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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 384-F:5 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 384-F / Section 5
384-F:5 Purposes.
Status: in_force

This subdivision is generally intended to ensure that the laws and rules of this state applicable to the ownership and operations of New Hampshire banks, and interstate branches in this state of out-of-state banks do not discriminate against such banks that are owned or controlled by foreign banks or other foreign persons in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of section 3(d) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. section 1842(d)), as amended effective September 29, 1995, by section 101 of the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act, or with other laws and policies of the United States.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 271:17 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 271 / Section 17
271:17 Markers Required.
Status: in_force

Any person or corporation harvesting ice upon any of the public waters of this state shall, at the beginning of harvest, indicate with suitable markers the area from which ice is to be taken, and shall maintain such markers as long as any danger exists.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 9:12 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 9 / Section 12
9:12 Investigatory Powers.
Status: in_force

The governor or the governor and council and the commissioner of administrative services and any officer of the department of administrative services, when so authorized by the governor, or the governor and council, are hereby authorized to make such inquiries regarding the receipt, custody, and application of state funds, existing organization, activities, and methods of business of the departments, assignments of particular activities to particular services, and the regrouping of such services, as in the opinion of the governor will enable him to make recommendations, and, within the scope of the powers possessed by him, to order action to be taken, having for their purpose to bring about increased economy and efficiency in the conduct of the affairs of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 211:18-c — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 18-c
211:18-c Crabs.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary any person may take 12 crabs a day by angling, diving, or by hand without a license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:16-1604 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 16-1604
564-F:16-1604 Venue.
Status: in_force

Venue for a judicial proceeding involving a foundation is in: (1) The county of this state in which the foundation's principal office is located; or (2) If the foundation does not have a principal office in this state, the county of this state in which the foundation's registered office is located.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194:5 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 194 / Section 5
194:5 Taxation.
Status: in_force

In the assessment of school district taxes every person shall be taxed in the district in which he lives for his personal estate subject to taxation in town. Real estate shall be taxed in the district in which it is situated.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:27-a — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 27-a
485-A:27-a Certified Operator Training Required.
Status: in_force

I. Effective January 1, 2022, a public bathing facility shall be operated only under the supervision of an individual who has successfully completed a certified pool and spa operator certification program offered by the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, National Swimming Pool Foundation, or other pool and spa operator certification programs approved by the department. II. (a) By January 1, 2022, each owner of a public bathing facility that is open for 9 months or more in a calendar year shall submit to the department the name and daytime telephone number including area code of each certified pool operator engaged by the owner to supervise the pool at the facility. The submission of this information shall occur as part of the self-certification in RSA 485-A:26-a. (b) For facilities that begin operation after January 1, 2022, the information in subparagraph (a) shall be submitted prior to beginning operation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195-F:20 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195-F / Section 20
195-F:20 Form of Investments.
Status: in_force

All educational institution bonds or other investments of moneys of the bank permitted or provided for under this chapter shall at all times be purchased and held in fully marketable form (subject to provisions for any registration in the name of the bank). All educational institution bonds at any time purchased, held or owned by the bank shall upon delivery to the bank be accompanied by all documentation customary in the field of educational institution financing, including opinion of counsel, certification and guaranty as to signatures, and certification as to absence of litigation and such other or further documentation as shall from time to time be required by the bank.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 354-A:19 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 354-A / Section 19
354-A:19 Retaliation and Required Records.
Status: in_force

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity to which this chapter applies to discharge, expel, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against any person because he has opposed any practices forbidden under this chapter or because he has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-B:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-B / Section 1
170-B:1 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The general court hereby declares its conviction that the policies and procedures for adoption contained in this chapter are necessary and desirable, having as their purpose the threefold protection of: I. The adoptive child, from unnecessary separation from the child's birth parents and from adoption by parents who should not have such responsibility. This protection also includes the protection of the child from a birth parent attempting to surrender his or her parental rights and responsibilities without a pending legitimate adoption of the child first being filed with the court or in the case of an adoption facilitated by the department or an agency, without an adoption first being contemplated. II. The birth parent or parents, from hurried and coerced decisions to give up the child. III. The adoptive parent or parents and ensuring them an undisturbed relationship with the child from and after the date of adoption.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 428:8 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 428 / Section 8
428:8 Costs of Inspection; Limitation.
Status: in_force

The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this subdivision shall be borne by the state, except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this subdivision shall be at such rates as the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may determine, and shall be borne by such establishments. Such costs shall be collected by the commissioner. All employees of the department who are required to make inspections at any time after working 40 hours per week or after working 8 hours per day shall be paid at the rate of time and a half. Labor performed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall also be compensated at the rate of time and a half. Costs collected by the commissioner for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:37-b — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 37-b
259:37-b Gasoline.
Status: in_force

