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NH Rev Stat § 479-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:10 - Contents of Declaration.

    479-A:10 Contents of Declaration. –||The declaration shall contain the following particulars:||I. Description of the land on which the building and improvements are or are to be located.||II. Description of the building, stating the number of stories and basements, the number of units and the principal materials of which it is or is to be constructed.||III. The unit number of each unit and a statement of its location, approximate area, number of rooms, and immediate common area to which it has access, and any other data necessary for its proper identification.||IV. Description of the common areas and facilities.||V. Description of the limited common areas and facilities, if any, stating to which units their use is reserved.||VI. Value of the property and of each unit, and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to each unit and its owner for all purposes, including voting.||VII. Statement of the purposes for which the building and each of the units are intended and restricted as to use.||VIII. The name of a person to receive service of process in the cases provided in RSA 479-A:26, together with the residence or place of business of such person which shall be within the county in which the building is located.||IX. Provision as to the percentage of votes by the unit owners which shall be determinative of whether to rebuild, repair, restore, or sell the property in the event of damage or destruction of all or part of the property.||X. Any further details in connection with the property which the person executing the declaration may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:11 - Contents of Deeds of Units.

    479-A:11 Contents of Deeds of Units. –||Deeds of units shall include the following particulars:||I. Description of the land as provided in RSA 479-A:10 or the post office address of the property, including in either case the volume, page and date of recording of the declaration.||II. The unit number of the unit in the declaration and any other data necessary for its proper identification.||III. Statement of the use for which the unit is intended and restrictions on its use.||IV. The percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the unit in the common areas and facilities.||V. Any further details which the grantor and grantee may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and this chapter.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:12 - Copy of Floor Plans To Be Filed.

    479-A:12 Copy of Floor Plans To Be Filed. –||Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration, there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, location, unit numbers, and dimensions of the units, stating the name of the building or that it has no name. Those portions of the plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor shall bear the verified statement of a licensed land surveyor and all other portions of the plans shall bear the verified statement of a licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer certifying that they are accurate copies of portions of the plans of the building as filed with and approved by the municipal or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for the construction of buildings, if any. Said plans shall be drawn in full compliance with the requirements as to material, markings, size, and other specifications as set forth in RSA 478:1-a. If such plans do not include a verified statement by such land surveyor and architect or engineer that such plans fully and accurately depict the layout, location, unit designations, and dimensions of all of the units as built, there shall be recorded prior to each first conveyance of any particular unit with respect to which such a statement was not made an amendment to the declaration to which shall be attached a verified statement of a licensed land surveyor as to the portions of plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor and a verified statement of a licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer as to all other portions of plans certifying that the plans theretofore filed, or being filed simultaneously with such amendment, fully and accurately depict the layout, location, unit designations, and dimensions of such particular unit as built. Such plans shall be kept by the recording officer, indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to record.|||Source. 1965, 155:1. 1971, 413:1. 1975, 37:1. 2005, 31:2, eff. July 9, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:13 - Blanket Mortgages and Other Blanket Liens Affecting a Unit at Time of First Conveyance.

    479-A:13 Blanket Mortgages and Other Blanket Liens Affecting a Unit at Time of First Conveyance. –||At the time of the first conveyance of each unit, every mortgage and other lien affecting such unit, including the percentage of undivided interest of the unit in the common areas and facilities, shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the unit being conveyed and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be released therefrom by partial release duly recorded.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:14 - Recording.

    479-A:14 Recording. –||The declaration and amendment or amendments thereof, any instrument by which the provisions of this chapter may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property of any unit shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded.|||Source. 1965, 155:1. 1971, 413:1, eff. Aug. 28, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:15 - Removal From Provisions of This Chapter.

    479-A:15 Removal From Provisions of This Chapter. –||All of the unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the unit owner in the property as provided in this section. Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each unit owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:16 - Removal No Bar to Subsequent Resubmission.

    479-A:16 Removal No Bar to Subsequent Resubmission. –||The removal provided for in RSA 479-A:15 shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:17 - Bylaws.

    479-A:17 Bylaws. –||The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and made a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be valid unless set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is duly recorded.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:18 - Contents of Bylaws.

