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NH Rev Stat § 41:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:58 - Deposit With Clerk.

    41:58 Deposit With Clerk. –||All books, records, papers, vouchers, and documents which shall be in the possession of any officer, committee, or board of officers of the town, and which are not needed elsewhere by them in the discharge of official duty, shall be deposited in the office of the town clerk, and shall be there kept and preserved by him as public records of the town. Provided that, if the office of the clerk is not equipped for the safe keeping of the said public records, the clerk may, with the approval of the selectmen, deposit such records in some other safe and suitable place.|||Source. PS 43:42. PL 47:46. 1931, 107:1. RL 59:53.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:59 - Care and Preservation.

    41:59 Care and Preservation. –||The selectmen shall cause all books of public record belonging to the town to be well and strongly bound, and all papers and documents to be filed and arranged in an orderly manner convenient for reference and examination, and shall provide suitable fireproof safes or other means for their care and preservation, all at the expense of the town.|||Source. 1885, 74:1. PS 43:43. PL 47:47. RL 59:54.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:60 - Copying Records.

    41:60 Copying Records. –||The selectmen may authorize and direct the town clerk to make, in suitable books, true copies of any of the public records of the town which have become so faded, worn out or otherwise defaced that in their judgment it is necessary they should be copied in order to insure the preservation of a proper record of the facts or instruments recorded. The town clerk shall attach thereto certificates of their correctness, and showing when, by whom and under what authority they were made, and shall also preserve the originals. Such copies shall have the same force and effect as the originals, and copies made therefrom may be used in evidence the same as if made from the originals, without showing the loss of the originals.|||Source. 1885, 59:1. PS 43:44. PL 47:48. RL 59:55.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:61 - Inspection.

    41:61 Inspection. –||No town officer having the custody of its public records or documents shall loan the same or permit them to be taken from the place where they are usually kept except when necessary for the discharge of official duty or upon the summons of a court of competent authority; and they shall be open at all proper times for public inspection and examination.|||Source. 1885, 74:2. PS 43:45. PL 47:49. RL 59:56.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:62 - Books and Pamphlets.

    41:62 Books and Pamphlets. –||The selectmen shall provide, at the expense of the town, suitable cases for the preservation of the laws, reports and other books and pamphlets received by the town from the state or others; and the town clerk shall arrange and keep them therein in such manner that they will be accessible and convenient for use.|||Source. PS 43:47. PL 47:50. RL 59:57.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:63 - Delivery by Clerk.

    41:63 Delivery by Clerk. –||Whenever a town officer goes out of office he shall deliver to his successor all records, books, pamphlets, papers and other things in his possession pertaining to the office.|||Source. PS 43:48. PL 47:51. RL 59:58.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:64 - Old Records Copied by State.

    41:64 Old Records Copied by State. –||The secretary of state shall require town clerks or other town officials having the custody of town or parish records, plans, documents or public papers, prior to the year 1825, to deposit the same in his office in the state house at Concord, for the purpose of being copied and indexed. Such records shall be known as Ancient Records of Towns, Parishes and other Divisions of the State of New Hampshire. The expense of transportation thereof to and from the secretary's office, and the expense of copying and indexing the same, shall be borne by the state, and paid upon the warrant of the governor, from any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. After the same have been copied they shall be returned to the officials of the towns from which they were received.|||Source. 1913, 137:1. PL 47:52. RL 59:59.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:65 - Unrecorded Documents.

    41:65 Unrecorded Documents. –||Any person having an unrecorded document pertaining to the affairs of public importance of any town, parish or division of the state, prior to the year 1825, may submit the same to the secretary of state, with his affidavit of the source from which it was received, and, if it be found to come within such classification, the secretary of state may cause the same to be recorded and indexed with the Ancient Records of Towns, Parishes and other Divisions of the State of New Hampshire, pertaining to such subdivision of the state, and shall record said affidavit therewith, and file the original affidavit in his office.|||Source. 1913, 137:2. PL 47:53. RL 59:60.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:66 - Copies Evidence.

