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NH Rev Stat § 24:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:20 - Taxes.

    24:20 Taxes. –||The county convention shall, during each biennial session of the legislature, grant county taxes for its county for 2 years; but the tax for each year shall be voted separately and collected in the year for which it was voted.|||Source. 1878, 23:6. GL 23:3. PS 24:5. PL 35:10. RL 44:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:21 - Statement of Financial Condition.

    24:21 Statement of Financial Condition. –||The county commissioners shall deliver or mail to each member of the county convention, the chairperson of the board of selectmen in each town and the mayor of each city within the county and to the secretary of state prior to the fifteenth day of February annually, a statement of the condition of the county treasury depicting expenditures and income on the preceding December 31, or if the county is on an optional fiscal year basis pursuant to RSA 31:94-a, prior the fifteenth day of August a statement of the condition of the county treasury depicting expenditures and income on the preceding June 30.|||Source. RS 23:1. CS 24:1. GS 22:4. 1872, 43:3. GL 23:7, 8. 1889, 62:2, 3. PS 24:6. PL 35:11. 1931, 18:1. 1941, 3:1. RL 44:13. 1947, 142:1. RSA 24:21. 1961, 202:1. 1967, 306:1. 1973, 136:1. 1975, 136:1. 1995, 134:10, eff. May 24, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:21-a - Budget Estimates.

    24:21-a Budget Estimates. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph II, the county commissioners shall deliver or mail to each member of the county convention who will be in office on the date that appropriations are voted and to the chairperson of the board of selectmen in each town and the mayor of each city within the county and to the secretary of state prior to December 1 annually their itemized recommendations of the sums necessary to be raised for the county in the year next ensuing, stating therein in detail the objects for which the money is required, together with a statement of actual expenditures and income for at least 9 months of the preceding calendar year. All moneys to be appropriated by the county must be stipulated in the budget on a "gross" basis, showing revenues from all sources, including grants, gifts, bequests and bond issues, as offsetting revenues to appropriations affected.||II. If the county is on an optional fiscal year basis pursuant to RSA 31:94-a, the recommendations together with a statement of actual expenditures and income for at least 9 months of the preceding fiscal year shall be mailed or delivered prior to June 1 annually and the delivery or mailing to the members of the county convention shall be made to those members in office on the date of the delivery or mailing.||III. No county convention shall vote appropriations for the ensuing budget period until 28 days shall have elapsed from the mailing of such recommendations. In counties which are not on an optional fiscal year basis pursuant to RSA 31:94-a, appropriations for the first year of each biennium may not be voted until after the first meeting of the county convention under RSA 24:9-a.|||Source. 1975, 136:2. 1977, 377:2. 1995, 134:10, eff. May 24, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:21-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:21-b - Strafford County.

    24:21-b Strafford County. –||Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary regarding the date for submitting budget estimates, the following procedures shall apply in Strafford county:||I. The county commissioners shall, annually prior to January 15, deliver or mail to each member of the county convention who will be in office on the date that appropriations are voted, and to the chairperson of the board of selectmen in each town, and the mayor of each city within the county, and to the secretary of state, their itemized recommendations of the sums necessary to be raised for the county in the following fiscal year. Such recommendations shall state in detail the objects for which the money is required, together with a statement of actual expenditures and income for at least 9 months of the preceding calendar year. All moneys to be appropriated by the county must be stipulated in the budget on a "gross" basis, showing revenues from all sources, including grants, gifts, bequests and bond issues, as offsetting revenues to appropriations affected.||II. The county convention shall not vote any appropriations for the following budget period until 28 days after the mailing of the recommendations required in paragraph I. Appropriations for the first year of each biennium may not be voted until after the first meeting of the county convention under RSA 24:9-a.|||Source. 1981, 283:1. 1992, 14:1. 1995, 134:11, eff. May 24, 1995. 2017, 191:3, eff. Jan. 31, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:22 - Form.

    24:22 Form. –||The form of the budget statement submitted by the county commissioners shall be as prescribed by the commissioner of revenue administration.|||Source. 1947, 142:2. RSA 24:22. 1973, 544:8, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:23 - Public Hearing.

