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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:54 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 54
304-B:54 Transaction of Business Without Registration.
Status: in_force

I. A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state until it has registered in this state. II. The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state. III. A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of having transacted business in this state without registration. IV. A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state without registration may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreign limited partnership at its principal office. Service is perfected under section at the earliest of: (a) The date the foreign limited partnership receives the mail; (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign limited partnership; or (c) Five days after its deposit in the United States Mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed. V. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign limited partnership.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 199:22-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 199 / Section 22-a
199:22-a Use to Feed Elderly.
Status: in_force

I. Any school board may operate or allow to be operated for the benefit of persons age 60 or over a meal program on school property including the use of school equipment. Such program may be operated on a profit basis and any surplus funds may be used to defray expenses or otherwise as the school board shall direct. Provided that such program shall be operated at no expense to the district and shall not interfere with the education of the students. The price charged for any meal may be based on the recipient's ability to pay as determined by the school board. II. The use in such program of food service equipment, food, and other items which are restricted in use to the benefit of the students is not authorized by this section unless such program is granted the permission upon such conditions as the restricting federal or state authority deems necessary. In addition to any such conditions, the school board shall maintain such records as will accurately reflect the percentage of use of school property, school food service equipment, food, and other such restricted items between the geriatric program and the child nutrition program. Further, insofar as practicable, grants in aid for replacement and original equipment shall be requested on the basis of the percentage of use from both available child nutrition funds and from available geriatric program grants.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:48 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 48
231:48 Appeal From Discontinuance; Damages.
Status: in_force

Any person or other town aggrieved by the vote of a town to discontinue any highway, or discontinue any highway as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the county in which such highway is situate by petition within 6 months after the town has voted such discontinuance and not thereafter. Whenever any such petition is filed in the superior court the clerk shall issue a summons, with a copy of the petition, to be served by the date specified by the court on the summons, and the petitioner shall cause a certified copy of the same to be given to or left at the places of abode of one of the selectmen and the town clerk of each town in which the highway proposed to be discontinued is located, and give notice to the owners of land abutting on such highway in the same manner as required of selectmen in laying out highways, by the service date specified on the summons, and such other notice as the court shall order. Any person or town so notified may become a party to the proceedings by entering an appearance in such proceedings with the clerk of the superior court; and no person or town so notified shall after being so notified institute any additional appeal from the vote to discontinue such highway. Except as above provided, like proceedings shall be had on such petition as in the case of appeals in the laying out of class IV, V and VI highways, and if the county commissioners report for such discontinuance they shall assess the damages sustained by any person within the town in which the highway has been discontinued.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 604-B:4 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 604-B / Section 4
604-B:4 Contract.
Status: in_force

The state of New Hampshire, by the judicial council and with the approval of governor and council, shall contract with any organization or groups of lawyers approved by the board of governors of the New Hampshire Bar Association to operate the public defender program and provide public defender representation as provided in RSA 604-B:2 and 3. The contract shall fix the number of defender attorneys providing representation in each county and shall permit the public defender program to subcontract for attorney services, including appellate services, as may be necessary to provide such representation. No such contract shall be effective for longer than 2 years. The compensation for operation of the public defender program shall be such sums as may be fixed by the contract, subject to the appropriations made therefor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 175:5-a — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 175 / Section 5-a
175:5-a Food Products.
Status: in_force

I. This title shall not apply to sales of edible food products, which are not intended to be consumed as a liquid, containing not over 6 percent alcohol by volume. II. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or cause or procure to be sold any edible food product containing not less than 1/2 of one percent alcohol by volume, at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, to any person under the age of 21. III. All liquor used in the manufacture of edible food products in this state shall be purchased from the commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 87:37 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 87 / Section 37
87:37 Administration; Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner of revenue administration shall collect the taxes, interest, additions to tax and penalties imposed under this chapter and RSA 21-J. II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: (a) The administration of the estate tax; and (b) The recovery of any tax, interest or penalties imposed by this chapter and RSA 21-J. III. The commissioner may institute actions in the name of the state to recover any tax, interest, or penalties imposed by this chapter and RSA 21-J. IV. In the collection of the tax imposed by this chapter, the commissioner may use all of the powers granted to tax collectors under RSA 80 for the collection of taxes. The commissioner shall also have all of the duties imposed on tax collectors by RSA 80 that are applicable to the commissioner. V. The commissioner may take the oath of any person in the course of any hearing authorized under RSA 87:36, III. In connection with hearings, the commissioner and the executor or administrator shall have the power to compel attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts, or other documents. The commissioner and executor or administrator may take the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state pertaining to any matter under this chapter, in the same way as depositions of witnesses are taken in civil actions in the superior court. Fees of witnesses are the same as those allowed to witnesses in the probate court and in the case of witnesses summoned by the commissioner shall be considered as an expense of administration of this chapter. VI. Any notice required by this chapter to be given by the commissioner to an executor or administrator shall be made by first class mail to the last known address of the executor or administrator, but in the case of hearings, notice shall be given at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:8 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 8
310-A:8 Disbursements.
Status: in_force

