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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:14 - Issuance of Membership Certificates.

301-A:14 Issuance of Membership Certificates. –
I. No certificate for share or membership capital shall be issued until its par value is paid for in full. Each certificate issued by an association shall have printed upon it a full or condensed statement of the requirements of RSA 301-A:16 and 26.
II. Any natural person eligible for membership and legally obligated to purchase a share or shares or membership in an association shall be deemed a subscriber. The certificate or bylaws may determine what voting rights or other membership rights shall be granted to subscribers.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:15 - Transfer of Shares and Withdrawal From Membership.

301-A:15 Transfer of Shares and Withdrawal From Membership. –
I. If a member desires to withdraw from the association or dispose of any or all of his holdings, the directors shall have the power to purchase such holdings by paying him the par value or book value, whichever is lower, of any or all of the holdings offered. The directors shall then reissue or cancel the holdings. A vote of the majority of the members voting at a regular or special meeting may order the directors to exercise this power to purchase.
II. If the association fails, within 60 days of the original offer, to purchase all or any part of the holdings offered, the member may dispose of the unpurchased interest elsewhere, subject to the approval of the transferee by a majority vote of the directors. Any would-be transferee not approved by the directors may appeal to the members at their first regular or special meeting thereafter, and the action of the meeting shall be final. If such transferee is not approved, the directors shall exercise their power to purchase if and when such purchase can be made without jeopardizing the solvency of the association.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:16 - Recall of Share and Membership Certificates.

301-A:16 Recall of Share and Membership Certificates. –
The bylaws may give the directors the power to use the reserve funds to recall, at par value, the holdings of any member in excess of the amount requisite for membership. The bylaws may also provide that if any member has failed to patronize the association during a period of time specified in the bylaws, the directors may use the reserve funds to recall all his holdings and thereupon he shall cease to be a member of the association. When so recalled, such certificates of share or membership capital shall be either reissued or cancelled.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:17 - Impairment of Solvency.

301-A:17 Impairment of Solvency. –
No purchase or recall shall be made by the directors if it will impair the solvency of the association.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:18 - Attachment of Share and Membership Certificates.

301-A:18 Attachment of Share and Membership Certificates. –
The holdings of any member of an association to the extent of a minimum amount necessary for membership, but not to exceed $100, shall be exempt from attachment, execution, or garnishment for the debts of the owner. If any holdings in excess of this amount are subjected to such liability, the directors of the association may either admit the purchaser thereof to membership or may purchase such holdings from him at par value.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:19 - Liability of Members.

301-A:19 Liability of Members. –
Members shall not be jointly or severally liable for association debts; nor shall a subscriber be liable except to the extent of the unpaid amount on his membership fee or capital stock subscribed by him.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:20 - Expulsion of Members.

301-A:20 Expulsion of Members. –
Any member whose activity in the association is contrary to basic consumer cooperation principles or who endangers effective operation of the association may be expelled by the board of directors. Written notice of the charges against him and reasonable opportunity for a hearing shall be provided prior to any such expulsion. His shares shall be repurchased at par value or book value, whichever is lower, if and when there are sufficient reserve funds. He shall have the right of appeal at the next membership meeting and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, either in person or by counsel.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:21 - Regular Meetings.

301-A:21 Regular Meetings. –
The bylaws of each association shall provide for regular meetings of members to be held at least once a year.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:22 - Special Meetings.

301-A:22 Special Meetings. –
Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority vote of the directors or by written petition of at least 1/10 of the membership. It shall be the duty of the secretary to call such meetings to take place within 30 days after such demand. Regular or special meetings may be held within or without this state.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:23 - Notice of Meetings.

301-A:23 Notice of Meetings. –
The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of meetings, together with a statement of the meeting agenda, to each member at his last known address not less than 10 days prior to the meeting.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:24 - Voting.

301-A:24 Voting. –
Each member of an association shall have only one vote. Voting power shall be distributed on the basis of one vote per natural person or member. The certificate of organization may prescribe the voting rights of member associations in another consumer cooperative; provided, that voting by such member associations shall be based strictly on a one-member-one-vote rule regardless of the number of shares held by such associations. The bylaws of the association may provide methods by which members are allowed to vote by absentee ballot on the election of officers and other matters submitted to a vote of the members.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 2001, 197:7, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:25 - Proxy Voting.

