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NH Rev Stat § 159:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159 - Pistols and Revolvers|Section 159:26 - Firearms, Ammunition, and Knives; Authority of the State.

    159:26 Firearms, Ammunition, and Knives;  Authority of the State. –||I. To the extent consistent with federal law, the state of New Hampshire shall have authority and jurisdiction over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, firearms supplies, or knives in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision may regulate the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, or firearms supplies in the state. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting a political subdivision's right to adopt zoning ordinances for the purpose of regulating firearms or knives businesses in the same manner as other businesses or to take any action allowed under RSA 207:59.||II. Upon the effective date of this section, all municipal ordinances and regulations not authorized under paragraph I relative to the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearm components, ammunition, firearms supplies, or knives shall be null and void.|||Source. 2003, 283:2. 2011, 139:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:1 - Exemption.

    159-B:1 Exemption. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 644:2, III(a) or any other law to the contrary, no person who owns, operates, or uses a shooting range in this state shall be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter relating to noise or noise pollution, provided that the owners of the range are in compliance with any applicable noise control ordinances in existence at the time the range was established, was constructed, or began operations.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:2 - Injunctions.

    159-B:2 Injunctions. –||The owners, operators, or users of shooting ranges shall not be subject to any action for nuisance and no court shall enjoin the use or operation of a range on the basis of noise or noise pollution, provided that the owners of the range are in compliance with any noise control ordinance that was in existence at the time the range was established, was constructed, or began operations.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:3 - Expansion.

    159-B:3 Expansion. –||Subsequent physical expansion of the shooting range or change in the types of firearms in use at the range shall not establish a new date of commencement of operations for the portion or portions in existence prior to the expansion for the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:4 - Retroactivity Prohibited.

    159-B:4 Retroactivity Prohibited. –||No administrative rule, statute, or ordinance adopted, enacted, or proposed by the state of New Hampshire or its political subdivisions shall be applied retroactively to prohibit or limit the scope of the shooting activities previously conducted at a shooting range, which was in operation prior to the adoption, enactment, enforcement, or proposal of the administrative rule, statute, or ordinance.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:5 - Nuisance.

    159-B:5 Nuisance. –||Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person may not maintain a nuisance action for noise or noise pollution against a shooting range, or the owners, operators, or users of the range, located in the vicinity of that person's property, if the shooting range was established, constructed, or being used on a regular basis as of the date the person acquired the property.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:6 - Exemption From State Standards.

    159-B:6 Exemption From State Standards. –||No standard in rules adopted by any state agency for limiting levels of noise in terms of decibel level, which may occur in the outdoor atmosphere, shall apply to the shooting ranges exempted from liability under the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:7 - Cause of Action.

    159-B:7 Cause of Action. –||The owners of a shooting range shall have a right of action in superior court to enforce the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-B - Shooting Ranges|Section 159-B:8 - Definitions.

    159-B:8 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Noise" shall mean the intensity, duration, and character of sounds from shooting.||II. "Shooting range" shall mean a property or properties designed and operated for persons using rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, or blackpowder weapons; archery; air rifles; silhouettes; skeet ranges; trap ranges; or other similar facilities.|||Source. 2004, 83:2, eff. May 7, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-D - Criminal Background Checks|Section 159-D:1 - Sale of Firearms; Criminal History Record and Protective Order Check.

    159-D:1 Sale of Firearms;  Criminal History Record and Protective Order Check. –||The department of safety may become the point of contact for the federal government for the purposes of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).|||Source. 1999, 336:1, eff. Nov. 3, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-D - Criminal Background Checks|Section 159-D:2 - Confidentiality.

    159-D:2 Confidentiality. –||I. If the department of safety conducts criminal background checks under RSA 159-D:1, any records containing information pertaining to a potential buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of a firearm by reason of state or federal law, which are created by the department of safety to conduct the criminal background check, shall be confidential and may not be disclosed by the department or any officers or employees to any person or to another agency. The department shall destroy any such records after it communicates the corresponding approval number to the licensee and, in any event, such records shall be destroyed within one day after the day of the receipt of the licensee's request.||II. The department shall retain records containing any information pertaining to a potential buyer or transferee who is prohibited from receipt or transfer of a firearm for 3 years.||III. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the department may maintain only a log of dates of requests for criminal background checks and unique approval numbers corresponding to such dates for an indefinite period.||IV. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the department to maintain records containing the names of licensees who receive unique approval numbers or to maintain records of firearm transactions, including the names or other identification of licensees and potential buyers or transferees, including persons not otherwise prohibited by law from the receipt or possession of firearms.|||Source. 1999, 336:1, eff. Nov. 3, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 159-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 159-D - Criminal Background Checks|Section 159-D:3 - Penalties for Attempts to Purchase Firearms Illegally.

