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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146-C:5 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146-C / Section 5
146-C:5 Records Required; Inspections.
Status: in_force

I. The operator of an underground storage facility shall keep and reconcile accurate stock inventory records for the purpose of detecting leaks. The records shall be maintained and made available for department inspection and copying for a period of not less than 3 years. II. For the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any rule, conducting any study or investigation, instituting any corrective or remedial measures, or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, any owner or operator of a facility subject to regulation under this chapter shall, upon request of any employee or authorized representative of the department, furnish information relating to such facility or its contents, conduct monitoring or testing, permit such employee or authorized representative at all reasonable times to have access to and to copy all records relating to such facility, and permit such employee or authorized representative to have access to the facility for corrective or remedial measures. III. For the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any rule, conducting any study or investigation, instituting corrective or remedial measures, or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, department employees or authorized representatives may, upon the presentation of appropriate credentials: (a) Enter at reasonable times any site where a facility regulated under this chapter is located. (b) Inspect and obtain samples from any person of any regulated substances in such facility. (c) Conduct monitoring or testing of the tanks, associated equipment, contents, or surrounding soils, air, surface water or groundwater. (d) Institute corrective or remedial measures. IV. Information obtained by the department under this chapter which, in the judgment of the federal Environmental Protection Agency or the department, constitutes a trade secret shall not be disclosed to the public without notice to the owner of the trade secret and an opportunity for hearing. The department may provide information relating to trade secrets to the Environmental Protection Agency, provided that the Environmental Protection Agency guarantees the same degree of confidentiality as does the department.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:27 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 27
261:27 Release of Security Interest.
Status: in_force

I. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, he shall, within 10 days after demand and, in any event, within 30 days, execute a release of his security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the director prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the next lienholder named therein, or, if none, to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate. The owner, other than a dealer holding the vehicle for resale, shall promptly cause the certificate and release to be mailed or delivered to the department, which shall release the lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate. II. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior lienholder, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within 10 days after demand execute a release in the form the director prescribes and deliver the release to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive it. The lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either deliver the certificate to the owner, or the person authorized by the owner, for delivery to the department or, upon receipt of the release, mail or deliver it with the certificate to the department, which shall release the subordinate lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate. If the lienholder does not have the certificate, the lienholder shall, within 7 days of receipt of final payment on the loan, apply for a duplicate title, a copy of which shall be sent to the payor. III. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in an electronic format, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within 10 days after the demand, notify the department of the release of security interest. The department shall mail or deliver a certificate of title, free of security interest to the owner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:8-c — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-C / Section 8-c
227-C:8-c Archaeological Investigation of Human Remains.
Status: in_force

I. If an agreement is reached with the landowner for the excavation of the human remains, the state archaeologist shall either designate a member of his staff or authorize another professional archaeologist to excavate or supervise the excavation. II. The professional archaeologist excavating human skeletal remains, when in situ preservation is not feasible, shall report to the state archaeologist, by telephone and by certified letter, his opinion on the cultural and biological characteristics of the remains. This report shall be transmitted as soon as possible after the commencement of excavation, but no later than 2 full business days after the removal of a burial. III. The state archaeologist, in consultation with the professional archaeologist excavating the remains, shall determine where the remains shall be held subsequent to excavation, pending other arrangements according to RSA 227-C:8-d or 8-e.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 544:23 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 544 / Section 23
544:23 Evidence.
Status: in_force

Evidence of the general reputation of the place or an admission or finding of guilt of any person under the criminal laws against prostitution, lewdness or assignation at any such place shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of said nuisance and shall be prima facie evidence thereof and of knowledge of and of acquiescence and participation therein, on the part of the person or persons charged with maintaining said nuisance, as herein defined.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 234:10 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 234 / Section 10
234:10 Bridge Aid; How Cost Borne.
Status: in_force

When public convenience and necessity require the construction or reconstruction of any bridge on a class II, IV, or V highway or a county-owned road the cost shall be borne 1/5 by the municipality and 4/5 by the state. When public convenience and necessity require the reconstruction of any county-owned bridge, the cost shall be borne 1/5 by the county and 4/5 by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-C:1 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-C / Section 1
490-C:1 Board Established.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a guardian ad litem board which shall be responsible for overseeing the credentialing and activities, and discipline of guardians ad litem in New Hampshire who are or have been certified by the board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433-A:5 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433-A / Section 5
433-A:5 Registration and Labeling; Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt such rules under RSA 541-A as the commissioner deems necessary to ensure the accuracy or truthfulness of labels, labeling, registration documents, and content of horticultural growing media, including but not limited to: I. Requiring that all registrants of horticultural growing media register each product name with the commissioner and supply the commissioner with a complete label for each product name. II. Require every person registering any horticultural growing medium in this state to furnish on forms supplied by the commissioner such information as the commissioner may require on labeling, verification of label claims, or composition of any horticultural growing medium. III. Requiring that all registrants of horticultural growing media supply analyses of horticultural growing media they have distributed, upon request of the commissioner. IV. Specifying the contents of the label and the manner of expressing the contents required on each package or accompanying each bulk shipment of horticultural growing media, provided that product labels shall not require terms or manners of expression which shall interfere with interstate commerce.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:6.23 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 6.23
293-A:6.23 Share Dividends.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, shares may be issued pro rata and without consideration to the corporation's shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series. An issuance of shares under this subsection is a share dividend. (b) Shares of one class or series may not be issued as a share dividend in respect of shares of another class or series unless (1) the articles of incorporation so authorize, (2) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued approve the issue, or (3) there are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued. (c) If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, it is the date the board of directors authorizes the share dividend.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 173-B:16 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 173-B / Section 16
173-B:16 Grant Program Established.
Status: in_force

