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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 294-A:25 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 294-A / Section 25
294-A:25 Admission of Foreign Professional Corporations.
Status: in_force

I. A foreign professional corporation shall be entitled to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state only if: (a) The name of the corporation meets the requirements of this chapter; (b) The corporation is organized only for purposes for which a professional corporation organized under this chapter may be organized; and (c) All the shareholders, and such of the directors and officers as are required under RSA 294-A:20 are qualified persons with respect to the corporation. II. No foreign professional corporation shall be required to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state unless it maintains an office in this state for the conduct of business or professional practice.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 358-G:2 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 358-G / Section 2
358-G:2 General Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall advertise as an auction the sale of property unless such advertised sale is conducted pursuant to RSA 311-B. II. No person shall enter into and participate in collusive bidding practices.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 173-B:5-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 173-B / Section 5-a
173-B:5-a Permissible Contact.
Status: in_force

I. A protective order issued pursuant to RSA 173-B:4 or RSA 173-B:5 shall not be construed to prohibit an attorney, or any person acting on the attorney's behalf, who is representing the defendant in an action brought under this chapter, or in any criminal proceeding concerning the abuse alleged under this chapter, from contacting the plaintiff for a legitimate purpose within the scope of the civil or criminal proceeding; provided, that the attorney or person acting on behalf of the attorney: identifies himself or herself as a representative of the defendant; acknowledges the existence of the protective order and informs the plaintiff that he or she has no obligation to speak; terminates contact with the plaintiff if the plaintiff expresses an unwillingness to talk; and ensures that any personal contact with the plaintiff occurs outside of the defendant's presence, unless the court has modified the protective order to permit such contact. II. A no-contact provision in a protective order issued pursuant to RSA 173-B:4 or RSA 173-B:5 shall not be construed to: (a) Prevent contact between counsel for represented parties; or (b) Prevent a party from appearing at a scheduled court or administrative hearing; or (c) Prevent a defendant or defendant's counsel from sending the plaintiff copies of any legal pleadings filed in court relating to the domestic violence petition or related civil or criminal matters. III. A violation of this section may result in a finding of contempt of court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405-B:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 405-B / Section 7
405-B:7 Clearinghouse Participation.
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to participate in the clearinghouse established through the agreement or compact for the purpose of collecting and disbursing to reciprocal states any funds collected pursuant to RSA 405-B:4, RSA 405-B:5, and RSA 405-B:6 on properties, risks or exposures located or to be performed outside of this state. To the extent that other states where portions of the properties, risks or exposures reside have failed to enter into an agreement, compact or reciprocal allocation procedure with this state, the net premium tax collected shall be retained by this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:7.48 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 7.48
293-A:7.48 Shareholder Action to Appoint Custodian or Receiver.
Status: in_force

(a) The superior court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is located may appoint one or more persons to be custodians, or, if the corporation is insolvent, to be receivers, of and for a corporation in a proceeding by a shareholder where it is established that: (1) the directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs, the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock, and irreparable injury to the corporation is threatened or being suffered; or (2) the directors or those in control of the corporation are acting fraudulently and irreparable injury to the corporation is threatened or being suffered. (b) The court: (1) may issue injunctions, appoint a temporary custodian or temporary receiver with all the powers and duties the court directs, take other action to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing is held; (2) shall hold a full hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a custodian or receiver; and (3) has jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property, wherever located. (c) The court may appoint an individual or domestic or foreign corporation (authorized to transact business in this state) as a custodian or receiver and may require the custodian or receiver to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs. (d) The court shall describe the powers and duties of the custodian or receiver in its appointing order, which may be amended from time to time. Among other powers: (1) a custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its board of directors, to the extent necessary to manage the business and affairs of the corporation; and (2) a receiver (i) may dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court; and (ii) may sue and defend in the receiver's own name as receiver in all courts of this state. (e) The court during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, and during a receivership, may redesignate the receiver a custodian if doing so is in the best interests of the corporation. (f) The court from time to time during the custodianship or receivership may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the custodian or receiver from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of its assets.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 461-B:3 — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 461-B / Section 3
461-B:3 Venue.
Status: in_force

