Title II, Counties

The county commissioners, by rule or regulation may authorize the county treasurer or other appropriate county official to accept payment of local taxes, charges generated by the sale of utility services, or other fees by use of a credit card. Any county adopting such a rule or r…

I. Any town from which interest is due to the county on its county taxes, whenever assessed, may through its selectmen file with the chairman of the county convention a petition for an abatement of all or any part of such interest, and the county convention is hereby granted the …

The treasurer shall pay any execution that may issue against the county out of any money in the treasury, upon demand. If this is insufficient he shall issue his warrant to the selectmen of the several towns in the county, in the manner prescribed in RSA 29:11 requiring them to c…

On or before June 1, annually, the county commissioners upon recommendation of the county treasurer shall appoint a deputy county treasurer. Said deputy county treasurer shall serve only during the absence, disability or incapacity of the county treasurer to perform his duties an…

The treasurer shall deposit all public funds in the treasurer's custody in banks within the state pursuant to RSA 29:1 but the amount of collected funds on deposit in any one bank shall not at any time exceed the sum of its paid-up capital and surplus.

Whenever the county treasurer has in custody an excess of funds which are not immediately needed for the purpose of expenditure the county treasurer may, with the approval of the county commissioners and county executive committee and upon such terms as shall be approved by the c…

The order of the county commissioners shall be a sufficient voucher for the payment of assisted person accounts, appropriations by the county convention and all other sums for which the county may be chargeable.

All orders drawn by the commissioners shall state briefly the nature of the claims for the payment of which they are drawn; and no order shall be paid by any treasurer unless it contains such statement.

The treasurer shall render to the commissioners annually, and oftener if required, a true and minute statement of all the sums by him received and paid since the last statement, with the vouchers therefor; and the commissioners shall audit, adjust and settle the same.

Whenever the money in the treasury of any county shall be insufficient to meet the demands upon the same, the treasurer, upon the order of the commissioners with the approval of the executive committee of the county convention, and such approval shall not be given until the treas…

A county may contract for or accept grants of federal or state aid or both in connection with any project for which the county may incur indebtedness under this title; and, after their receipt, such grants shall be expended according to the terms under which they are received or …

The county treasurer, upon order of the commissioners and with the approval of the county convention as required in RSA 29:8, may incur debt in anticipation of the receipt of taxes for the financial year in which the debt is incurred. Such funds may be used to pay maintenance and…