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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-L:12-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-L / Section 12-b
21-L:12-b Bridge and Highway Construction Requirements for State Bridge Aid and State Highway Aid Projects.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in paragraph III, the most current versions of the following design standards and manuals promulgated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), inclusive of any amendments, revisions, interim revisions, or new editions promulgated by AASHTO are hereby adopted by reference, and the commissioner shall apply them to any project funded by state bridge aid or state highway aid as minimum standards in the state: (a) AASHTO load and resistance factor design for bridge design specifications; (b) AASHTO manual for condition evaluation of bridges; (c) AASHTO guide specifications for seismic isolation design; (d) AASHTO manual for condition evaluation and load resistance factor rating (LRFR) of highway bridges; (e) AASHTO standard specifications for structural supports for highway signs, luminaries, and traffic signals; (f) AASHTO policy on geometric design of highways and streets; and (g) AASHTO roadside design guide. II. At least 90 days prior to the adoption of any design standards or manuals under paragraph I the commissioner: (a) Shall publish notice of such standards or manuals in a statewide newspaper and at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county of the state. (b) Shall provide written notice of such standards or manuals to the associated general contractors of New Hampshire and other contractors with whom the department is doing business. (c) May, in appropriate situations, hold a public hearing. III. For modifications to an existing bridge, the commissioner may require load resistance factor design (LRFD) specifications from the most current version of the applicable AASHTO manual listed in paragraph I or the specifications that were used for the original design of the bridge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:26 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651-A / Section 26
651-A:26 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this compact: I. "Adult" means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law. II. "Bylaws" mean those bylaws established by the interstate commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling the interstate commission's actions or conduct. III. "Compact administrator" means the individual in each compacting state appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of offenders subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the interstate commission and policies adopted by the state council under this compact. IV. "Compacting state" means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact. V. "Commissioner" means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to this compact. VI. "Interstate commission" means the interstate commission for adult offender supervision established by this compact. VII. "Member" means the commissioner of a compacting state or designee, who shall be a person officially connected with the commissioner. VIII. "Non-compacting state" means any state which has not enacted the enabling legislation for this compact. IX. "Offender" means an adult placed under, or subject, to supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies. X. "Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity, either public or private. XI. "Rules" means acts of the interstate commission, duly adopted pursuant to this compact, substantially affecting interested parties in addition to the interstate commission, which shall have the force and effect of law in the compacting states. XII. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia and any other territorial possessions of the United States. XIII. "State council" means the resident members of the state council for interstate adult offender supervision created by each state under this compact.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-B:32 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-B / Section 32
170-B:32 Unauthorized Advertising for Adoption Purposes; Exceptions; Penalty.
Status: in_force

I. In this section: (a) "Advertise through a public medium" means to communicate by any public medium, including by newspaper, periodical, telephone book listing, outdoor advertising sign, radio, television, or by computerized communication system, which includes an Internet site, an Internet profile, or any similar medium of communication provided via the Internet. "Advertising through a public medium" does not include communicating through personal or work electronic mail, text, or telephone. (b) "Another jurisdiction" means the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, an Indian tribe, or a state of the United States other than New Hampshire. (c) "Child" means a person less than 18 years of age. II. Except as described in paragraph III, it is unlawful to advertise through a public medium for one of the following purposes: (a) To find a child to adopt or to otherwise take permanent physical custody of a child; (b) To find an adoptive home or any other permanent physical placement for a child or to arrange for or assist in the adoption, adoptive placement, or any other permanent physical placement of a child; or (c) To offer to place a child for adoption or in any other permanent physical placement with another person. III. Paragraph II shall not apply to: (a) An employee of the department of health and human services or a licensed child-placing agency, who is acting within the scope of his or her employment to place a child for adoption or in foster care; (b) An adoption exchange whose membership includes licensed child-placing agencies that provide information and referral services to find adoptive homes and to promote adoption; (c) An individual or organization that has entered into an agreement with or is actively working with any of the agencies or entities described in paragraph (a) or (b) to place a child for adoption; (d) A person who advertises fertility-related services; (e) An individual who has received a favorable recommendation regarding his or her fitness to be an adoptive parent in this state from the department of health and human services or a child-placing agency licensed in this state or in another jurisdiction from an entity authorized by that jurisdiction to conduct studies of potential adoptive homes; (f) An individual who expresses a general interest in becoming an adoptive parent; or (g) An attorney who is licensed to practice in New Hampshire who advertises his or her availability to practice or provide services relating to the adoption of children. IV. Unauthorized advertising of a child, as described in paragraph II, is a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 208:9-a — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 208 / Section 9-a
208:9-a Larceny of Deer or Bear.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall steal, take and carry away a deer, bear or any part thereof, of another without permission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-N:1 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-N / Section 1
420-N:1 Purpose and Scope.
Status: in_force