301-A:25 Proxy Voting. –
No member shall be permitted to vote by proxy.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:26 - Restriction on Dividends.

301-A:26 Restriction on Dividends. –
The maximum rate of dividends paid on share capital shall not exceed 10 percent per year, or such other percentage per year as may be approved under the bylaws of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, upon the paid capital. Dividends shall be non-cumulative. The net savings of the operation of the association, including the distribution of stock dividends, shall be distributed in a way that prevents one member, sub-group of members, organizers, incorporators, or management from becoming the principal beneficiary of or gaining disproportionately from such economic results.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:27 - Application of Franchise, License, and Corporation Taxes.

301-A:27 Application of Franchise, License, and Corporation Taxes. –
For taxation purposes, each association formed under this chapter shall pay to the secretary of state an annual fee of $25 in lieu of all franchise, license, or corporation taxes, or taxes upon reserves held by the association for its members.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 2006, 316:5, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:28-a - Abandonment of Interest.

301-A:28-a Abandonment of Interest. –
If net savings or dividends have not been claimed by a member or patron for 5 years, the member or patron has not corresponded with the association in writing within 5 years, and the current address of the member or patron is unknown, the association shall make a good faith effort to locate the member or patron. Such good faith effort shall include, at a minimum, a first class letter mailed to the member or patron's last known mailing address, and notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community of the association's primary activity. If the association does not receive a response from the member or patron within 90 days of its location efforts, all net savings, dividends, and membership interests attributable to the member or patron shall be presumed to be abandoned, and the net savings and dividends shall be placed in the reserve fund and the membership interest shall revert to the association.
Source.
2001, 197:4, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:29 - Bonding of Officers and Employees.

301-A:29 Bonding of Officers and Employees. –
Each officer, employee, and agent handling funds or securities amounting to $1,000 or more in any one year shall be covered by adequate bond to be approved as to form and amount by the board of directors.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:30 - Annual Audit or Review.

301-A:30 Annual Audit or Review. –
Every association shall cause its books to be audited or reviewed at the end of each year by qualified independent accountants who shall not be officers or directors. Where the annual business of the association amounts to less than $100,000, the audit may be made by a committee consisting of 3 members elected at the annual membership meeting. Where the annual business of the association amounts to between $100,000 and $250,000, the association shall cause its books to be audited or reviewed. Where the annual business of the association amounts to more than $250,000, the association shall cause its books to be audited. A full report of the audit shall be submitted to the annual meeting of the association. The report shall include a statement of the amount of business transacted with members, the amount of business transacted with nonmembers, the balance sheet, and the income and expenses of the association.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 1990, 77:1, eff. June 9, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:31 - Annual Report.

301-A:31 Annual Report. –
I. Every association organized under this chapter shall prepare and submit to its annual meeting, and shall deliver to the secretary of state, a report of its condition, signed under the penalties of perjury by the president or treasurer. Such report shall be made on or before April 1 of each year; provided, however, that any association which has received its certificate of organization at any time between December 1 of the preceding year and April 1 shall not be required to file an annual report during that year. The annual report shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state on request, and the information in the report shall be given as of the preceding January 1.
II. The report shall state the name and principal address of the association; the names and addresses of the officers and directors; a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year; the amount of paid-in capital and number of shareholders, if a share association; the total number of members, including the number admitted or withdrawn during the year, if a nonshare association; and the total receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the association. The report shall be available for inspection by any member during normal working hours.
III. The secretary of state shall biennially notify every association which has failed to file its annual report for 2 consecutive years of such delinquency and shall notify the corporation by mail that its charter shall be forfeited.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:32 - Revocation of Certificate of Organization.

301-A:32 Revocation of Certificate of Organization. –
I. The certificate of organization of a foreign cooperative association may be revoked by the secretary of state if an association fails to file its annual report by the date required under RSA 301-A:31, or if such association fails to pay any fees when they become due and payable.
II. No certificate of organization shall be revoked under paragraph I by the secretary of state unless:
(a) The secretary of state gives the association not less than 60 days notice of the revocation by mail addressed to its principal office; and
(b) The association fails, prior to revocation, to file the annual report or to pay the fees or penalties.
III. Upon the revocation of a certificate of organization, the secretary of state shall mail to the association's principal office the notice of the revocation.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:26. 2006, 316:6, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:32-a - Grounds for Administrative Dissolution.

