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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:23 - Termination of Professional Activities.

294-A:23 Termination of Professional Activities. –
If a professional corporation ceases to render professional services, it shall, within a reasonable period of time, either dissolve and liquidate or amend its articles of incorporation to delete from its stated purposes the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of the law of this state applicable to business corporations regarding its corporate name. The corporation may then continue in existence as a corporation under the business corporation law and shall no longer be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:24 - Involuntary Dissolution.

294-A:24 Involuntary Dissolution. –
The secretary of state may administratively dissolve a corporation under RSA 293-A:14.21 if:
I. The corporation for 2 consecutive years does not pay within 60 days after they are due any franchise fees or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;
II. The corporation for 2 consecutive years does not deliver its annual report to the secretary of state within 60 days after it is due;
III. The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more;
IV. The corporation does not notify the secretary of state within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued; or
V. The corporation's period of duration stated in its articles of incorporation expires.
Source.
1981, 236:1. 2004, 248:19, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:25 - Admission of Foreign Professional Corporations.

294-A:25 Admission of Foreign Professional Corporations. –
I. A foreign professional corporation shall be entitled to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state only if:
(a) The name of the corporation meets the requirements of this chapter;
(b) The corporation is organized only for purposes for which a professional corporation organized under this chapter may be organized; and
(c) All the shareholders, and such of the directors and officers as are required under RSA 294-A:20 are qualified persons with respect to the corporation.
II. No foreign professional corporation shall be required to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state unless it maintains an office in this state for the conduct of business or professional practice.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:26 - Application for Certificate of Authority.

294-A:26 Application for Certificate of Authority. –
Application for a certificate of authority by a foreign professional corporation shall be to the secretary of state. The application for the purpose of rendering professional services shall include a statement that all the shareholders and those of its directors and officers as are required by the laws of its state of incorporation and by RSA 294-A:20 are licensed in one or more states, territories of the United States or the District of Columbia to render a professional service described in the statement of purpose of the corporation.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:27 - Revocation of Certificate of Authority.

294-A:27 Revocation of Certificate of Authority. –
The certificate of authority of a foreign professional corporation may be revoked pursuant to RSA 293-A:14.21 by the secretary of state if the corporation fails to comply with any provision of this chapter applicable to it.
Source.
1981, 236:1. 2004, 248:20, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:28 - Annual Report.

294-A:28 Annual Report. –
I. The annual report of each domestic professional corporation, and each foreign professional corporation authorized to transact business in this state, filed with the secretary of state under the law in this state applicable to business corporations shall include a statement that all the shareholders, and as many of the directors and officers as may be required under RSA 294-A:20, are qualified persons with respect to the corporation.
II. [Repealed.]
Source.
1981, 236:1. 1985, 339:16, IV, eff. June 14, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:29 - Effect of Incorporation Laws.

294-A:29 Effect of Incorporation Laws. –
The law of this state applicable to business corporations shall apply to professional corporations, domestic and foreign, except to the extent that the business corporation law is inconsistent with this chapter.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:30 - Application to Existing Corporations.

294-A:30 Application to Existing Corporations. –
This chapter shall apply to all existing associations or corporations organized under the law of this state which is superseded by this chapter. Every such existing professional association or corporation which shall be required to amend its corporate name or purposes to comply with this chapter shall deliver duly executed duplicate originals of articles of amendment or restated articles of incorporation containing the amendments to the secretary of state within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-A - Professional Corporations › Section 294-A:31 - Effect of Repeal of Prior Acts.

294-A:31 Effect of Repeal of Prior Acts. –
The fact that any preexisting law is superceded by this chapter shall not affect any right accrued or established, or any liability or penalty incurred, under the provisions of preexisting law.
Source.
1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:1 - Pretended Sales.

294-B:1 Pretended Sales. –
No person or corporation shall keep, or cause to be kept, an office, store, or other place in which is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of stocks, or bonds of a corporation, or petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions, pork, or other produce, either on margins or otherwise, without any intention of receiving and paying for the property so bought, or of delivering the property so sold, or in which is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of such property on margins, or when the party buying, or offering to buy, such property, does not intend actually to receive the same if purchased, or to deliver it if sold.
Source.
1909, 43:1. PL 384:23. RL 447:21. RSA 577:19. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:2 - Evidence.

