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NH Rev Stat § 304-C:170 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:170 - Appraisal Actions.

    304-C:170 Appraisal Actions. –||I. If a demand for payment under RSA 304-C:169 remains unsettled, the limited liability company shall commence a proceeding within 60 days after receiving the payment demand and petition the superior court to determine the fair value of the limited liability company interest and accrued interest. If the limited liability company does not commence the proceeding within the 60-day period, it shall pay each dissenter whose demand remains unsettled the amount demanded.||II. The limited liability company shall commence the proceeding in superior court of the county where the limited liability company's principal executive office or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located.||III. If the limited liability company is a surviving foreign entity without a registered office in this state, it shall commence the proceeding in the county in this state where the registered office of the domestic limited liability company merged or converted into with the foreign limited liability company was located.||IV. The limited liability company shall make all dissenters, whether or not residents of this state, whose demands remain unsettled parties to the proceeding as in an action against their limited liability company interests, and all parties must be served with a copy of the petition. Nonresidents may be served by registered or certified mail or by publication as provided by law.||V. The jurisdiction of the court in which the proceeding is commenced under paragraph I is plenary and exclusive. The court may appoint one or more persons as appraisers to receive evidence and recommend decision on the question of fair value. The appraisers shall have the powers described in the order appointing them, or in any amendment to it. The dissenters shall be entitled to the same discovery rights as parties in other civil proceedings.||VI. Each dissenter made a party to the proceeding shall be entitled to judgment:||(a) For the amount, if any, by which the court finds the fair value of the dissenter's membership rights plus accrued interest exceeds the amount paid by the limited liability company; or||(b) For the fair value, plus accrued interest, of such dissenter's after-acquired membership rights for which the limited liability company elected to withhold payment under RSA 304-C:168.||VII. The limited liability company shall be entitled to judgment against each specific dissenter for the amount, if any, by which the court finds the fair value of such dissenter's membership rights, plus accrued interest, is less than the amount paid by the limited liability company to each dissenter.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:171 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:171 - Allocations of Court Costs and Counsel Fees in Appraisal Actions.

    304-C:171 Allocations of Court Costs and Counsel Fees in Appraisal Actions. –||I. The court in an appraisal proceeding commenced under RSA 304-C:170 shall determine all costs of the proceeding, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of appraisers appointed by the court. The court shall assess the costs against the limited liability company, except that the court may assess costs against all or some of the dissenters, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds the dissenters acted arbitrarily or not in good faith in demanding payment under RSA 304-C:169.||II. The court may also assess the fees and expenses of counsel and experts for the respective parties, in amounts the court finds equitable:||(a) Against the limited liability company and in favor of any or all dissenters if the court finds the limited liability company did not substantially comply with the requirements of RSA 304-C:161 through RSA 304-C:169.||(b) Against either the limited liability company or a dissenter, in favor of any other party, if the court finds that the party against whom the fees and expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by this subdivision.||III. If the court finds that the services of counsel for any dissenter were of substantial benefit to other dissenters similarly situated and that the fees for those services should not be assessed against the limited liability company, the court may award to these counsel reasonable fees to be paid out of the amount awarded to the dissenters who were benefited.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:173 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:173 - Law Governing Foreign Limited Liability Companies.

    304-C:173 Law Governing Foreign Limited Liability Companies. –||I. Internal Affairs. The laws of the state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction or country under which a foreign limited liability company is organized shall govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its members and managers.||II. A foreign limited liability company shall not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of New Hampshire.||III. A foreign limited liability company shall be subject to and have the benefit of RSA 304-C:21 and RSA 304-C:22.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:174 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:174 - Transactions Not Constituting Doing Business.

    304-C:174 Transactions Not Constituting Doing Business. –||I. The following activities of a foreign limited liability company, among others, do not constitute doing business within the meaning of RSA 304-C:175:||(a) Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;||(b) Holding meetings of its members or managers or carrying on any other activities concerning its internal affairs;||(c) Maintaining bank accounts;||(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the foreign limited liability company's own securities or interests or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities or interests;||(e) Selling through independent contractors;||(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;||(g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;||(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;||(i) Owning, without more, real or personal property;||(j) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature; or||(k) Transacting business in interstate commerce.||II. The foreign limited liability company shall not be considered to be doing business solely because it:||(a) Owns a controlling interest in a corporation that is doing business;||(b) Is a limited partner of a limited partnership that is doing business; or||(c) Is a member or manager of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company that is doing business.||III. This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability company to service of process or taxation in this state or to regulation under any other law of this state, and nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a determination that a foreign limited liability company is carrying on a business activity in this state within the meaning of RSA 77-A:1, XII.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:175 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:175 - Requirement of Registration by Foreign Limited Liability Companies; Applications for Registration.

