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NH Rev Stat § 231:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:10 - Owner of Property; Notice.

    231:10 Owner of Property;  Notice. –||Owners shall include tenants for life or years, remaindermen, reversioners, or holders of undischarged mortgages of record whose mortgages are dated not earlier than 20 years prior to date of filing such petition.||I. When the owner resides or lives within the state, notice shall be given to him in person or left at his abode or may be sent to him by certified mail.||II. When the owner does not reside or live within the state, notice may be given to the person, if any, who has the care or possession of the land or may be sent by registered mail to the owner's last known address.||III. If the owner is a person under guardianship or conservatorship notice shall be given to his guardian or conservator. If the owner is under any legal disability a guardian or conservator may be appointed.||IV. When the owner, or his residence, is unknown or uncertain, a copy of such notice, when posted in 2 public places in the city or town in which the land is situate, at least 30 days previous to hearing, shall be deemed sufficient notice to such owner.|||Source. RS 49:3, 5, 6. RS 52:4. CS 52:3, 5, 6. GS 61:3-6. GL 67:3-6. PS 67:4-7. PL 74:4-7. RL 90:5-8. 1945, 188:1, part 5:3-7. RSA 234:3-7. 1955, 56:3. 1973, 174:1. 1981, 87:1. 1989, 28:2, eff. June 3, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:10-a - Expenses Paid by Petitioner.

    231:10-a Expenses Paid by Petitioner. –||All expenses in connection with any title search and notice to abutters and landowners required under this subdivision shall be borne by the petitioner requesting the reopening of an existing highway which has been subject to gates and bars.|||Source. 1987, 17:1, eff. June 2, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:11 - Hearing.

    231:11 Hearing. –||At the time and place so appointed the selectmen shall make a personal examination of the several routes proposed, and of the highways for which such new highway is designed to be a substitute, shall hear all parties interested who may attend and any evidence they may offer, and may adjourn as they see cause.|||Source. RS 49:7. CS 52:7. GS 61:7. GL 67:7. PS 67:8. PL 74:8. RL 90:9. 1945, 188:1, part 5:8. RSA 234:8. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:12 - Layout.

    231:12 Layout. –||They may lay out such highway over any ground they may deem most suitable, and alter any highway as they judge proper, without regard to intermediate limits or particular monuments described in the petition.|||Source. RS 49:8. CS 52:8. GS 61:8. GL 67:8. PS 67:9. PL 74:9. RL 90:10. 1945, 188:1, part 5:9. RSA 234:9. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:13 - Joint Action.

    231:13 Joint Action. –||The selectmen of 2 adjoining towns, acting jointly and by a vote of the major part of each board, may lay out any new highway, or alter any existing highway within such towns, for the accommodation of the public in the same manner as selectmen are authorized to do in their respective towns; and they shall make return thereof as required in case of laying out by selectmen in their town, and cause the same to be recorded by the clerk of each of the towns.|||Source. 1859, 2219:1. GS 61:17. GL 67:21. PS 67:20. PL 74:20. RL 90:21. 1945, 188:1, part 5:10. RSA 234:10. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:14 - Apportionment of Cost.

    231:14 Apportionment of Cost. –||The cost of such laying out or altering shall be apportioned between the towns by the selectmen acting as aforesaid; and their return shall not take effect until the apportionment is made.|||Source. 1859, 2219:3. GS 61:19. GL 67:23. PS 67:21. PL 74:21. RL 90:22. 1945, 188:1, part 5:11. RSA 234:11. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:15 - Assessment of Damages.

    231:15 Assessment of Damages. –||The selectmen shall assess the damages sustained by each owner of land or other property taken for such highway.|||Source. RS 40:13. CS 52:16. GS 61:15. GL 67:19. PS 67:18. PL 74:18. RL 90:19. 1945, 188:1, part 5:12. RSA 234:12. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:16 - Return.

    231:16 Return. –||They shall make a return of the highway or any alteration by them laid out, describing the same and the width thereof, and cause the same to be recorded by the town clerk.|||Source. RS 49:12. CS 52:15. GS 61:14. GL 67:18. PS 67:17. PL 74:17. 1937, 97:1. RL 90:18. 1945, 188:1, part 5:13. RSA 234:13. 1971, 526:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:17 - Payment or Tender of Damages.