301-A:32-a Grounds for Administrative Dissolution. –
The secretary of state may administratively dissolve a domestic association under RSA 301-A:32-b if:
I. The association 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; or
II. The association for 2 consecutive years does not deliver its annual report to the secretary of state within 60 days after it is due.
Source.
2006, 316:7, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:32-b - Procedure for Administrative Dissolution.

301-A:32-b Procedure for Administrative Dissolution. –
The secretary of state shall administratively dissolve the association by mailing a notice of dissolution to the association at its principal address as listed in the records of the secretary of state. Such notice shall recite the grounds for dissolution and effective date, together with an application for reinstatement. The secretary of state shall not permit any other individual, corporation, or other business entity to assume the same name or a similar name, of an association administratively dissolved under this section, or any trade name registered by such association pursuant to RSA 349, for a period of 120 days following the notice of administrative dissolution without the written consent of such association.
Source.
2006, 316:7, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:33 - Dissolution.

301-A:33 Dissolution. –
The provisions of RSA 292 and 293-A for the dissolution of nonprofit and business corporations shall apply to associations formed under this chapter; provided, however, that the secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $25 for filing articles of dissolution and issuing a certificate of dissolution. In the event of dissolution of the association, the assets, after payment of the association's debts and expenses, shall be distributed in the following manner:
I. The par value or book value, whichever is lower, of the membership certificates or shares shall be returned to the members. Amounts paid on subscriptions shall be returned to subscribers. The amounts allocated in distribution of net savings under RSA 301-A:28 shall be returned to those members entitled to them.
II. Any surplus remaining after the distributions in paragraph I may be distributed as a contribution to any cooperative association or other nonprofit association to which contributions are deductible from income tax under current internal revenue service regulations.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:27, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:34 - Use of Term "Cooperative".

301-A:34 Use of Term "Cooperative". –
Only persons, firms, corporations, associations, and foreign corporations operating on a cooperative basis and authorized to do business in New Hampshire, and which comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall be entitled to use the term "cooperative." Provided, that any person, firm, or corporation using the word "cooperative" as part of its business name prior to July 1, 1983, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:35 - Interference With Contracts.

301-A:35 Interference With Contracts. –
Any person or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association formed under this chapter or of a foreign cooperative association to breach his marketing contract with the association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if other than a natural person. Such person shall be liable to the association in a civil suit in the penal sum of $500 for each offense.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:36 - Adoption of Chapter by Existing Cooperative Groups.

301-A:36 Adoption of Chapter by Existing Cooperative Groups. –
Any group or association operating on a cooperative basis as defined in RSA 301-A:1, IX, and incorporated under another law of the state of New Hampshire or any unincorporated group operating on such basis in the state of New Hampshire may, by a majority vote of the members voting, elect to secure the benefits of and be bound by RSA 301-A. The certificate of organization shall be filed as required by RSA 301-A:5. The filing fee shall be $5.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:37 - Foreign Corporations and Associations.

301-A:37 Foreign Corporations and Associations. –
A foreign corporation or association operating on a cooperative basis and complying with laws similar to RSA 301-A of the state in which it is organized shall be entitled to do business in the state of New Hampshire as a foreign cooperative corporation or association, if it is authorized to do business in this state under RSA 293-A.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:38 - Merger.

301-A:38 Merger. –
If otherwise lawful, any 2 or more associations may merge or consolidate under this chapter or under the law of the state where the surviving or new association will exist. Before an association may merge or consolidate with any other association, a written plan of merger or consolidation shall be prepared by the board of directors or by a committee selected by the board or the members of the association. In case of consolidation, the plan shall also contain the certificate of organization of the new association. The members, or such stockholders as are entitled to vote thereon, shall approve the plan in the manner provided in RSA 301-A:8 for amendments to the certificate; and the plan, as approved, shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $25 for the filing of the plan with his or her office.
Source.
1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:28, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations › Section 301-A:39 - Applicable Laws.

301-A:39 Applicable Laws. –
The applicable provisions, powers, and rights of RSA 293-A shall apply to associations organized under this chapter to the extent they are not in conflict or inconsistent with any part of this chapter. Provisions which are in conflict shall be inapplicable to such associations.
Source.
1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:1 - Definitions.