I. Proceedings under this chapter may be originated in any judicial district in which the minor is found or resides. II. By the court upon its own motion or that of any party, proceedings under this chapter may, upon notice and acceptance, be transferred to another judicial district as the interests of justice or convenience of the parties may require.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651:24 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651 / Section 24
651:24 Failure to Report Deemed Escape.
Status: in_force

Any person released under RSA 651:19 or RSA 651:19-a, or ordered confined under RSA 651:20 or 21 who willfully fails to report as ordered shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he has been sentenced and upon conviction shall be subject to the punishment provided for escape therefrom.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-K:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-K / Section 4
402-K:4 Authority of Vendors of Portable Electronics.
Status: in_force

I. The employees and authorized representatives of vendors may sell or offer portable electronics insurance to customers and shall not be subject to licensure as an insurance producer under this chapter provided that: (a) The vendor obtains a limited lines license to authorize its employees or authorized representatives to sell or offer portable electronics insurance pursuant to this section. (b) The insurer issuing the portable electronics insurance either directly supervises or appoints a supervising entity to supervise the administration of the program, including development of a training program for employees and authorized representatives of the vendors. The training required by this section shall comply with the following: (1) The training shall be delivered to employees and authorized representatives of vendors who are directly engaged in the activity of selling or offering portable electronics insurance. (2) The training may be provided in electronic form. However, if conducted in an electronic form the supervising entity shall implement a supplemental education program regarding the portable electronics insurance product that is conducted and overseen by employees of the supervising entity who are licensed to sell, solicit, or negotiate portable electronics insurance to the extent required by RSA 402-J. (3) Each employee and authorized representative shall receive basic instruction about the portable electronics insurance offered to customers and the disclosures required under RSA 402-K:3. (c) No employee or authorized representative of a vendor of portable electronics shall advertise, represent, or otherwise hold himself or herself out as a non-limited lines licensed insurance producer. II. The charges for portable electronics insurance coverage may be billed and collected by the vendor of portable electronics. Any charge to the enrolled customer for coverage that is not included in the cost associated with the purchase or lease of portable electronics or related services shall be separately itemized on the enrolled customer's bill. If the portable electronics insurance coverage is included with the purchase or lease of portable electronics or related services the vendor shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to the enrolled customer that the portable electronics insurance coverage is included with the portable electronics or related services. Vendors billing and collecting such charges shall not be required to maintain such funds in a segregated account provided that the vendor is authorized by the insurer to hold such funds in an alternative manner and remits such amounts to the supervising entity within 60 days of receipt. All funds received by a vendor from an enrolled customer for the sale of portable electronics insurance shall be considered funds held in trust by the vendor in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the insurer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 604-A:1 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 604-A / Section 1
604-A:1 Representation of Defendants.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide adequate representation for indigent defendants in criminal cases, as a precondition of imprisonment, and indigent juveniles charged with being delinquent in any court of this state. Representation of juveniles shall include all court ordered representation and shall be paid from funds appropriated for indigent defense pursuant to this chapter. Representation shall include counsel and investigative, expert and other services and expenses, including process to compel the attendance of witnesses, as may be necessary for an adequate defense before the courts of this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 410:12 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 410 / Section 12
410:12 Reserve Calculation; Valuation Net Premium Exceeding the Gross Premium Charged.
Status: in_force

