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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 277:5 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 277 / Section 5
277:5 Duty of Commissioner.
Status: in_force

The labor commissioner shall immediately inspect a scaffold, ladder, or device concerning which complaint is made. He shall attach to every scaffold, ladder, or device that he inspects a certificate stating that he has made the inspection and has found the same safe or unsafe as the case may be. If unsafe, the commissioner shall at once, in writing, notify the person responsible for the scaffold, ladder, or mechanical device of the fact and shall prohibit the use of it by him or by any other person until all danger is removed by alteration, reconstruction or replacement as the commissioner may direct. Such notice may be served personally upon the person responsible or by affixing it conspicuously to the scaffold, ladder, or device declared unsafe.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:20 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38 / Section 20
38:20 Compensation and Organization.
Status: in_force

The compensation of the commissioners shall be fixed by the municipality. They shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. They shall annually organize by choosing one of their number as chairperson of their board. They shall appoint a clerk and a superintendent of the works and such other officers as they may deem necessary, and shall thereupon furnish a certificate of such organization to the clerk of the municipality, who shall record the same in the clerk's records. The commissioners shall fix the compensation of all officers and agents appointed by them, and all officers and agents shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:10 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 10
236:10 Regulations; Bond.
Status: in_force

The person or entity giving such written permission may make rules and regulations to govern the excavation and restoration of such highway and may require that a bond satisfactory to such person or entity be furnished to the state, city, or town providing for the satisfactory restoration of the highway. The bond requirements shall be equitably and reasonably applied to other bonded vehicles using the highway. The type of commodity being transported shall not be the determining factor for requiring a bond or the dollar amount of the bond. The person or entity providing the bond shall determine the type of bond furnished and it may be in the form of cash, letter of credit from a bank or lending institution licensed in New Hampshire and acceptable to the person giving written permission, or a bond furnished by an insurance company. The person or entity granting permission shall not arbitrarily withhold funds from any cash bond or letter of credit, but shall first make a good faith effort to resolve any differences with the contractor doing the excavation or restoration.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-E:43 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-E / Section 43
170-E:43 Notice of Death.
Status: in_force

If any child under the control of any licensed child care agency or institution dies, the licensee shall give notice of such event to the department within 24 hours thereafter stating the date and cause of death, to the extent known, duration of the most recent illness, and the names and addresses of the attending physician and undertaker.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 296:2 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 296 / Section 2
296:2 Time Limit for Organization.
Status: in_force

Every such corporation shall be organized within 3 years from the passage of its act of incorporation; otherwise the act shall become void.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:184 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 184
310-A:184 Standards of Practice.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt, under RSA 541-A, minimum and uniform standards of practice which shall apply to New Hampshire home inspectors and be enforced by the board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 432:30-a — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 432 / Section 30-a
432:30-a Special Account.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate account to which shall be credited all funds appropriated or acquired to provide financial and technical assistance associated with this subdivision. This shall be a nonlapsing account, and funds in said account are hereby appropriated for the purpose of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:102 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 102
659:102 Preservation of Checklists.
Status: in_force

Within 90 days of the closing of the polls for each regular state general election, and for each presidential primary election, the supervisors of the checklist in the towns, and the corresponding officers in the cities, shall send one of the marked checklists which were used in that election, certified by the officers, to the state archives. In addition, if directed by the secretary of state, they shall send one of the unmarked checklists which were used in the state general election at which a president was elected to the clerk of the federal district court for the district of New Hampshire. One marked copy of every checklist used in any election shall be turned over to the town or city clerk by the supervisors. The clerk shall preserve such checklists in his or her custody for a public record for a period set forth in RSA 33-A:3-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 23:1 — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 1
23:1 Powers as Corporate Body.
Status: in_force

Each county is a body corporate for the purpose of suing and being sued, purchasing, holding and conveying real and personal estate for county purposes, making all necessary contracts and doing other necessary acts relating to the property and concerns of the county.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:15 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 15
230:15 Owners Defined.
Status: in_force