302:1 Definitions. –
The term association as used in this chapter shall include any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans' organization, labor union, foundation, federation, or any other society, organization or association, degree, branch, subordinate lodge, or auxiliary thereof, whether incorporated or unincorporated, the principles and activities of which are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or this state. The term insignia as used herein shall include a name, badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other insignia.
Source.
1929, 110:1. RL 185:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:2 - Registration of Insignia.

302:2 Registration of Insignia. –
Any association may register, in the office of the secretary of state, a facsimile or description of its insignia and may, by reregistration, alter or cancel the same.
Source.
1929, 110:2. RL 185:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:3 - Application.

302:3 Application. –
Application for such registration or reregistration shall be made by the chief officer or officers of said association upon blanks to be provided by the secretary of state and such registration shall be for the use, benefit, and on behalf of all degrees, branches, subordinate lodges and auxiliaries of said association and the individual members thereof throughout the state. In case of registration or reregistration of a facsimile, 2 copies of the same shall accompany the application.
Source.
1929, 110:3. RL 185:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:4 - Record.

302:4 Record. –
The secretary of state shall keep a properly indexed record of the registrations provided for herein which record shall also show any altered or canceled registration.
Source.
1929, 110:4. RL 185:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:5 - Prohibited Registration.

302:5 Prohibited Registration. –
No registration shall be granted or alteration permitted to any association having an insignia similar to, imitating, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any other insignia already registered under the provisions hereof.
Source.
1929, 110:5. RL 185:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:6 - Certificate.

302:6 Certificate. –
Upon the registration as herein provided the secretary of state shall issue to the petitioners a certificate evidencing such registration.
Source.
1929, 110:6. RL 185:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 302 - Registration of Insignia › Section 302:7 - Penalty.

302:7 Penalty. –
Any person who shall wilfully wear, exhibit, display, print, or use, for any purpose, the insignia of any such association duly registered hereunder unless he shall be entitled to wear and use the same under the constitution and bylaws, rules, and regulations of such association, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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1929, 110:7. RL 185:7. RSA 302:7. 1973, 528:193, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:1 - Bylaws.

303:1 Bylaws. –
The proprietors of common lands in any town, at a legal meeting thereof, may provide a mode for calling future meetings, choosing officers, laying assessments and transacting other business concerning such propriety, and may establish bylaws therefor.
Source.
RS 143:1. CS 151:1. GS 142:1. GL 156:1. PS 154:1. PL 235:1. RL 284:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:2 - Meetings.

303:2 Meetings. –
All proprietary meetings and adjournments thereof, for a town having 50 or more families settled and resident therein, shall be holden in the town; and for all towns having a less number of families settled therein, in the town, or in the nearest town in the same county having such number, or in the shire town of the county.
Source.
RS 143:2. CS 151:2. GS 142:2. GL 156:2. PS 154:2. PL 235:2. RL 284:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:3 - Officers.

303:3 Officers. –
At a legal meeting holden for the purpose, the proprietors may choose a clerk and treasurer and such other officers as they shall deem necessary, and may prescribe their powers and duties, which officers shall be sworn, and hold office until others are duly chosen and qualified in their stead.
Source.
RS 143:3. CS 151:3. GS 142:3. GL 156:3. PS 154:3. PL 235:3. RL 284:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:4 - Qualifications.

303:4 Qualifications. –
All proprietary officers shall be inhabitants of the state, and whenever any officer ceases to be such inhabitant his office shall thereupon cease. The proprietors' clerk, for each town having 50 or more families, shall reside in the town.
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RS 143:4. CS 151:4. GS 142:4. GL 156:4. PS 154:4. PL 235:4. RL 284:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:5 - Voting.

303:5 Voting. –
Each proprietor, at a proprietary meeting, shall be entitled to vote upon the shares held by him, as follows: upon 2 shares or less, one vote each; upon every 2 shares exceeding 2 and not exceeding 10, one vote; upon every 4 shares exceeding 10 and not exceeding 30, one vote; upon every 6 shares exceeding 30 and not exceeding 60, one vote; and upon every 8 shares exceeding 60, one vote. If 2 or more persons are the joint proprietors of one or more shares they, or any one of them, may vote according to their interest therein in the same manner.
Source.
RS 143:5. CS 151:5. GS 142:5. GL 156:5. PS 154:5. PL 235:5. RL 284:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:6 - Assessments.

