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NH Rev Stat § 380:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:4 - Fire Prevention Equipment.

    380:4 Fire Prevention Equipment. –||I. Every railroad operating steam locomotives in this state shall, subject to the approval of the department of transportation, equip each steam locomotive with a spark arrester in good condition and a suitable ashpan.||II. Every railroad operating locomotives powered by diesel or other types of internal combustion engine shall equip and maintain each engine with exhaust manifolds or spark arresters as required by the department of transportation.||III. Every railroad with equipment required by RSA 380:4, I or II shall:||(a) Keep the fire prevention equipment in good condition and prevent the escape of live coals, sparks or carbon deposits which may cause fires on the right of way; and||(b) Define procedures, subject to the approval of the department of transportation, for||(1) giving fire signals to its employees; and||(2) notifying its employees of the existence and location of fires along the right of way.|||Source. 1913, 155:1. PL 250:4. RL 300:4. 1951, 203:59 par. 4. RSA 380:4. 1963, 121:1. 1981, 435:43. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 380:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:5 - Deputy Fire Wardens.

    380:5 Deputy Fire Wardens. –||The state forester may appoint as deputy forest fire wardens the section foremen or such other railroad employees as the authorized officials of the railroad may recommend. Such deputies, when so appointed, shall be vested with the powers and duties of deputy forest fire wardens, except as such powers and duties are limited or extended hereby.|||Source. 1913, 155:2. PL 250:5. RL 300:5. 1951, 203:59 par. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:6 - Duties.

    380:6 Duties. –||Railroad deputies thus appointed shall extinguish and supervise the fighting of forest and brush fires originating along the railroad right of way, but shall not be required to supervise the fighting of fires which do not so originate, except that a railroad deputy who receives notice of the existence of a fire adjacent to the right of way shall proceed forthwith to extinguish it.|||Source. 1913, 155:2. PL 250:6. RL 300:6. 1951, 203:59 par. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:7 - Cooperation With.

    380:7 Cooperation With. –||The department of natural and cultural resources shall instruct all wardens and other employees of the department to cooperate with the railroad deputies in the prevention and extinguishment of railroad fires, immediately to notify the nearest station agent or railroad deputy upon the discovery of a fire along the right of way, and to combat such fire until the railroad deputy or other railroad official shall assume charge.|||Source. 1913, 155:2. PL 250:7. RL 300:7. 1951, 203:59 par. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:8 - Expenses.

    380:8 Expenses. –||All just and proper expenses incurred in extinguishing forest or brush fires caused by a railroad shall be paid by such railroad; but the fact that such payment has been made shall not be admissible as evidence that such fire was so caused.|||Source. 1913, 155:2. PL 250:8. RL 300:8. 1951, 203:59 par. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:9 - Instruction to Employees.

    380:9 Instruction to Employees. –||Railroads shall promulgate among their employees instructions for the prevention and extinguishment of fires along the right of way.|||Source. 1913, 155:3. PL 250:9. RL 300:9. 1951, 203:59 par. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:10 - Patrol.

    380:10 Patrol. –||They shall, through the railroad deputies or other officials, organize and maintain a system of patrol during dry weather along the sections of the right of way where there is danger of fire.|||Source. 1913, 155:3. PL 250:10. RL 300:10. 1951, 203:59 par. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:11 - Neglect.

    380:11 Neglect. –||The fact that a section of the right of way was not patrolled shall not be evidence of negligence to debar such railroad from insurance on property as provided in RSA 380:3.|||Source. 1913, 155:3. PL 250:11. RL 300:11. 1951, 203:59 par. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:12 - To Clear Brush, Etc.

    380:12 To Clear Brush, Etc. –||Railroads shall have the right, subject to the provisions hereof, to enter upon forest or brush land adjacent to the right of way without liability for trespass for the purpose of clearing brush, grass and inflammable material from such land for a distance of 25 feet from the railroad right of way but shall not remove valuable timber growth without recompense to the owner.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:12. RL 300:12. 1951, 203:59 par. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:13 - Notice.

    380:13 Notice. –||Prior to making such a clearing, the railroad shall give the owner thereof notice of its intention by letter mailed to his last known address, and thereafter by publishing said notice at least once in 2 newspapers of general circulation in the county. Said notice shall quote RSA 380:12-17.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:13. RL 300:13. 1951, 203:59 par. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:14 - Failure to Object.

    380:14 Failure to Object. –||If the owner shall not file an objection to such clearing with the department of transportation within 15 days from the date of such publication, he shall be deemed to have given consent.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:14. RL 300:14. 1951, 203:59 par. 14. RSA 380:14. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 380:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:15 - Objection.

    380:15 Objection. –||Upon the filing of such an objection, the department of transportation shall notify the owner of the time and place when he may appear to show cause why such clearing should not be done.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:15. RL 300:15. 1951, 203:59 par. 15. RSA 380:15. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 380:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:16 - Hearing; Order.

