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NH Rev Stat § 231:81-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:81-a - Repair of Roads Not Maintained by a Municipality.

    231:81-a Repair of Roads Not Maintained by a Municipality. –||I. In the absence of an express agreement or requirement governing maintenance of a private road, when more than one residential owner enjoys a common benefit from a private road, each residential owner shall contribute equitably to the reasonable cost of maintaining the private road, and shall have the right to bring a civil action to enforce the requirement of this paragraph. This paragraph shall not apply to any highway defined in RSA 229:5.||II. Any owner of a residential property abutting a private road who directly or indirectly damages any portion of such road shall be solely responsible for repairing or restoring the portion damaged by such owner.||III. Nothing in this section is intended to extend or restrict the common law as applied to residences on private roads, nor to affect the rights and obligations of non-residential property owners on private roads as they exist under the New Hampshire common law on easements.|||Source. 2019, 308:2, eff. Aug. 2, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:82 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:82 - to 231:89 Repealed by 1991, 385:10, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

    231:82 to 231:89 Repealed by 1991, 385:10, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. –|
NH Rev Stat § 231:90 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:90 - Duty of Town After Notice of Insufficiency.

    231:90 Duty of Town After Notice of Insufficiency. –||I. Whenever any class IV or class V highway or bridge or sidewalk thereon in any municipality shall be insufficient, any person may give written notice of such insufficiency to one of the selectmen or highway agents of the town, or the mayor or street commissioners of the city, and a copy of said notice to the town or city clerk. The notice shall be signed and shall set forth in general terms of the location of such highway, bridge, or sidewalk and the nature of such insufficiency.||II. For purposes of this subdivision, a highway or sidewalk shall be considered "insufficient" only if:||(a) It is not passable in any safe manner by those persons or vehicles permitted on such sidewalk or highway by state law or by any more stringent local ordinance or regulation; or||(b) There exists a safety hazard which is not reasonably discoverable or reasonably avoidable by a person who is traveling upon such highway at posted speeds or upon such sidewalk, in obedience to all posted regulations, and in a manner which is reasonable and prudent as determined by the condition and state or repair of the highway or sidewalk, including any warning signs, and prevailing visibility and weather conditions.||III. A highway or sidewalk shall not, in the absence of impassability or hidden hazard as set forth in paragraph II, be considered "insufficient" merely by reason of the municipality's failure to construct, maintain or repair it to the same standard as some other highway or sidewalk, or to a level of service commensurate with its current level of public use.|||Source. 1893, 59:2, PL 82:8. RL 98:8. 1945, 188:1, part 18:9. RSA 247:9. 1981, 87:1. 1991, 385:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:91 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:91 - Municipality to Act; Liability.

    231:91 Municipality to Act;  Liability. –||I. Upon receipt of such notice of insufficiency, and unless the highway agents or street commissioners determine in good faith that no such insufficiency exists, the municipality shall immediately cause proper danger signals to be placed to warn persons by day or night of such insufficiency, and shall, within 72 hours thereafter, develop a plan for repairing such highway, bridge, or sidewalk and shall implement such plan in good faith and with reasonable dispatch until the highway, bridge, or sidewalk is no longer insufficient, as defined by RSA 231:90, II.||II. If the municipality fails to act as set forth in paragraph I, it shall be liable in damages for all personal injury or property damage proximately caused by the insufficiency identified in the notice, subject to the liability limits under RSA 507-B:4.|||Source. 1893, 59:2, PL 82:9. RL 98:9. 1945, 188:1, part 18:10. RSA 247:10. 1981, 87:1. 1991, 385:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:92 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:92 - Liability of Municipalities; Standard of Care.

