Title XLI, Liens

Any person who maintains a public boatyard, marine dealership or the like shall have a lien for rental and other reasonable charges for any vessel, boat, or vessel or boat motor abandoned on his premises, so long as the same shall remain in his possession. Such person shall, afte…

In this chapter: I. "Abandoned rented space" means any rented space for which the renter is in default for at least 30 days and that the owner finds empty or the personal property within the rented space has a value of less than $500, or the renter surrenders possession of the re…

Every jeweler, watchmaker or silver-smith who shall alter, including manufacturing another article from, repair, or do any work on any article of personal property at the request of the owner or legal possessor of such property shall have a lien upon and may retain the possession…

In this chapter: I. "Personal property" means visible, movable, tangible goods, including goods that have been severed from real estate and moved for the purpose of being repaired. Personal property does not include real, intangible, or fixed property, fixtures, animals, inventor…

Any person who maintains an establishment for repair on radio or television equipment, who shall at his establishment or repair shop alter, repair or do any work on any such equipment at the request of the owner or legal possessor of such property shall have a lien upon and may r…

I. An owner shall inquire in writing, by verified mail, personal delivery, or any other method permitted by the division of motor vehicles or the secretary of state, to determine from the division of motor vehicles and the secretary of state with regard to a motor vehicle whether…

I. If after 30 days, any of the rent, charges, fees, or expenses remain unpaid, the owner may remove any locks, may remove any personal property from the rented space and retain such personal property, and after first satisfying the notice provisions of RSA 451-C:8 and RSA 451-C:…

I. The owner may dispose of stored personal property without liability to any person if: (a) The owner has complied with the provisions of RSA 451-C:8 through RSA 451-C:11 and no qualified buyer has purchased the personal property; or (b) After removing any locks in accordance wi…

A purchaser in good faith of personal property under the provisions of this chapter shall take the personal property free and clear of any other's rights, even if the owner has not complied with the provisions of this chapter or the rental agreement.

An owner acting in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not be liable to the renter, lienholder, or any other person.

If a rental agreement contains a limit on the value of personal property that may be stored in the rented space, the limit is deemed to be the maximum value of the stored personal property and the maximum liability of the owner for any claim by any person.

All rental agreements, entered into before the effective date of this chapter which have not been extended or renewed after that date, shall remain valid and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other law of this state. Nothing in th…

If such lien remains undischarged for a period of 60 days after work has been completed, the lienholder may sell such article at private or public sale, and the proceeds, after first paying the expense of the sale, shall be applied in payment of the debt, the balance, if any, to …

If such debt remains unpaid for 90 days, the lienholder may sell such article at public sale; provided that the lienholder gives a 30-day written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the article before such sale, and the proceeds, after first paying…

I. An owner shall not knowingly permit a rented space at a self-service storage facility to be used for residential purposes. II. A renter shall not use a rented space for residential purposes.

Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, every person who shall repair, at the request of the owner, any article of personal property, the fair market value of which is not greater than $1,000, shall have a lien upon the property and may retain the possession of the articl…

If a debt for repair services remains unpaid for 60 days from the date that they are completed, the holder of the lien established by the previous section may sell the article at public sale in accordance with RSA 444:3, RSA 444:5, and, in the event a prior lienholder has been di…

Before any such sale is held, notice in writing of the amount due and the time and place of sale shall be given the debtor. If the debtor's residence is known, such notice shall be mailed to him 14 days before the sale. If the debtor's address is unknown, such notice shall be giv…

An owner may enter a rented space without notice to the renter in the event of an emergency or to provide services that are reasonably necessary or were agreed to by the renter.

Before any such sale is held, notice in writing of the amount due and the time and place of sale shall be given the debtor. If the debtor's residence is known, such notice shall be mailed to him 14 days before the sale. If the debtor's address is unknown, such notice shall be giv…

I. The owner of a self-service storage facility has a lien on all personal property stored within each rented space for rent, fees, labor, or other charges, and for expenses reasonably incurred in its sale pursuant to this chapter. II. The rental agreement shall contain a stateme…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or as stated in the rental agreement, the exclusive care, custody, and control of all property stored in the rented space shall vest in the renter until a lien sale under the provisions of this chapter.