303:6 Assessments. –
The proprietors, at a legal meeting, may vote to raise such sum of money as may be necessary to defray all proprietary charges, and may choose persons to assess and collect the same; and the interest and estate of every proprietor in the lands lying in common and not in severalty shall be liable to pay such assessment.
Source.
RS 143:6. CS 151:6. GS 142:6. GL 156:6. PS 154:6. PL 235:6. RL 284:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:7 - Apportionment; Warrant.

303:7 Apportionment;  Warrant. –
The assessors shall apportion the assessment among the original rights of the proprietors, and shall commit the list of the assessments to the collector, with a warrant or precept, under seal, setting forth his duty, the time for completing the collection and to whom the money is to be paid.
Source.
RS 143:7. CS 151:7. GS 142:7. GL 156:7. PS 154:7. PL 235:7. RL 284:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:8 - Notice.

303:8 Notice. –
The collector shall give notice of such assessments and of the time and place of payment thereof, and of the fact that a levy will be made upon the interest of any proprietor who does not pay his assessment accordingly for the amount thereof and incidental charges, by publishing such notice 3 weeks successively, the last publication to be 14 days at least before the day fixed for such payment, and by posting a like notice in the town or place wherein the lands lie (if within any settled town), 5 weeks at least before the day of payment, the expense of which shall be paid by the proprietors.
Source.
RS 143:8. CS 151:8. GS 142:8. GL 156:8. PS 154:8. PL 235:8. RL 284:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:9 - Advertising Sale.

303:9 Advertising Sale. –
If any proprietor shall not pay his assessment at the time specified in the notice the collector shall advertise for sale at auction so much of the delinquent's land or right as will pay the assessment and all incidental expenses, by publishing a notice of the time and place of the sale, together with the name of the proprietor and the amount of his assessment, and by posting a like advertisement for the same space of time in the town wherein the land lies, if such town is settled.
Source.
RS 143:9. CS 151:9. GS 142:9. GL 156:9. PS 154:9. PL 235:9. RL 284:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:10 - Sale.

303:10 Sale. –
If the assessment and all incidental charges shall not be paid at or before the time of sale the collector shall proceed to make sale at auction of so much of the delinquent's land or right as will pay the same and incidental charges.
Source.
RS 143:10. CS 151:10. GS 142:10. GL 156:10. PS 154:10. PL 235:10. RL 284:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:11 - Place of Sale.

303:11 Place of Sale. –
All such auctions shall be holden in the town in which the proprietors' meetings are required to be holden, and shall take place between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 6 in the afternoon.
Source.
RS 143:11. CS 151:11. GS 142:11. GL 156:11. PS 154:11. PL 235:11. RL 284:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:12 - Sale of Part Shares.

303:12 Sale of Part Shares. –
If more than one person is interested in any right or share, and any such part owner shall be delinquent in the payment of any assessment, his interest in such right or share may be sold in the manner hereinbefore provided.
Source.
RS 143:12. CS 151:12. GS 142:12. GL 156:12. PS 154:12. PL 235:12. RL 284:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:13 - Redemption.

303:13 Redemption. –
Each proprietor of lands or rights so sold, his heirs or any person interested therein may redeem the same at any time within one year from the sale thereof, by paying or tendering to the collector, his executor or administrator, or, in his absence, at the usual place of abode of the collector, his executor or administrator, a sum equal to such assessment and the incidental charges of the sale, and interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum thereon from the day of sale, which shall be for the benefit of the purchaser.
Source.
RS 143:13. CS 151:13. GS 142:13. GL 156:13. PS 154:13. PL 235:13. RL 284:13.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:14 - Collector's Deed.

303:14 Collector's Deed. –
If the land or rights sold shall not be redeemed within one year from the day of sale, the collector shall execute to the purchaser a good and valid deed of conveyance thereof; but no such deed shall be executed until the time of redemption has expired. If any proprietors' collector shall die, remove from the state or in any way be rendered incapable of completing the duty of his office, his successors respectively may complete the same.
Source.
RS 143:14. CS 151:14. GS 142:14. GL 156:14. PS 154:14. PL 235:14. RL 284:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:15 - Confirmatory Votes.

