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NH Rev Stat § 231:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:31 - Collection of Assessments.

    231:31 Collection of Assessments. –||Betterment assessments authorized under RSA 231:29 shall be committed to the collector of tax with a warrant under the hands and seal of the appropriate governing board requiring him to collect them; and he shall have the same rights, authority and remedies and be subject to the same liabilities in relation thereto as in the collection of taxes.|||Source. RSA 234:23-d. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:32 - Abatement and Appeal of Betterment Assessments.

    231:32 Abatement and Appeal of Betterment Assessments. –||I. Any person aggrieved by a betterment assessment made pursuant to RSA 231:29 may, within 2 months of the notice of tax date and not afterwards, apply in writing to the selectmen or assessors for an abatement of the betterment assessment.||II. Upon receipt of an application under paragraph I, the selectmen or assessors shall review the application and shall grant or deny the application in writing within 6 months after the notice of tax date.||III. (a) If the selectmen or assessors neglect or refuse to abate the betterment assessment, any person aggrieved may either:||(1) Appeal in writing to the board of tax and land appeals, upon payment of a $65 filing fee; or||(2) Petition the superior court in the county where the property is located.||(b) The appeal to either the board of tax and land appeals or superior court shall be filed within 8 months of the notice of tax date and not afterwards.||IV. For purposes of this section, "notice of tax date" means the date the taxing jurisdiction mails the betterment assessment tax bill.||V. Each betterment assessment tax bill shall require a separate abatement request and appeal.|||Source. RSA 234:23-e. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1. 2001, 158:35, eff. July 5, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:33 - Repair and Maintenance.

    231:33 Repair and Maintenance. –||After the betterments authorized by RSA 231:28 have been completed by a town, the highway agent or other duly authorized official under the direction of the selectmen shall have charge of all further repair and maintenance of such highways, streets, roads and traveled ways, and such highways shall be maintained, repaired and reconstructed by the town in which they are located without further assessment of the owners of property abutting or served by said facilities.|||Source. RSA 234:23-f. 1979, 166:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:34 - Appeal.

    231:34 Appeal. –||Any person aggrieved by the decision of selectmen in the laying out or altering of a highway, or in the assessment of damages therefor, may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the county in which such land or other property is situate by petition within 60 days after the filing of the return with the town clerk for recording and not thereafter.|||Source. RS 50:9. CS 53:9. 1862, 2621:1. GS 63:10. GL 69:10, 11. PS 68:2. 1879, 57:14, 17. PL 75:2. RL 91:2. 1945, 188:1, part 5:24. RSA 234:24. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:35 - Deposit in Court.

    231:35 Deposit in Court. –||Upon the filing of an appeal on the assessment of damages the selectmen may deposit with the clerk of the superior court in which the appeal is entered a sum of money equal to the damages assessed to the petitioner, and interest shall not accrue thereafter on such sum but shall only accure on the amount of final judgment in excess thereof.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:25. RSA 234:25. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:36 - Payment by Court.

    231:36 Payment by Court. –||The clerk of the superior court shall pay over the sum deposited upon demand to the petitioner and the acceptance of such deposit by the petitioner shall not in any manner affect or prejudice his right of appeal or be admitted in evidence at the trial by jury on the issue of damages.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:26. RSA 234:26. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:37 - Judgment Against Petitioner.

    231:37 Judgment Against Petitioner. –||If such sum paid to the petitioner shall exceed the amount of final judgment the court shall enter judgment against the petitioner for the amount paid to him in excess of the amount of final judgment.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 5:27. RSA 234:27. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:38 - Petition for Layout.

    231:38 Petition for Layout. –||Petitions for laying out or altering class IV, V or VI highways may be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court in the following cases:||I. When selectmen have neglected or refused to lay out or alter the highway;||II. When having been laid out by the selectmen, it is discontinued by the town within 2 years thereafter.|||Source. RS 50:1. CS 53:1. GS 63:1. GL 67:22; 69:1. PS 68:1. PL 75:1. RL 91:1. 1945, 188:1, part 5:28. RSA 234:28. 1981, 87:1. 1982, 41:15, eff. May 28, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:39 - Notice.

