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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 561:17 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 561 / Section 17
561:17 Priority of Legacies, Etc.
Status: in_force

The estate, real and personal, not specifically devised or bequeathed, shall be first liable to the payment of the legal charges against the estate and legacies given by the will, and to be applied to make up the share of any child born after the decease of the testator, or of any child or issue of any child omitted or not provided for in the will.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-D:7 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-D / Section 7
169-D:7 Failure to Appear; Warrant.
Status: in_force

I. Any person summoned who, without reasonable cause, fails to appear with the child, may be proceeded against as in case of contempt of court. II. If a summons cannot be served or the party served fails to obey the same, and in any case where it appears to the court that such summons will be ineffectual, a warrant may be issued for the child's appearance or for the appearance of anyone having custody or control of the child or for both.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:86 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 86
270:86 Jericho Pond.
Status: in_force

No person shall use or operate any boat equipped with a petroleum-powered motor on the waters of Jericho Pond in the city of Berlin. Use of electric-powered motors are authorized with a manufacturer's rated capacity not to exceed 3 horsepower, and no person shall exceed a headway speed of 5 miles per hour on Jericho Pond. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:1 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 1
228:1 Definitions.
Status: repealed

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation. I-a. "Construction management" means a method of contracting where the state engages the services of a contractor to work with an architect or engineer. The contractor assumes risk for construction and is required to provide design phase consultation, including the evaluation of costs, schedules, implication of alternative designs, systems, and materials. II. "Contract construction" means all construction performed in whole or in part by an independent contractor. III. "Cost-plus contract" means one under which the payment for the work is the actual cost, plus either a fixed fee or a percentage of the cost as profit. IV. "Department" means the department of transportation. IV-a. "Design build" means a method of contracting where the state engages the professional services of a single entity designer/builder who is responsible for the provision of the design and construction of a project. The designer/builder can be either a single firm or a team of architect, engineer, and builder. The designer/builder contracts directly with all subcontractors and is responsible for the delivery of the completed project. V. "Force account basis" means use of a work force directly on the state payroll, rather than an independent contractor. VI. "Registered architect or professional engineer" means a person licensed in the state as an architect or engineer. VII. "Project" means any construction, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance of any highway, bridge, building, plant, fixture, facility or other item directly related to transportation. The term shall not include construction, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance of buildings, plants, fixtures, or facilities formerly administered through the department of transportation, division of public works, or matters managed by the department of administrative services, division of public works design and construction. VIII. [Repealed.] IX. "Toll credits" means credits generated by previous state-funded construction, maintenance, or improvement of highways, bridges, or tunnels that may be used as a match for federal highway funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 365:10 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 365 / Section 10
365:10 Summons; Oath.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths in any proceeding or examination instituted before or conducted by it, and to compel, by subpoena duces tecum, the production of any accounts, books, contracts, records, documents, memoranda and papers of any kind whatever.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:10 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 14 / Section 10
14:10 Preservation of Committee Papers.
Status: in_force

The clerk of each senate, house, and joint committee shall properly classify, arrange, and file all papers laid before his committee, and preserve those which are not returned to the senate or house, and at the close of the session shall deposit them with the clerk of that branch of the legislature from which the business to which they relate was sent to the committee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-H:6 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-H / Section 6
170-H:6 Eligibility for Release.
Status: in_force

