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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 635:6 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 635 / Section 6
635:6 Interference With Cemetery or Burial Ground.
Status: in_force

I. No person, without the written authorization of the owner of a burial plot, or the lineal descendant or ascendant of the deceased, if such owner or lineal descendant or ascendant is known, or the written authorization of the governing board of the municipality in which the burial plot lies, if the owner or lineal descendant or ascendant is unknown, shall: (a) Purposely or knowingly destroy, mutilate, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker, or other structure, or any portion or fragment thereof, placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, gate, curb, or plot delineator or other enclosure for the burial of the dead. (b) Purposely or knowingly disturb the contents of any tomb or grave in any cemetery or burial ground. II. The governing board of the municipality in which the burial plot lies shall not grant approval for the removal or disturbance of a tomb, monument, gravestone, marker, or plot delineator without first giving 30 days' notice, along with a report of the full circumstances, to the division of historical resources, that such approval has been requested. The governing board of the municipality shall maintain a record of the date, circumstances, and disposition of the request for removal or disturbance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 216-F:2 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 216-F / Section 2
216-F:2 Use of Statewide Trail System.
Status: in_force

I. The trails within the system shall be held, developed and administered under this chapter primarily as recreational trails for hiking, nature walks, bird watching, horseback riding, bicycling, ski touring, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, mushing, and off highway recreational vehicles and the natural scenic beauty thereof and the wildlife corridors and habitat strongholds as defined in RSA 207:1 therein shall be preserved insofar as is practical; provided, however, that the commissioner may permit uses of trails and land acquired hereunder, by the owner of adjoining land or others, in such a manner and at such seasons as will not substantially interfere with the primary use of the trails. Use of motorized devices by mushers shall be limited to trails designated as appropriate for motorized use. II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of the public to pass over existing public roads which may be or become part of the trail system, deny any owner access to his land or prevent the department from performing such work as is necessary for the purpose of forest fire prevention and control, insect pest and disease control and the removal of damage caused by any natural acts. III. The commissioner is authorized to zone and restrict use of any section of the trails after consultation with the director of the division of parks and recreation, the director of the division of forests and lands, the executive director of the department of fish and game, and such other local and state officials as he shall determine, who may be able to assist him in determining appropriate public uses for such trails. A restriction on the use of any type of a mechanized means of transportation on portions of the trail shall be imposed by the commissioner where, in his opinion, it would be most disruptive for the other stated principal trail uses.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:18 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 18
21-P:18 Drivers of Retail Fuel Oil Delivery Trucks.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any rule adopted under the authority of RSA 21-P:17 pertaining to the qualification of drivers, it shall not be unlawful for a person 18 years of age on or before January 1, 2011 to drive in intrastate commerce any vehicle carrying home heating oil for the purpose of making retail deliveries of such home heating oil, if such person holds a valid driver's license for the class of vehicle being driven and if the driver and vehicle are in compliance with all other applicable laws and rules. All other persons shall have attained the age of 21 in order to drive such vehicles.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 292:8-i — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 292 / Section 8-i
292:8-i Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate the provisions of RSA 292:8-g or 292:8-h shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:202 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 202
310-A:202 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subdivision is to assure that a septic system evaluator performs professional services only when the septic system evaluator is qualified by education and training in the specific technical areas involved.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 412:37-b — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 412 / Section 37-b
412:37-b Advisory Organizations; Required Activity.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall consult with workers' compensation advisory organizations, workers' compensation carriers, and third party administrators or self-insureds regarding the most effective options for including workers' compensation medical claims data in the New Hampshire comprehensive health information system, as defined under RSA 420-G:11-a. The commissioner shall make a report with recommendations on options for including workers' compensation medical claims data in the New Hampshire comprehensive health information system on or before December 1, 2015 to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, and the chairpersons of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over health and human services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:6.28 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 6.28
293-A:6.28 Expense of Issue.
Status: in_force

A corporation may pay the expenses of selling or underwriting its shares, and of organizing or reorganizing the corporation, from the consideration received for shares.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 534:26 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 534 / Section 26
534:26 Copy of Process.
Status: in_force

