reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NH Rev Stat § 158:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:29 - Definitions.

    158:29 Definitions. –||For the purpose of this subdivision:||I. "Detonators" shall mean any devices for the purpose of exploding an explosive charge and shall include blasting caps, blasting caps with safety fuse, electric blasting caps, detonating fuses, primers, boosters and igniters.||II. "Primers, percussion fuses, combination fuses and time fuses" shall mean devices used to ignite powder charges of ammunition or the black powder bursting charges of projectiles.||III. "Explosive bombs" shall mean containers filled with explosives and provided with a detonating device.||IV. "Detonating fuse" shall mean a fuse containing high explosives of sufficient strength to detonate other high explosives lying alongside and explode the entire charge almost instantaneously through its whole length.||V. "Boosters" shall mean casings containing several ounces of a high explosive used to increase the intensity of explosion of the detonator of a detonating fuse.||VI. "Delay electric igniters" shall mean small metal tubes containing a wire bridge in contact with a small quantity of ignition compound.||VII. "Fuse lighters" shall mean small cylindrical hollow pasteboard or metal tubes containing an igniting composition in one end, the other being open.||VIII. "Blasting caps" shall mean thin metal shells containing dry fulminate of mercury or other similar substance either alone or in combination with fulminate of mercury and fired by a slow-burning safety fuse, or arranged to be fired by an electric current.||IX. "Tracer fuses" shall mean devices attached to projectiles and containing a slow-burning composition.||X. "Electric squibs" shall mean small tubes or blocks containing a small quantity of ignition compound in contact with a wire bridge.||XI. "Explosives", "high explosive" or "explosive substance" shall mean any material or container containing a chemical compound or mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and that contains any oxidizing or combustible materials or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, or detonation of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressure is capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects. This definition shall not include the components for hand loading rifle, pistol, and shotgun ammunition and or rifle, pistol, and shotgun ammunition.||XII. "Infernal machine" shall mean any device which would endanger life or do damage to property, or both, by fire or explosion, whether or not contrived to ignite or explode automatically and whether or not disguised so as to appear harmless.|||Source. 1973, 419:1. 2002, 280:4, eff. July 17, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:30 - Classes of Explosives.

    158:30 Classes of Explosives. –||I. Class A explosives or so-called dangerous explosives shall include: ammunition for cannon with explosive projectile; explosive projectiles; explosive grenades; explosive bombs; explosive mines; explosive torpedoes; rocket ammunition; chemical ammunition; explosive boosters; jet thrust units (JATO), class A; detonating primers; detonating fuses, boosters, or other detonating fuse parts containing an explosive; cartridge bags empty, with black powder igniters; percussion, tracer, combination time fuses and tracers; nitroglycerine blasting caps and electric blasting caps in quantity exceeding 1,000 caps in the aggregate; dynamite; T.N.T. (trinitrotoluene); fulminate of mercury; ammonia nitrate, when stored with, transported with, or used with explosives, or with any substance which, when mixed with ammonium nitrate, creates an explosive; or any substance highly susceptible to detonation or otherwise of a maximum hazard.||II. Class B explosives or so-called flammable hazards shall include: ammunition for cannon with empty projectiles, inert loaded projectiles, solid projectiles, or without projectiles or shell; rocket ammunition; jet thrust units (JATO), Class B; or any other substance highly susceptible to detonation.||III. Class C explosives or so-called minimum hazards shall include: explosives cable cutters; empty grenades, primed; explosive rivets; blasting caps and electric blasting caps, not exceeding 1,000 caps; smokeless powder; small arms ammunition; igniters; delay igniters or fuse lighters; ammunition for cannon; ammunition for small arms with explosive bullets or explosive projectiles; black powder; primers.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:31 - Duties of Certain Officials.

    158:31 Duties of Certain Officials. –||I. Heads of police and fire departments in cities and towns shall investigate the cause and circumstances of every explosion in their respective jurisdictions by which property has been destroyed or damaged, especially to ascertain whether it was caused by carelessness or design. They shall begin such investigation forthwith after such explosion, and if it appears to the official making such investigation that the explosion is of suspicious origin or is the result of a violation of law, or if the department head is unable to determine the cause, he or she shall immediately notify the director of the division of state police.||II. For the purposes of statistical reporting and intelligence information gathering, criminal threats which are conveyed by any means of communication and which involve the potential use of any explosive device, radiological or nuclear material, or any chemical or biological agent, military or otherwise, or any combination of such agents or materials, shall be reported to the director of the division of state police.|||Source. 1973, 419:1. 2002, 280:5, eff. July 17, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:32 - Possession of Bomb or Explosive; Penalty.

    158:32 Possession of Bomb or Explosive;  Penalty. –||No person shall have in his possession or under his control any high explosive Class A as defined in RSA 158:30, I, or any bomb manufactured from any substance or device as defined in RSA 158:30, I-III, contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation made thereunder. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the following penalty:||I. If the offense occurs prior to November 1, 1973, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 21/2 years, or both.||II. If the offense occurs on or after November 1, 1973, he shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a Class B felony, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.||III. Any bomb or explosive found in possession or under the control of a person violating the provisions hereof shall be forfeited to the state.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:33 - Notice of Seizure.