    231:17 Payment or Tender of Damages. –||No land or other property taken for a highway or alteration shall be appropriated or used for making the same until the damages assessed therefor are paid or tendered to the owner or his guardian or conservator.|||Source. RS 52:1. CS 56:1. GS 64:4. GL 70:4. PS 71:4. PL 78:2. RL 94:2. 1945, 188:1, part 5:14. RSA 234:14. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:18 - To Nonresident.

    231:18 To Nonresident. –||When the owner does not reside or live within the state, or the resident owner is temporarily residing outside of the state, damages may be paid or tendered to him in person or by check of the town sent by registered mail to his last known address.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:15. 1949, 182:5. RSA 234:15. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:19 - When Owner or Resident Unknown.

    231:19 When Owner or Resident Unknown. –||When the owner or person to whom damages are due is unknown or the identity of the person who may be entitled to damages or the amount thereof is uncertain, or his residence is unknown or uncertain, damages may be tendered to such owner or person by depositing with the town treasurer a sum of money equal to the damages assessed, and the town treasurer shall pay such sum without interest to such owner or person upon proof that he is the person entitled to such damages, and in case the town treasurer is not satisfied with the evidence that the claimant is the person entitled to such damages he may deposit the money for such damages with the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the land or property is situate, and the court, after due notice, shall determine whether such person is entitled to the damages. In the case of estates not settled or where doubt exists as to the person or persons entitled to damages, or the amount thereof, a deposit with the town treasurer shall be deemed a tender to the owner and the town treasurer shall notify the judge of probate for the county in which such real estate lies.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:16. 1949, 182:6. RSA 234:16. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:20 - In Case of Dispute.

    231:20 In Case of Dispute. –||Whenever dispute arises over title to land or other property acquired or over the person entitled to the damages awarded or purchase price, the selectmen may deposit the money for such damages or purchase price with the clerk of the superior court for the county in which such land or other property is situate together with a bill of interpleader in equity proceedings, and such deposit shall constitute sufficient tender. The court, after due notice to all claimants is given, shall determine the issues in dispute, and the clerk shall pay over the sum deposited to such persons as the court shall find are entitled thereto.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:17. RSA 234:17. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:21 - Gates and Bars.

    231:21 Gates and Bars. –||Any highway may be laid out subject to gates and bars across the same. In such case it shall be determined, and the return of the selectmen shall state, by whom the gates and bars shall be maintained. Whenever the public good requires it they may be removed and further damages assessed, upon like proceedings as in the laying out of highways.|||Source. 1848, 742:1. 1850, 957:1. CS 52:12, 13. GS 61:12. GL 67:14, 15. PS 67:15. PL 74:15. RL 90:16. 1945, 188:1, part 5:18. RSA 234:18. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:21-a - Uniform Provisions Governing Class VI Highways.

    231:21-a Uniform Provisions Governing Class VI Highways. –||All class VI highways, whether such class VI status resulted from a layout pursuant to RSA 231:21, a discontinuance subject to gates and bars pursuant to RSA 231:45, or by the failure of the town to maintain and repair such highway in suitable condition for travel thereon for 5 successive years or more as set forth in RSA 229:5, VII, shall be subject to the following provisions:||I. All such highways shall be deemed subject to gates and bars; provided, however, that any gates or bars maintained by private land owners shall be erected so as not to prevent or interfere with public use of the highway, and shall be capable of being opened and reclosed by highway users. The selectmen may regulate such structures to assure such public use, and may cause to be removed any gates or bars which fall into disrepair or otherwise interfere with public use of the highway.||II. Even though, as set forth in RSA 231:93, class VI highways are not subject to any municipal duty of care or maintenance, the municipality shall have the same regulatory authority over such highways as is the case with class V highways, including but not limited to the authority to regulate their use pursuant to RSA 41:11 and RSA 47:17, VII, VIII and XVIII, to regulate the excavation or disturbance of such highways pursuant to RSA 236:9 through 236:11, to regulate driveways and other access pursuant to RSA 236:13, and to establish weight limits pursuant to RSA 231:191.|||Source. 1999, 113:1, eff. Aug. 9, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:22 - Previously Discontinued Highway.