If an officer having the custody of a prisoner, on payment or tender of his fees therefor, shall not, within 12 business hours after demand made, deliver to the prisoner a true copy of the warrant or process by which he is holden in custody he shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of two hundred dollars.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 627:4 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 627 / Section 4
627:4 Physical Force in Defense of a Person.
Status: in_force

I. A person is justified in using non-deadly force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the imminent use of unlawful, non-deadly force by such other person, and he may use a degree of such force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for such purpose. However, such force is not justifiable if: (a) With a purpose to cause physical harm to another person, he provoked the use of unlawful, non-deadly force by such other person; or (b) He was the initial aggressor, unless after such aggression he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to such other person his intent to do so, but the latter notwithstanding continues the use or threat of unlawful, non-deadly force; or (c) The force involved was the product of a combat by agreement not authorized by law. II. A person is justified in using deadly force upon another person when he reasonably believes that such other person: (a) Is about to use unlawful, deadly force against the actor or a third person; (b) Is likely to use any unlawful force against a person present while committing or attempting to commit a burglary; (c) Is committing or about to commit kidnapping or a forcible sex offense; or (d) Is likely to use any unlawful force in the commission of a felony against the actor within such actor's dwelling or its curtilage. II-a. A person who responds to a threat which would be considered by a reasonable person as likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to the person or to another by displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense with the intent to warn away the person making the threat shall not have committed a criminal act. III. A person is not justified in using deadly force on another to defend himself or herself or a third person from deadly force by the other if he or she knows that he or she and the third person can, with complete safety: (a) Retreat from the encounter, except that he or she is not required to retreat if he or she is within his or her dwelling, its curtilage, or anywhere he or she has a right to be, and was not the initial aggressor; or (b) Surrender property to a person asserting a claim of right thereto; or (c) Comply with a demand that he or she abstain from performing an act which he or she is not obliged to perform; nor is the use of deadly force justifiable when, with the purpose of causing death or serious bodily harm, the person has provoked the use of force against himself or herself in the same encounter; or (d) If he or she is a law enforcement officer or a private person assisting the officer at the officer's direction and was acting pursuant to RSA 627:5, the person need not retreat.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 77-A:3-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 77-A / Section 3-a
77-A:3-a Expense Deductions.
Status: in_force

In determining gross business profits before net operating loss and special deductions, a business organization shall calculate expense deductions as permitted under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code as provided in RSA 77-A:1, XX, except that for property placed in service on or after January 1, 2018, a business organization shall calculate expense deductions not to exceed $500,000.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 200-C:18 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 200-C / Section 18
200-C:18 Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Status: in_force

There is established a program for the deaf and hard of hearing within the bureau of vocational rehabilitation which shall be administered by a coordinator designated by the administrator, bureau of vocational rehabilitation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 77-E:12 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 77-E / Section 12
77-E:12 Certifications for Dissolution, Withdrawal, and Good Standing.
Status: in_force

I. (a) No corporation organized under any law of this state may transfer property to its shareholders pursuant to RSA 293-A:14.05(a) until all taxes and interest imposed upon the corporation under this chapter have been fully paid and a certificate of dissolution shall have been obtained from the commissioner of revenue administration that no returns, tax, additions to tax, interest, or penalties for taxes administered by the department are due and unpaid. (b) A corporation wishing to transfer property to its shareholder pursuant to RSA 293-A:14.05(a) shall submit a written request containing the complete corporate name and identification number and accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $30 to the commissioner of revenue administration. This fee shall be deposited into the general fund. If, after reviewing the corporation's records, the commissioner determines that no returns, tax, additions to tax, interest, or penalties for taxes administered by the department are due and unpaid, the commissioner shall prepare a statement in accordance with subparagraph (a). II. A business enterprise wishing to obtain a statement for withdrawal, in accordance with RSA 293-A:15.20(b)(6) shall submit a written request containing the complete corporate name and identification number and accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $30 to the commissioner of revenue administration. This fee shall be deposited into the general fund. If, after reviewing the business enterprise's records, the commissioner determines that no returns, tax, additions to tax, interest, or penalties for taxes administered by the department are due and unpaid, the commissioner shall prepare a statement for withdrawal as required under RSA 293-A:15.20(b)(6). III. A business enterprise wishing to obtain a statement that it is in good standing with the department of revenue administration shall submit a written request containing the complete corporate name and identification number and accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $30 to the commissioner of revenue administration. This fee shall be deposited into the general fund. If, after reviewing the business enterprise's records, the commissioner determines that no returns, tax, additions to tax, interest, or penalties for taxes administered by the department are due and unpaid, the commissioner shall prepare a statement of good standing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:222 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 222
310-A:222 Doula and Lactation Service Provider Certification.
Status: in_force