The intent of this chapter is to preserve the state's status as the primary regulator of the business of insurance within New Hampshire and the constitutional integrity and sovereignty of the state of New Hampshire under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and part I, article 7 of the New Hampshire constitution and the insurance commissioner's administration of the insurance reforms required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, including any amendments thereto, and related provisions of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. section 300gg et seq.), federal regulations, interpretations, standards, or guidance issued thereunder (hereinafter "the Act").
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:52 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 52
261:52 Application for Registration.
Status: in_force

Application for the registration of vehicles may be made by the owner thereof by mail or otherwise to the department, upon blanks prepared by the director. In addition to such other particulars as the director may require, the application shall contain the applicant's birth date, unless the vehicle is registered in the name of a person other than a natural person, in which case the date assigned by the director shall be used as the date of birth. All applications shall contain the words: "This application is signed and any additional information is offered under penalty of unsworn falsification pursuant to RSA 641:3." The proper fee shall be deposited before the application is granted.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:29 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 281-A / Section 29
281-A:29 Adjusted Total Disability Benefits.
Status: in_force

For all compensable injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1963, for which total disability continues, except those injuries for which the employee is entitled to benefits under the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the injured employee shall be entitled to an adjustment in the weekly compensation rate effective July 1, 1975, based upon the following formula: I. Determine the percentage of the injured employee's average weekly wage at the time of the injury to the state's average weekly wage as established by the department of employment security for the same corresponding year. In no event shall the percentage exceed 100 percent of the state's average weekly wage. II. Determine the adjusted average weekly wage of the injured employee by applying the percentage determined in paragraph I against the state's current average weekly wage which is established annually on July 1 for the previous calendar year. III. Determine the revised weekly rate of compensation by applying the adjusted average weekly wage to the current schedule of benefits under RSA 281-A:28. IV. The injured employee shall be entitled to an adjustment in the weekly compensation rate at one year intervals on July 1 in each year with the initial review occurring on or after the third anniversary of the injury. V. Every insurance carrier or self-insured employer shall be required to report each compensable injury case to the commissioner if total disability payments continue or are expected to continue for 6 months from the date of injury. VI. Adjustments in weekly benefit rates shall only apply to the provisions of RSA 281-A:28 and shall not be retroactive from the anniversary date of such review, unless an employee entitled to such adjustment did not receive the amount due because of a mistake, misfortune, or lack of knowledge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 404-G:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 404-G / Section 7
404-G:7 Examination and Annual Report.
Status: in_force

The association shall be subject to examination by the commissioner. The cost of any such examination shall be borne by the association. The board of directors shall submit to the commissioner each year, not later than 180 days after the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the commissioner and a report of its activities during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall list the association membership base, provide a count of covered lives by member, identify changes in association membership and covered lives, describe the collection of assessments and user fees, list payment delinquencies, detail progress made in the fulfillment of the plans of operation, and contain such other related information as the commissioner may require. The association's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-Z:8 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-Z / Section 8
126-Z:8 Statutory Construction.
Status: in_force

