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NH Rev Stat § 158:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9 - Possession of Explosives.

    158:9 Possession of Explosives. –||No person shall leave, deposit or have in his custody or possession in any building used in whole or in part as a dwelling house, tenement house, apartment building, office building, shop or store, or in or within 500 feet of any building used in whole or in part as a school, theater, church, public building or other place of public assembly, any high explosive, such as and including dynamite, any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, fulminate in bulk or dry condition, blasting caps, detonating fuses, black powder or other similar explosive, except as may be permitted by regulations issued pursuant to RSA 158. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1885, 96:1. PS 117:11. PL 148:9. RL 177:9. RSA 158:9. 1955, 190:2. 1973, 529:29. 1977, 361:12, eff. July 1, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-a - Acts Unlawful.

    158:9-a Acts Unlawful. –||I. No person shall purchase, store, or transport or attempt to purchase, store or transport any high explosive without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in RSA 158:9-b.||II. No person shall sell any high explosive to another unless the purchaser exhibits a license to purchase obtained as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name and address of the purchaser, the license number, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive sold, the serial number of said explosive, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.||III. No person shall store or keep any high explosive unless such explosive is stored or kept in accordance with regulations pursuant to RSA 158:9-f.||IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may transport the same in the course of his employment if the employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b.||V. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may purchase the same in the name of his employer if said employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name, address and license number of the employer, the name and address of the employee, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive, the serial number of the explosive sold, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.||VI. For the purposes of this section, the term "high explosive" shall mean and include dynamite, any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, fulminate in bulk or dry condition, blasting caps, detonating fuses, blasting powder, blasting agents or other similar explosive but shall not include black powder used in sporting rifles purchased or sold in quantities of 50 pounds or less or stored in quantities of 5 pounds or less.|||Source. 1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:6, eff. July 1, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-c - Fees and Disposition.

    158:9-c Fees and Disposition. –||I. The fee for licenses issued under RSA 158:9-b, I shall be $100.||II. The fee for licenses for explosives storage facilities as defined by federal regulation in 27 C.F.R. section 181 shall be as follows:||(a) For a type I storage facility, a fee of $50;||(b) For a type II outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type II indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;||(c) For a type IV outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type IV indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;||(d) For a type V outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type V indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;||(e) There shall be no license required for a type III storage facility.||III. The fee for licenses issued under RSA 158:9-b, III shall be $100.||III-a. There shall be a storage facility fee for a storage permit issued by the commissioner of safety for the storage of display fireworks as defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11, packaged or unpackaged. This fee shall be the same as that provided under paragraph II(a) through (e).||IV. All fees received under this section shall be used for administration and enforcement, any excess to be deposited as unrestricted general fund revenue.||V. The state, county, or municipal governments or units thereof shall be exempt from the payment of license fees under this chapter.||VI. There shall be a fee of $100 for any competency examination or renewal certificate given under this subdivision.|||Source. 1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:8. 1987, 323:1, 2. 1988, 292:1, 2. 1999, 348:1. 2002, 280:3. 2008, 192:8, 9. 2011, 160:1, eff. June 14, 2011. 2015, 60:2, 3, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-d - License Forms.

    158:9-d License Forms. –||The commissioner of safety is hereby authorized and directed to prepare forms for the licenses required by RSA 158:9-a.|||Source. 1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:9, eff. July 1, 1977. 2015, 60:4, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-e - Penalties.

    158:9-e Penalties. –||I. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-a, I and II shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.||II. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-a, III or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.||III. Any person convicted of larceny of any high explosive as defined in RSA 158:9-a, IV, shall be guilty of a class B felony.||IV. The director, or his designee, shall have the authority to, at the owner's expense, require the immediate removal to a safe and secure location, any explosive found to be kept in violation of any rule or regulation covered under RSA 158 provided that said violation constitutes an immediate threat to public safety. The director shall also have the authority to suspend or revoke any license issued under RSA 158:9-b when it has been determined by a hearing board, the members of which shall be designated by the commissioner of safety, that a violation of any of the requirements of RSA 158 has occurred.|||Source. 1970, 45:1. 1973, 528:77. 1977, 361:10, eff. July 1, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-f - Rules; Enforcement.