I. For the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement, the office of professional licensure and certification shall establish, pursuant to RSA 310:6, a voluntary doula certification process and a voluntary lactation service certification process. Coverage levels of such services are separately subject to Medicaid rules and regulations and shall not supplant federal funds. II. The office of professional licensure and certification shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the authority set out in paragraph I. III. The office shall make every effort to include culturally and geographically diverse community members and providers when developing and implementing the doula and lactation service provider certification process pursuant to this section. IV. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person certified by this state pursuant to any other provision of law from performing the occupation for which he or she is certified.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 48:8 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 48 / Section 8
48:8 Vacancy.
Status: in_force

In case the office of city clerk shall become vacant from any cause the mayor and aldermen shall forthwith appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall hold the office and perform the duties until a clerk shall be elected by the city councils at a convention which may be held at any time for that purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 611-B:4 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 611-B / Section 4
611-B:4 Acting Chief Medical Examiner.
Status: in_force

The chief medical examiner may designate in writing an acting chief medical examiner who shall be a licensed physician, certified by the American Board of Pathology as a qualified pathologist with training and experience in forensic medicine. The acting chief medical examiner shall act as the chief medical examiner whenever the chief medical examiner, deputy chief medical examiner, and the associate medical examiner are absent, or unable to act for any cause.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:9 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-F / Section 9
125-F:9 Notification of Significant Events.
Status: in_force

I. Each licensee of a nuclear powered reactor shall comply with the reporting requirements for significant events contained in the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. II. As used in this section, "significant event" means any event which must be reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission operations center pursuant to 10 C.F.R., section 50.72. III. Any person who purposely violates the provisions of this section and who is found by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to have violated its regulations shall be guilty of a class B felony if the severity of the incident is at level I or II and guilty of a misdemeanor if the severity of the incident is at level III, IV, or V as said levels are defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 10 C.F.R., Part 2.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:44 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 44
4:44 Hearing Prior to Confirmation of Judicial Appointment.
Status: in_force

Prior to making any judicial appointment with the governor under the provisions of the constitution, the executive council shall hold a public hearing to allow any member of the public who so desires to offer testimony on the prospective judicial appointee. Notice of the hearing shall be provided at least 7 days prior to the date of the hearing in at least 2 newspapers of statewide circulation. Prior to making the judicial appointment, the executive council shall consider the testimony made at the public hearing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 477:9 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 477 / Section 9
477:9 Power of Attorney.
Status: in_force

Every power of attorney to convey real estate must be signed and acknowledged, and may be recorded as required for a deed, and a copy of the record may be used in evidence whenever a copy of the deed so made is admissible.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-C:4-415 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-C / Section 4-415
564-C:4-415 Asset-Backed Securities.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "asset-backed security" means an asset whose value is based upon the right it gives the owner to receive distributions from the proceeds of financial assets that provide collateral for the security. The term includes an asset that gives the owner the right to receive from the collateral financial assets only the interest or other current return or only the proceeds other than interest or current return. The term does not include an asset to which RSA 564-C:4-401 or RSA 564 C: 4-409 applies. (b) If a trust receives a payment from interest or other current return and from other proceeds of the collateral financial assets, the trustee shall allocate to income the portion of the payment which the payer identifies as being from interest or other current return and shall allocate the balance of the payment to principal. (c) If a trust receives one or more payments in exchange for the trust's entire interest in an asset-backed security in one accounting period, the trustee shall allocate the payments to principal. If a payment is one of a series of payments that will result in the liquidation of the trust's interest in the security over more than one accounting period, the trustee shall allocate 10 percent of the payment to income and the balance to principal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:157 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 157
261:157 Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans.
Status: in_force