"Gasoline" shall mean all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline, including casinghead and absorption of natural gasoline, regardless of their classification or uses, and any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as or commonly and commercially used as a fuel in internal combustion engines, which when subjected to distillation in accordance with the standard method of test for distillation of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, and similar petroleum products (ASTM Designation D-86) show not less than 10 percent distilled (recovered) below 347 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Centigrade) and not less than 95 percent distilled (recovered) below 464 degrees Fahrenheit (240 degrees Centigrade); provided that the term gasoline shall not include commercial solvents or naphthas which distill by ASTM method D-86 not more than 9 percent at 176 degrees Fahrenheit and which have a distillation range of 150 degrees Fahrenheit or less, or liquified gases which would not exist as liquid at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:38-a — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215-C / Section 38-a
215-C:38-a Duplicate Registration.
Status: in_force

A registration certificate which is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed may be replaced by a duplicate registration, upon payment of a fee of $5 and completion of an affidavit setting forth the circumstances of the loss or destruction of the registration. The duplicate registration shall entitle the registrant to engage in all activities permitted on the original registration. All fees collected under this section for duplicate registrations shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes described in RSA 215-C:39, IX.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 168-B:12 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 168-B / Section 12
168-B:12 Parentage Orders.
Status: in_force

I. Any of the parties to a gestational carrier agreement may petition the court for a parentage order declaring that the intended parent or parents are the sole parents of a child resulting from assisted reproduction and a gestational carrier arrangement, and that the gestational carrier and her spouse or partner, if any, are not the parent or parents of such a child. Such a petition may be brought in the court in the county where the gestational carrier resides, where the intended parent or parents reside, where the transfer of embryos takes place, where at least one of the required legal or mental health consultations took place, or where the resulting child is born or is expected to be born. Such a petition may be brought either before, during, or subsequent to the pregnancy. The court shall, within 30 days, grant the petition upon a finding that the parties have substantially complied with the requirements of this chapter pertaining to the execution of a gestational carrier agreement. Sworn affidavits demonstrating substantial compliance shall be sufficient to permit such a finding and a hearing shall not be required unless the court requires additional information which cannot reasonably be ascertained without a hearing. In the absence of such substantial compliance, the court may in its discretion issue such parentage order upon a finding that the parties intended to enter into a gestational carrier arrangement and the best interests of the child would be met by permitting parentage to be established in this manner. Such parentage orders issued under this section shall conclusively establish or affirm, where applicable, the parent-child relationship. II. Upon the request of any party, such parentage order shall direct that the certificate of birth name the intended parent or parents as the sole parent or parents of the resulting child and that such a certificate of birth shall not name the gestational carrier or her spouse or partner, if any, as the parent or parents of the resulting child. III. All proceedings pursuant to this section shall be closed to the public, and papers and records pertaining to such proceedings shall be subject to inspection only upon consent of all the parties or upon a showing of good cause supported by a court order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:7.08 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 7.08
293-A:7.08 Conduct of the Meeting.
Status: in_force

(a) At each meeting of shareholders, a chair shall preside. The chair shall be appointed as provided in the bylaws or, in the absence of such provision, by the board. (b) The chair, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, shall determine the order of business and shall have the authority to establish rules for the conduct of the meeting. (c) Any rules adopted for, and the conduct of, the meeting shall be fair to shareholders. (d) The chair of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls close for each matter voted upon. If no announcement is made, the polls shall be deemed to have closed upon the final adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies, or votes nor any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 396:13 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 396 / Section 13
396:13 Other Powers Not Limited.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit any other power conferred by law upon the bank commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 210:20 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 20
210:20 Expiration Date.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the general provisions for the expiration of fish and game licenses, any license to trap fur-bearing animals and any license to buy furs under RSA 214:24 shall expire on June 30 of each year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 592-A:9 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 592-A / Section 9
592-A:9 When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court.
Status: in_force

If such warrant is issued by a district or municipal court, or by a justice within the town in which a district or municipal court is established, for any offense committed in such town or district, it shall be made returnable before the district or municipal court, and not elsewhere.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 554:8 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 554 / Section 8
554:8 Accountability for Stocks, Etc.
Status: in_force

All stocks and bonds shall be accounted for by the administrator at the prices which they shall bring at a public or private sale; and the administrator conducting the sale with fidelity and impartiality shall be credited with the loss, or charged with the gain, upon the sale.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-U:7 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-U / Section 7
21-U:7 Cooperative Information-Sharing Database.
Status: in_force

Each member agency shall be responsible for providing for the planning, development, acquisition, and management of the cooperative information-sharing database under a shared service program.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 466:1 — NH Code / Title XLV / Chapter 466 / Section 1
466:1 Procuring License; Tag.
Status: in_force