    304-C:175 Requirement of Registration by Foreign Limited Liability Companies;  Applications for Registration. –||Before doing business in New Hampshire, a foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. In order to register, a foreign limited liability company shall pay the fee required by RSA 304-C:191, II(h) and shall file an application for registration as a foreign limited liability company, setting forth:||I. The name of the foreign limited liability company and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and do business in New Hampshire;||II. The state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction or country where formed, and the date of its formation;||III. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted in New Hampshire;||IV. The address of the registered office and name and address of the registered agent for service of process required to be maintained under RSA 304-C:177, IV; and||V. The name and address of any manager or member signing the application.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. 2015, 273:14, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:176 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:176 - Issuance of Registrations.

    304-C:176 Issuance of Registrations. –||I. If the secretary of state finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid:||(a) The secretary shall certify that the application has been filed by endorsing upon the original application the word "filed," and the date of the filing. This endorsement is conclusive of the date of its filing in the absence of actual fraud.||(b) The secretary shall file and index the endorsed application.||II. The secretary shall return a copy of the application, similarly endorsed, to the person who filed the application or such person's representative.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:178 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:178 - Amendments to Applications to Register Foreign Limited Liability Companies.

    304-C:178 Amendments to Applications to Register Foreign Limited Liability Companies. –||I. A foreign limited liability company registered to transact business in New Hampshire shall amend its application for registration if it changes:||(a) Its name; or||(b) Its state or country of formation.||II. The filing provisions of RSA 304-C:28 shall apply to the amendment of a foreign limited liability company's application for registration.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:179 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:179 - Cancellations of Registrations.

    304-C:179 Cancellations of Registrations. –||I. A foreign limited liability company registered to do business in this state may cancel its registration upon procuring from the secretary of state a certificate of cancellation. In order to procure such certificate, the foreign limited liability company shall deliver to the secretary of state an application for cancellation, which shall set forth:||(a) The name of the foreign limited liability company and the state or other jurisdiction under the laws of which it is formed;||(b) That the foreign limited liability company is not doing business in this state;||(c) That the foreign limited liability company surrenders its certificate of registration to transact business in this state;||(d) That the foreign limited liability company revokes the authority of its registered agent for service of process in this state and consents that service of process in any action, suit, or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state during the time the foreign limited liability company was authorized to do business in this state may thereafter be made on such foreign limited liability company by service of the action, suit, or proceeding upon the secretary of state;||(e) An address to which a person may mail a copy of any process against the foreign limited liability company; and||(f) A statement for withdrawal from the department of revenue administration under RSA 77-A:18, II.||II. The application for cancellation shall be in the form and manner designated by the secretary of state and shall be signed on behalf of the foreign limited liability company by a person with authority to do so under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction of its formation, or, if the foreign limited liability company is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.||III. A cancellation does not terminate the authority of the secretary of state to accept service of process on the foreign limited liability company with respect to causes of action arising out of the doing of business in this state.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:180 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:180 - Doing Business Without Registration.

    304-C:180 Doing Business Without Registration. –||I. A foreign limited liability company doing business in New Hampshire may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in New Hampshire until it has registered in New Hampshire and has paid all fees for the period during which it did business in New Hampshire while unregistered.||II. The failure of a foreign limited liability company to register in New Hampshire does not:||(a) Impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited liability company.||(b) Impair the right of any other party to the contract to maintain any action, suit, or proceeding on the contract.||(c) Prevent the foreign limited liability company from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of New Hampshire.||III. A member or a manager of a foreign limited liability company is not liable for the obligations of the foreign limited liability company solely by reason of the limited liability company's having done business in New Hampshire without registration.||IV. A foreign limited liability company which does business in this state without registration shall be liable to the state for the years or parts of the year during which it transacted business in this state without registration in an amount equal to all fees which would have been imposed by this act upon that foreign limited liability company had it duly registered, and all penalties imposed by this act. The attorney general may bring proceedings to recover all amounts due this state under the provisions of this section.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:181 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:181 - Service of Process on Registered Foreign Limited Liability Companies.