    231:92 Liability of Municipalities;  Standard of Care. –||I. A municipality shall not be held liable for damages in an action to recover for personal injury or property damage arising out of its construction, maintenance, or repair of public highways and sidewalks constructed thereupon unless such injury or damage was caused by an insufficiency, as defined by RSA 231:90, and:||(a) The municipality received a written notice of such insufficiency as set forth in RSA 231:90, but failed to act as provided by RSA 231:91; or||(b) The selectmen, mayor or other chief executive official of the municipality, the town or city clerk, any on-duty police or fire personnel, or municipal officers responsible for maintenance and repair of highways, bridges, or sidewalks thereon had actual notice or knowledge of such insufficiency, by means other than written notice pursuant to RSA 231:90, and were grossly negligent or exercised bad faith in responding or failing to respond to such actual knowledge; or||(c) The condition constituting the insufficiency was created by an intentional act of a municipal officer or employee acting in the scope of his official duty while in the course of his employment, acting with gross negligence, or with reckless disregard of the hazard.||II. Any action to recover damages for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage arising out of municipal construction, repair or maintenance of its public highways or sidewalks constructed on such highways shall be dismissed unless the complaint describes with particularity the means by which the municipality received actual notice of the alleged insufficiency, or the intentional act which created the alleged insufficiency.||III. The acceptance or layout of a private road as a public highway shall not be construed to confer upon the municipality any notice of, or liability for, insufficiencies or defects which arose or were created prior to such layout or acceptance.||IV. The setting of construction, repair, or maintenance standards or levels of service for highways and sidewalks by municipal officials with responsibility therefor, whether accomplished formally or informally, shall be deemed a discretionary, policy function for which the municipality shall not be held liable in the absence of malice or bad faith.|||Source. RS 57:1. CS 61:1, 7. GS 69:1, 2. GL 75:1, 2. PS 76:1. 1893, 59:1. 1915, 48:1. 1921, 107:1. 1925, 52:2, 4. PL 89.1. 1935, 118:1. RL 105:1. 1945, 188:1, part 18:17. RSA 247:17. 1981, 87:1. 1991, 385:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:92-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:92-a - Snow, Ice and Other Weather Hazards.

    231:92-a Snow, Ice and Other Weather Hazards. –||Notwithstanding RSA 231:90-92, a municipality or school district shall not be held liable for damages arising from insufficiencies or hazards on public highways, bridges, or sidewalks, even if it has actual notice or knowledge of them, when such hazards are caused solely by snow, ice, or other inclement weather, and the municipality's or school district's failure or delay in removing or mitigating such hazards is the result of its implementation, absent gross negligence or reckless disregard of the hazard, of a winter or inclement weather maintenance policy or set of priorities adopted in good faith by the officials responsible for such policy; and all municipal or school district employees and officials shall be presumed to be acting pursuant to such a policy or set of priorities, in the absence of proof to the contrary.|||Source. 1991, 385:6. 1998, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:93 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:93 - When Municipalities Not Liable.

    231:93 When Municipalities Not Liable. –||Municipalities shall not be deemed to have any duty of care whatsoever with respect to the construction, maintenance or repair of class I, III, III-a or VI highways, or state maintained portions of class II highways. Upon any highway or other way with respect to which a municipality is found to have a duty of care of any kind, its liability shall be limited as set forth in this subdivision.|||Source. RS 105:4. 1945, 188:1, part 18:18. RSA 247:18. 1981, 87:1. 1991, 385:7. 1992, 265:14, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:94 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:94 - Sufficiency of Warning.

    231:94 Sufficiency of Warning. –||Sufficient warning of dangerous embankments shall be held to have been given whenever the railing, post, or other warning signs or structures conform to the standards prescribed by the commissioner of transportation and have been approved by him in the manner hereinafter provided.|||Source. 1925, 52:2. PL 89:2. 1935, 118:2. RL 105:2. 1945, 188:1, part 18:19. RSA 247:19. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(3).|
NH Rev Stat § 231:95 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:95 - Approval of Railings.