    380:16 Hearing;  Order. –||After a hearing, the department of transportation may sustain the objection or permit the clearing to be done, and may prescribe the extent and methods of such clearing.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:16. RL 300:16. 1951, 203:59 par. 16. RSA 380:16. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 380:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:17 - Assistance.

    380:17 Assistance. –||The department of transportation may require the assistance of the department of natural and cultural resources and the director of the division of forests and lands in furnishing information pertinent to carrying out RSA 380:16.|||Source. 1913, 155:4. PL 250:17. RL 300:17. 1951, 203:59 par. 17. RSA 380:17. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8). 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:18 - Reports.

    380:18 Reports. –||The department of natural and cultural resources or its authorized agents shall have the right to enter upon railroad or other property to ascertain facts, and from time to time shall report the same to the department of transportation.|||Source. 1913, 155:5. PL 250:18. RL 300:18. 1951, 203:59 par. 18. RSA 380:18. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8). 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:1 - Definitions.

    381:1 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter, "railroad," "railroads" or "railway company" or any combination of such words means a corporation, company or state engaged as a common carrier in the furnishing or sale of transportation, freight or passenger service, or any combination thereof, by railroad.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:2 - Appointment.

    381:2 Appointment. –||The commissioner of safety shall have the authority to commission and rescind the commissions of all railroad police officers in the state of New Hampshire. The commissioner of safety may commission and rescind the commissions of railroad police officers recommended by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to RSA 228:62-a or recommended and appointed by the chief police officer, or in his absence the chief operating officer, of any railroad located wholly, or partially, within the state.|||Source. 1979, 333:1. 1981, 75:2; 568:166. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 381:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:3 - Responsibility.

    381:3 Responsibility. –||In enforcing the provisions of this chapter, neither the commissioner of safety as an individual nor the state of New Hampshire shall assume any civil liability for acts of a police officer in exercising or attempting to exercise the powers conferred by this chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall have the effect of relieving any such railroad from any civil liability for the acts of a police officer in exercising or attempting to exercise the powers conferred by this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:4 - Qualifying for Commission.

    381:4 Qualifying for Commission. –||Any person who was a railroad police officer on August 21, 1979, in order to qualify for an appointment as a railroad police officer pursuant to RSA 381:2, must have been employed on a full-time basis by a railroad police department, municipal police department or a state police department, or combination thereof, for a minimum of 3 years. Such employment shall have been in performing the duties of a police officer. Any person who was not a railroad police officer on August 21, 1979, or who was so employed but did not have the 3 years of employment required by this section, shall be required to be certified as a police officer in accordance with RSA 106-L in order to qualify for appointment pursuant to RSA 381:2. Any person employed as a railroad police officer after August 21, 1979, shall complete such training as the police standards and training council shall determine, which, together with his or her prior training and experience in this or any other jurisdiction, is the equivalent required for certification as a police officer in accordance with RSA 106-L in order to qualify for appointment pursuant to RSA 381:2.|||Source. 1979, 331:1. 1989, 260:4, eff. July 1, 1989. 2017, 206:16, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:5 - Powers.

    381:5 Powers. –||Any police officer appointed in accordance with this chapter shall have the authority in all cases in which the rights of the appointing railroad are involved to exercise within this state all the powers of a special police officer, including the powers of arrest and the carrying of firearms, for the reasonable purpose of his office.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:6 - Disposition of Persons Arrested.

    381:6 Disposition of Persons Arrested. –||The keepers of jails, lockups and station houses in any county, city or town shall receive all persons arrested by railroad police for the commission of any offense against the laws of this state or the ordinances of any such city or town to be dealt with according to law, and persons arrested shall be received by keepers of jails, lockups or station houses and such persons shall have the same status as other persons arrested by any other police or peace officer of this state.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:7 - Carrying of Shield.

    381:7 Carrying of Shield. –||Each railroad police officer so appointed and commissioned shall, when on duty, carry a shield or star with the words "Police", "Railroad Police", or "Railway Police", and the name of initials of the appointing railroad inscribed thereon. This shield, or star, shall be worn in plain view when in uniform. Such police officers shall also carry, when on duty, an identification card issued by the appointing railroad.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:8 - Compensation.

    381:8 Compensation. –||The railroad to which each railroad police officer is assigned shall be responsible for employment and retirement compensation and for the financial cost of training of railroad police officers.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:9 - Reciprocity.

    381:9 Reciprocity. –||In order to more effectively carry out the purposes of this chapter, the governor of this state, referred to as the empowering state, may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the governor of any other state, referred to as the reciprocal state, subject to any regulations prescribed under such agreement, empowering a railroad police officer with the right to perform any police function that can be lawfully exercised by a police officer of the reciprocal state relating to the detection and apprehension of any person committing an offense against the empowering or the reciprocal state, but only to the extent that such offense is committed on property owned, operated or maintained by the appointing railroad or committed against property owned or in the possession of such railroad.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:10 - Termination of Authority.