For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran of any war or armed conflict, as defined in RSA 72:28, V, who because of being an amputee or paraplegic or having suffered loss or use of a limb from a service-connected cause, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, has received said vehicle from the United States government or cash settlement in lieu thereof; or because of a disability incurred in, or aggravated by such service, and upon satisfactory proof that the veteran is evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 350-A:7 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 350-A / Section 7
350-A:7 Records.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:64-a — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 64-a
659:64-a Counting Write-In Votes.
Status: in_force

I. In a town or city that uses a ballot counting device approved by the ballot law commission pursuant to RSA 656:40 and which prints or digitally displays an image of all write-in votes as part of the device's report of votes cast, a moderator may use the printed or digitally displayed images to count write-in votes in place of examining each ballot to obtain the name of the person who received a write-in vote. This counting shall take place in the presence of another sworn-in election official. II. The moderator shall cause all write-in votes, whether viewed on the ballot, on the print out, or on the digital display to be examined for write-in votes that are for a person whose name is printed on the ballot as a candidate. Provided the voter did not overvote for that office, a write-in vote for a person whose name is on the ballot, shall be counted as a vote for that candidate. The moderator shall include that vote in the total of the number of votes cast for that candidate, adding votes by write-in to votes by a marked oval. III. A ballot where the voter marked the oval beside the name of a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot and also wrote that same candidates name in as a write-in shall be counted as one vote for that candidate. The moderator shall include that one vote in the total number of votes cast for that candidate. The write-in shall not be counted separately as a write-in vote. IV. If the device report or the digital image is used to tally write-in votes, a copy of the report shall be preserved with the ballots used at the election. The printed report or digital image showing the write-in votes in the voter's handwriting shall be a non-public record, and shall be exempt from RSA 91-A. The moderator shall also provide the clerk with a copy of the printed or digital images of all write-in votes to be available as a non-public record to assist with post-election reporting. V. For all state elections, if used in the ballot counting process, the moderator and the clerk shall retain a copy of the printed and the digital images of all write-in votes to be available for reference if needed to resolve questions regarding the return of votes. The copy shall be a non-public document and shall be stored and used in a manner that limits the risk of exposing, through recognition of handwriting, the candidate written in by any voter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:14.02 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 14.02
293-A:14.02 Dissolution by Board of Directors and Shareholders.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation's board of directors may propose dissolution for submission to the shareholders. (b) For a proposal to dissolve to be adopted: (1) The board of directors must recommend dissolution to the shareholders unless (i) the board of directors determines that because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation or (ii) RSA 293-A:8.26 applies. If (i) or (ii) applies, it must communicate to the shareholders the basis for so proceeding; and (2) The shareholders entitled to vote must approve the proposal to dissolve as provided in RSA 293-A:14.02(b)(5). (3) The board of directors may condition its submission of the proposal for dissolution on any basis. (4) The corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders' meeting. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider dissolving the corporation. (5) Unless the articles of incorporation or the board of directors acting pursuant to RSA 293-A:14.02(b)(3) require a greater vote, a greater number of shares to be present, or a vote by voting groups, adoption of the proposal to dissolve shall require the approval of the shareholders at a meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast exists.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 395:8 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 395 / Section 8
395:8 Effect.
Status: in_force

No bank, trust company, association or individual, knowing that the commissioner has taken such possession, or having been notified thereof as aforesaid, shall have a lien or charge for any payment, advance or clearance thereafter made, or liability thereafter incurred, against any of the assets of the institution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125:10 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125 / Section 10
125:10 Drugs; Foods.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall take cognizance of the interests of the public health, relating to the sale of drugs and foods and the adulteration of such drugs and foods and shall make all necessary investigations and inquiries in reference to them. For these purposes he may appoint, within available appropriations and subject to rules adopted by the director of personnel, inspectors, analysts, and chemists, who shall be subject to his supervision and removal.