The office may make expenditures for the reasonable expenses of the board's delegate to meetings of, and membership dues to, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 395:1 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 395 / Section 1
395:1 Petition.
Status: in_force

If any institution under the supervision of the bank commissioner shall refuse to permit an examination of its affairs by the commissioner, or to furnish the necessary facilities therefor, or shall violate its charter or any law of the state after having been notified in writing by the commissioner of such violation, or if at any time it appears to the commissioner that its business is being conducted in an unsafe or unauthorized manner, or that it is necessary for the public safety that it should not continue to transact business, the commissioner may represent the fact by petition to some justice of the superior court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-I:7 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-I / Section 7
326-I:7 Licensure Required; Exemptions.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall receive remuneration as an interpreter for the deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing or represent oneself as an interpreter for the deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing in this state after January 1, 2003, unless such person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. II. The board shall license each applicant who satisfies the requirements of the board, including a valid credential recognized by the board. Upon payment of a license fee, the board shall issue to such person a certificate of licensure which shall be evidence of the right to practice as an interpreter for the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing. III. The following persons shall be exempt from the license requirements of this chapter: (a) Nonresident interpreters legally certified or legally trained by a board recognized body when working in legal settings, provided that such interpreter shall be subject to disciplinary proceedings of the board. (b) Interpreters for the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing working in religious settings. (c) Interpreters working in emergency situations where the parties determine that the delay to obtain a licensed interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss. (d) Students exempted under RSA 326-I:8. (e) Interpreters employed by a school district for a K-12 program. (f) Court reporters licensed under RSA 310-A:161-RSA 310-A:181 while employed as court reporters as defined in RSA 310-A:162, II. (g) Interpreters holding a valid credential from a board recognized body who are representatives from a critical shortage area (any area that is currently underrepresented in the licensed pool) provided that such interpreter shall be subject to disciplinary proceedings of the board. (h) An individual interpreting between a pair of signed languages for which there is no existing certification, provided that such interpreter shall be subject to disciplinary proceedings of the board. IV. The recipient of services shall have the right to apply to the department of education for, and to receive, a waiver in writing from using a licensed interpreter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 668:1 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 668 / Section 1
668:1 Organization for Voting.
Status: in_force

The offices for which the voters of an unincorporated place are entitled to vote shall include: President and Vice-President of the United States, United States senator, United States representative, governor, executive councilor, state senator, state representative, and county offices. The provisions of the election laws relating to town meetings for the choice of election officers and the conduct of state elections shall apply to unincorporated places organized as provided by RSA 53:1.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:150 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 150
261:150 Transfer Credits.
Status: in_force

I. Upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle the permit shall expire; provided, however, that any owner who has paid a permit fee for registration of a vehicle the ownership of which is transferred or of one which is subsequently totally lost by fire, theft, or accident, during the same registration period, shall be entitled, upon the payment of $5, to credit to the amount of any such permit fee toward other permit fees which may be required of him in the same registration period. The difference, if any, between the credit and the amount due on the newly registered vehicle shall be prorated for the remainder of the registration period. II. If the ownership of a vehicle is not transferred, but the owner wishes to register another vehicle under the original vehicle registration during the same registration period, he shall be entitled, upon the payment of $5, to credit the amount of any such permit fee toward other permit fees which may be required of him in the same registration period. The difference, if any, between the credit and the amount due on the newly registered vehicle shall be prorated for the remainder of the registration period. III. Any person who owns a vehicle and transfers the registration on that vehicle to a leased vehicle, and any person who leases a vehicle and transfers the registration on that vehicle to an owned or leased vehicle shall be entitled to a credit for the permit fee in the same manner and subject to the same fee as provided in this section. The registration shall be processed to expire according to the formula set forth in RSA 261:62. If the transfer extends the expiration of the existing registration, pro-rated fees shall be charged for the additional months in the new registration period. If the transfer shortens the registration period from the existing registration period no refund shall be issued.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 465:8 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 465 / Section 8
465:8 Bonds for Guardians.
Status: in_force

If the estate of the ward consists of funds received from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or earnings thereon, in excess of $1,000, the guardian shall give bond to the judge of probate in a reasonable sum, with corporate sureties, upon condition, among other things, to return an inventory, to render, upon oath, a true and just account of his guardianship, when thereto required, and to faithfully discharge his trust.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 301:55 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 301 / Section 55
301:55 Reports.
Status: in_force

Cooperative associations organized under RSA 301:53 shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 301:7 and RSA 301:12 to 18 inclusive, provided, however, that if any such association shall file annually with the public utilities commission, a certified copy of the annual report required to be filed by it with any agency or department of the United States of America pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust executed by it, such association shall be deemed to have complied fully with all the requirements of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 544:18 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 544 / Section 18
544:18 Closing Order.
Status: in_force