    41:66 Copies Evidence. –||Copies of such records, duly attested and certified by the secretary of state over the state's seal, shall be as competent evidence in any court within this state as the original record or document would be if produced by the legal custodian thereof.|||Source. 1913, 137:3. PL 47:54. RL 59:61.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:67 - Certification.

    41:67 Certification. –||Any report, form or assurance required to be submitted to the state by a town officer which requires the submitting officer to certify to the accuracy of information it contains shall use a statement for the certification in a form substantially similar to the following: "The information submitted on this form is a true and accurate statement to the best of my personal knowledge and belief based on the information available to me at the time entered hereon and no information is presently known by me to exist which leads me to believe or suspect otherwise."|||Source. 1977, 278:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 41:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 41 - Choice and Duties of Town Officers|Section 41:68 - Unauthorized Destruction; Penalty.

    41:68 Unauthorized Destruction;  Penalty. –||All municipal records as defined in RSA 33-A:1, IV belong to the public in perpetuity and shall not be destroyed, maliciously damaged or retained by any person not entitled to keep them. Municipal records shall be destroyed only with the approval of the municipal records board established under RSA 33-A:4-a. Any natural person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.|||Source. 1977, 358:6, eff. July 1, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:1 - Oath Required.

    42:1 Oath Required. –||Every town officer shall make and subscribe the oath or declaration as prescribed by part 2, article 84 of the constitution of New Hampshire and any such person who violates said oath after taking the same shall be forthwith dismissed from the office involved.|||Source. RS 35:1. CS 37:1. GS 38:1. GL 41:1. PS 44:1. PL 48:1. RL 60:1. RSA 42:1. 1969, 372:4, eff. Aug. 31, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:1-a - Manner of Dismissal; Breach of Confidentiality.

    42:1-a Manner of Dismissal;  Breach of Confidentiality. –||I. The manner of dismissing a town officer who violates the oath as set forth in RSA 42:1 shall be by petition to the superior court for the county in which the town is located.||II. Without limiting other causes for such a dismissal, it shall be considered a violation of a town officer's oath for the officer to divulge to the public any information which that officer learned by virtue of his official position, or in the course of his official duties, if:||(a) A public body properly voted to withhold that information from the public by a vote of 2/3, as required by RSA 91-A:3, III, and if divulgence of such information would constitute an invasion of privacy, or would adversely affect the reputation of some person other than a member of the public body or would render proposed municipal action ineffective; or||(b) The officer knew or reasonably should have known that the information was exempt from disclosure pursuant to RSA 91-A:5, and that its divulgence would constitute an invasion of privacy, or would adversely affect the reputation of some person other than a member of the public body or agency, or would render proposed municipal action ineffective.||III. No town officer who is required by an order of a court to divulge information outlined in paragraph II in a legal proceeding under oath shall be guilty of a violation under this section.|||Source. 1994, 249:1. 2008, 303:7, eff. July 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:2 - Before Whom.

    42:2 Before Whom. –||The moderator, town clerk, one of the selectmen or a justice of the peace are authorized to administer the oath required by this chapter.|||Source. RS 35:2. CS 37:2. GS 38:2. GL 41:2. PS 44:2. PL 48:2. RL 60:2. RSA 42:2. 1969, 372:5, eff. Aug. 31, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:3 - Swearing in of Officers.

    42:3 Swearing in of Officers. –||Any person elected to an office where no other person was a candidate on the ballot for that office and no write-in candidate received 5 percent or more of the votes cast for that office, may be sworn in after the results are declared from the election and the annual business meeting has ended or at any time thereafter provided the oath is taken by the deadline established by RSA 42:6. If no recount of the office is requested, any person elected to an office that was contested or for which a write-in candidate received 5 percent or more of the votes cast may be sworn in upon the expiration of the period for requesting a recount provided in RSA 669:30.|||Source. RS 35:3. CS 37:3. GS 38:3. GL 41:3. PS 44:3. PL 48:3. RL 60:3. 1994, 70:2. 2008, 280:1, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:4 - Notice to Take.