    231:39 Notice. –||Whenever a petition for the laying out or altering of a highway, or appealing from the decision of selectmen, is filed in superior court the clerk shall issue a summons, with a copy of the petition, to be served by the date specified by the court on the summons, and the petitioners shall cause a certified copy of the same to be given to, or left at the places of abode of, one of the selectmen and the town clerk of each town through which such highway may pass, by the service date specified on the summons, and such other notice as the court shall order.|||Source. RS 50:2. CS 53:2. GS 63:2. GL 69:2, 10. 1879, 57:14. PS 68:3. PL 75:3. RL 91:3. 1945, 188:1, part 5:29. RSA 234:29. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2014, 204:9, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:40 - Petition.

    231:40 Petition. –||Upon petition, when it becomes necessary for the convenient removal of lumber, wood or other material, to pass through the lands of a person other than the owner of the land from which such lumber, wood or other material is to be removed, the selectmen of the town within which said lands are situated, in their discretion, may lay out a right-of-way through the land of any person for the purposes aforesaid, and, upon notice to and hearing of the owner of the lands, shall determine the necessity for and assess the damages occasioned by the laying out of such right-of-way, and such damages shall be paid by the person applying for such right-of-way before the same shall be open for use. Any person aggrieved by the action hereunder of the selectmen shall have the same right of appeal as provided by this chapter.|||Source. RSA 234-A:1. 1963, 274:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:41 - Use and Discontinuance.

    231:41 Use and Discontinuance. –||The selectmen may fix the length of time and conditions under which such right-of-way may be used and may order the same closed or discontinued when in their judgment it is necessary.|||Source. RSA 234-A:2. 1963, 274:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:42 - Notice and Hearing.

    231:42 Notice and Hearing. –||The selectmen shall appoint forthwith a time for examining the premises and hearing parties in interest, and give 12 days' notice thereof to one or more of the petitioners. They shall also give like notice to persons owning or having an interest in lands through which the right-of-way to be laid out, altered or discontinued may pass, and when a right-of-way is to be altered or discontinued, a like notice shall be given to persons owning or interested in land abutting such right-of-way, of such time and of the time when they will consider claims for damage. They shall also cause a like notice to be published in a local newspaper generally circulating in the area not less than 10 days before the time set for the hearing.|||Source. RSA 234-A:3. 1963, 274:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:43 - Power to Discontinue.

    231:43 Power to Discontinue. –||I. Any class IV, V or VI highway, or any portion thereof, in a town may be discontinued by vote of a town; provided, however, that:||(a) Any highway to public waters, or portion of such highway, laid out by a commission appointed by the governor and council, shall not be discontinued except with the consent of the governor and council.||(b) Any class V highway established to provide a property owner or property owners with highway access to their property because of a taking under RSA 230:14 shall not be discontinued except by written consent by such property owner or property owners.||II. The selectmen shall give written notice by verified mail, as defined in RSA 21:53, to all owners of property abutting such highway, at least 14 days prior to the vote of the town. In the case of a petitioned warrant article calling for discontinuance of a class VI highway, the petitioners shall bear the cost of notice.||III. No owner of land shall, without the owner's written consent, be deprived of access over such highway, at such owner's own risk.|||Source. RS 54:1. CS 58:1. GS 65:1. GL 71:1. PS 72:1. 1903, 14:1. 1925, 19:1. PL 79:1. 1931, 12:1; 121:1. RL 95:1. 1943, 68:1. 1945, 188:1, part 9:1. 1949, 13:1. RSA 238:1. 1981, 87:1. 1991, 36:1. 1995, 77:3, eff. June 8, 1995. 2014, 41:1, eff. July 26, 2014. 2019, 242:3, eff. Oct. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:44 - Notice Required.

    231:44 Notice Required. –||When any class IV, V or VI highway, which joins a highway in another town, has been discontinued by vote of the town, the selectmen of the town wherein the highway has been so discontinued shall notify the selectmen of said adjoining town, by registered mail, of the fact of said discontinuance. Said notification shall be made within 15 days after the action of discontinuance has been taken.|||Source. RSA 238:1-a. 1955, 107:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:45 - Subject to Gates and Bars.