If at the time of granting a temporary injunction it shall further appear that the person owning, in control or in charge of the nuisance so enjoined has received five days' notice of the hearing, and such person shall not show that the nuisance complained of has been abated, or that he proceeded forthwith to enforce his rights under the provisions of RSA 544:41, the court or justice shall forthwith issue an order closing the place against its use for any purpose until final decision shall be rendered on the application for a permanent injunction.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 673:18 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 673 / Section 18
673:18 Abolishing Planning Board, Heritage Commission, Historic District Commission, Agricultural Commission, or Housing Commission.
Status: in_force

I. The local legislative body of a city, of a county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or of a town operating under the town council form of government, shall determine the manner in which the planning board, the heritage commission, the historic district commission, the agricultural commission, or the housing commission may be abolished. II. In all other towns, upon a petition to abolish the planning board, the heritage commission, the historic district commission, the agricultural commission, or the housing commission, signed by 100 or more voters or 1/10 of the registered voters in town, whichever number is less, the planning board, heritage commission, historic district commission, agricultural commission, or housing commission shall submit the proposal to the town or village district in the same manner prescribed in RSA 675:4, except that the question put to the voters shall be in substantially the following form: "Are you in favor of abolishing the planning board (heritage commission, historic district commission, agricultural commission, or housing commission) as proposed by petition of the voters of this town (village district)?"
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:2 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-K / Section 2
227-K:2 Duties of the Director.
Status: in_force

I. The director shall: (a) Be responsible for the protection of forests from forest pests in order to reduce and prevent loss of timber resources, enhance the growth and maintenance of forests, conserve forest cover on watersheds, and promote stability of forest-using industries. (b) Coordinate forest pest control efforts with the commissioner of agriculture and the state entomologist. The director and commissioner of agriculture shall establish and publish an annual work plan outlining these efforts and specifying the responsibilities of each agency. (c) Coordinate efforts with the federal forest health monitoring program. (d) Prepare a biennial report summarizing the status of forest health. II. The director or the director's authorized agents may, for the purpose of performing the duties under this chapter, enter upon all lands in this state, posted or otherwise. III. The director, in consultation with the commissioner and under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, or designee, may establish quarantines as specified in the law or under the rules to prevent dissemination of forest pests within the state or into the state that have the potential to cause serious damage to forests. IV. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to: (a) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this paragraph for violation of this chapter. (b) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of the administrative fine. V. The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to paragraph IV shall be deposited by the director into the forest management and protection fund established under RSA 227-G:5, I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 568:25 — NH Code / Title LVII / Chapter 568 / Section 25
568:25 Notice.
Status: in_force

The assignee shall give such notice of his appointment as the judge shall order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374-E:5 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374-E / Section 5
374-E:5 Lending and Borrowing Powers Generally; State Not Liable.
Status: in_force

I. The bond bank acting by and through the division, for the purposes authorized by this chapter, may lend money to municipalities for the purpose of financing the construction and development of small scale power facilities through the purchase by the division of municipal small scale power facility bonds of municipalities in fully marketable form. The bond bank, for the purposes authorized by this chapter, may authorize and issue bonds and notes of the division payable solely from the revenues or funds available to the division for such bonds and notes, and otherwise assist municipalities as provided in this chapter. II. The bonds and notes of the division issued under this chapter shall not be a debt or liability of the state, but shall be payable solely from those revenues or funds of the division pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this chapter. Each bond and note shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the bond bank is obligated to pay the principal of and the interest on such bond or note only from the pledged revenues or funds of the division, that the state is not obligated to pay such principal or interest, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state is pledged to payment of such principal or interest. III. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues or funds provided or to be provided under this chapter and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the division or the bond bank to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 474:2 — NH Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 474 / Section 2
474:2 Meeting of Owners.
Status: in_force

When several owners of land agree to improve the same in one common field, any justice, on application of 2 or more owners, may call a meeting of such owners, and the majority of them, when met, may determine in what manner the common field shall be fenced.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78-B:9 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78-B / Section 9
78-B:9 Authority to Audit.
Status: repealed

I. The commissioner of the department of revenue administration shall have the power to audit all real estate transfers within this state for purposes of verifying and determining the existence of a sale, granting or transfer of real estate, and for purposes of verifying and determining the amount of the price or consideration paid for real estate transferred within this state. II. If there is occasion to determine if there has been a sale, grant or transfer of real estate within this state, the commissioner shall look to the substance of the transaction or series of transactions to determine if a sale, grant or transfer of real estate has occurred. III. If there is occasion to determine if the stated price or consideration is the actually paid or required to be paid price or consideration, then the commissioner shall have the power, barring specific proof to the contrary, to determine the actual price or consideration by the fair market value of the real estate. IV, V. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:3.01 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 3.01
293-A:3.01 Purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) Every corporation incorporated under this chapter has the purpose of engaging in any lawful business unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of incorporation. (b) A corporation engaging in a business that is subject to regulation under another statute of this state may incorporate under this chapter only if permitted by, and subject to all limitations of, the other statute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 27:11 — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 27 / Section 11
27:11 Declaration.
Status: in_force

The declaration in such suit shall set forth the condition of the bond and the name of the person for whose use the suit is brought, and shall assign the breaches relied upon.