    479-A:18 Contents of Bylaws. –||The bylaws may provide for the following:||I. The election from among the unit owners of a board of directors, the number of persons constituting the same, and that the terms of at least 1/3 of the directors shall expire annually; the powers and duties of the board; the compensation, if any, of the directors; the method of removal from office of directors; and whether or not the board may engage the services of a manager or managing agent.||II. The method of calling meetings of the unit owners and what percentage, if other than a majority of the unit owners, shall constitute a quorum.||III. The election of a president from among the board of directors who shall preside over the meetings of the board of directors and of the association of unit owners.||IV. The election of a secretary who shall keep the minute book wherein resolutions shall be recorded.||V. The election of a treasurer who shall keep the financial records and books of account.||VI. The maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payments therefor, including the method of approving payment vouchers.||VII. The manner of collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses.||VIII. The designation and removal of personnel necessary for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities.||IX. The method of adopting and of amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and facilities.||X. Such restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common areas and facilities, not set forth in the declaration, as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common areas and facilities by the several unit owners.||XI. The percentage of votes required to amend the bylaws.||XII. Other provisions as may be deemed necessary for the administration of the property consistent with this chapter.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:19 - Books of Receipts and Expenditures; Availability for Examination.

    479-A:19 Books of Receipts and Expenditures;  Availability for Examination. –||The manager or board of directors, as the case may be, shall keep detailed, accurate records in chronological order of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common areas and facilities, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas and facilities and any other expenses incurred. Such records and the vouchers authorizing the payments shall be available for examination by the unit owners at convenient hours of weekdays.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:20 - Waiver of Use of Common Areas and Facilities; Abandonment of Unit.

    479-A:20 Waiver of Use of Common Areas and Facilities;  Abandonment of Unit. –||No unit owner may exempt himself from liability for his contribution towards the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common areas and facilities or by abandonment of his unit.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:21 - Separate Taxation.

    479-A:21 Separate Taxation. –||I. Each unit and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be subject to separate assessment and taxation by each assessing unit and special district for all types of taxes authorized by law, including, but not limited to, special ad valorem levies and special assessments. Neither the building, the property, nor any of the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel.||II. In the event the land or the building, including common areas and facilities, is separately owned and leased to the unit owner for a period of not less than 30 years and such lease, duly recorded, provides that the lessee shall pay all such taxes, such unit and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be separately assessed and taxed as aforesaid.|||Source. 1965, 155:1. 1967, 264:4, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:22 - Priority of Lien.

    479-A:22 Priority of Lien. –||All sums assessed by the association of unit owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any unit shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all other liens except only (1) tax liens on the unit in favor of any assessing unit and special district and (2) all sums unpaid on a first mortgage of record. Such lien may be foreclosed by the manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the unit owners, in like manner as a mortgage of real property. In any such foreclosure, the unit owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the unit if so provided in the bylaws, and the plaintiff in such foreclosure shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect the same. The manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the unit owners shall have power, unless prohibited by the declaration, to bid in the unit at a foreclosure sale and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the same. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid common expenses shall be maintainable without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same. Where the mortgagee of a first mortgage of record or other purchaser of a unit obtains title to the unit as a result of foreclosure of the first mortgage, such acquirer of title, his successors and assigns shall not be liable for the share of the common expenses or assessments by the association of unit owners chargeable to such unit which became due prior to the acquisition of title to such unit by such acquirer. Such unpaid share of common expenses or assessments shall be deemed to be common expenses collectible from all of the unit owners including such acquirer, his successors and assigns.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:23 - Joint and Several Liability of Grantor and Grantee for Unpaid Common Expenses.

    479-A:23 Joint and Several Liability of Grantor and Grantee for Unpaid Common Expenses. –||In a voluntary conveyance, the grantee of a unit shall be jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for his share of the common expenses up to the time of the grant or conveyance without prejudice to the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantee therefor. However, any such grantee shall be entitled to a statement from the manager or board of directors, as the case may be, setting forth the amount of the unpaid assessments against the grantor, and such grantee shall not be liable for, nor shall the unit conveyed be subject to a lien for, any unpaid assessments against the grantor in excess of the amount therein set forth.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:24 - Insurance.