The general court enacts this chapter to promote maximum access by removing barriers in state law and indemnifying those involved in providing potentially life-saving treatments and treatments to improve the quality of patients' remaining life, to incentivize health care facilities, health care providers, manufacturers of drugs, biologics and/or devices, and other persons and entities involved in the care of patients, to treat terminal illness, whether through company-sponsored clinical trial, single-patient protocol, compassionate use protocol, or any other means of access to drugs, biologics, and/or devices which gathers information on patient outcomes, and to make New Hampshire a jurisdiction that attracts and fosters clinical trials and the development of drugs, biologics, and devices intended to treat terminal illness. This chapter shall be construed consistently with the general court's stated purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 563-D:3 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 563-D / Section 3
563-D:3 Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a transfer on death deed made on or after the effective date of this chapter by a transferor dying on or after the effective date of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:40-b — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 40-b
72:40-b Publishing Prohibited.
Status: in_force

The names of persons receiving an exemption under RSA 72:39-b shall not be printed in any list for publication except as required under RSA 74:2.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:19 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 19
230:19 Hearing.
Status: in_force

The governor and council, or the commission, at the time and place appointed for hearing shall make a personal examination of the proposed location, and of any highway for which the proposed highway is designed to be a substitute, shall hear all parties interested who may attend, and may adjourn as they see cause. They may admit or reject any evidence offered and there shall be no appeal from their findings on the matter of occasion for the laying out of the highway or alteration thereof in the absence of fraud or gross mistake.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:160 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 160
310-A:160 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent or affect: I. The preparation of details and shop drawings by persons, other than landscape architects, for use in connection with the execution of their work. II. The preparation of plans, drawings, and specifications for and the supervision of the construction or alteration of landscape design associated with farms, residences, or institutional or commercial uses, where the client or reviewing governmental entity does not require the stamp of a licensed landscape architect. III. Supervision by builders, or superintendents employed by such builders, of the installation of landscape projects. IV. Business conducted in this state by any agriculturist, horticulturist, tree expert, arborist, forester, wetland scientist, certified professional in erosion and sediment control, natural scientist, soil scientist, nurseryman or landscape nurseryman, gardener, landscape gardener, landscape designer, landscape contractor, irrigation contractor, irrigation designer, garden or lawn caretaker, or grader or cultivator of land, as these terms are generally used, except that no such person shall use the designation "landscape architect," "landscape architectural," or "landscape architecture" unless licensed as a landscape architect under this article. V. The practice of architecture by an architect licensed in this state, or the practice of professional engineering or land surveying by a professional engineer or land surveyor licensed in this state, or the preparation of wetland mitigation plans by a wetland scientist, natural scientist, or soil scientist, provided that no such architect, professional engineer, wetland scientist, natural scientist, soil scientist, or land surveyor shall use the designation "landscape architect," "landscape architectural," or "landscape architecture" unless licensed as a landscape architect in this state. VI. The practice of landscape architecture by officers and employees of the United States while engaged within the state in the practice of landscape architecture for the federal government. VII. Professional engineers, when engaged in the lawful practice of engineering under RSA 310-A, from performing engineering work which could be defined in this subdivision as within the practice of the profession of landscape architecture.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 358-G:1 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 358-G / Section 1
358-G:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: I. "Auction"means the sale of real or personal property, or both, in which the sale price of the property offered is increased by competitive bids until the highest accepted bidder becomes the purchaser, pursuant to RSA 311-B. II. "Collusive bidding" means a practice whereby the auctioneer, the seller, or anyone acting on behalf of the auctioneer or seller, causes, employs any person to engage in, or knowingly allows, fictitious bidding during an auction for the purpose of bidding up the price of any goods in competition with bona fide bidders, or for the purpose of encouraging or enticing bona fide bidders to purchase, or for the purpose of stimulating competitive bidding to purchase. Collusive bidding shall include any use of false bidders, cappers, shills, or by-bidders. III. "Person" means any person defined by RSA 358-A:1, I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-D:16 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-D / Section 16
408-D:16 Unfair Trade Practices.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter, including the commission of a fraudulent life settlement act, shall be considered an unfair trade practice under RSA 417.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 637:10-a — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 637 / Section 10-a
637:10-a Use or Possession of Theft Detection Shielding Devices and Theft Detection Device Removers.
Status: in_force

