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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 361-A:18 — NH Code / Title XXXIII-A / Chapter 361-A / Section 18
361-A:18 Sale Contingent on Financing Approval or Spot Delivery.
Status: in_force

Prior to a retail buyer taking possession of the motor vehicle, any retail seller who delivers a motor vehicle to a retail buyer before the retail seller has obtained financing approval from a sales finance company or bank shall provide a disclosure containing the following language in a size equal to at least 10-point bold type, which must be signed by the retail buyer: "The retail seller of the motor vehicle has not obtained financial approval for the terms contained in the retail installment contract from a sales finance company or bank. If the retail seller obtains financial approval from a sales finance company under the terms of the retail installment contract, the sale shall be final and binding on the retail seller and the retail customer. If final approval of the terms of the retail installment contract cannot be obtained from a sales finance company, the retail installment contract shall be canceled. The retail seller shall return to the buyer any consideration received in the transaction, including, but not limited to, any motor vehicle traded in, any deposit, and any fees paid by the buyer. The buyer shall, upon being notified that the retail seller was unable to obtain financing approval, return the motor vehicle to the retail seller."
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 23:4 — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 4
23:4 Insurance.
Status: in_force

Every county shall have power to insure its property against loss by fire or other casualty in any company authorized to transact business within this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151-A:4-a — NH Code / Title XI / Chapter 151-A / Section 4-a
151-A:4-a Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The board shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and to take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the state: I. To meet the requirements set forth in section 1908 of the Social Security Act and other federal requirements. II. To establish and collect fees for examination of applicants, for temporary and emergency permits, and for transcribing and transferring records and other services. III. To establish a schedule of fines. IV. To establish criteria for disciplinary actions. V. To establish standards and criteria for licensing, application and examination of applicants, and criteria for granting waivers of experience pursuant to RSA 151-A:5, II. VI. To establish criteria for review and approval of educational requirements, including formal educational requirements for licensure or renewal and practical training requirements. VII. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 24:2-a — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 24 / Section 2-a
24:2-a Officers of Executive Committee.
Status: in_force

The executive committee shall elect its chairperson, vice-chairperson, and clerk. Officers of the county convention may be officers of the executive committee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 491:9 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 491 / Section 9
491:9 Administration of Oaths.
Status: in_force

Justices of the superior court may administer oaths.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 357-C:2 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 357-C / Section 2
357-C:2 Applicability.
Status: in_force

Any person who engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within this state in connection with the offering or advertising for sale of, or has business dealings with respect to, a motor vehicle within the state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-J:8 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 328-J / Section 8
328-J:8 Educational Qualifications.
Status: in_force

The executive director, in consultation with the board, shall approve medical imaging and radiation therapy educational programs that the executive director, in consultation with the board, determines meet the criteria and standards established by the executive director in consultation with the board. The curriculum for each course of study shall be no less stringent than the standards approved by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, or any other appropriate educational accreditation agency approved by the executive director in consultation with the board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:16-i — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 16-i
304-B:16-i Payment.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in RSA 304-B:16-k, as soon as the proposed limited partnership action is effectuated, or upon receipt of a payment demand, whichever is later, the limited partnership shall pay each dissenter who complied with RSA 304-B:16-h the amount the limited partnership estimates to be the fair value of such dissenter's partnership interest, plus accrued interest. II. The payment shall be accompanied by: (a) The limited partnership's balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, and the latest available interim financial statements, if any; (b) A statement of the limited partnership's estimate of the fair value of the limited partnership interest; (c) An explanation of how the value of the limited partnership interest was calculated; (d) A statement of the dissenter's right to demand payment under RSA 304-B:16-l; and (e) A copy of this subdivision, if the limited partnership has not previously sent a copy of this subdivision to the limited partner pursuant to RSA 304-B:16-e or RSA 304-B:16-g.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 33-A:1 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 33-A / Section 1
33-A:1 Definition of Terms.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Board" means the municipal records board. II. "Municipal" refers to a city or town, county or precinct. III. "Municipal officers" means: (a) In the case of a town, the board of selectmen. (b) In the case of a city which has adopted the council manager plan under RSA 49-A, the city manager. (c) In the case of any other city, the mayor. (d) In the case of a county, the county commissioners. (e) In the case of a precinct, the precinct commissioners. IV. "Municipal records" means all municipal records, reports, minutes, tax records, ledgers, journals, checks, bills, receipts, warrants, payrolls, deeds and any other written or computerized material that may be designated by the board. V. "Active" means until termination or expiration of obligations or services, cessation of need for further attention, and completion or release of any pending legal processes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-C:11 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-C / Section 11
170-C:11 Decree.
Status: in_force

