Title XXVII, Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands

Unincorporated societies or lodges of Elks, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Moose and Odd Fellows, or other similar fraternal organizations shall be corporations so far as may be necessary to take, hold, manage and use any gift or grant made to them as such and a…

The trustees or other similar officers of such societies or lodges shall be deemed bodies corporate for the purpose of taking and holding in succession grants and gifts whether of real or personal estate made either to them and their respective societies or lodges and said truste…

If a donation, grant or gift be made to any unincorporated association, society, foundation or similar organization, it shall be a corporation so far as may be necessary to take, hold, manage, use and convey any such donation, gift or grant made to it. Any donations, gifts or gra…

This subdivision applies to all churches, parishes, committees and other religious organizations governed by jurisdictions, archdioceses of any Orthodox Patriarchate, Synod or national church of the Orthodox Church (the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church), recognized by the a…

An unincorporated church, congregation, parish or any other religious organization may apply to the appropriate hierarch, archbishop, bishop or administrator for permission to incorporate under this article. When such permission has been granted in writing, it shall be attached t…

The articles of agreement shall be in the form provided by law for all religious corporations and must in addition recite therein that the purpose and intent of the corporation is to maintain, propagate, practice and forever perpetuate religious worship, services, sacraments and …

Any charitable corporation organized under an act of the legislature or organized or registered in accordance with state law is empowered through its trustees or directors to establish, maintain and operate common trust funds as provided herewith under the appropriate standard of…

Said charitable corporation may combine money and property belonging to various trusts in its care for the purpose of facilitating investments, providing diversification and obtaining a reasonable income; provided, however, that the participating contributory interest of said tru…

The articles of agreement shall contain the following: I. The name of the corporation. II. The object for which the corporation is established. II-a. The provisions for establishing criteria and procedures for membership and participation in the corporation. III. The provisions f…

Every charitable corporation established under this chapter which is a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and which is in existence on the effective date of this section, or which is thereafter established, is subje…

The provisions of RSA 292:19 shall not apply where the instrument creating the particular trust specifically prohibits collective investment or where such an investment shall violate any specific court order made in any particular trust.

Contributions to any common trust fund shall be made on the basis of its market value at the time such contribution is recorded in the books of the trustees. The withdrawal of a particular trust fund from any common trust fund shall be made proportionately on the basis of the mar…

The legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal the charter of any voluntary corporation or the laws under which it was established, or may modify or annul any of its franchises, duties and liability; but the remedy against the corporation for any liability previously incu…

I. Public Common Trust Funds. The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is authorized to establish one or more public common trust funds and to accept funds for investment in such public common trust funds from public trustees including municipal trustees, provided however, that an…

Every voluntary corporation created by an act of the legislature which is a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and which is in existence on the effective date of this section, or which is thereafter created by an ac…

I. Every corporation organized under this chapter or by act of the legislature shall, during the calendar year 1990, and every 5 years thereafter, make a return in writing to the secretary of state upon blanks to be furnished by him and shall pay a fee of $25. The return shall be…

I. Any corporation whose charter is repealed, revoked and annulled pursuant to this subdivision shall, nevertheless, continue as a body corporate for the term of 3 years from the date such charter is repealed, revoked and annulled for the purpose of presenting and defending suits…

I. A corporate name shall not contain language stating or implying that the corporation is organized for a purpose other than that permitted by RSA 292:1 and its articles of agreement. II. Except as authorized by paragraphs III and IV, a corporation name, based upon the records o…

I. Any corporation whose charter has been repealed, revoked, and annulled pursuant to this subdivision may at any time apply for revival of its certificate of incorporation, together with all the rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities and subject to all of its duties, deb…

I. Stock or membership certificates in a voluntary corporation, in the absence of bylaws which mandate rules regarding abandonment, which stock or certificates are evidenced by records available to the corporation, are presumed abandoned, and such stock or certificates shall be h…

The articles of agreement shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state. When so recorded, the signers thereof shall be a corporation, and such corporation, its officers, and members shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities…

The fee for recording the articles of agreement in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:4 shall be $25. The fee for recording any record of amendment in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:7 shall be $25. The fee for recording the ar…

A foreign nonprofit corporation established for any of the purposes set forth in RSA 292:1 or for a substantially similar purpose, desiring to do business in this state in furtherance of such purpose for the benefit of citizens of this state, may register as a foreign corporation…

No later than January 1, 2020, the secretary of state shall provide for and allow the online filing of all forms, certificates, or other documents required under this chapter.

