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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 237:10 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 237 / Section 10
237:10 Interaccount Transfers.
Status: in_force

In the event the balance in the account under RSA 237:24, RSA 237:40 or RSA 237:9 is insufficient at any time to meet the operating expenses, maintenance costs and debt service of the eastern New Hampshire turnpike, the central New Hampshire turnpike or the New Hampshire turnpike system, as the case may be, the treasurer shall transfer the amount necessary to meet the deficiency from the excess income in either or both of the other accounts. In determining which account or accounts to make the transfer from, the treasurer shall be guided by the respective needs of the accounts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:14 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 153-A / Section 14
153-A:14 Investigations.
Status: in_force

The director shall investigate any complaint regarding the actions of any licensee licensed under this chapter or when the director has reason to believe that any licensed or unlicensed individual or entity is in violation of this chapter or any rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 30:4 — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 30 / Section 4
30:4 Convention Proceedings.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners of each county shall publish attested copies of the proceedings of the county convention, with the printed reports of the county officers for the year in which such proceedings occurred.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155-A:11 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155-A / Section 11
155-A:11 Appeals of Decisions of the State Fire Marshal.
Status: in_force

I. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the state fire marshal relative to the application and enforcement of the state building code pursuant to RSA 153:8-a, I(a), or the state fire code, may appeal the decision to the board. II. The board shall hold a hearing within 40 days of receipt of a complaint, unless an extension of time has been granted by the board at the written request of one of the parties and shall render a decision within 30 days of the conclusion of a hearing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 638:3 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 638 / Section 3
638:3 Tampering With Public or Private Records.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, knowing he has no privilege to do so, he falsifies, destroys, removes or conceals any writing or record, public or private, with a purpose to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 173-B:6 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 173-B / Section 6
173-B:6 Guardian Ad Litem.
Status: in_force

In all proceedings under this chapter, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the children of either or both parties. The guardian ad litem may continue to serve after the final disposition of the case.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-D:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-D / Section 6
125-D:6 Variances.
Status: in_force

I. Upon application, and after a hearing, the commissioner may suspend the enforcement of the whole or any part of this chapter or of any rule adopted hereunder in the case of any person who shall show that the enforcement thereof would produce serious economic hardship on such person without equal or greater benefits to the public. II. In determining under what conditions and to what extent the variance may be granted, the commissioner shall give due recognition to the progress which the person requesting such variance shall have made in eliminating or preventing emissions sources of acid depositions; the character and degree of injury to, or interference with, the health and physical property of the people; and the social and economic value of the source of emissions. In such cases, the commissioner shall consider the reasonableness of granting a variance conditioned on the person's effecting a partial abatement of emissions or a progressive abatement thereof or such other circumstances as the commissioner may deem reasonable. No variance shall be granted to any person applying therefor who is causing air pollution which creates a danger to public health, welfare, or safety. III. Any variance granted under this section shall be granted for such period of time, not exceeding one year, as the commissioner shall specify. No variance shall be construed to relieve the person receiving it from any liability imposed by law for the commission or maintenance of a nuisance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146:17 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146 / Section 17
146:17 Prosecutions.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the department of health and human services through his authorized agent whenever he has satisfactory evidence of the violation of this chapter, to prosecute the same, or to make complaint to a prosecuting officer; provided, that where the violation was not wilful the institution of a prosecution shall be at the discretion of said commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 544:14 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 544 / Section 14
544:14 Extending Time of Answer.
Status: in_force

The court may allow additional time for answering; provided, that such extension shall not prevent the issuing of said temporary injunction as prayed for.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 660:20 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 660 / Section 20
660:20 Depositions.
Status: in_force

In any case of contested elections, depositions may be taken as in civil causes. The magistrate taking depositions shall prepare captions therefor, shall seal up the depositions and shall transmit the package to the clerk of the senate or house, as the case may be, with a notation stating the session at which and the case in which the depositions are to be used.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-F:3-a — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-F / Section 3-a
490-F:3-a District Division; Criminal Cases.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the jurisdictional provisions of RSA 592-B:1, the circuit court - district division shall have jurisdiction to arraign defendants charged with felony offenses and to hold a preliminary examination to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the offense was committed and the defendant committed the offense, and if so, to be bound over to the superior court for further proceedings. The supreme court shall adopt such rules as may be required to effect the purpose of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 565:16 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 565 / Section 16
565:16 Obligors Not Sued.
Status: in_force

