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NH Rev Stat § 7:6-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:6-d - Private Practice Prohibited.

    7:6-d Private Practice Prohibited. –||The attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant attorneys general and all attorneys employed by the department of justice shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law, nor shall they accept any fees or emoluments other than their official salaries for any legal services. Private practice of law shall not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of an attorney's family when the same shall not conflict with the attorney's official duties. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the director of charitable trusts, nor to special counsel retained by the attorney general.|||Source. 1975, 180:1. 1985, 300:7, I(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:6-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:6-e - Disposition of Funds Obtained by the Attorney General.

    7:6-e Disposition of Funds Obtained by the Attorney General. –||I. No money received by the attorney general, on behalf of the state or its citizens as a result of any civil judgment, settlement of a claim, settlement of threatened litigation, suit, petition, or other action or threatened action, shall be expended or otherwise distributed until authorized by the fiscal committee of the general court, except in those instances where the disposition of money received by the attorney general is already provided for in statute. Additionally, whenever the department of justice receives judgment or settlement money in excess of $1,000,000, the first 10 percent of those funds shall be transferred to the revenue stabilization reserve account established in RSA 9:13-e.||II. Upon resolving a matter described in paragraph I, the attorney general shall promptly report to the fiscal committee of the general court any money received under this section. All reports under this paragraph shall include, but shall not be limited to:||(a) The date of the judgment or settlement.||(b) The reason for the judgment or settlement.||(c) The purpose for which the judgment or settlement is to be used.||(d) The amount of the judgment or settlement.||(e) An accounting of the allocation of each judgment or settlement.||III. This section shall not apply to fines received by the attorney general in criminal cases, penalty assessment funds, drug forfeiture funds as provided in RSA 318-B:17-b and RSA 318-B:17-c, fines or civil penalties authorized by state law as a result of enforcement actions taken by state agencies or the attorney general, and money received on behalf of a victim or the state as restitution.|||Source. 2014, 214:2, eff. Sept. 9, 2014. 2016, 329:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:6-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:6-f - Disposition of Consumer Protection Settlement Funds.

    7:6-f Disposition of Consumer Protection Settlement Funds. –||Any funds received by the attorney general on behalf of the state or its citizens as a result of any civil judgment or settlement of a claim, suit, petition, or other action under RSA 358-A or related consumer protection statutes shall be deposited in a consumer protection escrow account. The consumer protection escrow account shall at no time exceed $5 million, with any amount in excess of $5 million deposited into the general fund, except as otherwise provided in RSA 126-A:83. The attorney general shall not include language in any consumer protection settlement that restricts any payments to the state for attorneys' fees, investigation and litigation costs, consumer education, or consumer protection enforcement to the consumer protection escrow account or any other account or fund.|||Source. 2015, 276:216, eff. July 1, 2015. 2020, 39:56, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:7 - Opinions to Legislature.

    7:7 Opinions to Legislature. –||He shall, when required by either branch of the general court, give his opinion upon any question of law submitted to him therefrom.|||Source. 1911, 190:1. PL 16:7. RL 24:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:8 - Advice to Departments; Supervision.

    7:8 Advice to Departments;  Supervision. –||He shall, when requested, advise any state board, commission, agent or officer as to questions of law relating to the performance of their official duties, and he shall, under the direction of the governor and council, exercise a general supervision over the state departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, and officers, to the end that they perform their duties according to law.|||Source. 1911, 190:1. PL 16:8. RL 24:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:8-a - Division of Public Protection.

    7:8-a Division of Public Protection. –||I. There is hereby established within the office of the attorney general a division of public protection. The division shall be supervised by a division director who shall be an associate attorney general appointed under RSA 7:16.||II. The division shall include the following units:||(a) a bureau of criminal justice;||(b) a bureau of consumer protection;||(c) a bureau of environmental protection.|||Source. 1985, 410:3, eff. July 3, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:8-b - Division of Legal Counsel.