    158:9-f Rules;  Enforcement. –||I. The commissioner of safety may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:||(a) The sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives, including provisions relative to the purchase of insurance by commercial entities.||(b) The procedures for the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, permit fees, and use of display fireworks to be followed by the licensing board of any city or town, or if a duly constituted licensing board does not exist, the chief of police of a city or town, if any, or the governing board of a town, city, or village district, when issuing permits for the sale or display of display fireworks pursuant to RSA 160-B. Rules adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall include a requirement that no person may be issued a display permit for display fireworks unless the person has previously demonstrated his or her competence to handle such displays and has been issued a certificate of competency by the department of safety.||(c) The purchase of insurance by commercial entities, relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and display of display fireworks.||II. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall enforce all laws of the state relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives and display fireworks and rules adopted under this section. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall assist the several counties, cities, towns, village districts, and precincts in supervising and enforcing local laws, bylaws, and ordinances where existent, relative to the storage, transportation, sale, and use of explosives and display fireworks. The powers and duties authorized by this section shall not be restricted by the provisions of RSA 106-B:15.||III. As used in this section " display fireworks" shall mean the same as display fireworks defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11, packaged or unpackaged.|||Source. 1977, 361:11. 1987, 323:3. 1988, 292:3, 4. 1991, 286:3. 1999, 348:2. 2011, 160:1, eff. June 14, 2011. 2015, 60:5, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-g - Availability of Information.

    158:9-g Availability of Information. –||Except as provided in this section, all records and papers pertaining to licenses issued pursuant to RSA 158:9-b and any hearing conducted pursuant to RSA 158:9-e, IV, shall be open to the inspection of any person. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of safety may refuse to release any information or may exclude the public from any portion of a hearing if he determines that the information or hearing concerns the storage of explosives or other matters which, if made available to the public, would jeopardize public safety.|||Source. 1979, 106:2. 1987, 20:1, eff. June 6, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:9-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:9-h - Certificates of Competency for Explosives.

    158:9-h Certificates of Competency for Explosives. –||I. No person shall use explosives unless at least one natural person with a current and valid certificate of competency is physically present to conduct the blasting operation. A certificate of competency shall not constitute a license under RSA 158:9-b but shall be in addition to any other license required under that section.||II. No natural person shall conduct blasting operations without a current certificate of competency issued by the commissioner of safety and valid for the category of use involved. Such certificate shall be valid for 4 years from the date of issue unless suspended or revoked by the commissioner.||III. The commissioner of the department of safety shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing the categories of certificates of competency based on the use of the explosives and the procedure and criteria for issuing, renewing, suspending, and revoking such certificates.||IV. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-h, I, and any natural person convicted of violating RSA 158:9-h, II, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.||V. The fee for a certificate of competency or its renewal shall be as stated in RSA 158:9-c, VI.|||Source. 1995, 226:13, eff. Aug. 13, 1995. 2015, 60:6, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:10 - Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955.

    158:10 Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:11 - With Passengers.

    158:11 With Passengers. –||It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, from one place to another in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire by railroad or on the public waters of the state; provided, that it shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel or vehicles small arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fuses, torpedoes, rockets or other signal devices as may be essential to promote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of 1/2 pound each, and not exceeding 20 samples at one time in a single vessel or vehicle, but such samples shall not be carried in that part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for transportation of passengers for hire. Nothing in this section shall prevent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles.|||Source. 1913, 128:1. PL 148:11. RL 177:11. RSA 158:11. 1955, 190:3, eff. June 9, 1955.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:12 - Repealed by 1996, 227:4, XI, eff. June 10, 1996.

    158:12 Repealed by 1996, 227:4, XI, eff. June 10, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:13, 158:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:13, 158:14 - Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955.

    158:13, 158:14 Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:15 - Repealed by 2007, 168:2, eff. June 18, 2007.

    158:15 Repealed by 2007, 168:2, eff. June 18, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:16 - Marking.

    158:16 Marking. –||Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles, when presented to a common carrier for shipment, shall have the contents plainly marked on the outside thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier any explosive or other dangerous article under any false or deceptive marking, description, invoice, shipping order or other declaration, or without informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or carriage is made.|||Source. 1913, 128:4. PL 148:16. RL 177:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:17 - Penalty.