A grant program is established within the department for the allocation of grant money to New Hampshire programs which provide aid and assistance to victims of domestic violence. The grant program shall be funded by the fund established under RSA 173-B:15.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 660:15 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 660 / Section 15
660:15 Declaration of Result.
Status: in_force

If after the recount it shall appear that the result of the voting on said question is other than that announced by the moderator at the election, the secretary of state shall declare said result which shall be final unless the result is changed because of an appeal taken within 10 days to the ballot law commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 464-A:11 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 464-A / Section 11
464-A:11 Letters of Guardianship.
Status: in_force

I. A copy of the order appointing the guardian shall be given in hand or mailed by first class mail to the ward and the ward's counsel. The court may order service by other means if it deems appropriate. The order shall contain the name and address of the guardian. The order shall also contain notice of the ward's right to appeal the guardianship appointment and of his or her right to seek alteration or termination of the guardianship at any time. II. Letters of guardianship shall contain: (a) The name, address and telephone number of the guardian of the person and estate, or the person, or the estate; (b) The name, address and telephone number of the ward; (c) The nature and scope of the guardianship, whether over the person and estate, or the person, or the estate; (d) The specific legal limitations imposed by the court on the powers of the guardian. III. Said letters shall issue to the guardian. Copies shall be mailed to the ward, the ward's counsel, the petitioner, and the institution of residence of the ward and any other person, institution, organization or agency which the court deems that it is reasonable to notify under the circumstances of the guardianship.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-C:3 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339-C / Section 3
339-C:3 Supplier's Disclosure to Dealer.
Status: in_force

A supplier shall disclose in writing to any prospective dealer the following information, before any agreement is concluded: I. The gallonage volume history, if any, of the location under negotiation for and during the 3 year period immediately past or for the entire period which the location has been supplied by the supplier, whichever is shorter. II. The name and last known address of the previous dealers for the last 3 years, or for the entire period during which the location has been supplied by the supplier, whichever is shorter, and the reason for the termination of each dealer's agreement. III. Any legally binding commitments for the sale, demolition or other disposition of the location in effect prior to the termination date of the agreement. IV. The training programs, if any, and the specific goods and services the supplier will provide without cost to the dealer. V. Full disclosure of any and all obligations which will be required of the dealer, including, but not limited to, any obligation to exclusively deal in any of the products of the supplier, its subsidiaries or any other company or any advertising and promotional items that the dealer must accept. VI. Full disclosure of all restrictions on the sale, transfer, renewal and termination of the agreement.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 428:22 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 428 / Section 22
428:22 Definitions.
Status: in_force

Terms used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context: I. "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association. II. "Retail" means selling direct to a consumer. III. "Candling" means the common practice of examining the interior of an egg by holding and twirling the same before a bright light passing through an aperture in an opaque shield. IV. "Eggs" shall mean hens' eggs.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 102:2 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 102 / Section 2
102:2 Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following meanings: I. "Permanent fireman" shall mean a private fireman or officer regularly employed on full time duty by any fire department of any city, town or precinct in the state. II. "Association" shall mean the New Hampshire State Permanent Firemen's Association. III. "Officer" shall mean any chief, deputy chief, captain, lieutenant or foreman regularly employed by a fire department of any city, town or precinct in the state. IV. "Call fireman" shall mean a fireman not regularly employed by a fire department, but answering for duty only to alarms of fire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383:10-g — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383 / Section 10-g
383:10-g Privileges Not Affected by Disclosure.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the exceptions to confidentiality in RSA 383:10-b, the submission of any information to any federal banking agency, state banking department, or foreign banking authority for any purpose in the course of any supervisory or regulatory process shall not be construed as waiving, destroying, or otherwise affecting any privilege such person may claim with regard to any information under federal or state law as to any person other than such agency, department, or authority.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 43:6 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 43 / Section 6
43:6 Disqualification.
Status: in_force

No selectman or other officer shall act, in the decision of any such case, who would be disqualified to sit as a juror for any cause, except exemption from service, in the trial of a civil action in which any of the parties interested in such case was a party.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 186-B:15 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 186-B / Section 15
186-B:15 Appeal.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a decision of blind services under this subdivision may apply for rehearing and appeal pursuant to RSA 541.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147:18 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147 / Section 18
147:18 Expectoration.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to spit upon any sidewalk, in the compact part of any city, village or town, or in any railway station, hall or other public place, or in any street or steam railway car other than smoking cars, except into spittoons or other receptacles provided for that purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125:25-c — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125 / Section 25-c
125:25-c Disclosure to the Licensing Authority.
Status: in_force