I. If in any contract year the gross premium charged by a company on any policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest, the minimum reserve required for the policy or contract shall be the greater of either the reserve calculated according to the mortality table, rate of interest, and method actually used for the policy or contract, or the reserve calculated by the method actually used for the policy or contract but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest and replacing the valuation net premium by the actual gross premium in each contract year for which the valuation net premium exceeds the actual gross premium. The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest referred to in this section are those standards stated in RSA 410:5 and RSA 410:7. II. For a life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1985, for which the gross premium in the first policy year exceeds that of the second year and for which no comparable additional benefit is provided in the first year for the excess and which provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a combination in an amount greater than the excess premium, the provisions of this section shall be applied as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for such policy were the method described in RSA 410:8, I. The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with RSA 410:8, I and II, and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-O:24 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-O / Section 24
12-O:24 Economic Development Strategy and Plan.
Status: in_force

The division of economic development, with input and assistance from the council of partner agencies established under RSA 12-O:7 and other public and private organizations with whom it chooses to work, shall develop a rolling 10-year economic development strategy and operating plan.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 534:20 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 534 / Section 20
534:20 Orders.
Status: in_force

The court or justice may require and take security by recognizance, with sufficient sureties if necessary, for the appearance of any party at the time and place of hearing on any such writ, and to abide the order of court thereon; and may make all decrees necessary to insure the attainment of the object of the writ and enforce it upon the principles of equity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-G:12 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-G / Section 12
399-G:12 Maintenance of License; License Surrender.
Status: in_force

I. If at any point the licensee does not continue to meet the qualifications or satisfy the requirements that apply to an applicant for a new money transmission license, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the licensee's license in accordance with the procedures established by this chapter and as required in RSA 541-A. II. An applicant for money transmission license must demonstrate that it meets or will meet, and a money transmission licensee must at all times meet, the net worth, surety bond, and permissible investment requirements established in this chapter. III. A licensee who ceases to engage in the business of money transmission at any time during a license year for any cause shall surrender such principal license and any authorized delegate registrations, and within 15 calendar days of such cessation shall publish, whether in a newspaper of general circulation in the licensee's market area or via electronic means such as the licensee's Internet website, a notice to such effect. The licensee shall provide any documentation the commissioner may require as part of the surrender request. Surrender of a licensee shall not take effect until the commissioner deems the surrender process complete. IV. Failure to comply with paragraph III shall be cause for a denial of future license applications and the imposition of penalties under RSA 399-G:34.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 512:2 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 512 / Section 2
512:2 Venue.
Status: in_force

Such action shall be brought in the county or judicial district thereof in which it should be brought if no trustee were summoned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 199:19-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 199 / Section 19-a
199:19-a Record.
Status: in_force

Whenever a school district shall take land for the location of a schoolhouse or for the enlargement of an existing schoolhouse lot as provided by RSA 199:17 the school district clerk shall forward to the registry of deeds for the county for filing where said land is located a copy of the petition of the school board to the selectmen containing a description of said land, together with the name of the owner from whom the land is taken.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124:13-c — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124 / Section 13-c
124:13-c Workforce Investment Act Funds.
Status: in_force

The administrative entity for the federal Workforce Investment Act funds shall submit annually 60 days after the close of each fiscal year a written report to the fiscal committee of the general court, senate president, and speaker of the house of representatives. The entity shall make an oral presentation to the fiscal committee of the general court on a semi-annual basis.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 296:19 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 296 / Section 19
296:19 Levying.
Status: in_force

A corporation at its first meeting, or at a meeting called for the purpose, may make assessments upon the shares of its stock, not exceeding in the whole the amount at which the shares were originally limited; or such assessments may be made by the directors of the corporation; and the sums assessed shall be paid to the treasurer, within the times limited by the corporation or by the directors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:29-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 29-a
189:29-a Records Retention and Disposition.
Status: in_force

Members of the school board shall establish a records retention and disposition schedule for all official records of the school district. If records are microfilmed, 2 films shall be made, properly labeled and stored in 2 different locations. At least one copy shall be stored in a fireproof container. Records which have been microfilmed may be retained or destroyed in accordance with the schedule determined by the members of the board. A complete record of all records destroyed or discarded shall be maintained along with notations of the methods and dates of disposal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 296:15 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 296 / Section 15
296:15 Authority.
Status: in_force