    304-C:181 Service of Process on Registered Foreign Limited Liability Companies. –||I. A foreign limited liability company's registered agent is the agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign limited liability company.||II. If a foreign limited liability company has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the foreign limited liability company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the foreign limited liability company at its principal office. Service is perfected under this section at the earliest of:||(a) The date the foreign limited liability company receives the mail;||(b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign limited liability company; or||(c) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.||III. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign limited liability company.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:182 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:182 - Service of Process on Unregistered Foreign Limited Liability Companies.

    304-C:182 Service of Process on Unregistered Foreign Limited Liability Companies. –||I. Any foreign limited liability company not registered under RSA 304-C:175, doing business in New Hampshire shall be deemed to have appointed and constituted the secretary of state of New Hampshire its agent for the acceptance of legal process in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether criminal or civil, against it in any state or federal court in New Hampshire arising or growing out of any business done by it within New Hampshire.||II. The doing of business in New Hampshire by such foreign limited liability company shall be a signification of the agreement of such foreign limited liability company that any such process when so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon an authorized manager or agent personally within New Hampshire.||III. Whenever the words "doing business," "the doing of business," or "business done in this state," by any such foreign limited liability company are used in this section, they shall mean the course of practice of carrying on any business activities in New Hampshire, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the solicitation of business or orders in New Hampshire.||IV. Service upon the secretary of state under paragraph I shall be made in accordance with the provisions of RSA 510:4, II.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:183 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:183 - Grounds for Revocation.

    304-C:183 Grounds for Revocation. –||The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under RSA 304-C:184 to revoke the registration of a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state if:||I. The foreign limited liability company does not deliver its annual report to the secretary of state within 60 days after it is due;||II. The foreign limited liability company does not pay within 60 days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this act or other law;||III. The foreign limited liability company is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more;||IV. A member, manager, or agent of the foreign limited liability company signed a document he or she knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing; or||V. The secretary of state receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having the custody of limited liability company records in the state or country under whose law the foreign limited liability company is formed stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:184 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:184 - Procedures for and Effect of Revocation.

    304-C:184 Procedures for and Effect of Revocation. –||I. If the secretary of state determines that one or more grounds exist under RSA 304-C:183 for revocation of a registration, the secretary shall send written notice of the secretary's determination under RSA 304-C:183 to the foreign limited liability company.||II. If the foreign limited liability company does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state that each ground determined by the secretary of state does not exist within 60 days after written notice is sent, the secretary of state may revoke the foreign limited liability company's registration by issuing a notice of revocation and mailing the notice of revocation to the foreign limited liability company at its principal office listed on the records of the New Hampshire secretary of state.||III. The authority of a foreign limited liability to transact business in this state ceases on the date shown on the notice of revocation.||IV. Revocation of a foreign limited liability company's registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the limited liability company.||V. A foreign limited liability company whose certificate of authority has been revoked under this section may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement by completion of a reinstatement form together with payment of fees in arrears at the time of revocation. Beyond 120 days, a reinstatement shall be accompanied by, in addition to the above, annual fees for the years since the revocation, if the foreign corporation was doing business in this state during those years, and a certificate from the New Hampshire department of revenue administration indicating there are no taxes due to the department.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. 2017, 183:2, eff. Aug. 28, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:185 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:185 - Appeals From Revocations.

    304-C:185 Appeals From Revocations. –||I. A foreign limited liability company may appeal the secretary of state's revocation of its registration to the superior court within 30 days after service of the notice of revocation is perfected.||II. The foreign limited liability company appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its registration and the secretary of state's certificate of revocation. Venue shall lie in the superior court for the county in which the foreign limited liability company has a place of business or, if none, in the superior court for Merrimack county.||III. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a determination that a foreign limited liability company is carrying on business activity within this state within the meaning of RSA 77-A:1, XII.||IV. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:186 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:186 - Venue and Method for Resolution of Limited Liability Company Internal Disputes.

    304-C:186 Venue and Method for Resolution of Limited Liability Company Internal Disputes. –||Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, disputes between the members and disputes between the members and the managers relating to the limited liability company shall be resolved by litigation in the courts of the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 304-C:187 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Partnerships|Title 304-C - Limited Liability Companies|Section 304-C:187 - Actions by and Against Limited Liability Companies.

    304-C:187 Actions by and Against Limited Liability Companies. –||An action may be brought by or against a limited liability company in its own name.|||Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|