    7:8-b Division of Legal Counsel. –||I. There is hereby established, within the office of the attorney general, a division of legal counsel. The division shall be supervised by an associate attorney general appointed under RSA 7:16.||II. The division of legal counsel shall consist of the following units:||(a) A bureau of civil law.||(b) A transportation and construction bureau.||(c) An office of the solicitor general.||III. The division shall also be responsible for administering the duties assigned to the attorney general regarding charitable trusts under RSA 7:19 through 7:32-a.|||Source. 1985, 410:3. 1987, 406:1, eff. July 25, 1987. 2018, 127:1, eff. July 29, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:9 - Direction by Governor.

    7:9 Direction by Governor. –||The governor and council may, in any action or proceeding, wherever pending, represent to the attorney general that he should appear to protect the interests of the state or of the people, and thereupon it shall be his duty to appear.|||Source. 1911, 190:1. PL 16:9. RL 24:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:10 - Direction by Public Utilities Commission.

    7:10 Direction by Public Utilities Commission. –||The public utilities commission may, in any action or proceeding before it, represent to the attorney general that he should appear to protect the interests of the people of the state or of any subdivision thereof, and thereupon it shall be his duty to appear.|||Source. 1929, 144:1. RL 24:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:10-a - Missing Child Bulletin.

    7:10-a Missing Child Bulletin. –||I. The department of safety, under the direction of the attorney general, shall prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning missing children who may be present in this state, from information contained in the national crime information center computer. The bulletin shall indicate the names and addresses of those minors who are the subject of missing children cases and other information that he considers appropriate.||II. The department of safety shall send a copy of each periodic bulletin prepared pursuant to this section to each law enforcement agency in this state. The department shall provide a copy of the bulletin, upon request, to other persons or entities. The department may establish a reasonable fee for a copy of a bulletin provided to persons or entities other than law enforcement agencies in this or other states or of the federal government, governmental entities of this state, and libraries in this state.|||Source. 1985, 318:2, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:10-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:10-b - Missing Adults.

    7:10-b Missing Adults. –||The attorney general shall establish uniform procedures for law enforcement agencies to follow when receiving reports of missing adult persons and conducting investigations to determine whether the person is missing. These procedures shall include methods of communicating descriptive information about the missing person to other law enforcement agencies, to the extent allowed by federal law.|||Source. 2005, 247:2, eff. Sept. 12, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:11 - Duties Not Exclusive.

    7:11 Duties Not Exclusive. –||Nothing herein contained shall relieve any officer or person of any duty prescribed by law relative to the enforcement of any criminal law, but such officer or person, in the enforcement of such law, shall be subject to the control of the attorney general whenever in the discretion of the latter he shall see fit to exercise the same.|||Source. 1911, 190:9. PL 16:10. RL 24:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:12 - Assistants.

    7:12 Assistants. –||I. With the approval of the joint legislative fiscal committee and the governor and council, the attorney general may employ counsel, attorneys, detectives, experts, accountants and other assistants in case of reasonable necessity, and may pay them reasonable compensation, on the warrant of the governor, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.||II. With the approval of the joint legislative fiscal committee and the governor and council, the attorney general may expend funds in excess of budgeted amounts to pay witness fees. Such fees may be paid on the warrant of the governor, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.|||Source. 1911, 190:5. PL 16:11. 1929, 144:2. RL 24:11. RSA 7:12. 1989, 408:1. 2005, 177:186, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:13 - Transfer of Attorneys From Other Departments.

