Title XXXI, Trade and Commerce

The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the consumer protection and antitrust bureau, department of justice, established in RSA 21-M:9.

I. Unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter, the provisions of this subdivision do not apply to offers or dispositions of any interest in a condominium unit: (a) If not more than 25 units are included in the condominium; provided, how…

No zoning or other land use ordinance shall prohibit condominiums as such by reason of the form of ownership inherent therein. Neither shall any condominium be treated differently by any zoning or other land use ordinance which would permit a physically identical project or devel…

Unless exempt by RSA 356-B:49: I. No declarant may offer or dispose of any interest in a condominium unit located in this state, nor offer or dispose in this state of any interest in a condominium unit located without this state prior to the time the condominium including such un…

I. The application for registration of the condominium shall be filed in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall contain the following documents and information: (a) An irrevocable appointment of the attorney general to receive service of any lawful process in any non…

I. A public offering statement shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall include the following: (a) The name and principal address of the declarant and the condominium; (b) A general description of the nature of the condominium and of the plan of its develop…

I. Upon receipt of an application for registration in proper form, the attorney general shall forthwith initiate an investigation to determine: (a) That the declarant can or can reasonably be expected to be able to convey or cause to be conveyed the interests in the units offered…

I. Upon receipt of the application for registration in proper form, the attorney general shall, within 10 business days, issue a notice of filing to the declarant. Within 60 days from the date of the notice of filing, the attorney general shall enter an order registering the cond…

On April 1 of each year following the registration of the condominium, the declarant shall, until such time as all of the improvements in the condominium have been completed and all of the units have been disposed of by the declarant, file a report in the form prescribed by the a…

I. Any declarant of a conversion condominium shall include in his public offering statement, in addition to the requirements of RSA 356-B:52, the following: (a) A specific statement of the amount of any initial or special condominium fee due from the purchaser on or before settle…

Any deposit made in regard to any disposition of any interest in a unit shall either be held in escrow until settlement or closing or shall be delivered to the person providing construction financing, who shall either hold said deposit in escrow or shall apply said deposit to the…

I. In the event of any resale of a condominium unit or any interest therein by any person other than the declarant, the prospective unit owner shall have the right to obtain from the owners' association, prior to the contract date of the disposition, the following: (a) Appropriat…

I. [Repealed.] II. If it appears that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any false, deceptive or misleading advertising to offer or dispose of any interest in a condominium unit, the attorney general may require by written notice the filing of advertising material re…

I. If any portion of the common area is taken by eminent domain, the award therefor shall be allocated to the unit owners in proportion to their respective undivided interests in the common area; provided, however, that the portion of the award attributable to the taking of any p…

I. In the event of a conflict between the declaration or bylaws, the provisions of RSA 356-B shall control. II. A unit owners association may amend or revise the condominium documents to comply with the requirements of RSA 356-B without the need to obtain mortgagee approval if th…

I. The attorney general may make necessary public or private investigations in accordance with law within or outside of this state to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, or to aid in the enforcement of this…

I. If the attorney general determines after notice and hearing that a person has: (a) Violated any provision of this chapter; (b) Directly or through an agent or employee knowingly engaged in any false, deceptive, or misleading advertising, promotional, or sales methods to offer …

I. A registration may be revoked after notice and hearing upon a written finding of fact that the declarant has: (a) Failed to comply with the terms of a cease and desist order; (b) Been convicted in any court subsequent to the filing of the application for registration for a cri…

I. Any person aggrieved by a decision or action of the attorney general may, by petition, appeal from said decision or action to the superior court for review. The superior court may affirm, reverse, or modify the decision or action of the attorney general as justice may require.…

Any person who willfully violates any provision of this subdivision IV or of a rule adopted under it or any person who willfully, in an application for registration, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact shall be guilty of a class B felon…

I. Any declarant who disposes of any interest in a condominium unit in violation of this chapter, or who in disposing of any such interest makes an untrue statement of a material fact, or who in disposing of any such interest omits a material fact required to be stated in a regis…

Dispositions of any interest in condominium units are subject to this chapter, and the superior courts of this state have jurisdiction in claims or causes of action arising under this chapter if: I. The condominium units offered for disposition are located in this state; or II. T…

In the proceedings for extradition of a person charged with a crime under this chapter, it need not be shown that the person whose surrender is demanded has fled from justice or at the time of the commission of the crime was in the demanding or other state.

I. Service may be made by delivering a copy of the process to the office of the attorney general, but it is not effective unless the plaintiff (which may be the attorney general in a proceeding instituted by him): (a) Forthwith sends a copy of the process and of the pleading by c…

No member of the consumer protection and antitrust bureau, department of justice shall act as an officer, employee, agent, attorney or broker of a condominium or offer or dispose of any interest in a condominium unit required to be approved pursuant to RSA 356-B:51.

No condominium shall come into existence except by the recordation of condominium instruments pursuant to this chapter. No condominium instruments shall be recorded unless all units located or to be located on any portion of the submitted land, other than within the boundaries of…

I. There is established a commission to study RSA 356-B (condominium act), including, but not limited to, the condominium registration process administered by the department of justice. II. Notwithstanding RSA 14:49, II(c), the members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) T…

I. At the time of the conveyance to the first purchaser of each condominium unit following the recordation of the declaration, every mortgage, deed of trust, any perfected mechanics' or materialmen's liens, or any other perfected lien, affecting all of the condominium or a greate…

After the creation of the condominium, no description of a condominium unit shall be deemed vague, uncertain, or otherwise insufficient or infirm which sets forth the identifying number of that unit, the name of the condominium, the name of the town or city and county wherein the…