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NH Rev Stat § 165:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:2 - Administration of General Assistance.

    165:2 Administration of General Assistance. –||The administrator of town or city welfare in each town or city shall administer general assistance to all persons who are eligible for such assistance as provided under RSA 165:1-a and RSA 165:1-c.|||Source. 1875, 7:3. GL 269:20. PS 84:7. PL 106:7. RL 124:2. RSA 165:2. 1985, 380:5. 1988, 180:1, eff. June 25, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:2-a - Expense of General Assistance.

    165:2-a Expense of General Assistance. –||The financial responsibility for general assistance for assisted persons shall be the responsibility of the town or city in which the person making application resides, except as otherwise provided in RSA 165:1-c.|||Source. 1985, 380:6. 1988, 180:1. 1993, 229:2, eff. July 1, 1993. 2021, 122:44, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:2-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:2-b - Disqualification for Certain Property Transfers.

    165:2-b Disqualification for Certain Property Transfers. –||No person who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall receive such assistance if he has made an assignment, transfer or conveyance of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for such assistance within 3 years immediately preceding his application for such assistance.|||Source. 1985, 380:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:2-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:2-c - Withholding Names of Recipients of Aid.

    165:2-c Withholding Names of Recipients of Aid. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no town, city or county official shall publish or disclose or allow to be published or disclosed in the annual report of the town, city or county, or in any other document or letter, except as is necessary for and connected with the administration of this chapter, the name, address or any other identifying information of any recipient who is receiving assistance or aid; provided, however, that any taxpayer shall be allowed to see the itemized account of such aid furnished. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1985, 380:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:3 - Burial or Cremation.

    165:3 Burial or Cremation. –||I. If an assisted person shall die in any town or city the overseers of public welfare shall cause such person to be decently buried or cremated at the expense of the town or city.||II. Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph I to the contrary, if an assisted person dies in a county nursing home, the overseers of public welfare shall cause such person to be decently buried or cremated at the expense of the town or city in which the assisted person was a resident, as that term is defined in RSA 21:6, on the date on which the assisted person entered the county nursing home.|||Source. RS 66:7. CS 70:7. GS 74:7. GL 82:7. PS 84:8. PL 106:8. RL 124:3. RSA 165:3. 1985, 380:45, 47. 1993, 308:3. 2000, 202:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:4 - Information Regarding Bank Deposits.

    165:4 Information Regarding Bank Deposits. –||A cashier of a national bank and a treasurer of a savings bank and a trust company may, when requested by an overseer of public welfare of a town or city in the state, furnish to said overseer any information asked relative to the deposit of a person receiving or applying for public support.|||Source. 1933, 116:1. RL 124:4. RSA 165:4. 1985, 380:45, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:4-a - Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality.

    165:4-a Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality. –||Whenever the owner of property rented to a person receiving assistance under this chapter is in arrears in sewer, water, electricity, or tax payments to the municipality, the municipality may apply, upon approval of the governing body, the assistance which the property owner would have received in payment of rent on behalf of such assisted person to the property owner's delinquent balances, regardless of whether such delinquent balances are in respect of property occupied by the assisted person. For purposes of this section, a payment shall be considered "in arrears" if more than 30 days have elapsed since the mailing of the bill, or in the case of real estate taxes, if interest has begun to accrue pursuant to RSA 76:13.|||Source. 1992, 184:2, eff. July 11, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:4-b - Process for Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality.

    165:4-b Process for Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality. –||Prior to utilizing the optional offset provisions of RSA 165:4-a, the governing body shall adopt, as part of the guidelines required under RSA 165:1, II, rules governing the process, including a policy which specifically sets out which bill shall be offset first and any further priority of such offset payments and a procedure for notifying the landlord.|||Source. 1992, 184:2, eff. July 11, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:4-c - Eviction Notice Not Required.

    165:4-c Eviction Notice Not Required. –||The governing body and overseers of public welfare shall not require the issuance of an eviction notice before providing rental assistance. An eviction notice may be required to assist the applicant in documenting emergency needs for emergency assistance, timely application and decision making, and referrals to other agencies with eviction notice requirements for consideration of additional rent arrearage assistance.|||Source. 2021, 152:2, Pt. II, Sec. 1, eff. July 23, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:5 - Who Entitled.

    165:5 Who Entitled. –||Whenever any person, resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, in any war, insurrection, campaign, or expedition, in which the United States was engaged, and who received an honorable discharge, not being under guardianship or legal restraint, shall become poor and unable to provide maintenance for himself and his dependent family, such person, his wife, widow, or minor children, shall be supported at the public expense in the town or city of their abode, at their own home or such place, other than a town or county almshouse, as the overseers of public welfare or the county commissioners shall deem proper.|||Source. 1885, 41:1, 2. 1887, 45:1. 1889, 81:1. 1891, 38:2. PS 84:9. 1901, 116:1. 1921, 104:1. PL 106:9. 1933, 78:1. RL 124:5. RSA 165:5. 1959, 98:1, eff. July 13, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:6 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    165:6 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:7 - to 165:11 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988.