    24:23 Public Hearing. –||Not earlier than 5 nor later than 20 days after the mailing of the commissioners' statement there shall be held within the county at such time and place as the chairperson of the county convention may specify, a public hearing on the budget estimates as submitted by the commissioners. Notice of such public hearing shall be submitted by the clerk of the county convention, with a summary of the budget as submitted, for publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 3 days prior to the date of said hearing.|||Source. 1947, 142:2. RSA 24:23. 1961, 202:2. 1995, 134:12, eff. May 24, 1995. 2011, 112:1, eff. July 30, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:24 - Filing.

    24:24 Filing. –||The final form of the county budget and the final form of all supplemental county appropriations adopted in accordance with RSA 24:14-a shall be filed with the secretary of state's office and the commissioner of revenue administration in accordance with the timeframes established in RSA 21-J:34, XII and XIV. Prior to said filing, the budget or supplemental appropriation shall be signed by the chairperson and clerk of the county convention.|||Source. 1973, 511:1. 1977, 162:3. 1995, 134:12, eff. May 24, 1995. 2008, 174:4, eff. Aug. 10, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:25 - Penalty.

    24:25 Penalty. –||Failure to comply with the requirements of RSA 24:21-24 shall constitute prima facie evidence of a violation of RSA 643:1.|||Source. 1973, 511:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 24:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 24 - County Conventions|Section 24:26 - Repealed by 2019, 191:4, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.

    24:26 Repealed by 2019, 191:4, eff. Sept. 8, 2019. –|
NH Rev Stat § 26:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 26 - Condemnation of Land for County Uses|Section 26:1 - Procedure.

    26:1 Procedure. –||Whenever any county cannot obtain by contract, for a reasonable price, any land required for public use, its commissioners, agents or committee, authorized by the county convention to procure such land, may prepare a written location, containing an accurate description of such land, and give notice of a hearing thereon before the commissioners, which notice shall be served as required by law for notices of hearings before selectmen on petitions for highways; and all provisions for the hearing of highway petitions before selectmen shall apply to such hearings so far as the same are applicable, but the return of the location and of the assessment of damages shall be filed with the clerk of court for the county.|||Source. 1907, 42:1. PL 35:26. RL 44:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 26:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 26 - Condemnation of Land for County Uses|Section 26:2 - Appeals.

    26:2 Appeals. –||Any person aggrieved by such location or assessment of damages may appeal to the superior court by petition within 60 days after the return is filed. The court, on application of any interested party, may designate in what county the petition relating to such location shall be tried, and the clerk shall transmit the petition to the clerk of court for the county so designated. Any petition made after such designation may be originally filed in the county designated.|||Source. 1907, 42:2. PL 35:27. RL 44:30. RSA 26:2. 1967, 132:1, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 26:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 26 - Condemnation of Land for County Uses|Section 26:3 - Procedure on Appeals.

    26:3 Procedure on Appeals. –||All provisions for highway appeals shall apply to the appeals herein provided for, so far as the same are applicable; but service of the summons shall be made upon the county interested in the manner provided by law for service of writs upon a county.|||Source. 1907, 42:3. PL 35:28. RL 44:31. 2014, 204:2, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:1 - Condition.

    27:1 Condition. –||I. County commissioners, county treasurers, registers of deeds and deputy registers of deeds shall be bonded by position by means of a blanket undertaking or undertakings from any duly authorized corporate surety, such blanket undertaking or undertakings to indemnify against losses through one or both of the following conditions:||(a) Through the failure of such officers covered thereunder to faithfully perform their duties or to account properly for all moneys or property received by virtue of their positions; or||(b) Through fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by the officers covered thereunder.||II. Blanket bonds obtained under this section shall provide for at least a 2 year discovery period from and after the date of termination of coverage thereunder.||III. Before performing any official acts sheriffs and county attorneys shall give bond to the county, with sufficient sureties.||IV. Each bond required under this section shall contain a condition in substance as follows: The condition of this obligation is that if said __________ who has been elected to (or appointed to, as the case may be) the office of __________ for said county of __________ for the term beginning __________ shall faithfully perform all the duties of said office, and shall discharge and satisfy all the liabilities for which he is by law officially answerable, this obligation shall be void. In the case of sheriffs and registers of deeds, after the word answerable, there shall be inserted the words "including his liability for the official conduct, neglects and misdoings of his deputies."|||Source. RS 178:1, 2; 179:1. CS 189:1, 2; 190:1. GS 198:1. GL 217:1. 1889, 33:1. PS 26:1. 1905, 52:1. PL 37:1. RL 46:1. RSA 27:1. 1979, 376:1. 1983, 383:4, 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:2 - Amount.