    159-D:3 Penalties for Attempts to Purchase Firearms Illegally. –||A person who completes and signs an application for purchase of a firearm and who knows that such purchase is illegal because he or she is subject to a protective order shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B felony for a second or subsequent offense.|||Source. 2000, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:1 - Definitions.

    160-B:1 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "Fireworks" means fireworks as defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11.||II. [Repealed.]||III. [Repealed.]||IV. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of safety.||V. "Display" means the use, explosion, activation, ignition, discharge, firing or any other activity which is intended to cause or which causes a firework to do what it was manufactured to do.||V-a. [Repealed.]||V-b. [Repealed.]||V-c. [Repealed.]||VI. "Sale" or "sell" means to sell, give or transfer to another, with or without consideration.||VII. "Retail" means the sale to any consumer or person not engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks.||VIII. "Wholesale" means engaging in the business of making sales to any other person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks. "Wholesale" shall not include any making of sales to consumers or persons not engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks. To constitute a wholesale sale a sale must be for a minimum amount of $1,000. This minimum may be increased by the commissioner by rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||IX. "Consumer fireworks" means consumer fireworks as defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11 and formerly known as class C common fireworks.||X. "Display fireworks" means display fireworks as defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11 and formerly known as class B special fireworks.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1992, 44:1, 8 I. 1994, 123:1. 1996, 54:2, 3, 8. 1997, 177:1. 1998, 37:1. 1999, 69:1; 348:3, 4, 21, I-IV. 2011, 160:1, eff. June 14, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:2 - Sale; Penalty.

    160-B:2 Sale;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall sell fireworks other than a person who meets all of the following requirements:||(a) Has a federal permit to sell fireworks issued in accordance with title 18 of the United States Code.||(b) Has a state license to sell display and consumer fireworks issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:6.||(c) Has a local permit to sell display and consumer fireworks issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:6.||II. No person shall sell fireworks other than either:||(a) To a person who presents a certificate of competency issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:7 and RSA 158:9-f and leaves a copy of such certificate and who presents a permit to display issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:7 and leaves a copy of such permit; or||(b) To a person who possesses and shows a license for the storage of class B fireworks issued pursuant to RSA 158:9-f; or||(c) At wholesale to a person engaged in the sale of fireworks meeting all of the specifications in RSA 160-B:6, VII.||III. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1999, 348:5, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:3 - Display; Penalty.

    160-B:3 Display;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall display fireworks other than a person who meets all of the following requirements:||(a) Has obtained a certificate of competency issued pursuant to RSA 158:9-f which shall be in such person's possession at the time of display and which has not been revoked or suspended.||(b) Has obtained a municipal permit to display issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:7 which shall be in such person's possession and which has not been revoked or suspended.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section by displaying display fireworks shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||III. Any person who violates the provisions of this section by displaying consumer common fireworks shall be guilty of a violation for a first offense and a misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1998, 37:2. 1999, 348:6, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:4 - Possession; Penalty.

    160-B:4 Possession;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall possess fireworks other than the following:||(a) A person who has in the person's possession a certificate of competency issued pursuant to RSA 158:9-f and a valid permit to display issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:7.||(b) A person who has a federal permit to sell display fireworks issued in accordance with title 18 of the United States Code, a state license issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:6, and a municipal permit issued in accordance with RSA 160-B:6, or an employee of such person. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "employee" shall be limited to a person who is reported as an employee for state and federal tax purposes and for unemployment compensation purposes.||(c) A common carrier which is in possession of a bill of lading indicating that fireworks are being shipped to or from a licensed and permitted seller or a person who has a certificate of competency and a permit to display.||(d) Any manufacturer or common carrier shipping fireworks in interstate commerce through the state of New Hampshire which are not being delivered or received in this state.||(e) A person who has a licensed facility for the storage of display fireworks pursuant to RSA 158:9-c.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation unless the person possesses with intent to sell, in which case such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1998, 37:3, 4. 1999, 348:7, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:5 - Issuance of Permit; Penalty.

    160-B:5 Issuance of Permit;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall issue a permit or license to display fireworks contrary to this chapter.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1991, 286:2, eff. Mar. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:7 - Requirements for Display of Fireworks.