    42:4 Notice to Take. –||The town clerk shall immediately, or in accordance with the time adopted by the governing body, if one has been adopted, direct a constable or police officer to notify the persons so chosen or notify such persons by registered mail, return receipt requested, to appear before the clerk within 6 days after receiving the notice, and take the oath by law prescribed. The officer shall, within 4 days, give personal notice to the persons therein named, or leave a notice in writing at the abode of each, and make return of the precept and of his doings therein to the town clerk within 6 days.|||Source. RS 35:4. CS 37:4. GS 38:4. GL 41:4. PS 44:4. PL 48:4. RL 60:4. 1994, 70:3, eff. July 5, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:5 - Neglect to Notify.

    42:5 Neglect to Notify. –||Any constable or police officer neglecting his duty in any of the foregoing particulars shall be guilty of a violation. One-half of all fines collected hereunder shall inure to the use of the town and the remaining 1/2 shall inure to the use of the county.|||Source. RS 35:5. CS 37:5. GL 41:5. PS 44:5. GS 38:5. PL 48:5. RL 60:5. RSA 42:5. 1973, 531:13, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:6 - Penalty for Neglect to Appear.

    42:6 Penalty for Neglect to Appear. –||Every person so chosen and notified, not by law exempt from serving, who shall neglect, for 6 days after personal notice, or notice left at the person's abode, or after the person's return in the case of absence when such notice was left, but in no case later than 30 days after the person's election, to appear before the town clerk and take the oath, shall be guilty of a violation, and any fines shall be appropriated as in RSA 42:5.|||Source. RS 35:6. CS 37:6. GS 38:6. GL 41:6. PS 44:6. PL 48:6. RL 60:6. RSA 42:6. 1973, 531:14. 1994, 70:4, eff. July 5, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:7 - Exception.

    42:7 Exception. –||Any person so chosen and notified, who shall take the oath of office before one of the selectmen or a justice of the peace, and file a certificate thereof with the town clerk within said 6 days, shall be exempt from such penalty.|||Source. RS 35:7. CS 37:7. GS 38:7. GL 41:7. PS 44:7. PL 48:7. RL 60:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 42:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 42 - Oaths of Town Officers|Section 42:8 - Record.

    42:8 Record. –||The town clerk shall make a record of every oath of a town officer taken in open town meeting at the time of the election, and of every such oath taken before him at any other time and place, the import of which record may be that the officer took the oath of office prescribed by law; and he shall record and keep on file every certificate filed with him pursuant to RSA 42:7.|||Source. RS 35:8. CS 37:8. GS 38:8. GL 41:8. PS 44:8. PL 48:8. RL 60:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:1 - Hearings by Selectmen.

    43:1 Hearings by Selectmen. –||On petition to the selectmen for the laying out or altering of highways, or for laying out lands for any public use, and generally for the purpose of deciding any question affecting the conflicting rights or claims of different persons, their proceedings shall be governed by the following rules.|||Source. GS 233:1. GL 43:1. PS 45:1. PL 49:1. RL 61:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:2 - Notice of Hearing.

    43:2 Notice of Hearing. –||They shall appoint a time and place of hearing, and order notice thereof to be given to all persons whose property or rights may be directly affected by the proceeding, by giving to them or leaving at their abode an attested copy of the petition and order 14 days at least before such hearing, or, if such persons are nonresidents, by publication. If the owner is under guardianship such notice shall be given to his guardian. If the owner is a minor, or under any legal disability, the judge of probate may appoint a guardian for such person, to whom notice shall be given.|||Source. RS 49:3. CS 52:3. GS 233:2. 1870, 28:1. GL 43:2. PS 45:2. PL 49:2. RL 61:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:3 - Posting of Notice.

    43:3 Posting of Notice. –||Notice shall be given to all other persons interested by posting a like copy in one of the most public places in the town or district affected by the petition, and by leaving a like copy at the abode of the clerk of such town or district a like time before the hearing.|||Source. GS 233:3. 1878, 7:1. GL 43:3. PS 45:3. PL 49:3. RL 61:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:4 - Hearing; Record.