    231:95 Approval of Railings. –||The department of transportation shall examine all railings, posts, or other warning signs or structures erected by a town upon any highway, upon the written request of such town, and if the same are approved as standard, a record of such request, of the examination and approval, and of the locations shall be made and kept in the office of the department. A copy of such records shall be filed forthwith in the office of the town clerk. When certified by the commissioner of transportation, a copy shall be received by all courts as evidence of the sufficiency of such railings, posts, or other warning signs or structures for a period of 3 years after such record has been made.|||Source. 1925, 52:3. PL 89:3. 1935, 118:3. RL 105:3. 1945, 188:1, part 18:20. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 247:20. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(3), (b)(3).|
NH Rev Stat § 231:96 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:96 - to 231:104 Repealed by 1991, 385:10, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

    231:96 to 231:104 Repealed by 1991, 385:10, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. –|
NH Rev Stat § 231:105 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:105 - Liability of 2 or More Towns.

    231:105 Liability of 2 or More Towns. –||If 2 or more towns are chargeable with the expense of repairing and maintaining a highway they shall be liable for such damages and all costs and expenses of suits for the recovery thereof, in the proportion in which they are required to contribute towards its repair and maintenance; and the claimant may begin and prosecute proceedings for the recovery of such damages against all the towns jointly, or against the town in which the highway is situated.|||Source. 1883, 49:1. PS 76:11. PL 89:13. RL 105:13. 1945, 188:1, part 18:29. RSA 247:29. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:106 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:106 - Notice; Appearance.

    231:106 Notice;  Appearance. –||In case the proceedings are begun against the town in which the highway is situated only, the selectmen thereof shall cause true copies of all statements, petitions, writs and other papers served upon them or their town to be given to, or left at the usual place of abode of, one of the selectmen and the clerk of each of the other towns liable to contribute as aforesaid, within 10 days after such service; and such other towns may appear and be heard in all the proceedings as if they were parties to the record, and the record may be amended so as to include them.|||Source. 1883, 49:3, 4. PS 76:12. PL 89:14. RL 105:14. 1945, 188:1, part 18:30. RSA 247:30. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:107 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:107 - Settlement by One Town.

    231:107 Settlement by One Town. –||Any such town may settle with the claimant its proportion of the damages claimed; and the settlement shall be a full discharge of its proportional share of the damages and costs as against both it and the other towns; but the same shall not affect the claimant's rights against the other towns or either of them, or be put in evidence in any suit commenced by him against them, except in proceedings relating to the adjustment of contributions between the towns, when final judgment is to be entered up.|||Source. 1883, 49:3. PS 76:13. PL 89:15. RL 105:15. 1945, 188:1, part 18:31. RSA 247:31. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:108 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:108 - Apportionment.

    231:108 Apportionment. –||Whenever final judgment is to be entered up in any such action the court, upon notice to all the towns interested, shall determine the amount to be paid by each to either of the others to adjust all matters of damage, cost and expense according to the provisions of the preceding sections, and make orders and issue executions accordingly.|||Source. 1883, 49:5. PS 76:14. PL 89:16. RL 105:16. 1945, 188:1, part 18:32. RSA 247:32. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:109 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:109 - Liability of Persons for Damages on Bridges, Culverts, and Embankments.

    231:109 Liability of Persons for Damages on Bridges, Culverts, and Embankments. –||Any person or corporation, except municipal corporations, through whose negligence or carelessness any obstruction, defect, insufficiency, or want of repair is caused upon any highway, shall be liable to any person injured by reason thereof, and the damages may be recovered in an action on the case; provided that this subdivision shall not enlarge the common law liability of public officers.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 18:33. RSA 247:33. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:110 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:110 - Venue.

    231:110 Venue. –||All actions for damages brought under the provisions of this subdivision shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the injuries were received.|||Source. 1878, 35:4. GL 75:14. PS 76:16. PL 89:18. RL 105:18. 1945, 188:1, part 18:34. RSA 247:34. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:111 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:111 - Construction of Sidewalks.

    231:111 Construction of Sidewalks. –||The mayor and aldermen of any city, upon petition, may construct sidewalks therein, with or without edgestones, and covered with any appropriate material, and for that purpose may widen and straighten any highway as in other cases, except that the notice of proceedings shall state that the construction of a sidewalk is contemplated.|||Source. 1875, 36:1. GL 78:1. PS 79:1. PL 95:1. RL 111:1. 1945, 188:1, part 22:1. RSA 252:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:112 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:112 - Assessing Abutters.

