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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564:21 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564 / Section 21
564:21 Compensation for Trustees of Non-Charitable Trusts.
Status: in_force

I. A trustee of a non-charitable trust shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the execution of the trust; and unless otherwise expressly provided in the trust instrument, such trustee shall have such reasonable compensation for services as the judge may allow. II. In the case of any corporate or professional trustee of a non-charitable trust, the probate court recognizes a rebuttable presumption that reasonable compensation for the trustee's services shall be defined by that institution's or professional's published inter vivos fee schedule or fee agreement, in effect at the time services are rendered. Corporate or professional trustees shall submit an affidavit to the probate court reciting their inter vivos fee schedule or fee agreement, in effect at the time services were rendered; a statement that the charges for the services rendered in this account are in accordance with the charges in that fee schedule or fee agreement; and a certification that the beneficiaries were notified of that fee schedule or fee agreement. Preparation of any trustee account or appearance at probate court, by a corporate or professional trustee, if required, shall not ordinarily be an additional charge. III. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the trust instrument, such compensation and expenses shall be apportioned between income and principal as the trustee shall determine to be equitable, and shall be reviewed by the probate court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 348:1 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 348 / Section 1
348:1 Licenses.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation having a place of business within the state, who keeps and maintains for hire a warehouse for the storage of goods, wares, and merchandise of persons, firms or corporations, shall be a public warehouseman. A public warehouseman shall obtain an annual license from the secretary of state. The fee for such license shall be $50. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 396:3 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 396 / Section 3
396:3 Violation of Orders.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any such institution or officer, trustee, director, or employee thereof having notice or knowledge of any such order to violate the provisions thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:56-a — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 56-a
259:56-a Mobile Carrier.
Status: in_force

"Mobile carrier" means an electrically powered device that: I. Is operated on sidewalks and crosswalks and is intended primarily for transporting property. II. Weighs less than 80 pounds, excluding cargo. III. Has a maximum speed of 12.5 miles per hour. IV. Is equipped with a technology to transport personal property with the active monitoring of a property owner and primarily designed to remain within 25 feet of the property owner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:51 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 51
230:51 Auxiliary Roads.
Status: in_force

Any service roads constructed by the state in conjunction with but not a part of a limited access facility shall be classified by the commissioner of transportation as a class IV, V or VI highway. After any such classification the provisions of RSA 230:52 and 53 shall not apply and thereafter the towns or cities shall maintain any road classified as class IV or V and the highway user shall maintain any road classified as class VI.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:80 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 80
674:80 Amendment to Zoning Regulations.
Status: in_force

I. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, municipalities shall allow multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land, provided that adequate infrastructure, including roads, water, and sewage systems, shall be available or provided to support the development. II. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit municipalities from restricting residential development in zones where industrial and manufacturing uses are permitted which may result in impacts that are incompatible with residential use, such as air, noise, odor, or transportation impacts. III. A municipality may require all available ground floor space or a percentage thereof to be dedicated to retail or similar uses. IV. A municipality shall provide an exemption to any requirements regarding setbacks, height, or frontage of a building being converted to multi-family or mixed-use through adaptive reuse, provided that the building's floor area, height, and setbacks do not change.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 471-C:41 — NH Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 471-C / Section 41
471-C:41 Effect of New Provisions.
Status: in_force

I. This chapter does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before January 1, 1987, to report, pay, or deliver property. A holder who did not comply with the law in effect before January 1, 1987, shall be subject to the applicable enforcement and penalty provisions that then existed and they are continued in effect for the purpose of this paragraph, subject to RSA 471-C:33, II. II. The initial report filed under this chapter for property that was not required to be reported before January 1, 1987, shall include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the 10-year period preceding January 1, 1987, as if this chapter had been in effect during that period.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 511:4 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 511 / Section 4
511:4 Return.
Status: in_force

I. The officer's return is sufficient evidence that the copy has been so left, and of the time thereof, but the register of deeds shall certify thereon the time when the copy was received and may keep it on file or record it as provided in paragraph II. II. The register of deeds may cause the originals of copies filed under paragraph I to be photographed and preserved on microfilm or optical disk or both, in addition to or in lieu of other recording methods.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 356-C:5 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 356-C / Section 5
356-C:5 Exclusive Right to Purchase.
Status: in_force

I. Any tenant entitled to notice under RSA 356-C:3, I and II, shall have an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of the unit that he occupies, provided that the unit is to be retained without substantial alteration in its physical layout. Such tenant shall be given all documents provided to the general public or to any other tenant as a part of the offering for sale. Each tenant shall have 60 days from the time of receipt of the sales documents to exercise his exclusive right to purchase. The exclusive right to purchase shall expire prior to the expiration of the 60 day period upon the tenant's voluntarily giving notice of termination of his lease or rental agreement or vacating his unit, whichever is earlier. II. Failure to comply with this section shall render a sale to any person or entity other than the tenant voidable at the option of the tenant if the tenant exercises this option before giving notice of termination or vacating the premises.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 649:9 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 649 / Section 9
649:9 Closing and Restricting Use of Highway.
Status: in_force

Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in or preparing to engage in the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or by any country with which the United States shall then maintain friendly relations, or in the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any of said natural or artificial persons operating any public utility, who has property so used which he or it believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which such property abuts, may petition the appropriate highway commissioner to close one or more of said highways or parts thereof to public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel upon one or more of said highways or parts thereof. Upon receipt of such petition, the highway commissioner shall set a day for hearing and give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the city, town or county in which such property is located, such notice to be at least 7 days prior to the date set for hearing. If after hearing the highway commissioner determines that the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner so require, they shall by suitable order close to public use and travel or reasonably restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of said highways or parts thereof, provided, the highway commissioner may issue written permits to travel over the highways so closed or restricted to responsible and reputable persons for such term, under such conditions and in such form as said commissioner may prescribe. Appropriate notices in letters at least 3 inches high shall be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by such order. The highway commissioner may at any time revoke or modify any order so made. Whoever violates any order made under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:39-aa — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 39-aa
674:39-aa Restoration of Involuntarily Merged Lots.
Status: in_force

I. In this section: (a) "Involuntary merger" and "involuntarily merged" mean lots merged by municipal action for zoning, assessing, or taxation purposes without the consent of the owner. (b) "Owner" means the person or entity that holds legal title to the lots in question, even if such person or entity did not hold legal title at the time of the involuntary merger. (c) "Voluntary merger" and "voluntarily merged" mean a merger under RSA 674:39-a, or any overt action or conduct that indicates an owner regarded said lots as merged such as, but not limited to, abandoning a lot line. II. Lots or parcels that were involuntarily merged prior to September 18, 2010 by a city, town, county, village district, or any other municipality, shall at the request of the owner, be restored to their premerger status and all zoning and tax maps shall be updated to identify the premerger boundaries of said lots or parcels as recorded at the appropriate registry of deeds, provided: (a) The request is submitted to the governing body. (b) No owner in the chain of title voluntarily merged his or her lots. If any owner in the chain of title voluntarily merged his or her lots, then all subsequent owners shall be estopped from requesting restoration. The municipality shall have the burden of proof to show that any previous owner voluntarily merged his or her lots. III. All decisions of the governing body may be appealed in accordance with the provisions of RSA 676. IV. Any municipality may adopt local ordinances, including ordinances enacted prior to the effective date of this section, to restore previously merged properties that are less restrictive than the provisions in paragraph I and II. V. The restoration of the lots to their premerger status shall not be deemed to cure any non-conformity with existing local land use ordinances. VI. Municipalities shall post a notice informing residents that any involuntarily merged lots may be restored to premerger status upon the owner's request. Such notice shall be posted in a public place no later than January 1, 2012 and shall remain posted through December 31, 2016. Each municipality shall also publish the same or similar notice in its 2011 through 2015 annual reports.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 430:19 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 430 / Section 19
430:19 Joint Effort.
Status: in_force

To increase operational efficiency, 2 or more adjacent mosquito control districts may, by written agreement of the boards and the local governing bodies, arrange for combining mosquito control funds, apportioning costs, cooperating, and engaging jointly in mosquito control projects. The immediate control and management of a joint project may be entrusted to a joint committee composed of the chairman of each of the boards, or such other board members as may be agreed upon and stipulating such in writing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 47:16 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 47 / Section 16
47:16 General Meeting.
Status: in_force

The mayor and aldermen shall issue their warrant for a general meeting of the voters, for any constitutional or legal purpose, whenever requested to do so, in writing, by 100 legal voters.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 43:3 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 43 / Section 3
43:3 Posting of Notice.
Status: in_force

Notice shall be given to all other persons interested by posting a like copy in one of the most public places in the town or district affected by the petition, and by leaving a like copy at the abode of the clerk of such town or district a like time before the hearing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 483:3 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 483 / Section 3
483:3 Rivers Coordinator.
Status: in_force

There is established in the department of environmental services, a state rivers coordinator, who shall be a classified employee qualified by reason of education and experience, and who shall administer the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-A:20 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-A / Section 20
304-A:20 Duty of Partners to Render Information.
Status: in_force

Partners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-E:13 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-E / Section 13
326-E:13 Privileged Communications.
Status: in_force

The confidential communications between licensed respiratory care practitioners and their clients or patients is placed on the same legal basis as those between physician and patient, and except as otherwise provided by law, no respiratory care practitioner shall be required to disclose such privileged communications. Confidential communications between a patient or client and any person working under the supervision of such practitioner that are customary and necessary for diagnosis and treatment are privileged to the same extent as though those communications were with the supervising licensed practitioner. This section shall not apply to investigations and hearings conducted by the office or by any other agency regulating health professions in the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 430:12 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 430 / Section 12
430:12 Petition.
Status: in_force