    43:4 Hearing;  Record. –||They shall hear all parties who desire to be heard, and examine them and their witnesses under oath, which either of the selectmen may administer; they may adjourn when they deem it necessary; and they shall make their decision in writing, and cause the petition, order of notice, evidence of service and their decision to be filed in the town clerk's office and recorded at length upon the town records; and their decision shall be of no force or effect until the same is done.|||Source. GS 233:4. GL 43:4. PS 45:4. PL 49:4. RL 61:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:5 - Hearings by Other Officers.

    43:5 Hearings by Other Officers. –||The same rules shall apply to and govern the proceedings of fence-viewers, school boards, village commissioners, committees appointed by the selectmen and all town officers when they are applied to or appointed to decide any question affecting the rights or claims of individuals, saving that other or shorter notice, when required or allowed by statute, shall be sufficient.|||Source. RS 136:13. CS 77:3; 142:13. GS 233:5. GL 43:5. PS 45:5. PL 49:5. RL 61:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:6 - Disqualification.

    43:6 Disqualification. –||No selectman or other officer shall act, in the decision of any such case, who would be disqualified to sit as a juror for any cause, except exemption from service, in the trial of a civil action in which any of the parties interested in such case was a party.|||Source. GS 233:7. GL 43:7. PS 45:6. PL 49:6. RL 61:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:7 - Appointment by Board to Fill Place of Disqualified Officer.

    43:7 Appointment by Board to Fill Place of Disqualified Officer. –||The place of a selectman or other officer so disqualified shall be supplied by appointment, by the other members of the board, of a qualified person who has theretofore holden the same office in the town, or, in the case of committees, by a new appointment.|||Source. GS 233:8. GL 43:8. 1881, 16:1. 1883, 103:1. PS 45:7. PL 49:7. RL 61:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 43:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 43 - Hearings Before Town or Certain Other Local Officers|Section 43:8 - Appointment by Court Where Whole Board is Disqualified.

    43:8 Appointment by Court Where Whole Board is Disqualified. –||If in any case the whole board is disqualified the selectmen shall, in writing, so inform some justice of the superior court, who shall thereupon, with or without notice, appoint a new board for that case from qualified persons who have before holden the same office in the town, if such there be, otherwise from qualified persons, residents of another town, who have holden the same office.|||Source. GL 46:8. 1881, 16:1. 1883, 103:1. PS 45:8. PL 49:8. RL 61:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:1 - Rights; Duties.

    44:1 Rights;  Duties. –||All cities now or hereafter incorporated shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities and privileges of, and shall be subject to all the duties incumbent upon, or appertaining to, the town corporations to which they succeed.|||Source. 1846, 384:1. 1855, 1699:1. GS 40:1. GL 44:1. PS 46:1. PL 50:1. RL 62:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:1-a - City Charters, Filing.

    44:1-a City Charters, Filing. –||Each city shall file by January 1, 1973 with the secretary of state a copy of its then existing charter as one document incorporating all amendments thereto. Amendments adopted after said date shall be filed in like manner within 10 days of their adoption.|||Source. 1971, 275:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:1-b - Contributions to County and State.

    44:1-b Contributions to County and State. –||Each city may, subject to approval by the city council, voluntarily contribute funds, services, property, or other resources toward any county or state project, program, or plan, subject to the annual renewal of the voluntary contribution by the city council.|||Source. 2016, 79:1, eff. July 18, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:2 - Provisions Applicable.

    44:2 Provisions Applicable. –||All provisions of statutes, now made or hereafter enacted relating to towns, shall be understood to apply to cities; and all provisions relating to the selectmen and town clerks of towns shall be construed to apply to the mayor and aldermen and clerks of cities, respectively, unless a different intention appears.|||Source. GS 40:2. GL 44:2. PS 46:2. PL 50:2. RL 62:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:2-a - Filing for City Offices.

    44:2-a Filing for City Offices. –||In accordance with the provisions of RSA 44:2, no candidate for a city office shall file for more than one seat on a city or school district board, commission, committee, or council.|||Source. 1992, 96:4, eff. April 24, 1992.|