    7:13 Transfer of Attorneys From Other Departments. –||I. If an agency head, in consultation with the attorney general, deems it to be in the best interests of the agency or department to transfer an employee authorized to do legal work to the department of justice, the agency head and the attorney general shall make such a request to the governor. If the governor deems such action to be in the best interest of the state, he or she is hereby authorized to transfer the employee, and all unexpended appropriations and funds allocated for the payment of such employee's salary, from the department or agency of the state to the department of justice, provided that if the unexpended appropriations and funds of the transferring agency are restricted by law, then the employee shall continue to perform legal work exclusively for the transferring agency in compliance with the funding restrictions. Upon transfer from the agency to the department of justice, the position shall be converted to an unclassified position. The transferring agency shall be responsible for any termination payouts due to the employee.||II. The attorney general shall be notified whenever an attorney position in an agency becomes vacant. The attorney general, in consultation with the agency head, shall evaluate whether the transfer of the vacant position to the department of justice would advance the provision of legal services to that agency. A transfer shall not be considered if the position is for a hearings examiner or an attorney who represents the state in child abuse and neglect proceedings, or requires specialized legal knowledge or experience in a subject matter unique to the agency. Upon request of the attorney general, the governor is authorized to transfer any vacant attorney position if the governor deems such transfer to be in the best interests of the state. If the agency head disagrees with the attorney general's request, he or she shall be afforded the opportunity to confer with the governor before a decision on the transfer request is made. When a transfer is made, all unexpended appropriations and funds allocated for the payment of the salary associated with such position shall be transferred from the agency to the department of justice, provided that if the unexpended appropriations and funds of the transferring agency are restricted by law, then any person filling the transferred position shall continue to perform legal work exclusively for the transferring agency in compliance with the funding restrictions. Upon transfer from the agency to the department of justice, the position shall be converted to an unclassified position.|||Source. 1950, 5, part 5:1. 1981, 576:10. 1985, 300:7, I(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2015, 276:20, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:14 - Clerical Force.

    7:14 Clerical Force. –||Subject to the state personnel regulations, and within the limits of available appropriations and funds, he may employ a law clerk and such clerical and stenographic assistants as may be necessary.|||Source. 1911, 190:6. 1921, 75:1; 118:2. 1923, 124:1. 1925, 175:1; 179:1. PL 16:12. RL 24:12. 1950, 5, part 2:4, eff. June 30, 1950.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:14-a, 7:14-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:14-a, 7:14-b - Repealed by 1967, 413:2, eff. July 1, 1967.

    7:14-a, 7:14-b Repealed by 1967, 413:2, eff. July 1, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 7:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:15 - Incapacity.

    7:15 Incapacity. –||If the attorney general shall become incapacitated to perform his duties, the governor and council shall appoint an acting attorney general, who shall serve during such incapacity and be paid a reasonable compensation for his services and expenses.|||Source. 1911, 190:7. PL 16:13. RL 24:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:15-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:15-b - Debt Collection Attorney.

    7:15-b Debt Collection Attorney. –||The department of justice shall have the authority to hire a full-time support attorney and such staff as may be necessary, who shall be responsible solely for all duties associated with the collection of debt owed to the state. The position shall be funded through the debt recovery fund established in RSA 7:15-a, IV.|||Source. 2007, 346:4, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:16 - Assistant Attorneys General.

    7:16 Assistant Attorneys General. –||I. The attorney general, subject to the approval of the governor and council, may appoint assistant attorneys general within the limits of the appropriation made for the department of justice, each of whom shall hold office for a term of 5 years and may be removed only as provided under RSA 4:1. Any vacancy in such office may be filled for the unexpired term.||II. Associate attorneys general and senior assistant attorneys general appointed under RSA 21-M:3, shall serve as such at the pleasure of the attorney general.|||Source. 1915, 116:1. PL 16:14. RL 24:14. 1950, 5, part 5:2, par. 15. RSA 7:16. 1957, 315:1. 1963, 209:1. 1967, 413:1. 1970, 19:2; 55:2. 1972, 60:43. 1973, 376:68. 1974, 40:97. 1975, 505:12. 1977, 600:48. 1979, 434:100. 1981, 568:22. 1985, 300:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; 410:4, eff. July 3, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:16-a - Temporary Classification.