No suit or judgment on such bond shall operate as an abatement or bar to any suit thereon against any obligor, against whom no suit has previously been commenced or judgment rendered.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 479:30 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 479 / Section 30
479:30 Real Estate Appraisals.
Status: in_force

Whenever a person pays a fee to any bank, mortgage company or other lending institution for a real estate appraisal which is a component of his application for a loan, he shall have the right to receive from such bank or lending institution one copy of the original appraisal free of charge. The request for the copy shall be made in writing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 621:15 — NH Code / Title LX / Chapter 621 / Section 15
621:15 Records of Children Committed or Detained.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall cause accurate records to be kept which shall contain, as a minimum, the child's name, address, age, parents' or guardians' names and addresses, commitment documents, and such other data as may be appropriate. The commissioner shall issue directives to ensure compliance with state and federal privacy laws and regulations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 205-A:15 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205-A / Section 15
205-A:15 Petition.
Status: in_force

Any manufactured housing owner who rents a lot in a manufactured housing park, where a condition exists which may endanger or materially impair the health or safety of the manufactured housing owner or the health and safety of the public, may file a petition in the superior court against the owner of the manufactured housing park to enjoin the threat to health and safety. Such petition shall set forth the defective condition and the reason that it poses a threat to the health and safety of the petitioner, other tenants, or public at large, and that said condition was not substantially caused by the tenant or any other person acting under the tenant's control. The petition shall also state that the owner or tenant has been notified of the condition not less than 14 days prior to filing of the petition.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:8 — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 176 / Section 8
176:8 Divisions and Directors.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have 4 divisions under the direction of unclassified division directors. The directors shall be nominated by the commissioner for appointment by the governor with the consent of the council and shall serve for terms of 4 years dependent upon maintaining good behavior and competence. There shall be a division of marketing, merchandising, and warehousing, a division of administration, a division of finance and audit, and a division of enforcement and licensing. The director of the division of enforcement and licensing shall be subject to a background check by the state police prior to appointment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-A:5-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-A / Section 5-a
141-A:5-a Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Identifying critical health problems in this state as authorized under RSA 141-A:2, I(c) and RSA 141-A:3. II. The manner of reporting critical health problems as authorized under RSA 141-A:4. III. Form and content of the critical health reports under RSA 141-A:4 and RSA 141-A:5, II. IV. Maintaining critical health reports under RSA 141-A:6. V. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 42:6 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 42 / Section 6
42:6 Penalty for Neglect to Appear.
Status: in_force

Every person so chosen and notified, not by law exempt from serving, who shall neglect, for 6 days after personal notice, or notice left at the person's abode, or after the person's return in the case of absence when such notice was left, but in no case later than 30 days after the person's election, to appear before the town clerk and take the oath, shall be guilty of a violation, and any fines shall be appropriated as in RSA 42:5.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:188 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 188
231:188 Procedure.
Status: in_force

They shall proceed upon such petition the same as in the laying out of a highway; and the owner of the land in which the easement is taken shall have like remedy by appeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:75-c — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 75-c
261:75-c Special Registration Plate Symbol.
Status: in_force