I. Every order of the court terminating the parent-child relationship or transferring legal custody or guardianship of the person of the child shall be in writing and shall recite the findings upon which such order is based, including findings pertaining to the court's jurisdiction. II. If the court finds grounds for the termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall terminate such relationship and appoint the department of health and human services or another authorized agency as guardian of the child's person and vest legal custody in such agency. The court shall also make an order fixing responsibility for the child's support. III. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 170-C:11, II, the court may terminate the parent-child relationship with respect to one parent without affecting the relationship between the child and the other parent, and unless the court finds that the best interest of the child requires substitution or supplementation of parental care and supervision, it shall award guardianship and vest legal custody in the other parent. IV. Where the court does not order termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall dismiss the petition; provided, however, that where the court finds that the best interest of the child requires substitution or supplementation of parental care and supervision, it shall make an order awarding guardianship with the department of health and human services or an authorized agency and fixing responsibility for temporary child support. V. The court shall issue a decision which shall include a disposition not later than 60 days after the date of the final hearing. VI. The status of all children for whom termination decrees have been issued and for whom guardianship for the purpose of adoption has been granted to the department of health and human services shall be reviewed at least once a year following the initial decree until the adoption decree has been finalized.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-N:9 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-N / Section 9
106-N:9 Reciprocity.
Status: in_force

In order to more effectively carry out the purposes of this chapter, the governor of this state, referred to as the empowering state, may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the governor of any other state, referred to as the reciprocal state, subject to any regulations prescribed under such agreement, empowering a railroad police officer with the right to perform any police function that can be lawfully exercised by a police officer of the reciprocal state relating to the detection and apprehension of any person committing an offense against the empowering or the reciprocal state, but only to the extent that such offense is committed on property owned, operated or maintained by the appointing railroad or committed against property owned or in the possession of such railroad.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318:43-a — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 318 / Section 43-a
318:43-a Syringe Service Programs; Authorized Activities and Funding Sources.
Status: in_force

I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person authorized under RSA 318-B:43 to operate a syringe service program may engage in eligible activities, as defined in paragraph IV. II. State funds including, but not limited to, funds received by the state in the New Hampshire opioid litigation settlement may be used to support the activities of syringe service programs as permitted under this section and RSA 318-B:43. III. No person shall be prohibited from using federal funds for eligible activities and syringe service programs as authorized in RSA 318-B:43, so long as the use of the federal funds is consistent with federal law and any rules governing use of the funds. IV. In this section: (a) "Drug checking" means the process of identifying, analyzing, or detecting the composition of a drug or the presence or composition of an unexpected substance within the drug. (b) "Drug checking equipment" means equipment, products, or materials used, designed for use, or intended for use to perform drug checking, including materials and items used by the person operating the equipment or products to store, measure, or process samples for analysis. Drug checking equipment includes fentanyl test strips, other immunoassay drug testing strips, colorimetric reagents, spectrometers such as Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman spectrometers, and equipment that uses high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Drug checking equipment does not include the substances being analyzed, drug packaging, or drug supplies. (c) "Drug supplies" means hypodermic needles, syringes, preparation containers, cotton, filters, alcohol wipes, water, saline, tourniquets, disposal containers, wound care items, pipes, bubbles, snorting straws, pipe covers, and other items used in the consumption of drugs; (d) "Eligible activities" means: (1) Purchasing, obtaining, providing, transporting, distributing, using, or evaluating the use of drug checking equipment; (2) Training, both initial and ongoing, about drug checking equipment, the process of drug checking, and the purpose of drug checking; (3) Technical assistance concerning drug checking equipment, the process of drug checking, and the purpose of drug checking; and (4) Providing drug supplies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:48 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-B / Section 48
546-B:48 Effect of Registration for Modification.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements of RSA 546-B:49 or RSA 546-B:51 have been met.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:18 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 18
243:18 Powers of Railroad Corporations Generally.
Status: in_force