294-B:2 Evidence. –
Whenever stocks or bonds are in any manner quoted in such places, or the terms "corporations," "association," or "company," or any abbreviation thereof, are used therein and therewith, it shall be prima facie evidence that such stocks or bonds are the stocks or bonds of then going corporations.
Source.
1909, 43:1. PL 384:24. RL 447:22. RSA 577:20. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:3 - Evidence, Intent.

294-B:3 Evidence, Intent. –
Whenever such securities or commodities are not actually received when purchased, or actually delivered when sold, it shall be prima facie evidence that such property was sold or purchased without any intention of receiving it or paying for or delivering it, that it was bought or sold on a margin, and that the parties buying or selling or offering to buy or sell such property did not intend actually to receive or deliver the same.
Source.
1909, 43:1. PL 384:25. RL 447:23. RSA 577:21. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:4 - Penalty.

294-B:4 Penalty. –
A person or corporation, whether acting individually or for another person, or as a member, officer, agent or employee of a corporation, who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, shall be, if a natural person guilty of a misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.
Source.
1909, 43:2. PL 384:26. RL 447:23. RSA 577:21. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:5 - Second Offense.

294-B:5 Second Offense. –
The continuance of such establishment after a first conviction shall be deemed a second offense.
Source.
1909, 43:2. PL 384:27. RL 447:25. RSA 577:23. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:6 - Completion of Offense.

294-B:6 Completion of Offense. –
The offense shall be complete as against a person or corporation pretending or offering to sell or to buy, as provided herein, whether the offer to sell or buy is accepted or not; and a person or corporation communicating, receiving, exhibiting or displaying in any manner such offer to so buy or sell, or any statements or quotations of the prices of such property, with a view to such transaction, shall be deemed an accessory, and shall be punished as provided in RSA 294-B:4.
Source.
1909, 43:3. PL 384:28. RL 447:26. RSA 577:24. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:7 - Statement of Sale.

294-B:7 Statement of Sale. –
A person or corporation doing business as a commission merchant or broker shall furnish, on demand, to any customer or principal for whom such person or corporation has executed an order for the actual purchase or sale of any of the commodities mentioned in the preceding sections, either for immediate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the parties from whom such property was bought, or to whom sold, the time when, place where, and price at which the same was bought or sold.
Source.
1909, 43:4. PL 384:29. RL 447:27. RSA 577:25. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:8 - Refusal to Furnish Statement.

294-B:8 Refusal to Furnish Statement. –
A refusal promptly to furnish such statement upon reasonable demand shall be prima facie evidence that such property was not bought or sold in a legitimate manner.
Source.
1909, 43:4. PL 384:30. RL 447:28. RSA 577:26. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:9 - Injunctions.

294-B:9 Injunctions. –
When a prosecution is commenced for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter the attorney-general or county attorney may petition the superior court to enjoin the carrying on of such unlawful business in the place where a complaint, information, or indictment charges that it has been conducted.
Source.
1909, 43:5. PL 384:31. RL 447:29. RSA 577:27. 1967, 132:37. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:10 - Procedure.

294-B:10 Procedure. –
The court shall hear and determine such petition, and may permanently enjoin the person, firm or corporation, shown to have kept such place, or caused it to be kept, from conducting such prohibited business therein.
Source.
1909, 43:5. PL 384:32. RL 447:30. RSA 577:28. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:11 - Temporary Orders.

294-B:11 Temporary Orders. –
The court may, upon petition therefor in such proceeding, issue a temporary injunction to effect the closing of such place against such unlawful business during the pendency of the petition.
Source.
1909, 43:5. PL 384:33. RL 447:31. RSA 577:29. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-B - Pretended Sales › Section 294-B:12 - Injunctions, Costs.

294-B:12 Injunctions, Costs. –
The cost of such proceedings, in case the state prevails, shall be taxed against the defendant.
Source.
1909, 43:5. PL 384:34. RL 447:32. RSA 577:30. 1973, 532:18, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:1 - Limits of Issue.

294-C:1 Limits of Issue. –
No corporation shall increase its capital stock beyond the maximum amount fixed by its charter or otherwise authorized by law, or divide the proceeds of the sale of its stock among its stockholders, or issue certificates of stock when the par value of the shares represented by the certificates has not been fully paid to its treasurer. All certificates issued for such unauthorized stock shall be void.
Source.
1870, 17:1, 2. GL 158:9, 10. PS 273:11. PL 387:18. RL 450:17. RSA 580:17. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:2 - Officer's Liability.

