Title LII, Actions, Process, and Service of Process

The clerks of towns and cities shall keep for public inspection an alphabetical list of all such orders and assignments filed with them.

As used in this chapter: I. "Product liability action" means any action brought for or on account of personal injury, death or property damage or other damage caused by or resulting from the development, manufacture, construction, design, formula, preparation, assembly, testing, …

In this chapter: I. "Affiliate" means a legal entity that shares common branding with another legal entity, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another legal entity. II. "Control" or "Controlled" means ownership of, or the power to vote, more than 50 percent of …

As used in this chapter: I. "Action for medical injury" means any action against a medical care provider, whether based in tort, contract or otherwise, to recover damages on account of medical injury. II. "Medical care provider" means a physician, physician associate, registered …

As used in this chapter: I. "Action for medical injury" means any action against a medical care provider, whether based in tort, contract or otherwise, to recover damages on account of medical injury. II. "Medical care provider" means a physician, physician associate, registered …

This chapter may be cited as the Penalties for Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees Act.

As used in this chapter: I. "Murder" means murder in the first degree as defined under RSA 630:1-a or murder in the second degree committed knowingly as defined under RSA 630:1-b, I(a), or a reasonably equivalent offense under federal law, the law of another state, or the law of …

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered in or as a …

In this chapter: I. "Adult" means any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, or older as defined by RSA 175:1, I. II. "Alcoholic beverages" means liquor and beverages as those terms are defined in RSA 175:1, VIII and XLII. III. "Intoxicated person" means an individu…

In this chapter: I. "Governmental unit" means any political subdivision within the state including any county, city, town, precinct, school district, chartered public school, school administrative unit, or departments or agencies thereof, or any other body corporate and politic w…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to modify or limit the duties, responsibilities or liabilities of government units or their agents owed to the state for pollutant containment, cleanup, removal and restoration as established under state public health and envir…

I. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict a controller's or processor's ability to: (a) Comply with federal, state or municipal ordinances or regulations; (b) Comply with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena or summons by federal, state…

An action by or against an executor or administrator shall be brought in the same county or judicial district thereof or in one of the counties or judicial district thereof in which it might have been brought by or against the testator or intestate at the time of his death; provi…

This chapter applies to all causes of action for medical injury accruing after September 3, 1977, and as to such causes of action, shall supersede any inconsistent provision of law. In addition, this chapter applies to causes of action accruing prior to September 3, 1977, upon wh…

I. The attorney general shall have exclusive authority to enforce violations under this chapter. II. During the period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025, the attorney general shall, and following said period the attorney general may, prior to initiating any a…

A municipality or school district, which without charge permits any person to use a facility operated by the municipality or school district for the purpose of skateboarding, rollerblading, stunt biking, or rollerskiing, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage …

The superior court may change the venue in any civil proceeding when justice or convenience requires it.

No lien obtained by attachment or otherwise shall be abated or in any way affected thereby.

An individual or entity covered by this chapter and other law regarding third party providers of information and services is required to comply with both chapters, provided, however, that to the extent there is a direct conflict between the 2 chapters which precludes compliance w…

Whenever in any case the venue is changed by order of court, and the case is tried by a jury in the county to which it is transferred, such county shall have judgment and execution against the county from which it is transferred for the fees due jurors, sheriffs and the stenograp…

If, upon the hearing of any contract or tort action, it clearly appears to the court that the action or any defense is frivolous or intended to harass or intimidate the prevailing party, then the court, upon motion of the prevailing party or on its own motion, may order summary j…

I. In this section, "vexatious litigant" means an individual who has been found by a judge to have filed 3 or more frivolous lawsuits which the judge finds, by clear and convincing evidence, were initiated for the primary purpose of harassment. II. The court may require a vexatio…

RSA 507:15 and RSA 507:15-a shall not be construed to diminish the inherent power of any court to grant appropriate relief not specified in those sections.

No punitive damages shall be awarded in any action, unless otherwise provided by statute.