I. The board may parole a delinquent, if: (a) The commissioner has determined that parole is in the best interest of the delinquent and the public and that further incarceration will be of no benefit; and (b) It shall appear to the board that there is a reasonable probability that the delinquent will remain at liberty without violating the law and will conduct himself as a good citizen. II. No delinquent detained at a juvenile correctional facility under RSA 169-B shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter regarding parole.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:101 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 101
21-I:101 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subdivision: I. "Child" has the same meaning as "son or daughter" in 29 U.S.C. section 2611(12). II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of administrative services. III. "Department" means the department of administrative services. IV. "Family and medical leave" means leave from work: (a) Because of the birth of a child of the employee, within the past 12 months; (b) Because of the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or fostering within the past 12 months; (c) Because of a serious health condition of a family member; or (d) Because of any qualifying exigency arising from foreign deployment with the armed forces, or to care for a service member with a serious injury or illness as permitted under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. section 2612(a)(1)(E) and 29 C.F.R. section 825.126(a)(1)-(8), as they existed on October 19, 2017, for family members as defined in paragraph VI. V. "Family and Medical Leave Act" means the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Pub.L. 103-3, 29 U.S.C. section 2601 et seq. VI. "Family member" means a "child" as defined in paragraph I, a biological, adoptive, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of the child or the child's spouse or domestic partner, a biological, adoptive, or foster grandparent or step grandparent, or a spouse or domestic partner. VII. "FMLI" means family and medical leave insurance providing wage replacement benefits under specified conditions. VIII. "Serious health condition" means any illness of a family member covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act including treatment for addiction as prescribed by a treating clinician, consistent with American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria, as well as treatment for a mental health condition, consistent with American Psychiatric Association criteria. IX. "State rate" means the per employee premium amount that is charged by the successful bidder for the state contract for FMLI coverage for state government employees as provided in this subdivision. The state rate shall be expressed as a percentage of wages.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 448:2-a — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 448 / Section 2-a
448:2-a Lien for Food and Care.
Status: in_force

Any person or carrier who transports animals shall have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for their detention.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 246:4 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 246 / Section 4
246:4 Consent of Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

No railroad hereafter constructed shall cross another railroad, a highway or other way, at grade, unless the consent in writing of the department of transportation is first obtained.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:13 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38 / Section 13
38:13 Ratification.
Status: in_force

Within 90 days of the final determination of the price to be paid for the plant and property to be acquired under the provisions of RSA 38:8, 38:9 or 38:10 and any consequential damages under RSA 38:33, the municipality shall decide whether or not to acquire the plant and property at such price by a vote to issue bonds and notes pursuant to RSA 33-B as may be necessary and expedient for the purpose of defraying the cost of purchasing or taking the plant, property, or facilities of the utility which the municipality may thus acquire. The municipality is authorized to hold a special meeting, if necessary, to take such vote without having to petition the superior court for permission to do so. An affirmative vote under RSA 33-B shall constitute ratification on the part of the municipality of the final determination of the price to be paid for the plant and property under the provisions of RSA 38:8, 38:9, or 38:10 and any consequential damages under RSA 38:33. If the money is so raised it shall immediately be paid to the utility, which shall thereupon execute a proper conveyance and surrender the plant and property to the municipality. If the ratifying vote provided for in this section shall be in the negative, no other action under this chapter shall be had during the ensuing period of 2 years.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 644:21 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 644 / Section 21
644:21 Searches of Portable Electronic Devices.
Status: in_force

I. Definitions. In this section: (a) "Government entity" means a federal, state, county, or local government agency, including but not limited to a law enforcement agency or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, or an individual acting or purporting to act for, or on behalf of, a federal, state, county, or local government agency. "Government entity" shall not apply to a federal government agency to the extent that federal statute preempts state statute. (b) "Information" includes any information concerning the substance or meaning or purported substance or meaning of a communication, including without limitation the name and address of the sender and receiver and the time, date, location, and duration of the communication. (c) "Portable electronic device" means any portable device that is capable of creating, receiving, accessing, or storing electronic data or communications, including but not limited to cellular telephones. II. No information contained in a portable electronic device shall be subject to search by a government entity, including a search incident to a lawful arrest or for inventory purposes, except pursuant to a warrant signed by a judge and based on probable cause, or pursuant to a legally-recognized exception to the warrant requirement. A portable electronic device searched pursuant to this paragraph shall be returned to its owner as expeditiously as possible. III. Evidence obtained in violation of this section shall not be admissible in a criminal, civil, administrative, or other proceeding, except as proof of a violation of this section. IV. A person injured by a government entity as a result of a violation of this section may file civil suit against the government entity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:148 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 148
282-A:148 Adjustment of Contribution by Compromise.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner of the department of employment security may, with the approval of the attorney general, effect by written stipulation such settlement of the contribution or interest due under the provisions of this chapter as he or she may deem to be for the best interests of the state, and the payment of the sum so agreed upon shall be a full satisfaction of such contribution and interest. II. Payment by a debtor of interest, penalties, fees, and legal costs due under the provisions of this chapter totaling $50 or less may be waived by the commissioner of the department of employment security as he or she may deem to be for the best interests of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:15 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 15
674:15 Appeals; Public Hearing.
Status: in_force