294-C:2 Officer's Liability. –
Any of its directors or other officers or agents who shall take part in any such unauthorized increase or disposition of its capital stock, or in the distribution of the proceeds thereof, or in the issue of certificates of stock when not authorized by law, shall be severally guilty as principals of the offenses described in RSA 294-C:1.
Source.
1870, 17:1, 2. GL 158:9, 10. PS 273:11. PL 387:19. RL 450:18. RSA 580:18. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:3 - False Issue.

294-C:3 False Issue. –
No officer, agent, or servant of a corporation, or any other person, shall knowingly, falsely, and fraudulently issue a certificate for any stock of the corporation, or shall fraudulently sign any such certificate in blank or otherwise with the intent that it shall be so issued by himself or any other person.
Source.
1854, 1520:1. GS 257:10. GL 275:10. PS 273:12. PL 387:20. RL 450:19. RSA 580:19. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:4 - False Stock Record.

294-C:4 False Stock Record. –
No officer, agent, or servant of a corporation whose duty it is to keep a record of the certificates of stock issued by the corporation, and of the stockholders in the corporation, shall fraudulently omit to make and keep a true record of any certificate issued or transfer made, or of the stockholders of the corporation, or fraudulently make a false record of any such certificate or transfer, or of such stockholders, with intent to defraud.
Source.
PS 273:13. PL 387:21. RL 450:20. RSA 580:20. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:5 - False Records.

294-C:5 False Records. –
No officer, agent, or servant of a corporation shall fraudulently make any false entry or record in any book of the corporation, with intent to defraud, which is not prohibited by RSA 294-C:4.
Source.
PS 273:14. PL 387:22. RL 450:21. RSA 580:21. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-C - Fraudulent or Unauthorized Issue of Stock › Section 294-C:6 - General Penalty.

294-C:6 General Penalty. –
If any officer, agent, or servant of a corporation shall violate any provision of this chapter or shall wilfully or fraudulently violate any provision of law for the government of corporations, their officers, agents, and servants, for which other punishment is not specially prescribed, he shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
RS 146:25. CS 147:30; 150:69. GS 145:10, 11; 257:11. GL 275:11. PS 273:15. PL 387:23. RL 450:22. RSA 580:22. 1973, 532:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:1 - Short Title.

294-E:1 Short Title. –
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:3 - Scope.

294-E:3 Scope. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, this chapter applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.
II. This chapter does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by:
(a) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts.
(b) The Uniform Commercial Code other than Sections 1-107 and 1-206, Article 2, and Article 2A.
III. This chapter applies to an electronic record or electronic signature otherwise excluded from the application of this chapter under paragraph II to the extent it is governed by a law other than those specified in paragraph II.
IV. This chapter is not intended to modify, limit, or supersede the requirements of Section 101(c), (d), or (e), or to authorize the electronic delivery of any notice of the type described in Section 103(b) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Public Law 106-229.
V. A transaction subject to this chapter is also subject to other applicable substantive law.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:4 - Prospective Application.

294-E:4 Prospective Application. –
This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this chapter.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:5 - Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures; Variation by Agreement.

294-E:5 Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures;  Variation by Agreement. –
I. This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.
II. This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.
III. A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this paragraph may not be waived by agreement.
IV. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in certain provisions of this chapter of the words "unless otherwise agreed", or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.
V. Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this chapter and other applicable law.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:6 - Construction and Application.

294-E:6 Construction and Application. –
This chapter shall be construed and applied to:
I. Facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law.
II. Be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices.
III. Effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:7 - Legal Recognition of Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures, and Electronic Contracts.

294-E:7 Legal Recognition of Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures, and Electronic Contracts. –
I. A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.
II. A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.
III. If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.
IV. If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:8 - Provision of Information in Writing; Presentation of Records.

294-E:8 Provision of Information in Writing;  Presentation of Records. –
I. If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.
II. If a law other than this chapter requires a record (i) to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, (ii) to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or (iii) to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply:
(a) The record must be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph IV(b), the record must be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.
(c) The record must contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.
III. If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.
IV. The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, but:
(a) To the extent a law other than this chapter requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under paragraph I that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and
(b) A requirement under a law other than this chapter to send, communicate, or transmit a record by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by regular United States mail may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:9 - Attribution and Effect of Electronic Record and Electronic Signature.

