Title I, The State and Its Government

The deputy attorney general shall act as attorney general whenever the latter is absent or unable to act from any cause, or whenever there is a vacancy in the office, provided he shall not so act when the governor and council have appointed an acting attorney general in accordanc…

Subject to the state personnel regulations, and within the limits of available funds, the attorney general may employ and fix the compensation of such employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.

The governor and council, upon the request and recommendation of the attorney general, are hereby authorized to cooperate with and enter into such agreements with the federal government or any agency thereof as they may deem advisable to secure funds or assistance for the purpose…

The director of charitable trusts shall prepare and make available on the state website a directory of information relative to charitable trusts. The electronic directory shall be accessible to the public at no cost.

Any person who knowingly violates any provision of RSA 7:19-7:32-a shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person and guilty of a felony if any other person.

The purpose of this subdivision is to ensure that health care charitable trusts provide the communities they serve with benefits in keeping with the charitable purposes for which the trusts were established and in recognition of the advantages the trusts enjoy. It acknowledges th…

In this subdivision: I. "Charity care" means health care services provided by a health care charitable trust for which the trust does not expect and has not expected payment and which health care services are not recognized as either a receivable or as revenue in the trust's fina…

Within 90 days of the start of its fiscal year every health care charitable trust shall develop a community benefits plan. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the following criteria on forms supplied by the attorney general: I. The trust shall adopt a mission statement…

Every health care charitable trust shall, either alone or in conjunction with other health care charitable trusts in its community, conduct a community needs assessment to assist in determining the activities to be included in its community benefits plan. The needs assessment pro…

I. Every health care charitable trust shall submit its community benefits plan to the director of charitable trusts on an annual basis no later than 90 days after the start of the trust's fiscal year. The trust and the director of charitable trusts shall make all community benefi…

The provision of charity care may be included in a community benefits plan by a health care charitable trust only to the extent that it: I. Does not include any sums identified as bad debt, a receivable, or revenue by the trust in accordance with generally accepted accounting pri…

Nothing in this subdivision shall derogate from authority of the attorney general, or the rights of others, provided by common law or other statute.

If the total value of the fund balances of a health care charitable trust do not exceed $100,000, the trust shall have no obligation to comply with the provisions of this subdivision. In addition, those health care charitable trusts for which compliance would be a financial or ad…

Compliance with this subdivision shall not establish eligibility for a property tax exemption under RSA 72:23, V, but may be considered if relevant to the criteria established in RSA 72:23, RSA 72:23-l, and at common law.

Health care charitable trusts may satisfy the requirements of RSA 7:32-e, RSA 7:32-f, and RSA 7:32-g, individually or in a combination with other health care charitable trusts, provided that information required to be reported under RSA 7:32-e, V(a) and (b) shall be specifically …

There shall be a county attorney for each county, who shall be a member of the New Hampshire bar, elected biennially by the voters of the county; provided that, at the 2022 state general election, and at each subsequent state general election, the county attorney for Rockingham c…

With the approval of the applicable county commissioners and attorney general, a county attorney is hereby authorized to employ a contract assistant county attorney to assist the county attorney whenever the criminal dockets are backlogged with caseloads such as to make it expedi…

The county attorney, subject to the approval of the attorney general and the applicable county commissioners, may appoint assistant county attorneys within the limits of the appropriation made for the appointment of assistants. Assistant county attorneys shall serve at the pleasu…

The county attorney may appoint, with the approval of the attorney general, special assistant county attorneys to assist with criminal cases when the county attorney believes it is expedient to do so. Special assistant county attorneys shall act under the supervision, direction, …

The county attorney of each county shall be under the direction of the attorney general, and, in the absence of the latter, he or she shall perform all the duties of the attorney general's office for the county. If no other representation is provided, under the direction of the c…

The Rockingham county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law, nor shall he accept any fees or emoluments other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law shall not include the provision of legal services witho…

The Cheshire county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to…

The Belknap county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of criminal law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services in the field of criminal law. He may engage in the private practice of civil law.

The Sullivan county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to…

The Strafford county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge t…

The Carroll county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than her or his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without cha…

The Coos county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his or her official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge…

The Grafton county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than her or his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without cha…

The county attorneys are entitled to their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. They shall be paid monthly for their salaries and expenses. They shall submit their expense accounts to a justice of the superior court for his approval before the accou…

The attorney general shall, on or before December 1 of each odd numbered year, file a report with the governor and council of his official acts and of all money received and the disposition made thereof by him during the preceding 2 years, and containing such statistics and other…

The county attorneys shall include in their annual reports full statistics regarding crimes and misdemeanors committed in their respective counties and such recommendations as in their judgment the public good requires.

The county attorney at the close of each term of court shall transmit to the county commissioners a list of all civil actions pending at the term in favor of or against the county, with the names of the parties, the nature and amount of the claims and the progress made in each ca…

There shall be a statistical analysis center under the supervision of the attorney general. The center shall provide complete, accurate, and current criminal and juvenile justice statistics to public officials and law enforcement operational, managerial, and planning personnel. T…

The legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this program is to ena…

As used in this subdivision: I. "Address" means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this subdivision. II. "Program participant" means a person certified as a…

I. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, may apply to the attorney general to have an address designated by the attorney general serve as the person's address or the address of the minor or in…

I. If the program participant obtains a name change, he or she loses certification as a program participant and may immediately reapply for certification under his or her new name. II. The attorney general may cancel a program participant's certification if there is a change in t…

I. A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the attorney general as his or her address. When creating a new public record, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the attorney general as a program partic…

I. A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may apply as an absentee voter. The program participant shall automatically receive absentee ballots for all elections in the jurisdictions for which that individual is domiciled in the same manner as absentee voters pur…

The attorney general shall not make any records in a program participant's file available for inspection or copying, other than the address designated by the attorney general, except under the following circumstances: I. If requested by a law enforcement agency, to the law enforc…

The attorney general shall refer participants to crisis centers that provide counseling and shelter services to either victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault to assist persons applying to be program participants.

The offices of the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, and the assistant attorneys general shall be in Concord and each shall have been admitted to the practice of law in New Hampshire.

The attorney general shall act as attorney for the state in all criminal and civil cases in the supreme court in which the state is interested, and in the prosecution of persons accused of crimes punishable with death or imprisonment for life. The attorney general shall have and …

Under the direction of the attorney general there shall be prepared and distributed from time to time a law enforcement manual, with revisions and supplements. This manual shall contain interpretations of law pertaining to the duties of peace officers, law of arrest, admissibilit…

I. Every communications common carrier, as defined in RSA 570-A:1, IX, upon the written demand of the attorney general that the attorney general has reasonable grounds for belief that the service furnished to a person or to a location by such communications common carrier has bee…

I. Upon receipt of a signed written complaint, or upon his or her own motion, the attorney general may in his or her discretion, conduct investigations to determine whether any violation of the election or lobbying laws has occurred and may prosecute anyone responsible for such a…