    231:112 Assessing Abutters. –||In constructing such sidewalks such board may assess upon the owners of the property abutting on such street a portion not exceeding 1/2 of the expense of constructing the same, and the amount so assessed upon each of such owners shall be reasonable, and proportional to the benefits accruing to the land upon which such assessment is laid; said assessments may be payable in one year or prorated over a period not to exceed 10 years, in the discretion of the board; and all assessments thus made shall be valid and binding upon the owners of such land, and shall be a lien thereon for one year after the same are made and notice given to the persons assessed, and said lands may be sold for non-payment thereof as in the case of non-payment of taxes on resident lands. The landowner shall have the same right of appeal, with the same procedure, as in other highway cases.|||Source. 1895, 72:1. PL 95:2. RL 111:2. 1945, 188:1, part 22:2. RSA 252:2. 1963, 109:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:113 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:113 - Repair and Maintenance.

    231:113 Repair and Maintenance. –||The highway agent, under the direction of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town shall have charge of the repair of all sidewalks therein constructed under the provisions of this subdivision, and such sidewalks shall be maintained, repaired and reconstructed by the city or town in which they are located without further assessment to the abutting owner.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 22:3. RSA 252:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:114 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:114 - Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

    231:114 Findings and Declaration of Necessity. –||It is hereby found and declared:||I. That the free circulation of traffic of all kinds through the streets of the municipalities of this state is necessary for the rapid and effective fighting of fires, disposition of police forces, and transit of other emergency vehicles in said municipalities for the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the public, whether residing in or traveling to, through or from said municipalities in the course of lawful pursuits as well as for the sound economic development of such municipalities;||II. That in recent years the parking of motor vehicles of all kinds on the streets of said municipalities has so substantially impeded such free circulation of traffic as to constitute at the present time a public nuisance endangering the health, safety, morals and welfare of the general public, as well as endangering the economic life of said municipalities;||III. That such traffic congestion cannot be adequately abated except by provisions for sufficient off-street parking facilities; and that the enactment of laws to so provide off-street parking facilities is therefore a necessity in the public interest.|||Source. RSA 252-A:1. 1969, 493:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:115 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:115 - Definitions.

    231:115 Definitions. –||Terms used in this subdivision shall have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or is otherwise inconsistent with the manifest intention of this subdivision:||I. "Public parking facilities" shall mean any lots, garages, parking terminals and other structures of one or more levels, facilities and accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles off the street or highway and open to public use with or without charge and all facilities appurtenant thereto including ancillary waiting rooms, lockers, space for concessions, stores, and offices, terminal facilities for trucks and buses, facilities for the servicing of motor vehicles and for the sale of gasoline, oil and other accessories; and said term shall include structures over or under other structures which other structures may be owned by or leased to a person or corporation and used in whole or part for other than municipal purposes; and said term shall also include streets and ways constructed for access to or egress from such public parking facilities.||II. "Cost of construction" shall mean and include the purchase price of any public parking facility, the cost of construction, the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the cost of improvements, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements and franchises acquired, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction, cost of plans and specifications, surveys and estimates of cost and of revenues, cost of engineering and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such construction administrative expense and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized.||III. "Operating expenses" shall mean and include any costs related to the maintenance, operation and repair of public parking facilities and shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ordinary and usual expenses of maintenance and repair, engineering expenses relating to operation, maintenance and repair, insurance premiums after completion of construction, administrative and legal expenses after such completion and the reasonable cost of policing public parking facilities.||IV. "Municipality" or "municipalities" shall include any city or town in the state.||V. "Legislative body" shall mean the town meeting in towns and the mayor and aldermen in cities.||VI. "Governing board" shall mean the selectmen in towns and the mayor and aldermen in cities.|||Source. RSA 252-A:2. 1969, 493:1. 1971, 512:10. 1981, 87:1. 1993, 169:2, eff. July 23, 1993.|