I. A person commits unlawful use of a theft detection shielding device when he or she engages in the following acts: (a) Knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or distributes a laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor. (b) Knowingly possesses any laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor, with the intent to commit a theft. II. A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection device remover when he or she knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow the removal of any theft detection device from any merchandise, with the intent to use such tool to remove the detection device from the merchandise without the permission of the merchant or person owning or holding said merchandise. III. Persons convicted of either the use or possession of theft detection shielding devices or theft detection device removers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:4-a — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 4-a
261:4-a Antique Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Title.
Status: in_force

Nothing in RSA 261:3 or RSA 261:4 shall prohibit the department from issuing a certificate of title for an antique motor vehicle upon the request of the vehicle owner. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the issuance of a certificate of title for an antique motor vehicle.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 489-C:5 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 489-C / Section 5
489-C:5 Administration and Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. II. The department may issue an order to any person who is in violation of any provision of this chapter, an applicator certificate issued under this chapter, or a rule adopted under this chapter, to cease and desist from any act in violation of such provision, certification, or rule. Orders of the department under this section shall be effective immediately. III. The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may revoke the certification of any person who violates this chapter. Rehearings and appeals relating to revocation shall be governed by RSA 541. IV. There is hereby established a salt application fund. This nonlapsing fund shall be continually appropriated to the department and used to administer the salt applicator certification program under this chapter. Certification fees collected by the department shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of such fund and may be invested as provided by law. Interest received on such investment shall also be credited to the fund. No funds from the general fund shall be used to cover the cost of the salt applicator certification program.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-A:6 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-A / Section 6
79-A:6 Valuation for Bonding Limit Purposes.
Status: in_force

In computing the total value of all land in a city or town, any land which is appraised at current use value under the provisions of this chapter shall, for all purposes including but not limited to the purposes of RSA 33:4-b, be inventoried by the town or city at its current use value.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193-B:7 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 193-B / Section 7
193-B:7 Penalty Assessment.
Status: in_force

In addition to the penalties imposed under RSA 193-B:6, I and RSA 318-B:26, V, every court shall levy a penalty assessment of $100 for an offense in violation of RSA 193-B:2. The clerk of each court shall collect all penalty assessments and, notwithstanding RSA 6:11, shall transmit the amount collected to the general fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:30 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 6 / Section 30
6:30 Duties.
Status: in_force

Assistant state treasurers shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the state treasurer. During the absence or disability of the treasurer and deputy treasurer they shall perform all the duties of the office of state treasurer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:6 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 171-B / Section 6
171-B:6 Clerk to Send Copies of Petition.
Status: in_force

Subsequent to receipt of the petition for involuntary admission, the clerk shall, within 2 days of receipt of the petition, forward 2 copies to the person sought to be admitted.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 354-A:4 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 354-A / Section 4
354-A:4 General Powers and Duties of the Chair.
Status: in_force

The chair shall serve as the chief executive officer of the commission. The chair shall be a licensed attorney admitted or eligible to practice law in this state. The chair shall promote the efficient transaction of its business and the orderly handling of complaints and other matters before the commission. The chair shall designate commissioners to investigate and commissioners to hold hearings pursuant to RSA 354-A:21 and shall fix the times and places of public hearings. In the event of the chair's absence or inability to act, the vice-chair, or if no vice-chair has been designated, a commissioner designated by the chair shall act in the chair's stead. Otherwise a commissioner shall be designated by the governor to act as chair.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 511:47 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 511 / Section 47
511:47 Proceeds of Sale, Etc.
Status: in_force

If the property attached has been sold and the attachments thereon have been dissolved, the money arising from the sale thereof, after deducting the charges and expenses of sale, shall be restored to the debtor or to his personal representative, upon request. If the property has been restored to the debtor on his bond, the bond shall be void.