Owners shall include tenants for life or years, remaindermen, reversioners, or holders of undischarged mortgages of record whose mortgages are dated not earlier than 20 years prior to date of filing such petition.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 207:58 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 207 / Section 58
207:58 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds it is in the best interests of the state and its citizens to regulate, protect, restore, and conserve the wildlife resources of the state under a uniform scheme of management through the fish and game department. It is the intent of the general court to explicitly reaffirm the state's long-standing exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the wildlife of the state as established by title XVIII. The general court further finds that it is in the best interest of the state and its citizens that the fish and game department recognize, preserve, and promote our special heritage of hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife viewing by providing opportunities to hunt, fish, trap, and view wildlife in accordance with title XVIII.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78:6 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78 / Section 6
78:6 Licenses and Tobacco Tax Certificates Required.
Status: in_force

I. No manufacturer or wholesaler shall engage in the business of selling or distributing tobacco products in this state, unless registered with the secretary of state, licensed as a manufacturer or wholesaler in this state under RSA 178 and holding a tobacco tax certificate issued under this chapter, as applicable. II. No retailer or sampler shall engage in the business of selling or distributing tobacco products in this state, unless licensed to sell or distribute tobacco products under RSA 178. III. A wholesaler shall have a separate license and tobacco tax certificate for each location. IV. The fees for tobacco tax certificates and tobacco tax certificate renewals shall be: (a) $100 for a manufacturer's tobacco tax certificate; and (b) $250 for a wholesaler's tobacco tax certificate. V. Each license and tobacco tax certificate shall be prominently displayed in the premises described in it. VI. Licenses and tobacco tax certificates shall not be transferable. VII. Any wholesaler or manufacturer that ceases business operations requiring a license or tobacco tax certificate under this chapter during the license or certificate period shall inform the department in writing and relinquish its license to the liquor commission and its tobacco tax certificate to the department within 30 days after ceasing business operations. VIII. Each manufacturer, wholesaler, sampler, and retailer shall keep complete and accurate records of all tobacco stamps purchased and all tobacco products manufactured, produced, imported, distributed, bought, and sold in this state. Complete records shall be safely preserved for 3 years to insure permanency and accessibility for inspection by the commissioner. IX. Any person who sells, offers for sale, or possesses with intent to sell in this state any tobacco products without the appropriate license and tobacco tax certificate, as provided in this section or RSA 178, shall be subject to criminal penalties as provided in RSA 21-J:39. X. Notwithstanding RSA 21-J:14, information regarding tobacco tax certificates issued pursuant to this section, licenses issued pursuant to RSA 178, and RSA 126-K shall be public records.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195-A:4 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195-A / Section 4
195-A:4 Application of School Laws.
Status: in_force

An area school shall be maintained and operated by the receiving district and its school board in accordance with all the general school laws applicable to schools of the grades which it includes, except only as otherwise provided in this chapter. The receiving district shall be obligated to provide for the elementary or secondary school education, or both, of all the resident pupils of the sending districts as well as its own, in accordance with the approved regional plan as adopted under RSA 195-A:3. The sending districts shall be obligated to assign and send their resident pupils to the area school, or schools, in the receiving district as provided in such plan and to raise and appropriate annually the tuition of each such pupil to be paid to the receiving district. The liability to pay tuition may be enforced by the receiving district in an action of debt against a delinquent sending district to be commenced in the superior court for the county in which either district is located. Transportation of resident pupils of the sending districts to the area school shall be governed by the general school laws applicable thereto and shall be the responsibility of each sending district. An area school shall be deemed the assigned school for all resident pupils in the region which it is established to serve, for purposes of the school attendance laws, except as provided in RSA 193:3.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:18 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215-A / Section 18
215-A:18 OHRV Fines.
Status: in_force

I. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint for a violation of any law or any rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, brought by a conservation officer of the New Hampshire fish and game department, is prosecuted shall remit the amount of any fine or forfeiture paid pursuant to such complaint as provided in RSA 206:34. II. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint for a violation of any law or rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A brought by a forest and park patrol officer of the department of natural and cultural resources is prosecuted shall, within 30 days after any fine or forfeiture is paid, remit the amount thereof to the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources; provided, however, that, from each fine collected by a municipal or district court, there shall be deducted $10 and 20 percent of that part of the fine which exceeds $10 and the same shall be continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of RSA 215-A:23, VI. III. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint is prosecuted for a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A under the authority of this chapter, brought by a local police officer, shall, within 30 days after any fine or forfeiture is paid, remit the amount of the fine or forfeiture to the local police department in whose service the police officer was acting; provided, however that, from each fine collected by a municipal or district court, there shall be deducted $10 and 20 percent of that part of the fine which exceeds $10. IV. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint is prosecuted for a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A under the authority of this chapter, brought by a sheriff, shall, within 30 days after any fine or forfeiture is paid, remit the amount of the fine or forfeiture to the county in whose service the sheriff was acting; provided, however that, from each fine collected by a district court, there shall be deducted $10 and 20 percent of that part of the fine which exceeds $10.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:164 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 164
261:164 Disposition of Nonresident Commercial Permit Fees.
Status: in_force

All fees received by the department under the provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to the department of transportation for the maintenance of ways.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78:21 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78 / Section 21
78:21 Administrative Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Administrative penalties for violation of RSA 78:26 shall be in accordance with RSA 78:26, VII. II. In addition to, or in lieu of, a period of tobacco tax certificate suspension, the commissioner may assess an administrative fine against any wholesaler who satisfies RSA 78:2, III, who has sold tobacco product without indicia of tax paid, or against any retailer who has purchased tobacco products without indicia of tax paid, as follows: (a) First offense-$500. (b) Second offense-$1,500. (c) Third offense-$5,000.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 180:7 — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 180 / Section 7
180:7 Settlement of Disputes.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of RSA 180:6, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or prohibit voluntary good faith settlements of disputes entered into between the parties.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 85:2 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 85 / Section 2
85:2 Liability of Town.
Status: in_force

Any town which shall neglect to choose proper officers for assessing and collecting taxes shall be liable to an extent for state and county taxes; and the same may be levied upon the property of any inhabitant or owner of property therein, if no estate of such town be found whereon to levy the same.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-C:3 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-C / Section 3
106-C:3 Inter-Community Police Assistance.
Status: in_force

Any county may by order of the county commissioners and any municipality may, by law or ordinance, authorize and permit the sheriff's department or the chief or head of its police department to extend assistance in time of emergency to any other county or municipality, subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be imposed by such order, law or ordinance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:10 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215-C / Section 10
215-C:10 Limitations of Snowmobile Operation on Class I, II, III, and III-a Highways.
Status: in_force

I. A person shall not operate a snowmobile on the traveled portions or the plowed snowbanks adjacent to class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highways. II. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, a person may operate a snowmobile on a class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highway that is not maintained for winter use by conventional motor vehicles; provided, however, that if a class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highway is not maintained for winter use by conventional motor vehicles and said highway is opened for a snowmobile trail, said highway shall be so posted and conventional motor vehicle traffic prohibited. The commissioner of the department of transportation, upon notification to the supervisor of the bureau, may open at any time a class I, class II, or class III highway which has been closed for conventional motor vehicle use. III. A person may operate a snowmobile when snow conditions permit, on separate bicycle trails or pedestrian walkways constructed for such purposes by the department of transportation on the interstate highways, toll roads, or limited access highways, if the trails and walkways are designated and maintained as approved snowmobile trails by the bureau and if such designation and maintenance is approved by the commissioner of the department of transportation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 487:10 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 487 / Section 10
487:10 Suspension of Registration.
Status: in_force

If, upon said inspection it shall appear that any marine toilet, sink, or shower within or on a boat in operation on fresh waters of the state is so constructed as to permit the discharge of any sewage to a surface water of the state contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the member, agent, or inspector is directed not later than 48 hours after such finding to require from the owner, operator, or any person on board said boat, production and surrender of its certificate and plate of registration. The owner, operator, or any person on board shall have 48 hours from said production and surrender of certificate and plate of registration within which to remedy the defect. If, within said period the defect is remedied, the certificate and registration shall be returned. If, at the expiration of the 48 hours, the defect is not remedied, said member, agent, or inspector shall then endorse in ink upon said certificate of registration a brief statement of the nature of the violation and shall forward it forthwith by mail or in person to the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, where it shall be held by said division until receipt of written authority from the commissioner for its return. Such authority shall include a statement that the specified violation has been remedied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the department adopted under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:5-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 5-a
72:5-a Distribution of Resident Taxes.
Status: in_force