Ten qualified voters in any city or town may petition the city council, town selectmen, or any other type of city or town governing body, hereafter called the local governing body, that the proposition of creating, establishing, and maintaining a city or town mosquito control district be submitted to the voters of that city or town at the next general election held in that city or town or to the voters in the next town meeting that does not occur within less than 90 days after filing the petition. The petition may consist of one or more separate units and shall be filed with the local governing body. Each subscriber to the petition shall state his name, post office address, the voting precinct in which he is registered, and the date of signing. No subscriber may withdraw his name or have it taken from the petition after the petition has been filed. If the name of any person has been placed upon the petition without his authority, he may appear before the local governing body, before the election or meeting is ordered, and, upon proof his name was placed on the petition without his authority, his name may be struck off the petition by an order of the local governing body.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:32 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 32
243:32 Orders.
Status: in_force

After hearing the parties, the justice shall determine the value of the stock, interest or property right taken of all stockholders who are entitled to have compensation therefor and shall make and enforce all orders that may be necessary to secure to dissenting and other stockholders all their rights under the constitution and laws. He shall file his award with the clerk of the superior court for the county of Merrimack.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 292:5-c — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 292 / Section 5-c
292:5-c Online Filing.
Status: in_force

No later than January 1, 2020, the secretary of state shall provide for and allow the online filing of all forms, certificates, or other documents required under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 41:14-c — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 41 / Section 14-c
41:14-c Adoption Procedure.
Status: in_force

I. Towns may adopt the provisions of RSA 41:14-a at any duly warned meeting. Once adopted, these provisions shall remain in effect until specifically rescinded by the town at any duly warned meeting. II. Towns with 10,000 or more inhabitants may adopt the provisions of RSA 41:14-b at any duly warned meeting. Once adopted, these provisions shall remain in effect until specifically rescinded by the town at any duly warned meeting.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 225-A:18 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 225-A / Section 18
225-A:18 Fees.
Status: in_force

All fees collected by the board hereunder shall be credited to the special appropriation for the department to be expended for purposes of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:185 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 185
282-A:185 State Workforce Innovation Grants.
Status: in_force

In accordance with RSA 282-A:181 through RSA 282-A:184, the commissioner of the department of employment security may make grants to New Hampshire employers for the purpose of training employees in accordance with RSA 12-O:45, such grants not to exceed the amounts specified in RSA 282-A:87, IV(a)(2), and not to exceed to any single employer in any grant year the sum of $70,000, unless first approved by governor and council. The commissioner shall provide the governor and council an information item not less frequently than semi-annually describing all such grants expended pursuant thereto. Such grants shall be made pursuant to a form of agreement that shall be approved by governor and council after review by the attorney general and the commissioner of the department of administrative services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 438:21 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 21
438:21 Packages; Declarations of Quantity and Origin; Variations; Exemptions.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any commodity in package form introduced, or delivered for introduction into, or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package such definite, plain, and conspicuous declarations of (1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container, (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count, and (3) in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, as may be prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner; provided, however, that, in connection with the declaration required under clause (2) of this section, neither the qualifying term "when packed" or any words of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count (for example, "jumbo," "giant," "full," and the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package shall be used; and provided further that under said clause (2), the commissioner shall, by rule, establish (a) reasonable variations to be allowed, which may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure, (b) exemptions as to small packages, and (c) exemptions as to commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the customer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 614:1-a — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 614 / Section 1-a
614:1-a Reciprocity Requirement.
Status: in_force

The provisions of RSA 614 shall not authorize members of state, county or local peace units from other states to pursue persons driving or suspected of driving a motor vehicle or operating or suspected of operating a boat under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled drug into New Hampshire unless the state of origin of such peace unit accords reciprocal authority to pursue such persons to members of duly authorized New Hampshire state, county or local peace units.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 671:30 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 671 / Section 30
671:30 Non-Partisan Ballot System.
Status: in_force

Every school district in the state, except one having a special statute relative to election of its district offices, shall use the non-partisan ballot system for the election of district officers, in the same manner as in towns as provided in RSA 669:19-669:25, except that all references to towns or town clerks shall be read to refer to school districts or school district clerks.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-F:20 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-F / Section 20
408-F:20 Prospective Application.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to any member insurer which is insolvent or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations on December 31, 2019.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 478:9 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 478 / Section 9
478:9 Estates Affected.
Status: in_force

The names of all persons whose estates appear to be affected by any deed or decree of partition entered on such record shall be entered in the indexes of grantors and grantees.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 417-D:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417-D / Section 4
417-D:4 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any insurer that violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to it, may, at the discretion of the commissioner, have its certificate of authority indefinitely suspended or revoked.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 303:29 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 303 / Section 29
303:29 Secreting Board, Etc.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall wilfully secrete or destroy any proprietary record or document, or shall carry any such record or document out of the state, shall be liable for damages to any person injured thereby, and shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:53 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 53
485-A:53 Insurance.
Status: in_force

The department shall purchase insurance, including extended coverage insurance, to protect the pollution control facilities administered under this subdivision against fire, vandalism, and malicious mischief. The cost of the insurance shall be included in the user fee. If the department determines that any of the foregoing insurance is unavailable or uneconomical, it may request the governor and council to waive the provisions of this section for the term of the coverage. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver of the state's sovereign immunity regardless of the department's ability to procure the types of insurance described in this section.