303:15 Confirmatory Votes. –
The proprietors, at any legal meeting, may confirm, ratify and establish any grants, conveyances, votes and transactions by them designed and intended to be made, done, performed or transacted, agreeably to such design, intention and aim, notwithstanding any want of legal form or proper terms or any defect in relation thereto.
Source.
RS 143:15. CS 151:15. GS 142:15. GL 156:15. PS 154:15. PL 235:15. RL 284:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:16 - Masonian Proprietors.

303:16 Masonian Proprietors. –
The owners of the common and undivided lands purchased by John Tufton Mason, deceased, commonly called the Masonian proprietors, may hold their proprietary meetings at Portsmouth; and all proceedings of such proprietors at meetings so held shall be valid. Such meetings, except as to the place of holding the same, shall be holden agreeably to the provisions of the laws regulating proprietors' meetings.
Source.
RS 143:27. CS 151:27. GS 142:27. GL 156:27. PS 154:26. PL 235:16. RL 284:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:17 - Warning Meeting by Justice.

303:17 Warning Meeting by Justice. –
When by mistake or accident, or otherwise, the proprietors of common lands fail to hold their annual meeting, or where no mode for calling special meetings is provided, one or more of the proprietors may apply in writing to any justice of the peace, requesting him to call a meeting.
Source.
1846, 334:1. CS 151:28. GS 142:28. GL 156:28. PS 154:27. 1921, 78:1. PL 235:17. RL 284:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:18 - Warrant.

303:18 Warrant. –
The justice shall thereupon issue his warrant, calling such meeting at such time and place, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as he shall judge proper; which application and warrant shall be published in some newspaper printed in the county in which a major part of the proprietors reside, or in which such common lands are located.
Source.
1846, 334:1. CS 151:28. GS 142:28. GL 156:28. PS 154:27. 1903, 27:1. 1921, 78:1. PL 235:18. RL 284:18.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:19 - Meeting Valid.

303:19 Meeting Valid. –
The meeting thus called and holden shall be valid, and when assembled shall be governed in all respects according to the requirements of this chapter.
Source.
1846, 334:1. CS 151:28. GS 142:28. GL 156:28. PS 154:27. 1921, 78:1. PL 235:19. RL 284:19.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:20 - Copies of Proprietors' Records.

303:20 Copies of Proprietors' Records. –
Every proprietors' clerk, upon payment or tender of the fees therefor, shall furnish to any person applying a true and attested copy of any proprietary record in his possession.
Source.
RS 143:16. CS 151:16. GS 142:16. GL 156:16. PS 154:16. PL 235:20. RL 284:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:21 - Custody of Records.

303:21 Custody of Records. –
If in any town having 50 families or more settled therein there is no clerk of the proprietors of the common lands lying in such towns residing therein, the town clerk thereof shall demand and receive the proprietary records of any person having the possession thereof, and shall keep the same with the records of the town; and any person having possession thereof shall deliver the same to such town clerk.
Source.
RS 143:17. CS 151:7. GS 142:17. GL 156:17. PS 154:17. PL 235:21. RL 284:21.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:22 - Lands in 2 Towns.

303:22 Lands in 2 Towns. –
If such proprietary records relate to lands lying in more towns than one, they shall be deposited in the office of the town clerk of the town first incorporated or in the office of the secretary of state.
Source.
RS 143:18. CS 151:18. GS 142:18. GL 156:18. PS 154:18. PL 235:22. RL 284:22.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:23 - Records Filed With Secretary of State.

303:23 Records Filed With Secretary of State. –
When the propriety of any town is dissolved, or when the meeting of the proprietors of any common and undivided lands shall be dissolved, and the clerk thereof shall resign, decease or become incapacitated, any person, the town clerk of any town having 50 or more families excepted, having in his possession any record or document appertaining to such propriety, shall file and deposit it with the secretary of state, who may demand and receive the same.
Source.
RS 143:19. CS 151:19. GS 142:19. GL 156:19. PS 154:19. PL 235:32. RL 284:23.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:24 - Redelivery of Records to Town.

