreement of merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving business entity and the address thereof; and (e) A statement that a copy of the agreement of merger will be furnished by the surviving partnership, on request and without cost, to any limited partner of any constituent limited partnership or any member of any constituent limited liability company. III. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph IV, for the purposes of RSA 304-A:10, property of a surviving partnership which before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving entity upon filing a statement of merger. IV. For the purposes of RSA 304-A:10, real property of a surviving partnership which before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving entity upon recording a certified copy of the certificate of merger, if a certificate of merger is required by paragraph I, and otherwise a certificate of merger satisfying the requirements of paragraph II acknowledged by all persons executing the certificate, in the registry of deeds of the county in which the real property is located. V. A filed and, if appropriate, recorded certificate of merger, stating the name of a partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company that is a party to the merger in whose name property was held before the merger and the name of the surviving entity, but not containing all of the other information required by paragraph II, operates with respect to the partnerships, limited partnerships, or limited liability companies named to the extent provided in paragraphs III and IV.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-I:1 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 328-I / Section 1
328-I:1 Definitions.
Status: repealed

In this chapter: I. "Board" means the board of registration of medical technicians. II. [Repealed.] III. [Repealed.] IV. "Health care facility" means health care facilities licensed under RSA 151. V. "Medical establishment" means a setting where health care services are provided to patients, including, but not limited to, the office of a physician, dentist, naturopath, advanced practice registered nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, or a clinic, laboratory, or place not licensed under RSA 151. VI. "Medical technician" means a health care worker who is not licensed or registered by a New Hampshire regulatory board and who assists licensed health care professionals in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. "Medical technician" shall not include a nurse licensed in another state who is working in New Hampshire under the nurse licensure compact established in RSA 326-B:46. For the purposes of this chapter, medical technicians shall be limited to health care workers with access to controlled substances and with access to or contact with patients in a health care facility or in a medical establishment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:32 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 32
304-B:32 Withdrawal of General Partner.
Status: in_force

A general partner may withdraw from a limited partnership at any time by giving written notice to the other partners, but if the withdrawal violates the partnership agreement, the limited partnership may recover from the withdrawing general partner damages for breach of the partnership agreement and offset the damages against the amount otherwise distributable to him.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 473:17 — NH Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 473 / Section 17
473:17 Application.
Status: in_force

Every application to the fence-viewers shall be in writing, and one application may embrace so many subjects as from the nature of the case may be acted upon at one meeting.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 154:5 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 154 / Section 5
154:5 Chief Fireward, Engineer, or Fire Chief.
Status: in_force

I. The chief fireward, engineer or fire chief who is appointed, rather than elected in any town, village district, precinct, city or area shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time or for a definite term, as determined by the legislative body, and the tenure of office shall depend upon good conduct and efficiency. The chief fireward, engineer or fire chief shall be technically qualified by training or experience and shall have ability to command firefighters and hold their respect and confidence. II. Subject to such written formal policies as may be adopted by the appointing authority, each chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief of any city or town who is appointed rather than elected, shall have authority to direct and control all employees of his or her department in their normal course of duty and shall be responsible for the efficient and economical use of all department equipment. Such chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief shall be subject to suspension without pay or dismissal only for cause, and after he or she has been presented with a written specification of the reasons. Upon such suspension or dismissal, the chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief shall be entitled to a hearing, on the merits and reasonableness of the action, in superior court in the county in which the municipality is located, provided that the chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief petitions the clerk of the superior court for such a hearing within 45 days of suspension or dismissal. The court shall have the power to affirm, modify or negate such suspension or dismissal, based upon its findings.