294-E:9 Attribution and Effect of Electronic Record and Electronic Signature. –
I. An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.
II. The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under paragraph I is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:10 - Effect of Change or Error.

294-E:10 Effect of Change or Error. –
If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:
I. If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.
II. In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:
(a) Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;
(b) Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and
(c) Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.
III. If neither paragraph I nor paragraph II applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any.
IV. Paragraphs II and III may not be varied by agreement.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:11 - Notarization and Acknowledgment.

294-E:11 Notarization and Acknowledgment. –
If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:12 - Retention of Electronic Records; Originals.

294-E:12 Retention of Electronic Records;  Originals. –
I. If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:
(a) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and
(b) Remains accessible and is capable of being accurately reproduced for later reference.
II. A requirement to retain a record in accordance with paragraph I does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.
III. A person may satisfy paragraph I by using the services of another person if the requirements of that paragraph are satisfied.
IV. If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with paragraph I.
V. If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with paragraph I.
VI. A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with paragraph I satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of this chapter specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.
VII. This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:13 - Admissibility in Evidence.

294-E:13 Admissibility in Evidence. –
In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:14 - Automated Transaction.

294-E:14 Automated Transaction. –
In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:
I. A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements.
II. A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance.
III. The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:15 - Time and Place of Sending and Receipt.

294-E:15 Time and Place of Sending and Receipt. –
I. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:
(a) Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;
(b) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and
(c) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.
II. Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:
(a) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and
(b) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.
III. Paragraph II applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under paragraph IV.
IV. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this paragraph, the following rules apply:
(a) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction.
(b) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.
V. An electronic record is received under paragraph II even if no individual is aware of its receipt.
VI. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in paragraph II establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.
VII. If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under paragraph I, or purportedly received under paragraph II, was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:17 - Creation and Retention of Electronic Records and Conversion of Written Records by Governmental Agencies.

294-E:17 Creation and Retention of Electronic Records and Conversion of Written Records by Governmental Agencies. –
The secretary of state in cooperation with the department of information technology and the department of administrative services may create standards by which a governmental agency may create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records.
Source.
2001, 265:1. 2013, 118:4, eff. June 25, 2013. 2021, 67:1, eff. Aug. 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:18 - Acceptance and Distribution of Electronic Records by Governmental Agencies.

294-E:18 Acceptance and Distribution of Electronic Records by Governmental Agencies. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 294-E:12, VI, the department of information technology, in cooperation with the secretary of state and the department of administrative services may develop standards by which a governmental agency may send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent municipalities from using electronic records or signatures.
II. To the extent that a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic signatures under paragraph I, the department of information technology, in cooperation with the secretary of state and the department of administrative services, giving due consideration to security, may create standards to specify:
(a) The manner and format in which the electronic records may be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the systems established for those purposes;
(b) If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature, the manner and format in which the electronic signature should be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that should be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process;
(c) Control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records; and
(d) Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
III. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 294-E:12, VI, this chapter does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.
Source.
2001, 265:1. 2013, 118:5, eff. June 25, 2013. 2021, 67:1, eff. Aug. 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:19 - Interoperability.

294-E:19 Interoperability. –
The department of information technology, in cooperation with the secretary of state and the department of administrative services, after adopting standards pursuant to RSA 294-E:18, may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of this state may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.
Source.
2001, 265:1. 2013, 118:6, eff. June 25, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 294-E - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act › Section 294-E:20 - Severability Clause.

294-E:20 Severability Clause. –
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Source.
2001, 265:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:1 - Exceptions.

295:1 Exceptions. –
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to public municipal corporations, such as towns and cities. They do not apply to corporations organized under or adopting the provisions of RSA 294 and 301, excepting the provisions of RSA 295:10 and 11, and also RSA 297.
Source.
GS 133:1. GL 147:1. PS 148:1. PL 226:1. 1931, 104:1. RL 275:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:2 - Inclusions.

295:2 Inclusions. –
The rights, powers and duties set forth in this chapter are incident to all corporations legally constituted not excepted in RSA 295:1, subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by their charters or articles of association or the laws under which they were organized.
Source.
GS 133:2. GL 147:2. PS 148:2. PL 226:2. RL 275:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:3 - Powers.