    158:17 Penalty. –||Any person who shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this subdivision, or any regulation made by the commissioner of transportation in pursuance thereof, shall, except as otherwise provided, be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1913, 128:4. PL 148:17. RL 177:17. RSA 158:17. 1973, 528:78, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:18 - Personal Injury.

    158:18 Personal Injury. –||When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion of any article named in this subdivision, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation hereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, the person knowingly placing, or aiding or permitting the placing, of such articles upon any such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be guilty of a class A felony.|||Source. 1913, 128:5. PL 148:18. RL 177:18. RSA 158:18. 1973, 528:79, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:19 - Control of Explosives.

    158:19 Control of Explosives. –||Whenever in his judgment the common defense of public safety of the state requires such action, the governor is hereby authorized to direct the adjutant general of this state to control the storage, sale, and use of explosives, except small arms ammunition, for the purpose of preventing such explosives from endangering the public safety by coming into the possession of unfriendly forces, domestic or foreign, and for the purpose of advising the military, naval, and civil defense authorities of this state of the quantities and location of such explosives for use in the common defense of this state. Upon the governor so directing, the adjutant general is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations requiring dealers to register their stocks and sales of such explosives, and requiring boards of firewards, police officers, or selectmen, as the case may be, to assist in such control measures as he shall institute in the exercise of this authority. No records of the location and amounts of explosives compiled by the adjutant general hereunder shall be deemed public records, but shall be subject to such security classification and restricted to such military, naval, and civil defense uses as the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor and council, may prescribe.|||Source. 1951, 204:1, eff. Aug. 7, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:20 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

    158:20 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:21 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

    158:21 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:22 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

    158:22 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –|
NH Rev Stat § 158:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:23 - Prohibition.

    158:23 Prohibition. –||It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to offer for sale, manufacture for sale, expose for sale at retail, or rent to the general public or dispose of by gift as premiums or in any similar manner, any material, devices, appliances or equipment requiring electrical energy to function and designed for household or other domestic uses which are not in conformity with standard approved methods of construction for safety to life and property.|||Source. 1957, 192:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:24 - Authority.

    158:24 Authority. –||To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal is authorized to take such actions as he may deem necessary to inform the public of the intent and purposes of this chapter and to adopt such rules, under RSA 541-A, as may be required for its effective enforcement.|||Source. 1957, 192:1. 1987, 124:8, eff. July 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:25 - Penalty.

    158:25 Penalty. –||Any person who violates any of the provisions set forth in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1957, 192:1. 1973, 528:81, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:26 - Sale and Use.

    158:26 Sale and Use. –||No person or individual shall sell, utilize, install or have installed within this state equipment, devices or methods whereby fence wires may be energized with electricity unless a standard type of controller is used which has the approval of the Underwriters Laboratories or the state fire marshal's office, or both. All existing fence controllers shall conform to the requirements of this section not later than one year from January 1, 1968. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the fire control board.|||Source. 1967, 135:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:27 - Penalty.

    158:27 Penalty. –||Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 158:26 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1967, 135:1. 1973, 530:14, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:28 - Sale or Installation of Heaters.

    158:28 Sale or Installation of Heaters. –||I. For the purposes of this section, "unvented space heater" means any heating appliance, either wick, wickless, or pot burner type, which uses oil, gas, or kerosene for fuel, is either stationary or portable, and the products of combustion of which are not directly conducted to the outside of the building via a chimney connector pipe.||II. No person shall sell, offer for sale, install, or operate an unvented space heater that does not comply with the standards established pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the sale, installation, or use of:||(a) Flameless catalyst type heaters; or||(b) Unvented space heaters used as antiques or curios, provided they are rendered inoperative.||III. The commissioner of safety shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) Approval, installation, and operation of unvented space heaters.||(b) Safekeeping, safe storage, and safe handling of any fuel recommended by the manufacturer of any approved unvented space heater for use in such space heater.||IV. The state fire marshal may test or cause to be tested, at the expense of the manufacturer, any type or brand of unvented space heater proposed for sale or distribution in this state to ensure that such heater meets the standards established pursuant to this section.||V. Any person who violates this section or any rule adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1971, 400:1. 1973, 530:15. 1979, 398:4. 1982, 40:1. 1998, 104:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|