Railroads have the general powers granted to other corporations, and the special powers granted to them by their charters and the general laws of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 52:1-a — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 52 / Section 1-a
52:1-a Flood Control Projects.
Status: in_force

Any village district organized under the provisions of this chapter may at a regular or special village district meeting vote to cooperate or act jointly with other village districts or with towns to defray expenses and take other appropriate action necessary to protect its interest in connection with federal or interstate flood control projects. Such village district may enter into agreements with other districts or towns for the purposes hereof and in such case the agreement shall be governed by the conditions set.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 301:29 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 301 / Section 29
301:29 Preferred Stock.
Status: in_force

Any association organized with stock may issue preferred stock, with or without the right to vote. Such stock may be sold to any person, member, or nonmember, and may be redeemable or retirable by the association on such terms and conditions as may be provided in the certificate of organization and printed on the face of the stock certificate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 237:44 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 237 / Section 44
237:44 Contracts for Construction.
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of the highway hereunder shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder submitting a sealed bid after an advertisement calling for bids has been published at least once in each of 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in New Hampshire. The first publication of such advertisement shall be not less than 14 days prior to the date upon which bids are received. Contracts shall be awarded in accordance with RSA 228:4.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339:65 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339 / Section 65
339:65 Duty, Police, Etc.
Status: in_force

Any police officer, member of any local board of health, or other town official, who has reason to believe that any provision hereof has been or is being violated shall give notice thereof to the department of health and human services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275-A:1 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275-A / Section 1
275-A:1 Employment of Certain Persons Prohibited.
Status: in_force

A person, partnership, firm, or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, involved in a strike or lock-out, shall not knowingly employ in the place of an employee involved in a strike or lock-out, any person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in the place of employees involved in a labor strike, lock-out, or labor dispute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:5 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 5
260:5 Rulemaking Authority.
Status: in_force

All rulemaking authority expressly granted under the provisions of this title to the department or any of its administrators, officials, divisions or bureaus, or to any agency as defined in RSA 541-A:1, II, shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A. Whenever, under the provisions of this title, the department or any of its administrators, officials, divisions or bureaus, or any other agency, has been granted authority to prescribe or otherwise require forms, reports or other matter included in the definition of rule in RSA 541-A:1, XV, such authority shall be construed as rulemaking authority and shall be subject to RSA 541-A. Provided, however, that under the provisions of this title wherever any administrator, official, division or bureau in the department has been granted the authority to adopt rules, either expressly or as stated above, such authority shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner. Unless otherwise specified in this title, appeals from any order or decision of the director, commissioner, division, department or other agency acting under the provisions of this title shall be pursued as provided in RSA 541.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-A:38 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541-A / Section 38
541-A:38 Informal Settlements.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent precluded by law, informal settlement of matters by nonadjudicative processes is encouraged. This section does not require any party or other person to utilize informal procedures or to settle a matter pursuant to informal procedures.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 356:4-d — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 356 / Section 4-d
356:4-d Election of Remedies.
Status: in_force

I. Institution of an action under RSA 356:4-a to assess a civil penalty against a person shall preclude the institution of criminal proceedings under RSA 356:4 against that person for the conduct alleged in the civil action. II. Institution of criminal prosecution against a person under RSA 356:4 shall preclude the institution of civil proceedings under RSA 356:4-a against that person for the conduct specified in the information or indictment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318-C:13 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 318-C / Section 13
318-C:13 Standard of Proof; Effect of Criminal Drug Conviction.
Status: in_force