    381:10 Termination of Authority. –||Upon termination of employment of any railroad police officer, the powers of such police officer shall terminate. Within 10 days after such termination, the appointing railroad shall, through its designated chief police officer or, in the absence of a chief police officer, its chief operating officer, file a notice of termination of employment of such individual with the commissioner of safety.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:11 - Rules.

    381:11 Rules. –||The commissioner of safety shall have the authority to adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Railroad police officers shall be subject to such rules.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:12 - Impersonating an Officer.

    381:12 Impersonating an Officer. –||Any person who impersonates a railroad police officer shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 1979, 331:1. 2008, 225:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:13 - Arraignment of Offenders.

    381:13 Arraignment of Offenders. –||Any police officer may carry a person arrested upon the cars of the railroad upon whose petition the officer was appointed to the next railroad station at which the train on which they are travelling stops, although in another county, and detain said person until he can be taken back to the county wherein the offense was committed. All persons so arrested shall be discharged or taken before a municipal or district court to answer for their offenses within 24 hours after their arrest, Sundays and holidays excepted.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:14 - Criminal Trespass on Railroad Property.

    381:14 Criminal Trespass on Railroad Property. –||Any person who enters or remains in a railroad station, upon the platform or grounds adjacent to a station, or upon any property of a railroad knowingly without license or privilege to do so, or a person who enters or remains upon or returns to said property in defiance of an order of a station agent or any police officer shall be guilty of criminal trespass as provided in RSA 635:2.|||Source. 1979, 331:1. 1981, 74:1, eff. June 2, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:15 - Reporting of Arrests.

    381:15 Reporting of Arrests. –||Railroad police officers shall report all criminal offenses investigated and arrests by them within the state to the nearest state police troop station or to state police headquarters in such a manner as the director of state police shall prescribe.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 381:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 381 - Railroad Police|Section 381:16 - Oath of Office.

    381:16 Oath of Office. –||Each police officer so appointed and commissioned shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take an oath of office administered by the commissioner of safety or his designee.|||Source. 1979, 331:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 382:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 382 - Maintenance of Parks by Railroads and Bus Lines|Section 382:1 - Authority.

    382:1 Authority. –||With the consent of the department of transportation, and upon such terms as it may approve, railroads and bus lines may hold or acquire, by lease or purchase, suitable lands, and convert and maintain the same, as a part of their system, into parks and pleasure grounds for the accommodation and recreation of the public.|||Source. 1897, 51:1. PL 257:1. RL 303:1. 1951, 203:62 par. 1. RSA 382:1. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 382:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 382 - Maintenance of Parks by Railroads and Bus Lines|Section 382:2 - Structures.

    382:2 Structures. –||Such lands may be properly enclosed and suitable buildings and structures may be erected and maintained thereon for the convenience, entertainment and comfort of the public.|||Source. 1897, 51:1. PL 257:2. RL 303:2. 1951, 203:62 par. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 382:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 382 - Maintenance of Parks by Railroads and Bus Lines|Section 382:3 - Admission; Regulations.

    382:3 Admission;  Regulations. –||Every railroad and bus line maintaining a park or place or resort may charge a reasonable fee for admission thereto and shall prescribe suitable rules and regulations for the conduct and government thereof, which, when approved by the department of transportation in writing, and when printed copies thereof shall have been posted in and about said park or place of resort, shall be respected and obeyed by all persons entering upon said premises or frequenting the same.|||Source. 1897, 51:2. PL 257:3. RL 303:3. 1951, 203:62 par. 3. RSA 382:3. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(8).|
NH Rev Stat § 382:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 382 - Maintenance of Parks by Railroads and Bus Lines|Section 382:4 - Penalty.

    382:4 Penalty. –||Whoever shall violate any of the rules and regulations established for the government of any park or place of resort which has been established in accordance with the provisions of RSA 382 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1897, 51:3. PL 257:4. RL 303:4. 1951, 203:62 par. 4. RSA 382:4. 1973, 528:263, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 382-A:1-101 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Title 382-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 382-A:1-101 - Short Titles.

    382-A:1-101 Short Titles. –||(a) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.||(b) This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-General Provisions.|||Source. 2006, 169:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 382-A:1-102 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Title 382-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 382-A:1-102 - Scope of Article.

    382-A:1-102 Scope of Article. –||This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 169:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 382-A:1-103 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Title 382-A - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 382-A:1-103 - Construction of Uniform Commercial Code to Promote its Purposes and Policies; Applicability of Supplemental Principles of Law.

    382-A:1-103 Construction of Uniform Commercial Code to Promote its Purposes and Policies;  Applicability of Supplemental Principles of Law. –||(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:||(1) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;||(2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and||(3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.||(b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law of merchants and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating causes supplement its provisions.|||Source. 2006, 169:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|