    479-A:24 Insurance. –||The manager or the board of directors if required by the declaration, bylaws or by a majority of the unit owners, or at the request of a mortgagee having a first mortgage of record covering a unit, shall have the authority to, and shall, obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards under such terms and for such amounts as shall be required or requested. Such insurance coverage shall be written on the property in the name of such manager or of the board of directors of the association of unit owners as trustee for each of the unit owners in the percentages established in the declaration. Premiums shall be common expenses. Provision for such insurance shall be without prejudice to the right of each unit owner to insure his own unit for his benefit.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:25 - Disposition of Property; Destruction or Damage.

    479-A:25 Disposition of Property;  Destruction or Damage. –||If within 60 days of the date of the damage or destruction to all or part of the property it is not determined by the association of unit owners to repair, reconstruct or rebuild, then and in that event: the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the unit owners; the undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each unit owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities; any liens affecting any of the units shall be deemed to be transferred in accordance with the existing priorities to the percentage of the undivided interest of the unit owner in the property as provided in this section; and the property shall be subject to an action for partition at the suit of any unit owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of the insurance on the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund and shall be divided among all the unit owners in a percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each owner in the property, after first paying out of the respective shares of the unit owners to the extent sufficient for the purpose all liens on the undivided interest in the property owned by each unit owner.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:26 - Actions.

    479-A:26 Actions. –||Without limiting the rights of any unit owner, actions may be brought by the manager or board of directors, in either case in the discretion of the board of directors, on behalf of 2 or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, with respect to any cause of action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one unit. Service of process on 2 or more unit owners in any action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one unit may be made on the person designated in the declaration to receive service of process.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:27 - Personal Application.

    479-A:27 Personal Application. –||All unit owners, tenants of such owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other persons who may in any manner use property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to this chapter and to the declaration and bylaws of the association of unit owners adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. All agreements, decisions and determinations lawfully made by the association of unit owners in accordance with the voting percentages established in the chapter, declaration or bylaws shall be deemed to be binding on all unit owners.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-A:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-A - Unit Ownership of Real Property|Section 479-A:28 - Severability.

    479-A:28 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or any section, sentence, clause, phrase or word, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of any such provision, section, sentence, clause, phrase or word in any other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1965, 155:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-B - Foreclosure Consultants and Pre-Foreclosure Conveyances|Section 479-B:2 - Foreclosure Consulting Contracts.

    479-B:2 Foreclosure Consulting Contracts. –||I. A foreclosure consultant shall not enter into any agreement or provide any services on behalf of a homeowner until the homeowner has executed a foreclosure consulting contract. A foreclosure consulting contract shall:||(a) Be provided to the homeowner for review before signing;||(b) Be written in the same language that is spoken by the homeowner if the homeowner is unable to adequately understand or to express himself or herself in the spoken or written English language;||(c) Fully disclose the exact nature of the foreclosure consulting services to be provided, including any pre-foreclosure conveyance that may be involved, and the total amount and terms of any compensation to be received by the foreclosure consultant or any other person involved in the transaction; and||(d) Be dated and personally signed by the homeowner and the foreclosure consultant and be witnessed and acknowledged by a notary public or justice of the peace appointed and commissioned by the state of New Hampshire.||II. The contract shall contain on the first page:||(a) The name, mailing address, physical address, electronic address, and facsimile number of the foreclosure consultant to which the notice of cancellation is to be mailed; and||(b) The date the homeowner signed the contract.||III. The contract shall be accompanied by a "notice of cancellation," which must be attached to the contract, be easily detachable, and explain the homeowner's right to cancel the contract and how to exercise that right. Each homeowner shall be given 2 copies of the completed notice of cancellation.||IV. The foreclosure consultant shall provide the homeowner with a signed and dated copy of the contract and the attached notice of cancellation immediately upon execution of the contract.||V. Any provision in a foreclosure consulting contract that attempts or purports to waive any of the rights specified in this chapter are void.|||Source. 2007, 322:1, eff. July 16, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 479-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479-B - Foreclosure Consultants and Pre-Foreclosure Conveyances|Section 479-B:6 - Waiver of Rights Prohibited.

    479-B:6 Waiver of Rights Prohibited. –||I. A person may not induce or attempt to induce a homeowner to waive the homeowner's rights under this chapter.||II. Any waiver by a homeowner of the provisions of this chapter is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.|||Source. 2007, 322:1, eff. July 16, 2007.|