I. Proof of participation in the illegal drug market in an action brought under this chapter shall be shown by clear and convincing evidence. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, other elements of the cause of action shall be shown by a preponderance of the evidence. II. A person against whom recovery is sought who has a criminal conviction pursuant to RSA 318-B or other state drug laws or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, Public Law 91-513, 84 Stat. 1236, codified at 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq., is estopped from denying participation in the illegal drug market. Such a conviction is also prima facie evidence of the person's participation in the illegal drug market during the 2 years preceding the date of an act giving rise to a conviction. III. The absence of a criminal drug conviction of a person against whom recovery is sought does not bar an action against that person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 177:13 — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 177 / Section 13
177:13 Liquor for Agency Liquor Stores.
Status: in_force

No agency liquor store shall purchase its liquor inventory from any source other than the state liquor commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:10-1012 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 10-1012
564-F:10-1012 Actions by Consent.
Status: in_force

Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, the directors may take any vote without a meeting and without prior notice if the vote is recorded in a writing setting forth the action so taken and is signed by all of the directors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-D:6 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-D / Section 6
326-D:6 Certification.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall practice midwifery in this state without first obtaining certification from the council. The council shall certify for the practice of midwifery any person applying for such certification who meets the qualifications adopted under RSA 326-D:5, I(a) and who submits a $110 certification fee. II. Certification issued under this chapter shall be subject to renewal every 2 years and shall expire unless renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the council and upon payment of a $110 renewal fee. III. The title "certified midwife" shall be used only by persons certified under this chapter. No person shall continue to represent himself or herself as a certified midwife after certification has been suspended under this chapter. Any person whose certification under this chapter has been suspended or revoked by the council for disciplinary action under RSA 326-D:8, shall not engage in the practice of midwifery unless and until the suspension or revocation of certification has been lifted. IV. Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice as a certified midwife in this state without certification shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person. Any person violating any other provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 369:1 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 369 / Section 1
369:1 Authority to Issue Securities.
Status: in_force

A public utility lawfully engaged in business in this state may, with the approval of the commission but not otherwise, issue and sell its stock, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable more than 12 months after the date thereof for lawful corporate purposes. The proposed issue and sale of securities will be approved by the commission where it finds that the same is consistent with the public good. Such approval shall extend to the amount of the issue authorized and the purpose or purposes to which the securities or the proceeds thereof are to be applied, and shall be subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the commission may find to be necessary in the public interest; provided, however, that the provisions of RSA 293-A shall be observed by corporations organized under the laws of this state in respect of the corporate authorization required and of other formalities to be observed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:56 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 56
485-A:56 Products Prohibited.
Status: in_force

No household cleansing products except those used for lead exposure hazard control purposes shall be distributed, sold or offered for sale in this state, which contain a phosphorus compound in concentrations in excess of a trace quantity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 285:9 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 285 / Section 9
285:9 Amateur Events.
Status: in_force

All amateur fighting sports competitions shall be regulated by the commission, except those conducted by a school, college or university.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 206:24 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 206 / Section 24
206:24 Number, Etc.
Status: in_force

Subject to regulations of the state personnel commission, the executive director shall determine the number of conservation officers and superintendents of hatcheries, shall appoint and remove all conservation officers and superintendents of hatcheries, and shall hire such experts and office assistants as in his judgment are necessary for the proper execution of his duties. A copy of the appointment of each conservation officer shall be filed in the office of the executive director.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-C:14 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-C / Section 14
79-C:14 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of revenue administration shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The application procedures under RSA 79-C:4. II. The payment and collection procedures under RSA 79-C:9.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-M:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-M / Section 6
125-M:6 Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. All of the enforcement provisions of RSA 125-C:15 shall apply to violations of this chapter. II. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.