I. The owner may immediately deny the renter and all others access to the rented space and the self-service storage facility if the owner reasonably suspects that the rented space is being used for residential or other unlawful purposes. II. If a renter is in default for a period…

I. An owner may impose a reasonable late fee in accordance with this section for each service period that a renter does not pay all rent, charges, fees, or expenses when due. A late fee shall not be imposed if the renter pays all rent, charges, fees, and expenses in full by the f…

After default, an owner's lien may be enforced by selling the property stored in the rented space at a public or private sale, but only in accordance with the following procedure: I. No sooner than 5 days after such default, the renter and all other lienholders identified in the …

If the personal property in the rented space is a motor vehicle or trailer, and any of the rent, charges, fees, or expenses remain unpaid for at least 30 days, the owner may have the motor vehicle or trailer towed by an insured towing company. If the owner has the motor vehicle o…

Whoever, under contract with any person, sells or furnishes a monument, tablet, headstone, vault, post, curbing or other monumental work to be placed in a cemetery or at a grave shall have a lien thereon to secure the payment for the same.

Such lien shall continue for 2 years from the time the indebtedness shall have become due, and may be enforced in the manner herein provided.

Thirty days' notice in writing of the intention to enforce the lien shall be given the purchaser, or his legal representative, or be left at his usual place of abode. If the purchaser resides out of the state, or his residence is unknown, notice may be given by publication.

Upon the expiration of 30 days from such notice, and within said 2 years, the vendor may pay or tender to the purchaser, or his legal representative, or, if neither resides within the state or their residence is unknown, into the town treasury of the town where the monumental wor…

Thereupon and within said 2 years, the vendor may enter upon the premises where the work shall have been placed, and remove the same, and it shall be his property, free from all claim of the purchaser.

The vendor shall put the lot or grounds from which such removal is made in as good condition as before the monumental work was erected, and may retain the money paid him, not in excess of said 1/3, to pay the expense of removal and repairs.

Such retaking shall constitute payment in full for all claims against the purchaser under the contract.

I. If a person, firm or corporation shall, by himself or itself, or others, make an advance or series of advances of money to the owner of, or person entitled to the possession of, any logs, lumber or pulpwood for the purpose of financing the cutting, hauling, yarding, piling, tr…

I. The secretary of state shall maintain a consolidated index of certain liens affecting personal property and filed with the secretary of state and city and town clerks. The liens to be included in the index are as follows: (a) Federal tax liens (RSA 454-B); (b) State tax liens …

This chapter applies only to federal tax liens and to other federal liens, notices of which under any act of Congress or any regulation adopted pursuant to any act of Congress are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens.

I. Every city or town clerk's office ("former filing office") shall maintain a record of every federal tax lien filed with such office under RSA 454-B until the earlier of one year after a release or discharge is filed with respect to such federal tax lien or June 30, 2017. As of…

I. Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens including without limitation releases, subordinations, refiled notices, and discharges shall be filed in accordance with this chapter. II. Notices of liens upon real property f…

Any person or agency filing such a lien, or a full release of such a lien, with the secretary of state or a city or town clerk shall submit with the lien or release documentation a notice of filing of lien or notice of full release of lien, as applicable, on a form prescribed by …

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, ent…

I. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 454-C:7, whenever any such lien, or a full release of any such lien, is filed with the secretary of state, an image of the notice of filing or full release, or the information contained in such notice, shall be entered in the index within 3 …

I. If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subparagraph II(b) is presented to a filing officer, the filing officer shall cause the notice to be marked, held, and indexed in accordance with the …

The secretary of state shall maintain the image of the notice or the information therefrom regarding each lien and any full release thereof in the index until at least the earlier of one year after the secretary of state receives a full release or notice of full release of the li…

Any response to a request to the secretary of state for information on a particular debtor made under RSA 382-A:9-523(c), (f), (g), or (h), shall include at a minimum the date and time of filing of every lien against that debtor included in the index. The response shall include i…

The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien shall be $30.

The time periods specified in RSA 454-C:3 and RSA 454-C:5 are subject to extension for reasons set forth in RSA 382-A:9-524.