295:3 Powers. –
Every such corporation may admit associates and members, and for just cause remove them; may elect all necessary officers, define their duties and fix their compensation; may have a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; may sue and be sued, appear, prosecute and defend in the corporate name to final judgment and execution, and appoint agents and attorneys for that purpose; and shall have perpetual succession, unless incorporated or formed for a limited term or dissolved as provided by law.
Source.
RS 145:4, 9. CS 152:4, 7. GS 133:3. GL 147:3. PS 148:3. PL 226:3. RL 275:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:4 - First Meeting.

295:4 First Meeting. –
Any 3 of the 5 grantees first named in the charter of a corporation (unless otherwise provided therein), or any 3 of the first 5 signers of the articles of agreement by which a corporation is formed, may call the first meeting of the members or stockholders by giving to each in hand, or leaving at the abode of each, or by sending through the mails, postpaid, to the post office address of each, a notice of the time and place of the meeting, 7 days at least before the day of meeting. Such meeting may be held without previous notice if all the members or stockholders voluntarily assemble together for the purpose, or it may be so held at a time and place to which they have all agreed in writing.
Source.
PS 148:4. PL 226:4. RL 275:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:5 - Bylaws.

295:5 Bylaws. –
Such corporations may adopt bylaws, not repugnant to the laws of this state, to provide for the election, removal and retiring of members; to fix the times and places of holding meetings and the manner of calling and conducting them; to regulate the number of officers, the manner of choosing them, their tenure of office and their powers and duties; and to promote the objects of the corporation; and they may alter and amend such bylaws.
Source.
RS 144:3. CS 152:6. GS 133:4. GL 147:4. PS 148:6. PL 226:5. RL 275:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:6 - Contracts.

295:6 Contracts. –
They may make contracts necessary and proper for the transaction of their authorized business, and no other. They shall be capable of binding themselves as sureties or guarantors for others, to the extent that such suretyship or guarantee may be necessary and proper for the transaction of their authorized business or serves to further their corporate purposes.
Source.
GS 133:5. GL 147:5. PS 148:7. PL 226:6. RL 275:6. RSA 295:6. 1988, 13:1, eff. May 14, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:7 - Property.

295:7 Property. –
They may purchase, hold and convey real and personal estate necessary and proper for the due transaction of their authorized business, not exceeding the amount authorized by their charter or by statute, and no other.
Source.
RS 145:7. CS 152:7. GS 133:6. GL 147:6. PS 148:8. PL 226:7. RL 275:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:7-a - Bonds and Other Obligations.

295:7-a Bonds and Other Obligations. –
Every such corporation may incur liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the corporation may determine, issue its notes, bonds and other obligations and refund the same and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or any of its property, franchises and income.
Source.
1965, 74:2, eff. April 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:7-b - Power to Lease.

295:7-b Power to Lease. –
Every such corporation may make or enter into lease agreements, either as lessee or lessor, to carry out any of its corporate purposes.
Source.
1965, 74:2, eff. April 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:8 - Taking Security.

295:8 Taking Security. –
They may take mortgages or pledges or make attachments of any property to secure the payment of debts due to them, and may perfect a title thereto by proper legal proceedings; but they shall sell or dispose of any property so obtained, which they are not authorized to hold, within 5 years after the title is perfected.
Source.
GS 133:7. GL 147:7. PS 148:9. PL 226:8. RL 275:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:9 - Alteration of Date of Annual Meeting.

295:9 Alteration of Date of Annual Meeting. –
A corporation, at any legal meeting, may alter the time of holding its annual meeting.
Source.
RS 146:24. CS 147:33. GS 133:14. GL 147:14. PS 148:15. PL 226:9. RL 275:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:10 - Fees for Copies of Records, Etc.

295:10 Fees for Copies of Records, Etc. –
Officers of private corporations, when required to furnish copies or certificates or to examine records, shall be entitled to the same fees as registers of deeds.
Source.
PS 287:27. PL 226:11. RL 275:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 295 - General Powers of Corporations › Section 295:11 - Reserved Power; Limitation.

295:11 Reserved Power;  Limitation. –
The legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal the charter of any corporation, or the law under which it was established, or may modify or amend any of its franchises, duties or liabilities; but the remedy against the corporation, its members or officers, for any liability previously incurred, shall not be impaired thereby.
Source.
RS 146:26. 1847, 487:2. GS 133:18. GL 147:18. PS 148:19. PL 226:12. RL 275:12.