    158:33 Notice of Seizure. –||Notice of the seizure of any bomb or explosive found in the possession or under the control of any person in violation of RSA 158:32 shall immediately be sent to the director of state police by the officer making the seizure, and upon final conviction of such person, such bomb or explosive shall be adjudged forfeited to the state and safely delivered to the director of state police or his authorized representative and disposed of at his discretion.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:34 - Malicious Explosion; Penalty.

    158:34 Malicious Explosion;  Penalty. –||Whoever willfully, intentionally and without right, by the explosion of gunpowder or of any other explosive, unlawfully damages or destroys property or injures a person, shall be subject to the following penalty:||I. If the offense occurs prior to November 1, 1973, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the state prison for not more than 20 years, or both.||II. If the offense occurs on or after November 1, 1973, he shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a Class A felony, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:35 - Possession of Infernal Machine; Penalty.

    158:35 Possession of Infernal Machine;  Penalty. –||Whoever, other than a police or other law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his official duties, or fire or military personnel while in performance of their duties, has in his possession or under his control an infernal machine or a similar instrument, contrivance, or device shall be subject to the following penalty:||I. If the offense occurs prior to November 1, 1973, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or both.||II. If the offense occurs on or after November 1, 1973, he shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a Class A felony, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.||III. The said machine, instrument, contrivance, or device shall be forfeited to the state. Notice of the seizure of any such machine, instrument, contrivance or device shall be sent forthwith to the director of state police and the article seized shall be subject to his order.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:36 - Throwing or Placing of Explosives; Penalty.

    158:36 Throwing or Placing of Explosives;  Penalty. –||Whoever willfully and intentionally throws at or near any person and whoever willfully, intentionally and without right throws into, against or upon, any property real or personal, or puts, places or explodes or causes to be exploded in, upon or near such property, or near any person, the following: gunpowder or other explosive, or a bombshell, torpedo or other instrument filled or loaded with an explosive; with an intent unlawfully to destroy or damage property or to injure any person, or whoever has in his possession or under his control such an article or instrument with such intent, shall be subject to the following penalty:||I. If the offense occurs prior to November 1, 1973, he shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the state prison for not more than 20 years, or both.||II. If the offense occurs on or after November 1, 1973, he shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a Class A felony, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:37 - Use of Molotov Cocktail; Penalty.

    158:37 Use of Molotov Cocktail;  Penalty. –||Whoever makes, sells, uses or has in his possession or under his control a bottle or other breakable container containing a flammable liquid into which has been fixed or placed a wick or similar device, and which bottle or container when ignited and thrown will cause a fire or explosion, shall be subject to the following penalty:||I. If the offense occurs prior to November 1, 1973, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 21/2 years, or both.||II. If the offense occurs on or after November 1, 1973, he shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a Class B felony, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.||The provisions of this section shall not apply to flares, lanterns, fireworks or other such devices used for signal or illumination purposes, or items used for any other lawful purpose.|||Source. 1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:38 - False Reports as to Explosives.

    158:38 False Reports as to Explosives. –||Any person who knowingly communicates a report known by him to be false regarding the location of an explosive or other similar dangerous substance or contrivance, thereby causing anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal discomfort to any person, shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 1973, 419:1. 1981, 553:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:38-a - Placement of Simulated Explosives.

    158:38-a Placement of Simulated Explosives. –||Any person who places or causes the placement of any device simulating an explosive or other similar dangerous substance or contrivance in any location, thereby causing anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal discomfort to any person, shall be guilty of a class A felony.|||Source. 1981, 553:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:39 - Exceptions.

    158:39 Exceptions. –||I. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall apply to the regular military or naval forces or coast guard of the United States, or any federal agency, or the duly authorized militia of this state, nor to the police or fire departments of this state, provided they are acting within their official capacity and in the proper performance of their duties.||II. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall apply to explosives while being transported by certified carriers in motor vehicles, railroad cars, or vessels in conformity with the regulations adopted by the federal government.||III. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall apply to black powder used by an association or nonprofit entity organized to conduct historical reenactments, portrayals, or demonstrations, or to the storage of up to 50 pounds of black powder by such an association or entity, provided that no more than 50 pounds of black powder is contained in a type 4 magazine as defined in 27 C.F.R. 55.203 and 27 C.F.R. 55.210(b) located at least 50 feet from an occupied dwelling in such a way as to be secure from unauthorized persons. The location of such magazine shall be registered with the local fire department and such information shall be for local fire department or local law enforcement use only.|||Source. 1973, 419:1. 2007, 70:1, eff. June 11, 2007; 183:2, eff. June 11, 2007 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 158:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances|Section 158:40 - Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negated.