    27:2 Amount. –||I. The bond of each sheriff shall be in a sum not to exceed $20,000, and that of each county attorney in a sum not less than $5,000.||II. Other county officers shall be bonded as follows:||(a) Each treasurer, and each register of deeds and his deputy shall be bonded in a sum not less than $20,000 nor more than $300,000; and||(b) Each county commissioner shall be bonded in a sum not less than $5,000.|||Source. RS 178:1; 179:1. CS 189:1; 190:1. GS 198:2. GL 16:6; 26:1; 27:1; 190:3; 217:2. PS 26:2. 1909, 63:1. 1919, 111:2. PL 37:2. RL 46:2. RSA 27:2. 1971, 427:1. 1979, 376:2. 1983, 383:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:3 - Approval.

    27:3 Approval. –||I. The bonds of the sheriffs shall be approved by the county commissioners.||II. County treasurers, county tax collectors appointed pursuant to RSA 81:1, II, registers of deeds and their deputies shall be bonded by position under a blanket bond from a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall indemnify against losses through the failure of the officers covered to faithfully perform their duties or to account properly for all moneys or property received by virtue of their positions; or against losses through fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by the covered officers. A blanket bond may exclude the county treasurer if a separate fidelity bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties is furnished by the surety writing the blanket bond. Premiums shall be paid by the county. The required bonds shall provide for at least a 2-year discovery period from the date their coverage terminates. The commissioner of revenue administration shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A concerning the amount and form of the surety bonds required under this section.||III. The bonds of all other county officers shall be approved by the county commissioners.||IV. All bonds shall be deposited in the office of the county commissioners.|||Source. RS 178:1; 179:1. CS 189:1; 190:1. GS 198:2. GL 16:6; 26:1; 27:1; 190:3; 217:2. PS 26:2. PL 37:3. RL 46:3. RSA 27:3. 1975, 97:1. 1979, 376:3. 1983, 383:7. 1988, 38:1. 1989, 266:38, eff. July 1, 1989. 2010, 337:1, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:4 - Expense of Bonds.

    27:4 Expense of Bonds. –||The several counties shall pay the premiums on the bonds of their respective treasurers, registers and deputy registers of deeds, county attorneys, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and county officers elected by the members of the county convention or appointed by the superior court under RSA 661:9.|||Source. 1923, 37:12; 57:1, 2. PL 37:4. 1931, 120:1. RL 46:4. RSA 27:4. 1983, 383:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. 2003, 3:1, eff. April 11, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:5 - For Whose Benefit.

    27:5 For Whose Benefit. –||Said bonds shall be for the benefit of any person who may be injured by the neglect or misconduct of the officers giving them, or of their deputies.|||Source. PS 26:3. PL 37:5. RL 46:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:6 - Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.

    27:6 Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 27:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:7 - Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.

    27:7 Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 27:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:8 - Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.

    27:8 Repealed by 2010, 337:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 27:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:9 - Forms.

    27:9 Forms. –||Printed forms of the bonds required by RSA 27:1 shall be provided by the county commissioners at the expense of the county.|||Source. 1889, 33:2. PS 26:12. PL 37:9. RL 46:9. 2010, 337:2, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:10 - Bringing Suit.

    27:10 Bringing Suit. –||Any person injured by the neglect or misconduct of any one of the aforesaid county officers or his deputy, having recovered judgment therefor against such officer or his executor or administrator, may commence a suit on his bond in the name of the county.|||Source. RS 178:19; 179:2. CS 189:19; 190:2. GS 198:7. GL 217:7. PS 26:7. PL 37:10. RL 46:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:11 - Declaration.

    27:11 Declaration. –||The declaration in such suit shall set forth the condition of the bond and the name of the person for whose use the suit is brought, and shall assign the breaches relied upon.|||Source. RS 178:21; 190:9. CS 189:21; 203:9. GS 198:9. GL 217:9. PS 26:9. PL 37:11. RL 46:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:12 - Evidence.

    27:12 Evidence. –||The county commissioners shall deliver to any person applying and paying therefor an attested copy of such bond, which shall be evidence thereof in such suit. If the execution of the bond is denied the court may order the original to be brought into court.|||Source. RS 178:20. CS 189:20. GS 198:8. GL 217:8. PS 26:8. PL 37:12. RL 46:12. 2010, 337:3, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:13 - Judgment and Execution.