    231:45 Subject to Gates and Bars. –||Any class IV, V or VI highway, or any portion thereof, may be discontinued as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, by vote of the town. Such a discontinued highway shall not have the status of a publicly approved street.|||Source. RS 54:1. CS 58:1. GS 65:1. GL 71:1. PS 72:1. 1903, 14:1. 1925, 19:1. PL 79:1. 1931, 12:1. RL 95:1. 1945, 188:1, part 9:2. RSA 238:2. 1969, 332:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:45-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:45-a - Discontinuance of Highways Subject to Legislative Body Approval.

    231:45-a Discontinuance of Highways Subject to Legislative Body Approval. –||I. No class IV or V highway shall be discontinued or discontinued subject to gates and bars without the vote of the local legislative body as required by RSA 231:43 or RSA 231:45.||II. No vote or other action of the governing body shall be effective to reclassify a class IV or V highway as a class VI highway, except for the failure to maintain and repair that highway in suitable condition for travel thereon for 5 or more successive years as provided by RSA 229:5, VII.||III. Any municipality which neglects to maintain and repair a class IV or V highway, without the vote of the legislative body, shall be subject to proceedings under RSA 231:90 or RSA 231:82 at any time prior to the lapse of the 5-year period under RSA 229:5, VII.|||Source. 1990, 97:1. 1991, 124:1, eff. July 19, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:46 - Authority to Reserve Existing Utility Easements.

    231:46 Authority to Reserve Existing Utility Easements. –||When any class IV, V or VI highway, or any portion thereof, has been discontinued, any existing sewer, drain, water pipe or other utility easements or any permits or licenses previously established pursuant to RSA 231:159-182 shall be presumed to be reserved and shall remain in effect as an encumbrance upon the underlying land for so long as they remain in active use, unless such easements, permits or licenses are expressly included in the vote to discontinue the highway, or are subsequently discontinued by vote of the city or town.|||Source. RSA 238:2-a. 1977, 22:1. 1981, 87:1. 1992, 59:2, eff. June 12, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:47 - Consent of Court.

    231:47 Consent of Court. –||Towns may not discontinue or discontinue as an open highway and make subject to gates and bars any highway concerning which proceedings are pending in court against the town for neglect or refusal to lay out, make or repair such highway, without the consent of the court.|||Source. RS 54:2. CS 58:2. GS 65:2. GL 71:2. PS 72:2. PL 79:2. RL 95:2. 1945, 188:1, part 9:3. RSA 238:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:48 - Appeal From Discontinuance; Damages.

    231:48 Appeal From Discontinuance;  Damages. –||Any person or other town aggrieved by the vote of a town to discontinue any highway, or discontinue any highway as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the county in which such highway is situate by petition within 6 months after the town has voted such discontinuance and not thereafter. Whenever any such petition is filed in the superior court the clerk shall issue a summons, with a copy of the petition, to be served by the date specified by the court on the summons, and the petitioner shall cause a certified copy of the same to be given to or left at the places of abode of one of the selectmen and the town clerk of each town in which the highway proposed to be discontinued is located, and give notice to the owners of land abutting on such highway in the same manner as required of selectmen in laying out highways, by the service date specified on the summons, and such other notice as the court shall order. Any person or town so notified may become a party to the proceedings by entering an appearance in such proceedings with the clerk of the superior court; and no person or town so notified shall after being so notified institute any additional appeal from the vote to discontinue such highway. Except as above provided, like proceedings shall be had on such petition as in the case of appeals in the laying out of class IV, V and VI highways, and if the county commissioners report for such discontinuance they shall assess the damages sustained by any person within the town in which the highway has been discontinued.|||Source. GS 65:3. GL 71:3. PS 72:3. 1903, 14:2. PL 79:3. RL 95:3. 1945, 188:1, part 9:4. RSA 238:4. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2014, 204:10, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:49 - Petition for Assessment of Damages.

    231:49 Petition for Assessment of Damages. –||Any person who sustains damages by the discontinuance of a highway, or by the discontinuance as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, by vote of the town, and from which no appeal has been taken, may petition for the assessment of damages to the superior court in the county in which the highway is situate within 6 months after the town has voted such discontinuance, and not thereafter, and like proceedings shall be had as in the case of appeals in the laying out of class IV, V and VI highways.|||Source. RS 54:3. CS 58:3. GS 65:4. GL 71:4. PS 72:4. 1903, 14:3. PL 79:4. RL 95:4. 1975, 188:1, part 9:5. RSA 238:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:50 - Towns Not Liable After Discontinuance.