    165:7 to 165:11 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:12 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    165:12 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:13 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    165:13 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:14 - Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988.

    165:14 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:15 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    165:15 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:16 - Burial Expenses.

    165:16 Burial Expenses. –||Whenever any person, a resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States in any of the wars or conflicts defined in RSA 165:17 for a total of 90 days, unless sooner released from such service by reason of disability incurred in service, and whose services were terminated under conditions other than dishonorable, dies and did not leave sufficient estate to pay the expenses of his funeral, or was an assisted person, the overseers of public welfare shall cause him to be decently buried at the expense of the municipality in which he died. Funds received from the Department of Veterans Affairs towards burial expenses shall be retained by the municipality. The municipality shall make a request to the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a suitable monument.|||Source. 1909, 130:1. 1911, 31:1. 1919, 135:1. 1921, 63:1. 1925, 93:1. PL 106:20. 1929, 28:1. RL 24:16. 1943, 102:1. 1945, 88:1. 1947, 214:1. 1949, 28:1; 167:4. RSA 165:16. 1959, 77:1. 1965, 87:1. 1967, 171:1. 1988, 180:3, eff. June 25, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:17 - Definition of Terms.

    165:17 Definition of Terms. –||The following shall constitute wars or conflicts for purposes of RSA 165:16:||I. Any war or armed conflict that occurred between July 3, 1921 and December 6, 1941 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal.||II. "World War II" between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.||III. "Korean Conflict" between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955.||IV. "Vietnam Conflict" between July 1, 1958 and December 22, 1961, if the resident earned the Vietnam service medal or an armed forces expeditionary medal.||V. "Vietnam Conflict" between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975.||VI. Any war or armed conflict that has occurred between May 8, 1975 and August 1, 1990 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal.||VII. "Persian Gulf War" between August 2, 1990 and the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law.|||Source. 1949, 167:5. 1951, 176:1. RSA 165:17. 1965, 69:1. 1967, 171:2. 1988, 180:4. 2010, 79:1, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:18 - Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988.

    165:18 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:19 - Liability for Support.

    165:19 Liability for Support. –||The relation of any poor person in the line of father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, husband, or wife shall assist or maintain such person when in need of relief. Said relation shall be deemed able to assist such person if his weekly income is more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. Should a relation refuse to render such aid when requested to do so by a county commissioner, selectman, or overseer of public welfare, such person or persons shall upon complaint of one of these officials be summoned to appear in court. If, after hearing, it is found that the alleged poor person is in need of assistance, and that the relation is able to render such assistance, the court shall enter a decree accordingly and shall fix the amount and character of the assistance which the relation shall furnish. If the relation neglects or refuses to comply with the court order without good cause, as determined by the court at a hearing, or by refusing to work or otherwise voluntarily places himself in a position where he is unable to comply, he shall be deemed to be in contempt of court and shall be imprisoned not more than 90 nor fewer than 60 days. If a poor person has no relation of sufficient ability, the town or city in which he resides shall be liable for his support.|||Source. RS 66:8. CS 70:8. GS 74:8. GL 82:8. PS 84:12. 1925, 112:1. PL 106:22. 1933, 65:1. RL 124:18. RSA 165:19. 1973, 115:1. 1985, 380:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:20 - Recovery of Expense.

    165:20 Recovery of Expense. –||If a town, city, or county acting as agent for a town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home, or burial of an assisted person having a residence in another town or city, or for an assisted person having relations able to support him under RSA 165:19, such sum may be recovered from the town, city or relation so chargeable or from a county acting as agent for the town under RSA 165:34. In any civil action brought under this section to recover such sum, the court shall award costs to the prevailing party.|||Source. RS 66:9. CS 70:9. GS 74:9. 1875, 7:4. GL 82:10; 269:21. PS 84:13. PL 106:23. RL 124:19. RSA 165:20. 1967, 192:3. 1977, 152:2; 367:1. 1985, 380:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:20-a - Settlement of Disputes.

    165:20-a Settlement of Disputes. –||I. In any case where a town, city, county or the state seeks to recover a sum spent on assistance to a person and there is a dispute between a town, city, county or the state as to the liability for such assistance, the voluntary arbitration system established by this section shall be available.||II. The department of health and human services shall maintain a roster of the selectmen and welfare administrators of the cities, towns, and counties of the state. If a town, city, county or the state decides to avail itself of the voluntary arbitration system, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his designee shall randomly select a panel of 3 persons from the roster to arbitrate the dispute. No selectman or welfare administrator shall serve on any panel resolving a dispute concerning his own city, town or county.||III. Any such voluntary arbitration session shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the commissioner of health and human services.||IV. The costs of such voluntary arbitration shall be equally divided between the town, city, county or the state involved in the dispute.||V. Any town, city, county or the state choosing the forum of the voluntary arbitration system shall lose the right to litigate the issue, and the decision of the panel of arbitrators shall be final.|||Source. 1977, 373:1. 1979, 228:1. 1983, 291:1. 1985, 380:13. 1995, 310:176, 181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:20-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:20-b - Recovery From Recipients.