    231:22 Previously Discontinued Highway. –||Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any owner who has no access to his land by public highway may petition the selectmen to layout, subject to gates and bars, a highway located where any previously discontinued highway was located. Upon receipt of such a petition, the selectmen shall immediately post notice thereof in 2 public places in the town in which the land is situated and shall mail like notices to the owners of the land over which such highway may pass, postage prepaid, at their last known mail addresses. Unless written objection to such layout is filed with the selectmen within 60 days after the posting and mailing of such notice, the highway shall be laid out, subject to gates and bars, in the location in which it previously existed if the selectmen find that the petitioner in fact has no other access to his land by public highway. The selectmen shall assess the damages sustained by each owner of land or other property taken for such highway, which damages shall be paid by the petitioner. They shall take and cause to be recorded by the town clerk a return as required by RSA 231:16. The petitioner and all those succeeding him in title shall be required to maintain the gates and bars and to maintain the highway so laid out at their own expense. In the event written objection to such layout is filed with the selectmen prior to the expiration of said 60-day period, the petition shall be deemed to be a petition filed for the layout of a new class IV, V or VI highway in accordance with RSA 231:8, and all the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable thereto.|||Source. RSA 234:18-a. 1963, 274:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:22-a - Reclassifying a Class VI Highway.

    231:22-a Reclassifying a Class VI Highway. –||I. A class VI highway or portion thereof may be reclassified by vote of the town as a class V highway, or as a class IV highway if located within the compact sections of cities and towns as set forth in RSA 229:5, IV and V.||II. The warrant article for such a reclassification may be inserted either by the selectmen pursuant to RSA 39:2, or by petition pursuant to RSA 39:3. The reclassification shall become effective upon a majority vote of the registered voters present and voting at any annual or special meeting, or at such later time as may be specified by vote of the meeting.||III. Any class VI highway may be made subject to reclassification under this section, regardless of whether such class VI status resulted from a layout pursuant to RSA 231:21, a discontinuance subject to gates and bars pursuant to RSA 231:45, or by the failure of the town to maintain and repair such highway in suitable condition for travel thereon for 5 successive years or more as set forth in RSA 229:5, VII.||IV. A town meeting vote to reclassify a class VI highway under this section may provide that the highway be conditionally reclassified upon compliance with betterment assessments, as provided in RSA 231:28-33, even if such condition was not stated as part of the warrant article. The public hearing required by RSA 231:28 shall be held within 90 days of such a vote, or within such longer period as the vote may specify. The owners of property abutting or served by the highway shall have the same rights and remedies as provided in RSA 231:28-33, including the right to submit, within 10 days following the public hearing, a petition not to conditionally reclassify the highway. The costs assessed against the owners by the selectmen shall not reflect construction standards any higher or more stringent than those reflected in the best town highway giving access to the highway or portion thereof being reclassified. However, this paragraph shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the planning board to impose more stringent construction standards as a condition of approving new development.||V. This section shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the selectmen to layout an existing class VI highway as a class IV or V highway upon petition pursuant to RSA 231:8. This section shall not affect the classification of any highway which has been reclassified by other means prior to June 18, 1990.|||Source. 1990, 155:1, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:23 - Conditional Layout.

    231:23 Conditional Layout. –||Whenever a highway will be of special advantage to any individual the selectmen may require him to bear such portion of land damages and expenses of constructing and maintaining it, and the gates and bars across it, if any, or any of the same, as they may deem just; and the highway may be laid out subject to such condition.|||Source. 1850, 957:1. 1871, 20:1. GL 67:16; 78:4. PS 67:16. PL 74:16. RL 90:17. 1945, 188:1, part 5:19. RSA 234:19. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:24 - Winter Roads.

    231:24 Winter Roads. –||The selectmen, upon petition, may, in any case where, in their judgment, the public good requires it, layout a public road exclusively for winter use, such public road to be open only from November 15 until April 1, and they shall assess the damages to the owners of land over which such road may pass in the form of yearly rentals. Hearings shall be had upon 7 days' notice to landowners. In all other respects such laying out shall be subject to the provisions for laying out a class V highway.|||Source. 1897, 88:1. PL 74:22. RL 90:23. 1945, 188:1, part 5:20. RSA 234:20. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:25 - Towns on Connecticut River.