    231:50 Towns Not Liable After Discontinuance. –||Towns shall be relieved of all obligation to maintain, and all liability for damages incurred in the use of, discontinued highways or highways discontinued as open highways and made subject to gates and bars.|||Source. RS 54:1. CS 58:1. GS 65:1. GL 71:1. PS 72:1. 1903, 14:1. 1925, 19:1. PL 79:1. 1931, 12:1. RL 95:1. 1945, 188:1, part 9:6. RSA 238:6. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:51 - Dedicated Ways.

    231:51 Dedicated Ways. –||Any street, lane or alley within this state which has been dedicated to public use by being drawn or shown upon a plan of lands platted by the owner, and the sale of lots in accordance with such plan, may be released and discharged from all public servitude by vote of the governing body of a city or town if such street, lane, or alley has not been opened, built, or used for public travel within 20 years from such dedication.|||Source. 1913, 121:1. PL 79:5. RL 95:5. 1945, 188:1, part 9:7. RSA 238:7. 1981, 87:1. 1989, 131:1, eff. July 16, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:52 - Release by Town.

    231:52 Release by Town. –||The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town may release and discharge any way dedicated as aforesaid from all public servitude at any time after such dedication, upon petition by any interested party and notice and hearing thereon, whenever in their opinion such way will not be needed for the accommodation of public travel. All proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided for the laying out of highways, and any interested party may appeal to the superior court from the decision, as in the case of petitions for laying out highways.|||Source. 1913, 121:2. PL 79:6. RL 95:6. 1945, 188:1, part 9:8. RSA 238:8. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:53 - Limited Access Highways.

    231:53 Limited Access Highways. –||Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, selectmen of towns and mayors and aldermen of cities are hereby authorized to lay out limited access highways.|||Source. RSA 236-A:1. 1961, 25:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:54 - Definition.

    231:54 Definition. –||A limited access highway as authorized by RSA 231:53 is defined as a highway especially designed for through traffic and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts on such limited access highway or for any other reason.|||Source. RSA 236-A:2. 1961, 25:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:55 - Layout, Construction.

    231:55 Layout, Construction. –||In laying out the limited access highways hereby authorized, the selectmen of towns and mayors and aldermen of cities shall have all the powers granted by RSA 230:45 to a commission authorized to lay out a limited access facility. Provided, however, that said limited access highways shall be laid out in accordance with the procedure outlined in RSA 231. The selectmen and mayors and aldermen are authorized to regulate, restrict or prohibit access to said highways as to best serve the traffic for which the highways are intended. Said highways or alterations thereof may be constructed with town, city, state or federal funds but shall be maintained as class IV or V highways.|||Source. RSA 236-A:3. 1961, 25:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:56 - Restrictions.

    231:56 Restrictions. –||The provisions of RSA 230:47, 48, 52, 53 and 54 relative to exclusion of commercial enterprises, regulations and penalties, shall, insofar as may be consistent herewith, apply to the limited access highways hereby authorized.|||Source. RSA 236-A:4. 1961, 25:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:57 - Levy of Highway Taxes.

    231:57 Levy of Highway Taxes. –||Each town shall, at each annual meeting, raise and appropriate for the repair of highways and bridges within such town a sum not less than 1/4 of one percent of the valuation of the ratable estate on which other taxes are assessed by the town; and in addition thereto may raise as much more as it may deem necessary; providing, that no town shall be required to raise under the provisions of this subdivision more than $50 per mile for the repair of highways and bridges regularly maintained within the town.|||Source. RS 55:1. CS 59:1. GS 66:1. GL 72:1. PS 73:1. 1893, 29:2. 1899, 29:2. PL 80:1. RL 96:1. 1945, 188:1, part 16:1. RSA 245:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:58 - Collection.

    231:58 Collection. –||All appropriations for the repair of highways in towns shall be committed to the collector of taxes and be collected as other taxes.|||Source. RS 55:12. CS 59:13. GS 66:22. GL 72:22. PS 73:5. 1893, 29:2. 1899, 97:1. PL 80:2. RL 96:2. 1945, 188:1, part 16:2. RSA 245:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|