I. Entities formed under this chapter may voluntary file with the secretary of state a statement appointing an agent for service of process pursuant to RSA 5:15-c. II. Failure to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in this state shall have no effect on validity o…

The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by a 2/3 majority action of the signers of the articles of agreement. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt new bylaws, subject to repeal or change by a 2/3 majority action of the shareholders or holders of…

In the interest of encouraging diversity of discussion, connection with the public, and public confidence, the board of directors of a charitable nonprofit corporation shall have at least 5 voting members, who are not of the same immediate family or related by blood or marriage. …

I. A voluntary corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. In the absence of a provision in its articles or bylaws providing for members, a voluntary corporation has no members. II. If a voluntary corporation has no members, an action for which the…

Any corporation now or hereafter organized or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and any existing corporation which may have been so organized or registered, may change its name, increase or decrease its capital stock or membership certificates, merge w…

The corporation may generate funds through its members, including, but not limited to: I. Issuance of membership certificates or stock certificates, or both, in the corporation. II. Receipt of contributions to capital. III. Assessment of dues and fees on members.

The following words as used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows: I. "Commission" means the higher education commission established in RSA 21-N:8-a. II. "Higher learning" means studies which are more advanced or difficult than those prevalently offered in a secondary…

The articles of agreement for the purpose of organizing a corporation for the establishment of an institution of higher learning shall be submitted to the commission for its consent for said incorporation.

No articles of agreement for the incorporation of institutions of higher learning shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state unless or until consent for said incorporation has been obtained from the commission.

The commission shall approve as a corporation of higher learning only such institutions as have been evaluated according to procedures and standards established by the commission. The commission may accept accreditation or program approval by a recognized accrediting body in plac…

No employee of the division, member of the commission, or any member of an evaluation committee established under any provision of this subdivision shall be held personally liable, either as an individual or as a member of a group, so long as said employee or member was acting in…

Any person or entity desiring to establish an institution of higher learning shall submit to the commission its plans, which shall be evaluated by the commission. Such evaluation shall include among other things the adequacy of the buildings or proposed buildings, instructional f…

I. The commission shall conduct periodic reevaluations of educational institutions incorporated under this chapter. II. The commission shall conduct a special reevaluation of any educational institution, if: (a) The institution is sold or transferred to, or merged with, another e…

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 292:3 no person, school, association or corporation shall use in any way the term "junior college" or "college" or "university" in connection with an institution, or use any other name, title or descriptive matter tending to designate that it…

I. This section shall apply to all educational institutions within the state granting degrees or seeking to do so, except the following: (a) Any institution now granting degrees which has been in continuous operation since before 1775; (b) [Repealed.] (c) Institutions of the univ…

Any person who shall violate the provisions of RSA 292:8-g or 292:8-h shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

In addition to the penalty provided by RSA 292:8-i, the commission may institute in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action to prevent or restrain any violation of the provisions of RSA 292:8-g or 8-h and the court shall adjudge to the plaintiff such relief by way of injun…

I. When any institution of higher learning ceases the regular conduct of instruction, 2 certified transcripts and an electronic copy of the same for each student who was registered for instruction at the institution shall be forwarded to the commission together with a course cata…

Any non-profit corporation heretofore organized by special act of the legislature for purposes as set forth by RSA 292:1 may: I. Change its name, eliminate any limitation on the assets it is authorized to hold, provide for distribution of its assets upon dissolution of the said c…

I. For any homeowners' association established under this chapter, except those associations that include ownership through timeshare, if more than 50 percent of the votes are acquired by a single person after developer control is terminated, a 2/3 majority shall be required to a…

I. Any such corporation, or 1/4 of the members thereof, may apply by petition to the superior court, or in the case of a charitable corporation to the superior court or the probate court, in the county in which the corporation is located, for a decree of dissolution, or for such …