    160-B:7 Requirements for Display of Fireworks. –||I. The commissioner may issue a certificate of competency to display fireworks as provided in RSA 158:9-f to a person who meets the requirements established under that section.||II. Any municipality, fair association, amusement park or other organization may apply for a permit to display fireworks and shall include in the application the name of a person who has been issued a certificate of competency who shall be responsible for conducting the display and a copy of that individual's certificate.||III. The chief of police, licensing board, or governing body of the municipality, after an inspection has been conducted by the fire chief, may issue a permit to display fireworks. The permit shall specify the date on which the display is to be conducted and any other conditions that may be imposed.||IV. The display shall be of such a character, and so located and displayed, as in the opinion of the chief of the fire department or fire ward, after proper inspection, that it shall not be hazardous to property or endanger any person.||V. An application for a display permit shall be made in writing at least 15 days in advance of the date of the display. The town, city, or village district may charge a reasonable fee for a permit to display fireworks. No display permit granted under this section shall be transferable, and each display permit shall be valid for only one display to be held on the date permitted. If, in the opinion of the chief of the fire department, conditions deteriorate during the 15 days before the date for which such permit is granted so that a fire hazard exists, the chief may revoke the permit. At least 72 hours prior to the date of display, the operator of the display shall transmit a copy of the completed display permit, with proof of insurance for the display, approved by the town, city, or village district, to the department of safety.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1998, 37:7. 2008, 192:1, eff. June 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:8 - Rulemaking.

    160-B:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:||I. The procedure and reasons for suspending or revoking a license issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:6.||II. Increasing the amount of sale necessary to constitute a wholesale sale, to account for inflation or other economic factors.||III. Expanding the definition of fireworks to cover any other devices used for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation which are not covered by the federal regulations governing display and consumer fireworks but which are deemed by the commissioner to constitute a threat to public safety.||IV. Insurance, bonding, or other evidence of financial responsibility to be required of any person licensed under this chapter.||V. Forms for applications and local permits to sell fireworks and forms for applications and local permits to display fireworks.||V-a. [Repealed.]||V-b. [Repealed.]||V-c. [Repealed.]||VI. All matters necessary to implement the provisions of RSA 160-B:12, relative to exceptions.||VII. Forms for applications and state licenses to sell fireworks.||VIII. Requirements for the safe use, handling, and storage of fireworks.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1992, 44:3, 8, II. 1994, 123:3, 4. 1996, 54:1. 1999, 348:9, 10, 21, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:9 - Enforcement.

    160-B:9 Enforcement. –||Upon application, the superior court or district court is authorized to permit the law enforcement officials or certified fire citation officers of the state, counties, or any city or town to seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner all stocks of fireworks offered or exposed for sale, stored or held in violation of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or limit any other authority granted by law to law enforcement officials or certified fire citation officers.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1992, 44:4, eff. April 9, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:10 - Local Option.

    160-B:10 Local Option. –||Any municipality in the state, by action of its local legislative body or local governing body, may vote to allow or to prohibit, within that municipality, the issuance of permits or licenses to the extent authorized under RSA 160-B:6 and 160-B:7. If the municipality has voted to prohibit the issuance of permits or the display of fireworks prior to March 1, 1992, such decision shall remain in effect unless subsequent action is taken under this section.|||Source. 1991, 286:2. 1992, 44:5. 1999, 348:11, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:11 - Civil Liability.

    160-B:11 Civil Liability. –||In addition to any other penalties imposed under this chapter, any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be liable, in any civil action, to any person for damages resulting from the illegal sale or use of fireworks, and neither assumption of risk nor contributory negligence shall be a defense for such violator.|||Source. 1991, 286:2, eff. Mar. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:12 - Exceptions.

    160-B:12 Exceptions. –||The commissioner may issue permits granting exceptions to the provisions of this chapter to persons who intend to use fireworks for agricultural, railroad, or military purposes, provided that the type of fireworks to be used are designed in such a way as to accomplish the purpose for which the permit is sought and provided that the person who applies for the exception has first received approval by the appropriate local official.|||Source. 1991, 286:2, eff. Mar. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:13 - Appeal.

    160-B:13 Appeal. –||Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner pursuant to this chapter may appeal pursuant to RSA 541.|||Source. 1991, 286:2, eff. Mar. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:14 - Immediate Suspension Authority.

    160-B:14 Immediate Suspension Authority. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner may immediately suspend a license issued pursuant to RSA 160-B:6 if the commissioner has evidence that the licensee is selling fireworks contrary to any of the provisions of RSA 160-B or any rules adopted under this chapter. Any person whose license is suspended pursuant to this section shall be given the opportunity for a hearing within 10 days of the suspension. Any person found to be selling fireworks after the person's license has been suspended pursuant to this section shall not have the license reinstated for a minimum of one year from the date of suspension.|||Source. 1992, 44:6. 1998, 37:8, eff. May 5, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 160-B:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 160-B - Fireworks|Section 160-B:15 - Advertising.

    160-B:15 Advertising. –||I. No person shall advertise fireworks by means of radio, television, newspaper, flyer, catalog, billboard, mobile or stationary sign, or any other means in such a way as to confuse or mislead the public about:||(a) The conditions under which fireworks may be purchased.||(b) The conditions under which fireworks may be used.||(c) The requirements contained in RSA 160-B, RSA 160-C, or any other provision of state or federal law or regulations.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1992, 44:6. 1999, 348:21, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|