Title III, Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places

The governing body may institute proceedings to remove the tax collector from office whenever, upon examination by the department of revenue administration, a certified public accountant, or a public accountant licensed by the state under RSA 309-B, the accounts are found to cont…

In case of removal from town or office or the death of a collector, he, his executors or administrators, and all other persons into whose hands any of his unsettled tax lists may come, shall forthwith deliver the same to the selectmen.

Any distress begun by a deceased or removed collector, or one who vacates his office by removal from town or otherwise, may be completed by his successor in the same manner as it could have been by him who began it.

Every collector of taxes shall collect all taxes set down upon the lists committed to him for that purpose except such as are abated, and shall possess all the powers of the office until they are collected, unless he is sooner removed as provided in this chapter.

I. At any annual town meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may, whether or not the terms of office for town clerk and tax collector for said town are coterminous, vote, by ballot, to determine if they are in favor of having the office of to…

Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, all laws of this state pertaining to town clerks and town tax collectors shall apply in full to the office of town clerk-tax collector.

I. The town clerk-tax collector shall appoint a deputy, with the approval of the selectmen, who shall be sworn, give bond, have the powers of town clerk-tax collectors and may be removed at the pleasure of the town clerk-tax collector. The deputy shall perform such duties as are …

Overseers of public welfare shall keep full and accurate records of the assisted persons fully supported, the persons relieved and partially supported, and the travelers and vagrants lodged at the expense of their respective towns, together with the amounts paid by them for such …

The board of supervisors of the checklist shall consist of 3 legal voters of the town. At the annual town election held in every even numbered year, the voters of each town shall elect, by ballot, one supervisor for a term of 6 years, provided that the supervisor elected at the s…

Any town at any annual meeting, under an article in the warrant for said meeting, may vote to elect by ballot one or more permanent constables or police chiefs or other police officers for full-time duty in said town and may rescind such action in like manner. No election of such…

Any permanent constable or police officer who is either elected under the provisions of RSA 41:47 or appointed for full-time duty under the provisions of RSA 105:1, and who is in compliance with the requirements of RSA 106-L:6, shall continue to hold such office during good behav…

In any town which has full-time permanent police officer or officers, the selectmen, or other governing body, shall allow said officer or officers one day of rest in 8, without loss of pay.

No person shall be obliged to serve in any town office two terms successively; nor shall a person be compelled to serve as collector of taxes in any case.

The provisions of RSA 41:49 shall not affect the provisions of any city charter.

If any person holding the office of town treasurer shall, by reason of illness, accident, absence from the state or other cause, become temporarily incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of his office, the selectmen may, unless the town has voted to adopt the provisions o…

If any town fails to choose agents, overseers of the public welfare, firewards or any of them, or there is a vacancy in any of such offices, the selectmen shall discharge the duties and have the powers of such offices until the same are filled by election or appointment, as provi…

A person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in an office, or because there was no election at the annual meeting, shall qualify and succeed his immediate predecessor in the office, and possess the same powers, perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as …

Except as otherwise provided, the term of office of any appointed town officer shall begin upon his or her appointment and qualification for office and shall end upon the appointment and qualification of his or her successor.

All books, records, papers, vouchers, and documents which shall be in the possession of any officer, committee, or board of officers of the town, and which are not needed elsewhere by them in the discharge of official duty, shall be deposited in the office of the town clerk, and …

The selectmen shall cause all books of public record belonging to the town to be well and strongly bound, and all papers and documents to be filed and arranged in an orderly manner convenient for reference and examination, and shall provide suitable fireproof safes or other means…

I. Town treasurers, trustees as provided in RSA 31:22 and 23, trustees as provided in RSA 53-B:8-a, I, library trustees including alternate library trustees, if any, town clerks, tax collectors and their deputies, agents authorized to collect the boat fee, and persons delegated t…

The selectmen may authorize and direct the town clerk to make, in suitable books, true copies of any of the public records of the town which have become so faded, worn out or otherwise defaced that in their judgment it is necessary they should be copied in order to insure the pre…

No town officer having the custody of its public records or documents shall loan the same or permit them to be taken from the place where they are usually kept except when necessary for the discharge of official duty or upon the summons of a court of competent authority; and they…

The selectmen shall provide, at the expense of the town, suitable cases for the preservation of the laws, reports and other books and pamphlets received by the town from the state or others; and the town clerk shall arrange and keep them therein in such manner that they will be a…

Whenever a town officer goes out of office he shall deliver to his successor all records, books, pamphlets, papers and other things in his possession pertaining to the office.

The secretary of state shall require town clerks or other town officials having the custody of town or parish records, plans, documents or public papers, prior to the year 1825, to deposit the same in his office in the state house at Concord, for the purpose of being copied and i…

Any person having an unrecorded document pertaining to the affairs of public importance of any town, parish or division of the state, prior to the year 1825, may submit the same to the secretary of state, with his affidavit of the source from which it was received, and, if it be …

Copies of such records, duly attested and certified by the secretary of state over the state's seal, shall be as competent evidence in any court within this state as the original record or document would be if produced by the legal custodian thereof.

Any report, form or assurance required to be submitted to the state by a town officer which requires the submitting officer to certify to the accuracy of information it contains shall use a statement for the certification in a form substantially similar to the following: "The inf…

All municipal records as defined in RSA 33-A:1, IV belong to the public in perpetuity and shall not be destroyed, maliciously damaged or retained by any person not entitled to keep them. Municipal records shall be destroyed only with the approval of the municipal records board es…

Every constable shall, within 6 days after his election or appointment, give bond, with sufficient sureties to the acceptance of the town or selectmen, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, in form like that of county officers, and in default thereof the offic…

Every town, at the annual meeting, shall choose, by ballot, one selectman to hold office for 3 years. The selectmen shall manage the prudential affairs of the town and perform the duties by law prescribed. A majority of the selectmen shall be competent in all cases.

Upon written application of 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered voters in town, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient, presented to the selectmen or one of them not later than the fifth Tuesday before a…

When a petition is submitted under RSA 41:8-b or RSA 41:8-d, the selectmen shall within 10 days designate a place and a time for a public hearing thereon. Said hearing shall be held not later than the Thursday before the annual meeting to discuss the proposed change in the size o…

A town which has voted to enlarge its board of selectmen may rescind its action in the manner described in RSA 41:8-b, except that the question shall read: "Are you in favor of decreasing the board of selectmen to 3 members?"

If a town votes to enlarge or to decrease its board of selectmen the change does not take effect in either case until the first annual meeting following the meeting at which the questions were acted upon. If the town votes to enlarge the board to 5 members, at the first annual me…

I. The selectmen shall pay all sums of money received by them in behalf of the town to the town treasurer immediately after receipt, and state to him from whom and for what received. II. They shall draw orders upon the treasurer for the payment of all accounts and claims against …

I. A town may, by majority vote at any annual or special meeting, authorize the board of selectmen to establish or amend fees, as provided in this section. Such a vote shall continue in effect until rescinded. II. Following such vote, the board of selectmen, without further vote …

I. The governing body of a town, or a town manager in a town which has adopted the provisions of RSA 37, may require a background investigation and a criminal history records check on any candidate for employment in a position in the town that requires the employee to work with o…

I. In order to perform a background investigation for a candidate to be employed as a peace officer or in the case of an applicant for a position other than a sworn peace officer within a law enforcement agency, an employer shall disclose employment information relating to a curr…