Any corporation now existing, or which may hereafter be established under the laws of this state, which has a capital stock and has among its objects a division of profits among its stockholders, may capitalize its undivided surplus profits by issuing to its stockholders certificates of stock representing their respective shares of the whole, or such part thereof as the corporation may determine, of any surplus profits belonging to the corporation and represented by cash or property.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:79 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 79
282-A:79 Merit Rating.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall classify employers for each calendar year in accordance with their actual experience in the payment of contributions on their own behalf and with respect to benefits charged against their accounts, with a view to fixing such contribution rates as will reflect such experience, such rate to become effective with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1951, and on each succeeding fiscal year beginning on July 1 thereafter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:45 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 45
236:45 Damages.
Status: in_force

If any person shall be damaged in his estate by the erection of such monument, tablet or marker he may apply to the selectmen within 6 months after such erection, but not afterwards, to assess his damages, and thereupon proceedings shall be had, as in the case of assessment of damages in laying out highways by selectmen.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-D:5 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-D / Section 5
399-D:5 License Grant and Renewal.
Status: in_force

I. Upon the applicant's filing of the complete application, and payment of the required fee, the commissioner shall have, in accordance with RSA 541-A:29, up to 120 days to investigate and determine whether the applicant's financial resources, experience, personnel, and record of past or proposed conduct warrant the public's confidence and the issuance of a license. II. If the commissioner determines that the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter, then the commissioner shall issue a license permitting the applicant to engage in the business of debt adjustment in accordance with the laws of this state. III. Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall state the name and address of the principal office of the licensee and, if the license is a branch office license, the name and address of the branch office location for which the license is issued. IV. If a licensee is a person other than a natural person, the license issued to it shall entitle all officers, directors, members, partners, trustees, and employees, to engage in the business of debt adjustment; provided that one officer, director, member, partner, employee, or trustee of such person shall be designated in the license as the individual to be contacted for purposes of this chapter. V. If the licensee is a natural person, the license shall entitle all employees of the licensee to engage in the business of debt adjustment. For purposes of this paragraph, employee shall not include an independent contractor. VI. A license issued under this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable between persons without obtaining the approval of the commissioner before the assignment or transfer. VII. Each license shall remain in force until it has been surrendered, revoked, or suspended in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or expires in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Each license shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year. VIII. If a person holds a valid license under this section and is in compliance with this chapter and the rules pursuant to this chapter, such licensee may renew the license by paying the required fee to the department on or before December 31 for the ensuing year that begins on January 1. Failure to renew the license shall result in the license terminating on December 31. VIII-a. The initial license term shall begin on the day the application is approved. The license shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the license term began, unless the initial license date is between November 1 and December 31, in which instance the initial license term shall run through December 31 of the following year. IX. A renewal fee shall be submitted with the application for renewal as follows: (a) $500 for the principal office license; and (b) $500 for each branch office.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 657:13 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 657 / Section 13
657:13 Provisions for State or Presidential Primary Elections.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a properly executed application for an official absentee ballot for a state or presidential primary election, whether the form supplied by the secretary of state or a written statement containing the information required by RSA 657:4, I, a town or city clerk shall forthwith ascertain if the person is on the checklist of the town or city and is properly registered as to party designation. If such person is found to be on the checklist and to be properly registered or if such person is found to be on the checklist but is not registered as a member of any party, but the information supplied states he or she is applying for a ballot of a political party, the person shall be registered as a member of said party; and, in either case, the clerk shall send the materials provided for in RSA 657:15. If the person is not on the checklist or is registered as a member of a party different from the one whose ballot he or she is applying for, the clerk shall refuse to certify as provided in RSA 657:16. An application may be transmitted by facsimile to a town or city clerk.