    27:13 Judgment and Execution. –||If the plaintiff recovers, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the county for the whole penalty of the bond; but execution shall issue only in favor of the person for whose use the suit is brought, for his damages on account of the breaches assigned and costs.|||Source. RSA 178:21; 190:9. CS 189:21; 203:9. GS 198:9. GL 217:9. PS 26:9. PL 37:13. RL 46:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:14 - Scire Facias.

    27:14 Scire Facias. –||After judgments so rendered for the whole penalty any person having like cause of action upon such bond may, on scire facias, recover execution for his damages until the whole amount of the penalty is applied on account of damages so recovered.|||Source. GS 198:10. GL 217:10. PS 26:10. PL 37:14. RL 46:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:15 - Costs.

    27:15 Costs. –||If the defendant prevails in such suit the county shall not be liable for costs; but the same may be recovered of the indorser of the writ on scire facias.|||Source. RS 178:23. CS 189:23. GS 198:11. GL 217:11. PS 26:11. PL 37:15. RL 46:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 27:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 27 - Bonds of County Officers|Section 27:16 - Bonding Employees.

    27:16 Bonding Employees. –||The county convention may by vote require the bonding of any employee of the county.|||Source. 1963, 243:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:1 - Organization.

    28:1 Organization. –||The county commissioners of each county shall choose from their number a chairman and a clerk.|||Source. 1855, 1659:37. GS 24:1. GL 25:1. PS 27:1. PL 38:1. RL 47:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:1-a - Simultaneous Office.

    28:1-a Simultaneous Office. –||A county commissioner shall hold no other county office, including that of deputy sheriff, during his term as a county commissioner.|||Source. 1973, 9:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:1-b - Majority Vote Required.

    28:1-b Majority Vote Required. –||All rights, authority and powers of the county commissioners shall be exercised only by vote of a majority of the county commissioners.|||Source. 1973, 488:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:2 - Clerk.

    28:2 Clerk. –||The clerk shall compose, or be responsible for the composition of, and keep a record of, the proceedings of the commissioners, the claims allowed by them, the annual report of the county treasurer and the proceedings of the county convention, and shall keep on file, in a secure location, all original papers, claims and accounts acted upon by the board.|||Source. 1855, 1659:37. GS 24:1. GL 25:1. PS 27:1. PL 38:2. RL 47:2. 2014, 25:1, eff. July 22, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:3 - Financial Report.

    28:3 Financial Report. –||The clerk of each board of county commissioners shall forward to the commissioner of revenue administration a report giving the information concerning the financial condition of the county required by RSA 71:25. Any clerk who fails to do so shall be guilty of a violation, and any fine shall be recovered for the use of the county.|||Source. 1887, 58:2. PS 27:2. 1917, 57:1. 1921, 60:1. PL 38:3. RL 47:3. RSA 28:3. 1973, 531:2, eff. at 11:59 P.M., Oct. 31, 1973; 544:8, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 28:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title II - Counties|Title 28 - County Commissioners|Section 28:3-a - County Close of Books; Audits.

    28:3-a County Close of Books;  Audits. –||I. Counties shall close their books on or before 90 days following the end of the county fiscal year unless the county has been granted an extension by the commissioner of the department of revenue administration. The commissioner may grant one or more 45-day extensions for cause, and shall notify the chairperson of the county convention of each extension and the reasons it was granted.||II. In the event that an audit is required or requested by resolution by either the board of commissioners or the county convention, the commissioners, with the approval of the executive committee of the county convention, shall engage the services of a certified public accountant qualified in municipal and county finances for the purpose of conducting an audit of the county books of records. The performance and scope of the audit shall be in accordance with generally-accepted auditing standards. The audit shall include an examination for conformance with state and federal laws and regulations relating to county finances, including rules adopted by the commissioner of revenue administration pursuant to RSA 541-A, and shall also include an examination of any subject of county finances that may be requested either by the commissioners, by the county convention, or by the treasurer. The audit shall be completed within 120 days following the close of the books of the county fiscal year. The commissioners shall cause the report of the auditor, together with the customary management representation letter and management responses, to be published with or supplementary to the annual reports of the county officers, with a copy forwarded to the department of revenue administration. Upon completion of a county audit under this section, the county convention shall review the audit, management representation letter, and management responses for compliance with the criteria described in this section and may suggest alternative or additional measures for use in subsequent audits.|||Source. 1991, 194:3, eff. July 27, 1991. 2017, 97:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2017. 2019, 191:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2019. 2021, 162:1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|