Every owner or keeper of a dog 4 months old or over shall annually, cause it to be registered, numbered, described, and licensed for one year in the office of the clerk of the city or town in which the dog is kept, and shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar to which shall be attached a metal tag with the following information thereon: the name of the city or town, year of issue of license and its registered number. The tag and license shall be furnished by the clerk at the expense of the city or town. Regardless of when the license is obtained, the license shall be effective from May 1 of each year to April 30 of the subsequent year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433:33 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433 / Section 33
433:33 Right of Entry.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, director, and nursery inspectors shall at all times have the right to enter any public or private grounds in the performance of any duty under this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 39:3 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 39 / Section 3
39:3 Articles.
Status: in_force

Upon the written application of 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered voters in town, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient, presented to the selectmen or one of them not later than the fifth Tuesday before the day prescribed for an annual meeting, the selectmen shall insert in their warrant for such meeting the petitioned article with only such minor textual changes as may be required. Such corrections shall not in any way change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original language of the petition. For the purposes of this section, the number of registered voters in a town shall be the number of voters registered prior to the last state general election. The right to have an article inserted in the warrant conferred by this section shall not be invalidated by the provisions of RSA 32. In towns with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants upon the written application of 50 or more voters or 1/4 of the voters in town, whichever is fewer, and in towns with 10,000 or more inhabitants upon the written application of 5 percent of the registered voters in the town, so presented not less than 60 days before the next annual meeting, the selectmen shall warn a special meeting to act upon any question specified in such application. The checklist for an annual or special town meeting shall be corrected by the supervisors of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:25-31. Those persons qualified to vote whose names are on the corrected checklist shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. The same checklist used at a recessed town meeting shall be used at any reconvened session of the same town meeting. In no event shall a special town meeting be held on the biennial election day. The written application for a petitioned article for an annual or special meeting may identify one of the registered voters on the application as the primary petitioner. If no primary petitioner is identified, the primary petitioner shall be the first registered voter listed on the written application.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 671:26-a — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 671 / Section 26-a
671:26-a Coordinating Certain Town and School District Elections.
Status: in_force

To facilitate voting for future annual meetings, to reduce costs, and to best accommodate the voters of the town, the legislative body of a town, which has not adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, although the school district has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, may authorize coordination of future town elections with the school district elections. The joint elections shall be held at a time and place determined by, and shall be supervised by, the election officials of the town, as provided in RSA 671:26. The town and the school board shall allocate the costs of the joint elections in the same manner as in previous years, or as mutually agreed upon by the governing body of the town and the school board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 519:19 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 519 / Section 19
519:19 Challenges.
Status: in_force

Each party in a civil cause is entitled to three peremptory challenges of jurors drawn for the trial. The peremptory challenges shall be exercised alternately, beginning with the plaintiff. When the plaintiff and defendant have exhausted their challenges the court shall take unusual care that the jurors who take the places of the ones last challenged shall be wholly indifferent and impartial and reasonably satisfactory to both sides.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 464-A:37 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 464-A / Section 37
464-A:37 Reports and Accounts; Failure of Guardian to File.
Status: in_force

I. If a guardian fails to render any report or account within the time provided by law or the order of the court, or fails to settle the estate according to order of the court, the court may, upon its own motion, or upon the petition of any interested party, issue an order compelling the guardian to show cause before the court why he should not immediately make and file said report or account. II. If a guardian fails, neglects, or refuses to make and file a report or accounting after having been cited by the court to do so, or fails to appear in court as directed by the court, the court may, upon its motion, or upon the motion of any interested party, issue a capias directed to the sheriff ordering that the guardian be brought before the court to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt. III. If the court finds that the failure, refusal or neglect is willful or negligent, the guardian may be fined an amount not to exceed $5 a day or may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 10 days, or both. All fines collected under this section shall be for the benefit of the county in which the fine is paid. IV. The court may also terminate the powers of the guardian.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 262:4 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 262 / Section 4
262:4 Impeachment of Credibility of Defendant.
Status: in_force

In a prosecution for a crime specified in this subdivision, a certified copy of a conviction under RSA 262:1, I is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-E:13-1311 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-E / Section 13-1311
383-E:13-1311 Fees.
Status: in_force

The operating fees established by the commissioner under RSA 383:11 shall make allowances for the special purposes and operations of a corporate credit union.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-E:2 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-E / Section 2
490-E:2 Duties.
Status: in_force

The office of mediation and arbitration shall: I. Guide the development of alternative dispute resolution programs; II. Promote alternative dispute resolution solutions; III. Serve as an alternative dispute resolution resource to courts; IV. Support the administration of alternative dispute resolution programs in all courts; and V. Facilitate voluntary pre-suit mediation or arbitration services, in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court, as an option in cases which would otherwise be filed in the trial courts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 499:13 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 499 / Section 13
499:13 Appointment.
Status: in_force

A clerk of court may appoint one or more deputies with the approval of the superior court to perform the duties of his office while the clerk is absent or unable from any cause to act. The deputies so appointed shall hold office during the incumbency or pleasure of the clerk.