    165:20-b Recovery From Recipients. –||Any town or city furnishing assistance to any person who is returned to an income status after receiving the assistance which enables him to reimburse the town or city without financial hardship may recover from such person the amount of assistance provided.|||Source. 1981, 503:8. 1985, 380:45, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:20-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:20-c - Repealed by 2021, 122:43, III, eff. July 9, 2021.

    165:20-c Repealed by 2021, 122:43, III, eff. July 9, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:21 - to 165:24 Repealed by 1967, 192:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    165:21 to 165:24 Repealed by 1967, 192:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 165:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:25 - Limitation of Action.

    165:25 Limitation of Action. –||Actions by towns and cities to recover the expense of support, return to his home, or burial of a poor person may be brought within 6 years after the cause of action accrued and not afterward.|||Source. RS 66:14. CS 70:14. GS 74:14. GL 82:15. PS 84:18. PL 106:28. RL 124:24. RSA 165:25. 1967, 192:4. 1981, 503:4. 1985, 380:14, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:26 - Transfer of Action.

    165:26 Transfer of Action. –||Whenever a county in which an action for the support of an assisted person is pending may eventually be liable for such support, the court, on motion, shall transfer the action to an adjoining county for adjudication.|||Source. RS 66:15. CS 70:15. GS 74:15. GL 82:16. PS 84:19. PL 106:29. RL 124:25. RSA 165:26. 1985, 380:47, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:27 - Recovery From Estates.

    165:27 Recovery From Estates. –||Towns and cities may recover from the estates of persons assisted in like manner as counties under RSA 166:19.|||Source. 1903, 42:1. PL 106:30. RL 124:26. RSA 165:27. 1985, 380:15, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:27-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:27-a - Assignment for Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses.

    165:27-a Assignment for Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses. –||I. Except when a town or city assisted person has made arrangements for a prepaid funeral, if there are liquid assets at death, there shall be an automatic assignment to the funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation of the deceased to the extent of funeral and burial or cremation expenses up to $2,000.||II. The funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation expenses may submit a notarized statement to the effect that he has paid the expenses, together with an itemized list of the expenses, to the entity holding the assets. Upon submission of the statement and the list, the person shall receive payment to the extent of the expenses authorized under this section.||III. The entity making the payment shall provide a receipt and shall send a copy of the receipt to the town selectmen or city council of the appropriate town or city.||IV. If no assets remain after a payment is made under this section, the entity making the payment shall so notify the probate court having jurisdiction over the estate.|||Source. 1981, 253:2. 1985, 380:16. 2000, 202:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2019, 99:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:28 - Liens on Real Property.

    165:28 Liens on Real Property. –||The amount of money spent by a town or city to support an assisted person under this chapter shall, except for just cause, be made a lien on any real estate owned by the assisted person. The liens are effective until enforced as provided in this chapter, or until released by the selectmen or city council; provided that there shall be no enforcement of the lien so long as the real estate is occupied as the sole residence of the assisted person, his surviving spouse, or his surviving children who are under age 18 or blind or permanently and totally disabled. Interest at the rate of 6 percent per year shall be charged on the amount of money constituting such lien commencing one year after the date of the filing of the lien unless a majority of the selectmen in the town or the councilmen in the city vote to waive such interest. The selectmen or council may file a notice of the lien or an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien with the register of deeds of the county in which the assisted person owns real property. A notice of lien which contains the owner's name and a description of the real property sufficient to identify it is a valid lien on the property. The register of deeds shall keep a suitable record of such notices without charging any fee therefor, and he shall enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien upon written request of the selectmen or the council without fee.|||Source. 1965, 42:1. 1975, 303:1. 1985, 380:17. 1988, 180:2, eff. June 25, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:28-a - Liens on Civil Judgments.

    165:28-a Liens on Civil Judgments. –||I. A town or city shall be entitled to a lien upon property passing under the terms of a will or by intestate succession, a property settlement, or a civil judgment for personal injuries awarded any person granted assistance by the town or city under RSA 165 for the amount of assistance granted by the town or city.||II. The town or city shall be entitled to the lien only if the assistance was granted no more than 6 years before the receipt of the inheritance or the award of the property settlement or civil judgment, provided that this section shall not apply to inheritances, property settlements, or civil judgments awarded before August 28, 1981.||III. This lien shall take precedence over all other claims.|||Source. 1981, 503:1. 1985, 380:45, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:29 - Enforcement of Liens.

    165:29 Enforcement of Liens. –||Liens arising under RSA 165:28 or RSA 165:28-a may be enforced by a bill in equity.|||Source. 1965, 42:1. 1981, 503:3, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:30 - Relative Priority.

    165:30 Relative Priority. –||Any lien arising under RSA 165:28 shall be subordinate to mortgages and other valid liens, recorded with the register of deeds prior to the recording of the notice of the lien referred to in RSA 165:28.|||Source. 1965, 42:1. 1981, 503:5, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|