Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

If in any city or town, an excavation for building purposes is left open for more than 6 months without proceeding with the erection of a building thereon, whether or not completed, or if any excavation or basement is not filled to grade or otherwise protected after a building is…

The provisions of this chapter are supplementary to other statutory and charter provisions and do not limit the authority of any city or town to enact and enforce ordinances on the same subject.

A party aggrieved by the judgment of a municipal or district court upon issue joined in such case may, within 15 days after the rendition of the judgment, appeal to the superior court therefrom and the superior court shall hear said appeal forthwith.

The governing body of any city or town may order the owner of any hazardous building within the municipality to correct the hazardous condition of such building or to raze or remove the same.

The order shall state, in writing, the grounds therefor, specifying the necessary repairs, if any, and providing a reasonable time for compliance. It shall also state that a motion for summary enforcement of the order will be made to the court of the district or municipality in w…

The order shall be served upon the owner of record, or his agent if an agent is in charge of the building, and upon the occupying tenant, if there is one, and upon all lien holders of record, in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action. If the owner cannot b…

A copy of the order with proof of service shall be filed with the clerk of the court of the district or municipality in which the hazardous building is located not less than 5 days prior to the filing of a motion pursuant to RSA 155-B:7 to enforce the order. The appropriate distr…

Within 20 days from the date of service, any person upon whom the order is served may serve an answer in the manner provided for the service of an answer in a civil action, specifically denying such facts in the order as are in dispute.

If no answer is served, the governing body may move the court for the enforcement of the order. If such a motion is made the court may, upon the presentation of such evidence as it may require, affirm or modify the order and enter judgment accordingly, fixing a time after which t…

If an answer is filed and served as provided in RSA 155-B:6, further proceedings in the action shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure for the district or municipal courts, except that the action has priority over all pending civil actions and shall be tried forthwith. …

I. If a judgment is not complied with in the time prescribed, the governing body may cause the building to be repaired, razed, or removed as set forth in the judgment. The cost of such repairs, razing, or removal shall be a lien against the real estate on which the building is lo…

If the value of the subject real estate is deemed by the municipality to have insufficient value, based on the current tax assessment, to cover the cost of repairs, razing, or removal, and the owner has no other real property within the state, a municipality may assert a lien on …