    231:25 Towns on Connecticut River. –||Any town in this state situated on the Connecticut river may, at any legal town meeting, authorize the selectmen of such town to unite with the selectmen or other proper officer of any contiguous town or towns in the state of Vermont, and contract with them for the purchase of any real estate, or the privilege, easement or franchise of any bridge, if in their opinion the public good requires a highway to be laid out over said property, or so near thereto as seriously to affect the value thereof.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:21. RSA 234:21. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:26 - Agreement as to Expenses.

    231:26 Agreement as to Expenses. –||The selectmen of such town may agree as to the proportion of expense to be borne by each town in such purchase, and in the construction and maintenance of a highway over said river, including a bridge and the piers, abutments and approaches thereto, and as to the proportion which each town shall contribute towards the payment of damages to third persons injured in the use of such highways, subject to the approval of the town; and any contract executed between the selectmen of such towns shall be legal and binding when approved by the towns directly interested therein, or if made under the authority of such towns.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:22. RSA 234:22. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:27 - Boundary Lines of Town Highways.

    231:27 Boundary Lines of Town Highways. –||Selectmen may reestablish the boundary lines, limits and locations of any class IV, V or VI highway or any part thereof which shall have become lost, uncertain, or doubtful, and shall have the same powers and shall proceed in the same manner as the commissioner of transportation as provided in RSA 228:35.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:23. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 234:23. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(3).|
NH Rev Stat § 231:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:28 - Conditional Layout for Existing Private Rights-of-Way or Class VI Highways.

    231:28 Conditional Layout for Existing Private Rights-of-Way or Class VI Highways. –||Whenever, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the selectmen receive a petition to lay out roads over existing private rights-of-way or to lay out a class V highway over an existing class VI highway and such private right-of-way or class VI highway does not conform to construction standards and requirements currently in effect in the town, the selectmen may conditionally lay out roads upon compliance with betterment assessments as provided in this section and in RSA 231:29-33. Prior to commencement of conditional layout, however, a public hearing shall be held, written notice of which shall be given by the appropriate governing board to all owners of property abutting or served by the private right-of-way or class VI highway, at least 14 days before the hearing, at which hearing details of the proposed construction, reconstruction or repairs, and the estimated costs thereof shall be presented by the selectmen. Conditional layout proceedings may commence 10 days following the public hearing unless within that period a petition not to conditionally lay out said thoroughfare signed by a majority of the owners of property abutting or served by the existing private right-of-way or class VI highway is received by the selectmen. If a highway is so laid out, the selectmen may construct, reconstruct, repair or cause to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired such highways, streets, roads, or traveled ways to conform in every way with the highway or street construction standards and regulations previously established by the town. The betterment assessments shall be assessed under the provisions of RSA 231:29.|||Source. RSA 234:23-a. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1. 1989, 134:1, eff. July 16, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:29 - Betterment Assessments Against Abutters and Those Served.

    231:29 Betterment Assessments Against Abutters and Those Served. –||The cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing such highways, streets, roads or traveled ways shall be assessed by the selectmen against the owners of property abutting or served by such facilities in an amount not exceeding the entire cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing the same, and the amount so assessed upon each such owner shall be reasonable and proportional to the benefits accruing to the land served. Said assessments may be payable in one year or payment may be prorated over a period not to exceed 10 years, in the discretion of the appropriate governing board. All such assessments thus made shall be valid and binding upon the owners of land so abutting or served by these betterments.|||Source. RSA 234:23-b. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:30 - Liens for Assessments.

    231:30 Liens for Assessments. –||All assessments made under the provisions of RSA 231:29 shall create a lien upon the lands on account of which they are made, which shall continue following the assessment until fully discharged in accordance with the terms set by each governing board or in compliance with any court judgment. Such assessments shall be subject to interest and such other charges as are applicable to the collection of delinquent taxes.|||Source. RSA 234:23-c. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1. 2001, 158:34, eff. July 5, 2001.|