303:24 Redelivery of Records to Town. –
Whenever there are 50 families in any such town, and the town votes that the town clerk shall keep such records and documents, or whenever the proprietors duly appoint a clerk thereof, the secretary shall deliver to the town clerk or proprietors' clerk, on demand, the records and documents to him belonging, taking his receipt therefor.
Source.
RS 143:20. CS 151:20. GS 142:20. GL 156:20. PS 154:20. PL 235:24. RL 284:24.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:25 - Penalty for Violating Provisions as to Records.

303:25 Penalty for Violating Provisions as to Records. –
If any person shall wilfully retain or keep any records or documents appertaining to the propriety of any common and undivided lands, contrary to the provisions of RSA 303:21 through 24, he shall be fined $100.
Source.
RS 143:21. CS 151:21. GS 142:21. GL 156:21. PS 154:21. PL 235:25. RL 284:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:26 - Custodian's Copies of Records.

303:26 Custodian's Copies of Records. –
While the records and documents aforesaid are in possession of the secretary of state or of any town clerk, he shall make out, certify and deliver copies of any part thereof, when required, upon the payment or tender of the legal fees therefor.
Source.
RS 143:22. CS 151:22. GS 142:22. GL 156:22. PS 154:22. PL 235:26. RL 284:26.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:27 - Effect.

303:27 Effect. –
All copies of such records and documents so made and certified shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as copies by other certifying officers.
Source.
RS 143:23. CS 151:23. GS 142:23. GL 156:23. PS 154:23. PL 235:27. RL 284:27.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:28 - Neglect to Make.

303:28 Neglect to Make. –
If the secretary of state, or any town or proprietors' clerk, shall not, within a reasonable time after the payment or tender of his fees therefor, make out, certify and deliver to any person a copy of any such record or documents in his possession he shall be fined $100, and be liable for all damages sustained by such neglect or refusal.
Source.
RS 143:25. CS 151:25. GS 142:25. GL 156:25. PS 154:24. PL 235:28. RL 284:28.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands › Chapter 303 - Proprietors of Common Lands › Section 303:29 - Secreting Board, Etc.

303:29 Secreting Board, Etc. –
Any person who shall wilfully secrete or destroy any proprietary record or document, or shall carry any such record or document out of the state, shall be liable for damages to any person injured thereby, and shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.
Source.
RS 143:26. CS 151:26. GS 142:26. GL 156:26. PS 154:25. PL 235:29. RL 284:29. RSA 303:29. 1973, 530:47, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Partnerships › Chapter 304-A - Uniform Partnership Act › Section 304-A:2 - Definition of Terms.

304-A:2 Definition of Terms. –
In this chapter:
I. "Court" includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case.
II. "Business" includes every trade, occupation, or profession.
III. "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations and other associations.
IV. "Bankruptcy" includes bankrupt under the federal Bankruptcy Act or insolvent under any state insolvent act.
V. "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance.
VI. "Real property" includes land and any interest or estate in land.
VII. "Registered limited liability partnership" includes a partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state, registered under RSA 304-A:44 and complying with RSA 304-A:45.
VIII. "Foreign registered limited liability partnership" means a limited liability partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another jurisdiction and registered under the laws of such jurisdiction.
IX. "Professional service" means any service which may lawfully be rendered only by certified public accountants, public accountants, architects, attorneys, podiatrists, chiropractors, dentists, pharmacists, professional engineers, land surveyors, registered professional nurses, optometrists, physicians and surgeons, physician assistants, psychologists, and veterinarians licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise authorized under the provisions of RSA 309-B, 310-A, 311, 315, 316-A, 317-A, 318, 326-B, 327, 328-D, 329, 329-B, 330-A, or 332-B.
Source.
1973, 378:1. 1996, 212:3. 2012, 233:10, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Partnerships › Chapter 304-A - Uniform Partnership Act › Section 304-A:3 - Interpretation of Knowledge and Notice.

304-A:3 Interpretation of Knowledge and Notice. –
I. A person has "knowledge" of a fact within the meaning of this chapter not only when he has actual knowledge thereof, but also when he has knowledge of such other facts as in the circumstances shows bad faith.
II. A person has "notice" of a fact within the meaning of this chapter when the person who claims the benefit of the notice:
(a) States the fact to such person, or
(b) Delivers through the mail, or by other means of communication, a written statement of the fact to such person or to a proper person at his place of business or residence.
Source.
1973, 378:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.