Before taking any action authorized in RSA 674:13, 674:14, and 674:41, the zoning board of adjustment, the legislative body, or the boards of appeal, according to whichever of them is designated by ordinance as the body to which appeals may be made, shall give a hearing at which parties in interest and others shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice for a public hearing under this section shall be as provided in RSA 675:7.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 47:9 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 47 / Section 9
47:9 Fire Chief; Deputy Chief.
Status: in_force

The city councils of any city shall have the power to pass an ordinance which shall provide that the chief, or any deputy chief, of the fire department of such city shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time, that no person shall be appointed to such office except one technically qualified by training or experience, and that the appointee shall be removed only for just cause and after hearing with reasonable notice in writing of the charges against the appointee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:18-1805 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 18-1805
564-F:18-1805 Limitation of Action Against a Foundation Official.
Status: in_force

(a) A judicial proceeding against a foundation official for breach of duty may be commenced only within the earliest of: (1) In the case of a claim by a beneficiary, one year after the beneficiary was sent a report that adequately disclosed the existence of a potential claim for breach of duty; (2) Except as provided in subsection (a)(3), 3 years after the earliest of: (A) The foundation official's removal, resignation, or death; (B) The termination of the beneficiary's interest; (C) The foundation's dissolution or (3) If the act or omission was not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered at the time of the act or omission, one year after the earlier of: (A) The discovery of the act or omission; or (B) In the exercise of reasonable diligence, the date on which the act or omission should have been discovered. (b) A report adequately discloses the existence of a potential claim for breach of duty if it provides sufficient information so that the beneficiary or the beneficiary's representative knows of the potential claim or should have inquired into its existence. (c) The limitation periods under this section shall not be tolled for any reason, except by a court order or a written agreement between the foundation official and the beneficiary.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-A:9 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-A / Section 9
408-A:9 Issuance of Policies.
Status: in_force

All policies of credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state only by an insurer authorized to do an insurance business therein, and shall be issued only through holders of licenses or authorizations issued by the commissioner unless the sale is by a financial institution pursuant to RSA 406-C.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 504-A:4 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 504-A / Section 4
504-A:4 Violation of the Terms of Probation or Parole.
Status: in_force

I. Any probationer or parolee may be arrested without warrant at any time by any probation or parole officer, or any other officer authorized to arrest upon request of a probation or parole officer, when the probation or parole officer has reason to believe that the probationer or parolee has committed a new criminal offense or is conducting himself in such a way as to be a menace to public safety, or there is probable cause to believe that the probationer or parolee will abscond or commit new criminal offenses if not arrested. II. When a parolee violates the conditions of his parole but does not meet the criteria for immediate arrest, a probation or parole officer with knowledge of the circumstances of the parole violation shall report the facts surrounding the violation to any member of the parole board who may issue a warrant for the arrest of the parolee. III. A probation or parole officer may require any probationer, whose sentence includes a provision for jail sanctions pursuant to RSA 651:2, V(i), to serve a county house of corrections sanction one to 7 days, provided that the probationer is advised of and waives his or her right to counsel and to a preliminary hearing under RSA 504-A:5 and violation of probation hearing. If the probation officer intends to impose this sanction, the officer shall advise the offender of the violations alleged, the date or dates of the violation, and the number of days the offender shall serve. If the offender objects to the imposition of the jail sanction, a violation of probation hearing shall be held. This short jail stay may not be issued for any violation of probation which could warrant an additional, separate felony charge. In the event that a probationer commits a fifth violation of probation after having been incarcerated under this section on 4 separate occasions during the term of probation, the probation/parole officer shall file a violation of probation with the court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-E:202 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-E / Section 202
564-E:202 Incorporation of Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) An agent has authority described in this article if the power of attorney refers to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for the subjects stated in RSA 564-E:204 through RSA 564-E:217 or cites the section in which the authority is described. (b) A reference in a power of attorney to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for a subject in RSA 564-E:204 through RSA 564-E:217 or a citation to a section of RSA 564-E:204 through RSA 564-E:217 incorporates the entire section as if it were set out in full in the power of attorney. (c) A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 365:10-a — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 365 / Section 10-a
365:10-a Appearance.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may in its discretion determine who, in addition to those lawyers licensed in the state of New Hampshire to do so, may appear before the commission on behalf of any party, provided, however, that the discretion shall not be exercised unreasonably or in a discriminatory manner. All parties will be required to adhere to the commission's rules of practice and procedure in addition to any orders of the commission or agreements between the parties, including but not limited to those concerning confidentiality.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 418:36 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 418 / Section 36
418:36 Exemption of Certain Societies.
Status: in_force

I. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to: (a) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges; (b) Orders, societies or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in one or more crafts or hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business, insuring only their own members and their families, and the ladies' societies or ladies' auxiliaries to such orders, societies or associations; (c) Domestic societies which limit their membership to employees of a particular city or town, designated firm, business house or corporation or which provide for a death benefit of not more than $400 or disability benefits of not more than $350 to any person in any one year, or both; or (d) Domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable or benevolent description, which provide for a death benefit of not more than $400 or for disability benefits of not more than $350 to any one person in any one year, or both. II. Any such society or association described in subparagraph I(c) or (d) which provides for death or disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any such society or association included in subparagraph I(d) which has more than 1,000 members, shall not be exempted from the provisions of this chapter but shall comply with all requirements of this chapter. III. No society which is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except any society described in subparagraphs I(a) and (b), shall give or allow, or promise to give or allow to any person any compensation for procuring new members. IV. Every society heretofore organized and incorporated, and which provides for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accident, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or sick benefits shall have all of the privileges and be subject to all the applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter except that the provisions thereof relating to medical examination, valuations of benefit certificates, and incontestability, shall not apply to such society. V. The commissioner may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable the commissioner to determine whether such society or association is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. VI. Societies exempted under the provisions of this section shall also be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215:9 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215 / Section 9
215:9 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any provision of RSA 215 or any rule or regulation of the executive director made thereunder, shall be guilty of a violation, and, if a licensed guide, shall forfeit his license in the discretion of the executive director.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 87:36 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 87 / Section 36
87:36 Authority to Audit.
Status: in_force

The department of revenue administration shall have the authority to audit the returns required by this chapter to determine whether there has been an error in the assessment of the taxes imposed by this chapter in accordance with the following provisions: I. An executor, administrator, legatee, or probate court may request in writing within 2 years of the decedent's death an audit of the return. II. The department may, on its own motion, undertake such an audit upon written notice to the executor, administrator, or legatee within the statute of limitations as provided in RSA 21-J:29, except that where a change is reported as provided in RSA 87:10, such notice shall be provided within 6 months of the receipt of such amended return. III. An executor, administrator, or legatee may request an administrative hearing pursuant to RSA 21-J:28-b, I, II, and III. IV. Within 30 days after notice of any adjustment ordered by the commissioner as a result of an administrative hearing, an executor, administrator, or legatee may appeal the revenue commissioner's determination to the probate court having jurisdiction over the decedent's estate. The probate court shall determine de novo the correctness of the commissioner's action.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-D:5-501 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-D / Section 5-501
383-D:5-501 General.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a family trust company shall be organized in accordance with RSA 383-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-B:19-a — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-B / Section 19-a
110-B:19-a National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate; Access to Criminal History Records.
Status: in_force

The New Hampshire Air National Guard, New Hampshire Army National Guard, and 157 Air Refueling Wing Offices of the Staff Judge Advocate shall be granted access to all confidential criminal history records, criminal investigation documentation, and public court records of New Hampshire National Guard employees and service members for the purpose of carrying out the office's responsibilities and the respective attorneys' duties under state, federal, and military law and regulations.