All resident taxes shall be retained for the use of town or city in which they are collected.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 378:32 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 378 / Section 32
378:32 Commission May Establish Joint Service.
Status: in_force

I. The public utilities commission may establish joint services between localities which cannot be reached either by the lines of a single utility or by the use of other lines with suitable connections. II. The public utilities commission, after a hearing upon complaint or on its own initiative, may establish joint services for 2 or more telephone utilities when the lines or wires form a continuous line of communication or could form a continuous line by: (a) Construction and maintenance of suitable connections; (b) Joint use of equipment; or (c) Transfer of messages at common points. III. The public utilities commission may determine the rates, fares and charges to be used by utilities engaged in joint services and may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to rates, fares, charges and classifications.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:75 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 75
161-F:75 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Cost and the methods of payment for adult in-home care services. II. Qualifications of providers. III. Further definition of services to be provided under this subdivision. IV. Requirements for eligibility for services. V. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 473:2 — NH Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 473 / Section 2
473:2 Division by Agreement.
Status: in_force

Any division of such fence, made by the parties in writing and recorded in the town records, shall be binding upon the parties and all succeeding owners and occupants of the land.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 245:7 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 245 / Section 7
245:7 Change of Location.
Status: in_force

If any owner of land over which the road is located, or stockholders of the corporation holding 1/10 of its capital stock, are dissatisfied with the location, they may, at any time before damages are assessed, apply by petition to the department of transportation for a change of the same and the department of transportation shall give notice to the corporation and all others interested by publication, and, after due hearing and examination, shall require such change in the location as the public good may require.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:3.04 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 3.04
293-A:3.04 Ultra Vires.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the validity of corporate action may not be challenged on the ground that the corporation lacks or lacked power to act. (b) A corporation's power to act may be challenged: (1) in a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin the act; (2) in a proceeding by the corporation, directly, derivatively, or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, against an incumbent or former director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation; or (3) in a proceeding by the attorney general under RSA 293-A:14.30. (c) In a shareholder's proceeding under subsection (b)(1) to enjoin an unauthorized corporate act, the court may enjoin or set aside the act, if equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and may award damages for loss (other than anticipated profits) suffered by the corporation or another party because of enjoining the unauthorized act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-A:10 — NH Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421-A / Section 10
421-A:10 Designation of Secretary of State for Service.
Status: in_force

I. Every nonresident offeror, except a foreign corporation which has appointed and keeps a resident agent in this state, shall be deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as his agent upon whom may be served any lawful process, authorized by this chapter, with the same effect as though served upon the offeror personally. II. Service of process pursuant to this section shall be accomplished by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the secretary of state, but it shall not be effective unless notice of the service and a copy of the process is sent by registered mail to the nonresident offeror served, at his last known address.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:29 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 29
231:29 Betterment Assessments Against Abutters and Those Served.
Status: in_force

The cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing such highways, streets, roads or traveled ways shall be assessed by the selectmen against the owners of property abutting or served by such facilities in an amount not exceeding the entire cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing the same, and the amount so assessed upon each such owner shall be reasonable and proportional to the benefits accruing to the land served. Said assessments may be payable in one year or payment may be prorated over a period not to exceed 10 years, in the discretion of the appropriate governing board. All such assessments thus made shall be valid and binding upon the owners of land so abutting or served by these betterments.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:11-a — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651-A / Section 11-a
651-A:11-a Victims Permitted to Speak at Parole Hearings.
Status: in_force

The victim of any person seeking parole, or the victim's next of kin if the victim has died, shall have the right to appear at the parole hearing of such person, personally or by counsel, and to reasonably express his views concerning the offense and the person responsible.