    158:40 Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negated. –||In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, it shall not be necessary to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained herein, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.|||Source. 1987, 181:1, eff. May 12, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:1 - Definition.

    159:1 Definition. –||Pistol or revolver, as used herein, means any firearm with barrel less than 16 inches in length. It does not include antique pistols, gun canes, or revolvers. An antique pistol, gun cane, or revolver, for the purposes of this chapter, means any pistol, gun cane, or revolver utilizing an early type of ignition, including, but not limited to, flintlocks, wheel locks, matchlocks, percussions and pin-fire, but no pistol, gun cane, or revolver which utilizes readily available center fire or rim-fire cartridges which are in common, current use shall be deemed to be an antique pistol, gun cane, or revolver. Nothing in this section shall prevent antique pistols, gun canes, or revolvers from being owned or transferred by museums, antique or arms collectors, or licensed gun dealers at auctions, gun shows, or private premises provided such ownership or transfer does not conflict with federal statutes.|||Source. 1923, 118:1. PL 149:1. RL 179:1. RSA 159:1. 1967, 220:1. 1992, 273:1, eff. July 17, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:2 - Repealed by 1977, 403:3, eff. Sept. 3, 1977.

    159:2 Repealed by 1977, 403:3, eff. Sept. 3, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 159:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:3 - Convicted Felons.

    159:3 Convicted Felons. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if he:||(a) Owns or has in his possession or under his control, a pistol, revolver, or other firearm, or slungshot, metallic knuckles, billies, stiletto, switchblade knife, sword cane, pistol cane, blackjack, dagger, dirk-knife, or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V; and||(b) Has been convicted in either a state or federal court in this or any other state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of:||(1) A felony against the person or property of another; or||(2) A felony under RSA 318-B; or||(3) A felony violation of the laws of any other state, the District of Columbia, the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession of the United States relating to controlled drugs as defined in RSA 318-B.||I-a. A person is guilty of a class B felony if such person completes and signs an application for purchase of a firearm and the person is a convicted felon under the provisions of paragraph I.||II. The state shall confiscate to the use of the state the weapon or weapons of persons convicted under this section.||III. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that a felony of which a defendant has been convicted in another jurisdiction would not have constituted a felony in the state of New Hampshire at the time such felony was committed.|||Source. 1923, 118:3. PL 149:3. RL 179:3. RSA 159:3. 1973, 405:1; 528:83. 1981, 553:4. 1993, 157:1. 2001, 189:1; 214:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:3-a - Armed Career Criminals.

    159:3-a Armed Career Criminals. –||I. No person who has been convicted of any combination of 3 or more felonies in this state or any other state under homicide, assault, sexual assault, arson, burglary, robbery, extortion, child sexual abuse images, or controlled drug laws, shall own or have in his or her possession or under his or her control, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, or any other firearm.||II. Any person who violates paragraph I shall be guilty of a felony and, notwithstanding RSA 651:2, II, shall be sentenced to a minimum mandatory term of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum term of imprisonment of not more than 40 years and shall be fined not more than $25,000.||III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the whole, nor any part of the minimum mandatory sentence provided under paragraph II shall be served concurrently with any other term, nor shall the whole or any part of such additional term of imprisonment be suspended or deferred. No action brought to enforce sentencing under this section shall be continued for sentencing, nor shall the provisions of RSA 651:20 relative to suspensions or RSA 651-A relative to parole apply to any sentence of imprisonment imposed.|||Source. 1989, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 2017, 91:2, eff. Aug. 6, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:4 - Repealed by 2017, 1:3, eff. Feb. 22, 2017.

    159:4 Repealed by 2017, 1:3, eff. Feb. 22, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 159:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:5 - Exceptions.

    159:5 Exceptions. –||The provisions of RSA 159:3 and 4 shall not apply to marshals, sheriffs, policemen or other duly appointed peace and other law enforcement officers, or bailiffs and court officers responsible for court security; nor to the regular and ordinary transportation of pistols or revolvers as merchandise, nor to members of the armed services of the United States when on duty; nor to the national guard when on duty; nor to organizations by law authorized to purchase or receive such weapons; nor to duly authorized military or civil organizations when parading, or the members thereof when at, or going to or from, their customary places of assembly.|||Source. 1923, 118:5. PL 149:5. RL 179:5. 1951, 151:2. RSA 159:5. 1985, 258:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:5-a - Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negated.

    159:5-a Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negated. –||In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, it shall not be necessary to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained herein, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.|||Source. 1987, 181:2, eff. May 12, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 159:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:6-a - Confidentiality of Licenses.

    159:6-a Confidentiality of Licenses. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 91-A:4 or any other provision of law to the contrary, all papers and records, including applications, pertaining to the issuance of licenses pursuant to RSA 159:6 and all licenses issued pursuant to said section are subject to inspection only by law enforcement officials of the state or any political subdivision thereof or of the federal government while in the performance of official duties or upon written consent, for good cause shown, of the superior court in the county where said license was issued.|||Source. 1979, 106:1, eff. July 10, 1979.|