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any health care practitioner who has an ownership interest in an entity which provides diagnostic or therapeutic services shall disclose such interest to the appropriate licensing authority regardless of whether any referrals are provided to the health care practitioner's entity or any other entity. In the disclosure to the appropriate licensing authority, the health care practitioner shall list all diagnostic and therapeutic services provided by any entity in which the health care practitioner has an ownership interest. Disclosure of ownership shall be made upon application for and renewal of the health care practitioner's license, on the application and renewal form. II. An entity which provides diagnostic and therapeutic services shall include services provided by an entity within a hospital, but which is not owned by the hospital. III. This section shall not apply to in-office ancillary services. IV. Failure to report such ownership interest may result in disciplinary action by the licensing authority.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 91-B:4 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 91-B / Section 4
91-B:4 Affidavit.
Status: in_force

Proof of publication by broadcast of the notice shall be made by affidavit of the owner, manager, assistant manager or program director of the station, in substantially the following form: AFFIDAVIT OF BROADCAST State of New Hampshire County of __________ I __________ , being duly sworn, depose and say that I am the owner, manager, assistant manager or program director of station __________ , a radio (television) station broadcasting from __________ , and state that the notice (or summary or description of the notice) described as __________ was broadcast on the following days: (here set forth dates and times when the notice was broadcast.) _ Subscribed and sworn before me ________________, 20 ________________ ___ . Month, Day Notary Public/Justice of the Peace My commission expires:
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:40 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 284 / Section 40
284:40 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person or persons within said enclosure without right or to whom admission has been refused or who has previously been ejected shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-B:34 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-B / Section 34
326-B:34 Duties of Licensees Relating to Reports of Sexual Relations.
Status: in_force

I. If, during the course of diagnosis or treatment by a licensee, a client alleges that another mental health counselor or health care practitioner licensed by the board of nursing or another state licensing or certifying agency has engaged with the client in sexual relations, the licensee shall have a duty to inform the client that the act reported by the client may be unprofessional or unethical and may subject the actor to disciplinary action by the actor's licensing or certifying agency. II. No liability for breach of client confidentiality, slander, or defamation, or other civil or criminal liability, shall arise from the disclosure by a licensee of information related to reported sexual relations between a client and any mental health counselor or health care licensee of a state licensing or certifying agency when the disclosure is made in good faith and made to the board or any other state licensing or certifying agency.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-A:4 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-A / Section 4
546-A:4 Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The superior court shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings brought under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:32 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 32
674:32 Manufactured Housing.
Status: in_force

I. (a) Municipalities shall afford reasonable and realistic opportunities for the siting of manufactured housing as required in subparagraph (b) and a municipality shall not exclude manufactured housing completely from the municipality by regulation, zoning ordinance or by any other police power. (b) A municipality that adopts land use control measures shall allow, in its sole discretion, manufactured housing to be located: (1) On individual lots in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; or (2)(A) In manufactured housing parks, as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II, in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; and (B) In subdivisions created for the placement of manufactured housing on individually owned lots in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; or (3) In all 3 types of locations. (c) Manufactured housing located on individual lots pursuant to subparagraph (b)(1) shall comply with lot size, frontage requirements, space limitations and other reasonable controls that conventional single-family housing in the same district must meet. No special exception or special permit shall be required for manufactured housing located on individual lots pursuant to subparagraph (b)(1) or manufactured housing subdivisions pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2)(B) unless such special exception or permit is required by the municipality for single family housing located on individual lots or in subdivisions. (d) Municipalities permitting manufactured housing parks pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2)(A) shall afford reasonable and realistic opportunities for their development. In order to provide such opportunities, lot size and overall density requirements for manufactured housing parks shall be reasonable and realistic. (e) Municipalities shall allow reasonable and realistic opportunities for the expansion of manufactured housing parks existing as of July 1, 2024. For expansion of existing manufactured housing parks, municipalities shall not require standards stricter than NFPA 501A, "Standard for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installations, Sites, and Communities". II. Notwithstanding paragraph I or any law or rule to the contrary, no zoning ordinance or bylaw shall prohibit an owner and occupier of a residence which has been damaged by fire or other disaster from placing a manufactured home on the lot of such residence and residing in such structure while the residence is being rebuilt. The period of such occupancy shall expire in 12 months from the placement of such structure or upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first. Any such manufactured home shall be subject to state and local requirements relating to water supply and sewerage disposal. A manufactured home that is placed on a lot under this paragraph shall not attain the status of a vested nonconforming use.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:42 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 42
31:42 Regulation by Selectmen.
Status: in_force

Prior to adoption of bylaws by a town under RSA 31:41, 41-a or 41-d, the selectmen may regulate the operation of open-air motion picture theatres, motor vehicle race tracks or coin operated amusement devices within the limits of the town and fix reasonable fees for such operation. Such regulations made by the selectmen shall be effective only until the next annual town meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the town from adopting bylaws in accordance with RSA 31:41, 41-a, or 41-d, at any special town meeting, which shall supersede any regulations made by the selectmen.