The director is hereby authorized to assign registration numbers that include a special registration plate symbol for the purpose of benefitting the state park system. The special registration plate symbol shall serve as a character in the registration number. A special registration plate symbol may be used on any type of number plate issued by the division for private passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. The design and size of an appropriate symbol shall be determined by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of natural and cultural resources. The department shall determine the means of identifying the special registration plate symbol in the computerized records of the department. A special registration plate symbol shall be available to any applicant upon payment of a special registration plate symbol fee of $85, which shall be in addition to any other registration and number plate fees. An applicant may include the symbol on any vanity number plate upon payment of the special registration plate symbol fee and the vanity plate service fee in RSA 261:89. Vanity plate service fees shall be distributed as provided in RSA 261:89 and RSA 263:52. The fees described in this section shall apply to original registrations and annual registration renewals. The department shall retain from the special registration plate symbol fees an amount as is necessary to recover any additional production and administrative costs associated with use of the symbol. The remaining funds shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the state park fund established in RSA 216-A:3-i to fund maintenance and use of the park system and promotion of the special registration number program. All other registration fees, permit fees, number plate fees, and special number plate fees shall be distributed as required by law. The cost of replacement number plates shall be identical to the cost of initial number plates and the revenue from replacement number plates shall be distributed in the same manner as revenue derived from initial number plates.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-B:8 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 328-B / Section 8
328-B:8 License Revocation or Suspension.
Status: repealed

After notice and opportunity for hearing, as provided for under RSA 541-A, the executive director may revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant to this chapter if the licensee: I. Violates this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued under it; II. Knowingly makes any false statement regarding the application or license or in any report the executive director requires to be made; III. Fails to respond to any lawful inquiry of the executive director; or IV. Is convicted of any crime involving violence inflicted on a person or threatened against a person, or any sexually-related crime or a crime involving moral turpitude. V. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 353:8 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 353 / Section 8
353:8 Prohibition.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for anyone to obtain, or attempt to obtain, service from, in or through any inn or hotel: I. With intent to defraud the owner thereof on a credit basis by the use of a credit card which has been stolen, forged, revoked, canceled, unauthorized or in any way invalidated for the purpose of obtaining such credit, or on any other basis; or II. With intent to avoid payment therefor by unjustifiable failure or refusal to pay, by stealth, or by any misrepresentation of fact which he knows to be false.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 371:2 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 371 / Section 2
371:2 Contents; Recording.
Status: in_force

The petition of a public utility shall set out the title and the description of the land involved, the rights to be taken therein, and the public use for which the same are desired, and a certified copy of the petition and final decree thereon shall be recorded, if said petition shall be granted, in the registry of deeds in the county or counties in which the real estate affected thereby is located.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651:64 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651 / Section 64
651:64 Time and Method of Restitution.
Status: in_force

I. The time and method of restitution payments or performance of restitution services shall be specified by the department of corrections. Monetary restitution may be by lump sum, or by periodic installments in any amounts. The court shall not be required to reduce the total obligation as a result of the offender's inability to pay. The offender shall bear the burden of demonstrating lack of ability to pay. Restitution shall be paid by the offender to the department of corrections unless otherwise ordered by the court. Monetary restitution shall not bear interest. Restitution shall be made to any collateral source or subrogee, if authorized by that source and after restitution to the victim, and to the victims' assistance fund, if applicable, has been satisfied. Restitution shall be a continuing obligation of the offender's estate and shall inure to the benefit of the victim's estate, provided that no indebtedness shall pass to any heir of the offender's estate. II. The department of corrections shall have continuing authority over the offender for purposes of enforcing restitution until the restitution order is satisfied. III. The department may garnish the offender's wages for the purpose of ensuring payment of victim restitution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 491-A:5 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 491-A / Section 5
491-A:5 Group Insurance Participation.
Status: in_force

I. Full-time judges may participate in the group health and dental insurance plans provided full-time classified state employees according to eligibility rules established under the judicial branch uniform personnel classification and compensation system. II. To the extent that a part-time justice of the district courts or a part-time judge of the probate courts is not covered by health and dental insurance through the judicial branch personnel policies, the part-time justice of the district courts or part-time judge of the probate courts may participate at his or her own expense in the group health and dental insurance plans afforded full-time state employees.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:41 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 41
485-A:41 Rulemaking; Duties of the Commissioner.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall: I. Exercise general supervision over the administration and enforcement of this subdivision. II. Employ necessary personnel. III. Prohibit construction of systems which would pollute the surface waters or groundwaters of the state, until an acceptable and practicable method exists which will prevent the pollution. IV. Adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A and after public hearing, relative to the implementation of this subdivision. The commissioner shall adopt rules relative to the circumstances under which the commissioner may grant a waiver of any rule, except that no waivers of rules relating to site loading or set-back distances to ground or surface waters shall be allowed for sewage or waste disposal systems on lots in subdivisions created after September 1, 1989. A waiver must be consistent with the intent of this subdivision and have a just result. V. Adopt rules relative to the application for and granting of permits by rule for repair or replacement of certain sewage or waste disposal systems under RSA 485-A:33, IV.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-D:7 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-D / Section 7
490-D:7 Nominations and Appointments of Marital Masters.
Status: in_force

