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Could you provide clarification on how NH RSA 95:1 applies to municipal employees who hold decision-making authority but may not be classified as elected officials? In a recent Select Board meeting, it was argued that this RSA only applies to “public officials,” and that employees like the Town... View More 
answered on Oct 13, 2024
Someone like a town administrator is a public official as their authority to exercise significant discretion comes from the people who hired him/her to act on their behalf: the elected body of the Board of Selectmen. As such, their significant authority is delegated from an elected body. That would... View More
Should the local planning board accept his application? There is a Planning Board meeting tonight an I will be raising this issue and would like to know if the local government board should be considering this application where NH Law requires that foreign corporations register with the Secretary... View More
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answered on Feb 27, 2024
If a Massachusetts LLC, which has not registered as a foreign corporation in New Hampshire, has purchased land in NH, the question of whether the local planning board should accept its application is nuanced. Under New Hampshire law, foreign corporations (which include LLCs formed in other states)... View More
answered on Nov 10, 2024
A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for three weeks. Land-use attorneys and municipal/administrative law attorneys are versed in zoning laws. Real estate attorneys and environmental law attorneys sometimes - depending on the type of practice and experience of... View More
if a police officer drives by me and i have had no police contact or reason for my information to be searchd online, did not break and traffic laws to warrant a stop, was not infact even pulled over for anything, can he just plug my name in the nh dmv database to see if i have a valid drivers... View More
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answered on Sep 11, 2023
Law enforcement officers generally have broad authority to access DMV records, which includes license status information. This access, however, should be exercised for legitimate law enforcement purposes and not on a whim or for personal reasons. If you believe your rights have been violated, you... View More
We got the room for $114 each night. My husband's health isn't good so we can't go into a shelter he has a service dog.
answered on Feb 3, 2023
A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for three weeks. I'm sorry for your difficult situation. Here is a link to New Hampshire Legal Assistance.
https://www.nhla.org/legal
One of the categories they list under their legal assistance programs... View More
I work for a town municipal department in New Hampshire and we're (public works dept.) having trouble with some residents going through our road closed sign. Our signs are properly placed out from another. We have a "road closed ahead" at each entrance into the road and our... View More
answered on Jun 15, 2022
Thanks for posting your question. I represent only folks charged with a crime so I would do not actually bring any charges. However, in the past I have represented citizens that have been charged for entering a closed road with various violations.
I would think that your local PD would be... View More
Good afternoon, i was put on good behaviour for a violation on January 7th, 2019 and it ended on January 7th, 2020. I got arrested OUT OF STATE for an unfortunate violent crime on August 2019. It says i can annulle the violation after the period. Is that possible it will get annulled or will I need... View More
answered on Feb 8, 2021
I think I understand your question to mean you were convicted in New Hampshire for a violation on 1/7/19 with a one year good behavior period. You want to get that conviction annulled but in August of 2019 you were arrested for a different charge in New York. I assume that charge is still pending?... View More
Town newsletter has traditionally allowed church secular fundraisers to be published until July 2015 when a new policy was adopted. New policy states the newsletter cannot "promote a religious point of view". I have pointed out that this policy may be newly iterated but it has always... View More
answered on May 31, 2016
Research would be necessary to definitively answer this question. However, it seems like the town is simply limiting the newsletter to government-sponsored events. If the town was allowing private events to advertise, but not similar church-sponsored events, there might be a First Amendment... View More
I bought an old mobile home on a rented lot in a mobile home park for $2,000 in 2013.
In March of this year it was demolished (because it was damaged during the winter and the cost to repair it was greater than the cost to replace it) and I moved to live in temporary housing for disabled... View More
answered on Sep 13, 2015
Depending on the effective date of the tax assessment, you may owe property tax for this year. If, for example, assessments for this year are as of the end of February, you are properly being taxed for the MH for this tax year. They may claim a lien, but it is against the lot and you don't... View More
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