I. "Governmental unit" means the state and any political subdivision within the state including any county, city, town, precinct, school district, chartered public school, school administrative unit, or departments or agencies thereof. II. In any action against a governmental uni…

I. This chapter applies to persons that conduct business in this state or persons that produce products or services that are targeted to residents of this state that during a one year period: (a) Controlled or processed the personal data of not less than 35,000 unique consumers, …

The general court finds that good order and discipline are necessary to provide New Hampshire students with a proper learning environment and that "employees," as defined in RSA 507-G:3, should not be inhibited in their attempts to enforce good order and discipline by the threat …

Every person or other legal entity, or representative of such person or entity, that knowingly contracts for, pays, or agrees to pay any profits from a murder as defined in this chapter, to a person who committed the murder, or to the representative of such person, where the valu…

I. In any action for medical injury, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence consisting of the expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses: (a) The standard of acceptable professional practice in the medical care provider's profession or sp…

A governmental unit may be held liable for damages in an action to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage caused by its fault or by fault attributable to it, arising out of ownership, occupation, maintenance or operation of all motor vehicles, and all premi…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all product liability actions must be commenced within the following time limits and not otherwise: I. Within 3 years of the time the injury is, or should, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, have been discovered by the plaintiff; …

In no event shall the owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, or the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, be held liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttere…

I. Any person who suffers damage, as provided in RSA 507-F:8, may bring an action under this chapter subject to the limitation found in paragraph II of this section. II. A person who becomes intoxicated may not bring an action under RSA 507-F:4 against a defendant for serving alc…

I. In any action for medical injury, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence which must include expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses: (a) The standard of reasonable professional practice in the medical care provider's profession or s…

One cotenant of real estate may recover, in an action of assumpsit against another, for his share of any trees, fixtures or other part of the estate destroyed, severed or carried away by the other.

Notwithstanding RSA 507-B:2, a governmental unit shall not be liable for damage arising from insufficiencies or hazards on any premises owned, occupied, maintained, or operated by it, even if it has actual notice of them, when such hazards are caused solely by snow, ice, or other…

In any product liability action, the defendant may be held liable only for harm that would have occurred if the product had been used in its unaltered and unmodified condition and shall not be held liable for harm arising in any part from alteration or modification of the product…

Any person licensed or required to be licensed under RSA 178:1, I and any employee or agent of such person who commits an act giving rise to liability, as provided in RSA 507-F:4 and 5, may be made a defendant to a claim under the provisions of this chapter.

All actions to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage arising out of bodily injury, personal injury or property damage to one person shall be tried together, and not otherwise.

If any defamatory statement or matter is published or uttered in or as a part of a broadcast over the facilities of a network of visual or sound radio broadcasting stations, the owner, licensee or operator of any such station or network of stations, and the agents or employees th…

Any portion of a settlement agreement in an action for medical injury which has the purpose or effect of prohibiting disclosure of relevant information to the appropriate state medical licensing board is void, contrary to public policy, and shall not be enforced.

In any action for medical injury: I. No witness is competent to give the expert testimony required by RSA 507-C:2 unless the court finds that the witness was competent and duly qualified to render or supervise equivalent care to that which is alleged to have caused the medical in…

One cotenant of real estate may recover, in an action of assumpsit, from another taking the income thereof without his consent, and wrongfully withholding the same, all damages he may sustain thereby.

In this chapter, "employee" means any individual elected or appointed to an educational entity, any individual who is an employee of such an entity, and any employee of a company under contract to a school or school district who is directly engaged in student-related services.

I. This chapter shall not apply to any: (a) Body, authority, board, bureau, commission, district or agency of this state or of any political subdivision of this state; (b) Nonprofit organization; (c) Institution of higher education; (d) National securities association that is reg…

The department of justice, through the office of victim/witness assistance established in RSA 21-M:8-b, upon receipt of notice of a contract, an agreement to pay, or payment of profits from a murder, shall notify all known victims of the existence of such contract, profits or fun…