I. The administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, with the concurrence of the supreme court, shall recommend persons to the governor and council for initial appointment as marital masters. In recommending candidates for initial appointment as marital masters under this chapter, the division shall utilize the procedures and standards described in the rules of the judicial branch family division, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. II. For appointments of new marital masters, the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, with the concurrence of the supreme court, shall submit to the governor the name of a nominee. The governor may accept the candidate nominated by the administrative judge and submit the candidate to the council for confirmation or may reject the candidate submitted by the administrative judge, and request a new nominee. If the council rejects a candidate for confirmation, the governor shall request a new nominee. III. Marital masters shall serve an initial term of 3 years. Subsequent reappointments shall be made in accordance with judicial branch family division rules. During appointment terms, the authority and responsibility to conduct annual performance reviews, and termination, if necessary, shall be with the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:6 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 641 / Section 6
641:6 Falsifying Physical Evidence.
Status: in_force

A person commits a class B felony if, believing that an official proceeding, as defined in RSA 641:1, II, or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he: I. Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any thing with a purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or II. Makes, presents or uses any thing which he knows to be false with a purpose to deceive a public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 650:1 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 650 / Section 1
650:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Disseminate" means to import, publish, produce, print, manufacture, distribute, sell, lease, exhibit or display. II. "Knowledge" means general awareness of the nature of the content of the material. III. "Material" means any printed matter, visual representation, live performance or sound recording including, but not limited to, books, magazines, motion picture films, pamphlets, phonographic records, pictures, photographs, figures, statues, plays, dances or other representation or embodiment of the obscene. Undeveloped photographs, molds, printing plates, and the like, shall be deemed obscene material notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or to disseminate it. IV. Material is "obscene" if, considered as a whole, to the average person (a) When applying the contemporary standards of the county within which the obscenity offense was committed, its predominant appeal is to the prurient interest in sex, that is, an interest in lewdness or lascivious thoughts; (b) It depicts or describes sexual conduct in a manner so explicit as to be patently offensive; and (c) It lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. V. "Predominant appeal" shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults unless it appears from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination to be designed for children or other specially susceptible audience. VI. "Sexual conduct" means human masturbation, sexual intercourse, actual or simulated, normal or perverted, whether alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals, any depiction or representation of excretory functions, any lewd exhibitions of the genitals, flagellation or torture in the context of a sexual relationship. Sexual intercourse is simulated when it depicts explicit sexual intercourse which gives the appearance of the consummation of sexual intercourse, normal or perverted. VII. "Child" means a person under the age of 18.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 435:36 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 435 / Section 36
435:36 Cooking or Other Treatment.
Status: in_force

All garbage, regardless of previous processing, shall, before being fed to swine, be thoroughly heated to at least 212 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 30 minutes, unless treated in some other manner which shall be approved in writing by the commissioner or the state veterinarian as being equally effective for the protection of public health.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-F:16-c — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-F / Section 16-c
188-F:16-c In-State Tuition for Military-Connected Students.
Status: in_force

A spouse or child of an active member of the armed forces who is assigned to duty elsewhere immediately following assignment to duty in New Hampshire shall be deemed an in-state resident for purposes of determining tuition and fees at an institution within the community college system as long as the spouse or child resides continuously in New Hampshire while enrolled in such postsecondary institution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-L:8 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-L / Section 8
106-L:8 Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related Dementia Training.
Status: in_force

The director of the police standards and training council shall provide education and training to the law enforcement community on Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia. The director may use the educational program developed in conjunction with the department of health and human services under RSA 126-A:5, XXVII and may include such additional components as may be appropriate to effectively assist law enforcement officers in responding to incidents involving persons with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia.