Title XLI, Liens

A lienholder under this chapter shall inquire by writing, by verified mail as defined in RSA 21:53, to determine from the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety, the secretary of state, and the town clerk with regard to a motor vehicle and from the secretary of st…

The balance of the proceeds of sale, if any, after payment of the amount of the lien and the reasonable expenses incident to the sale, shall be paid to the general owner or person entitled thereto, on demand.

The holder of the lien shall cause a copy of such notices and an affidavit of service, with an account of the sale and of the fees and charges thereon, to be recorded in the books of the town where the sale takes place. A certified copy of the record may be used in evidence.

If a person shall perform labor, provide professional design services as defined in RSA 447:2, or furnish materials toward building, repairing, fitting or furnishing a vessel within this state, payment for which is due, he or she shall have a lien therefor on the vessel for the s…

In this chapter: I. "Commercial real estate" means any real estate other than real estate containing one to 4 residential units. II. "Principal broker" means the individual broker, including the broker designated by a corporation, partnership or association, whom the New Hampshir…

Any such lien may be secured by attachment of the property upon which it exists at any time while the lien continues, the writ and return thereon distinctly expressing that purpose.

Such attachment shall have precedence over all lien claims for labor, professional design services, materials, or other things done or furnished after the attachment was made, except the same were done or furnished in the performance of a contract existing when the attachment was…

Except as provided in RSA 447:11, all such attaching lien creditors shall share pro rata in accordance with the amounts of their respective lien judgments in the property attached or in its proceeds.

Such attachment shall have precedence and priority over any construction mortgage. For the purposes of this section, a construction mortgage shall mean any mortgage loan made for the purpose of financing the construction, repair or alteration of any structure on the mortgaged pre…

I. Within 10 business days of the execution of a construction mortgage, including any refinancing thereof, the mortgagor or his agent shall post in a conspicuous place on the jobsite for which the construction funds were secured, the name, address and telephone number of the inst…

If logs are attached, the officer making the attachment may pay the boomage thereon, if any, and return the amount so paid on the writ, and it shall be included in the costs recovered.

No lien shall be defeated by taking a note, unless it was taken in discharge of the amount due and of the lien.

The liens given by RSA 447:5-14, inclusive, shall attach to any money due or to become due from the state or from any political subdivision thereof by virtue of any contract for any public work or construction, alteration, or repair, in the performance of which contract the lieno…

Officers, public boards, agents or other persons who contract in behalf of the state or any political subdivision thereof for the construction, repair or rebuilding of public buildings, public highways, bridges or other public works shall if said contract involves an expenditure …

To obtain the benefit of the bond, any person, firm or corporation having any claim for labor performed, materials, machinery, tools, or equipment furnished as aforesaid shall, within 90 days after the completion and acceptance of the project by the contracting party, file in the…

Said claimant shall, within one year after filing such claim, file a petition in the superior court for the county within which the contract shall be principally performed to enforce his claim or intervene in a petition already filed, with copy to the principal and surety, and su…

If a principal broker is entitled to a fee, commission, or property management fee pursuant to a written contract signed by the owner, buyer, or tenant of commercial real estate, or the owner's, buyer's, or tenant's duly authorized agent, pertaining to the sale or lease of said c…

I. If any person shall perform labor, provide professional design services, or furnish materials to the amount of $15 or more for erecting or repairing a house or other building or appurtenances, or for building any dam, canal, sluiceway, well or bridge, or for consumption or use…

Any principal broker's notice of lien shall be recorded at the registry of deeds in the county where the property is located. In the case of a sale, where the principal broker claims a fee or commission against the seller, the notice of lien shall be recorded prior to the recordi…

If a person shall perform labor or furnish materials or fuel to the amount of $15 or more for the making of brick, by virtue of a contract with the owner thereof, he shall have a lien upon said materials and fuel and upon the brick with the kiln containing said brick, for such la…

If a person shall, by teams or machinery, perform labor or furnish supplies to the amount of $15 or more toward rafting, driving, cutting, hauling, sawing or drawing wood, bark, lumber or logs, or toward cooking or hauling supplies in aid of such labor, by virtue of a contract wi…

The notice of lien under this chapter shall attach to the commercial real estate or any interest in the commercial real estate upon: I. The principal broker being otherwise entitled to a fee or commission under a written instrument signed by the duly authorized owner, buyer, tena…

If a person shall perform labor, provide professional design services as defined in RSA 447:2, or furnish materials to the amount of $15 or more for any of the purposes specified in RSA 447:2, 447:3 and 447:4 and in RSA 453, by virtue of a contract with an agent, contractor or su…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no principal broker's lien shall be valid until the date of its recording in the registry of deeds in which the real estate against the lien is sought is located, even if the right to such lien arose prior to the date of such recording.…

Such notice may be given after the labor is performed, the professional design services are provided, or the material is furnished, and said lien shall be valid to the extent of the amount then due or that may thereafter become due to the contractor, agent or subcontractor of the…

I. Whenever a notice of lien securing a principal broker's lien has been filed with the registry of deeds, an escrow account may be established from the proceeds of the sale of the commercial real estate in an amount equal to the amount of the notice of lien. The option to establ…

I. Except as provided in RSA 447-A:6, when the lien of a principal broker is satisfied, the principal broker shall cause a discharge of the lien to be recorded within 10 days after such lien is satisfied in the registry of deeds of the county in which the commercial real estate i…

If a person shall perform labor, provide professional design services, or furnish materials to the amount of $15 or more, in the grading, masonry, bridging or track-laying of a railroad, under a contract with an agent, contractor or subcontractor of the proprietors thereof, the p…

Any person giving notice as provided in RSA 447:5-7 shall, as often as once in 30 days, furnish to the owner, or person having charge of the property on which the lien is claimed, an account in writing of the labor performed, professional design services provided, or materials fu…

The lien created by RSA 447:2-7, inclusive, shall continue for 120 days after the services are performed, or the materials, supplies or other things are furnished, unless payment therefor is previously made, and shall take precedence of all prior claims except liens on account of…

Every individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, institution or any governmental unit or combination or parts thereof maintaining and operating a hospital licensed in the state of New Hampshire which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by r…

Any person keeping a boarder or lodger, not a mariner or seaman, shall have a lien upon the baggage and effects of such boarder or lodger brought to the boarding or lodging house until all proper charges for his fare and board or room rent are paid or tendered.

No lien shall be effective unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital or home health care provider, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporation…

A person to whom horses, cattle, sheep or other domestic animals shall be entrusted to be pastured or boarded shall have a lien thereon for all proper charges due for such pasturing or board until the same shall be paid or tendered.

Any person or carrier who transports animals shall have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for their detention.

Colts foaled in this state shall be subject to a lien to secure the payment of the service fee for the stallion, which shall continue in force until the colt is 8 months old, and may be enforced by an attachment of such colt at any time after it is 4 months old; said lien shall t…

Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives, or to any other person as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and recei…

Such lien shall not be enforced unless the owner or manager of such stallion shall have complied with the requirements of RSA 441.

Every town or city clerk shall, at the expense of the town or city, provide a book or card filing system to be called the hospital and home health care provider lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of this chapter, he shall enter the name o…

Every person who maintains an establishment for cleaning, pressing, glazing, laundering, or dyeing, who shall place in storage, 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 for such service, …

If such lien remains undischarged for a period of 60 days after work has been completed or after expiration of agreed terms of storage, if any, or in the absence of such agreement, after the expiration of 90 days from date of storage, the lienholder may give such article to a dul…

Notice of such sale or disposal to a charitable organization shall be given as provided in RSA 451:3 and record shall be made as provided in RSA 444:6.

Any person who maintains a public garage, public or private airport or hangar or trailer court for the parking, storage or care of motor vehicles or aircraft or house trailers brought to his premises or placed in his care by or with the consent of the legal or equitable owner sha…

Any person who maintains a public boatyard, marine dealership or the like for storage and care of vessels, boats, or boat or vessel motors brought to his premises or placed in his care by or with the consent of the legal or equitable owner shall have a lien upon said vessel, boat…

Any person who shall, by himself or others, perform labor, furnish materials, or expend money, in repairing, refitting or equipping any motor vehicle or aircraft, under a contract expressed or implied with the legal or equitable owner, shall have a lien upon such motor vehicle or…

Any person who shall by himself or others perform labor, furnish materials and expend money in repairing, refitting, equipping or otherwise performing labor or expending money or materials on any vessel, boat, or boat or vessel motor under a contract, expressed or implied, with t…