    7:16-a Temporary Classification. –||I. In the event of a vacancy in the office of assistant attorney general, the attorney general may downgrade such office to the position of attorney I, II or III in his discretion for the purpose of filling the same with a person lacking sufficient experience to qualify for the office of assistant attorney general. Said position, when downgraded, shall entitle the person holding the same to all the rights and privileges of the classified state system except that the persons holding the same shall serve at the pleasure of the attorney general; and provided, that no later than the expiration of 3 years from the initial date of employment, the person holding such position shall either be nominated and confirmed in the office of assistant attorney general as provided in RSA 7:16 for the unexpired term or shall be discharged. In the event that said person is discharged, the attorney general may fill the vacancy in the office of assistant attorney general for the unexpired term as provided in RSA 7:16 or may again downgrade the position to attorney I, II, or III.||II. The attorney general may designate up to 3 full-time unclassified assistant attorneys general positions as temporary, part-time positions, provided such positions are vacant at the time of such designation. For the duration of the designation of such positions the attorney general, with the approval of the governor and council, may hire attorneys as part-time assistant attorneys general, provided that the per diem compensation of such employees shall not exceed the maximum equivalent per diem compensation of an assistant attorney general pursuant to RSA 94:1-a. The attorney general may employ part-time assistant attorneys general up to the limit of funds available for the full-time positions designated by the attorney general for part-time employment. A part-time assistant attorney general shall be governed by the same terms and conditions of employment as a full-time assistant attorney general, including the prohibition of the private practice of law under RSA 7:6-d, except that a part-time assistant attorney general shall serve at the pleasure of the attorney general.||III. For the duration of the temporary part-time positions designated under paragraph II of this section, the funds that would have been paid for benefits for the designated full-time positions, with the exception of social security benefits, shall be paid into the general fund of this state.|||Source. 1971, 440:1. 1988, 258:1. 1994, 179:1, eff. July 22, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:17 - Duties.

    7:17 Duties. –||The attorney general shall direct the work of his department but may assign such of his duties to the deputy and assistant attorneys general as he may deem advisable and in the interest of the public welfare.|||Source. 1915, 116:3. PL 16:16. RL 24:16. 1950, 5, part 5:2, par. 16, eff. June 30, 1950.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:18 - Salary.

    7:18 Salary. –||The annual salary of each assistant attorney general, senior assistant attorney general and associate attorney general shall be that prescribed by RSA 94:1-a.|||Source. 1953, 265:1. RSA 7:18. 1985, 410:5, eff. July 3, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 7:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:18-a - to 7:18-c Repealed by 1985, 300:29, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    7:18-a to 7:18-c Repealed by 1985, 300:29, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 7:18-d, 7:18-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:18-d, 7:18-e - Repealed by 1985, 300:29, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    7:18-d, 7:18-e Repealed by 1985, 300:29, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 7:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys|Section 7:19 - Authority; Register Authorized; Pecuniary Benefit Limited.

    7:19 Authority;  Register Authorized;  Pecuniary Benefit Limited. –||I. RSA 7:19 through 32-a inclusive shall apply to all trustees holding property for charitable purposes and to all persons soliciting for charitable purposes or engaging in charitable sales promotions; and the attorney general shall have and exercise, in addition to all the common law and statutory rights, duties and powers of the attorney general in connection with the supervision, administration and enforcement of charitable trusts, charitable solicitations, and charitable sales promotions, the rights, duties and powers set forth in RSA 7:19 through 32-a inclusive. The attorney general shall also have the authority to prepare and maintain a register of all charitable trusts heretofore or hereafter established or active in this state. However, this subdivision does not apply to the United States; any state, territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or to any of their agencies or governmental subdivisions or to any religious organization which holds property for charitable or religious purposes or their integrated auxiliaries or to conventions or associations of churches.||II. Directors, officers, and trustees of charitable trusts shall serve on the governing boards of such charitable trusts only for the charitable purposes of the organization. If such directors, officers or trustees are serving for any other expressed or intended reasons, they shall not serve on the governing board of the organization.|||Source. 1943, 181:1, par. 13-a. 1947, 94:4. RSA 7:19. 1971, 439:1. 1987, 260:1. 1994, 228:1. 1996, 302:1. 1997, 184:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|