Title XXXI, Trade and Commerce

Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill, knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms of such bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill are not in the possession or control of such…

Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill, knowing that, at the time of such issue, any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have not been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier or a connec…

Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a non-negotiable bill without the words "not negotiable" placed plainly upon the face thereof shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of the warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing s…

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of an offense, and upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a …

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainl…

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents or servants, who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for s…

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding and uncancelled, w…

Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the l…

I. The annual rate of interest in all business transactions in which interest is paid or secured, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, shall equal 10 percent. No consumer credit transaction, as defined in RSA 358-K:1, V, shall be subject to this paragraph. If agreed upon in w…

I. The rate paid on judgments shall be the rate in effect at the time the verdict is rendered or a finding for pecuniary damages is made, as certified by the clerk of court. II. The rate paid in business transactions shall be the rate in effect at the time the agreement for the b…

As used in this chapter: I. "Business" includes every kind of private business, profession, occupation, calling, or operation of private institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. II. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other association. III. …

Unless a specific period is designated by law for their preservation, business records which persons by the laws of this state are required to keep or preserve may be destroyed after the expiration of 3 years from the making of such records without constituting an offense under s…

If in the regular course of business a person makes reproductions of original business records, the preservation of such reproductions constitutes compliance with any laws of this state requiring that business records be kept or preserved.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the authority of an officer of this state under existing law to permit the destruction of business records.

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it; but it shall not be interpreted and construed as requiring the preservation of business records for any longer period than they are now …

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act.

Any agreement or provision whereby an architect, engineer, surveyor or his agents or employees is sought to be held harmless or indemnified for damages and claims arising out of circumstances giving rise to legal liability by reason of negligence on the part of any said persons s…

No title or interest in money or any other thing can be acquired, lost, or changed by gambling, or by the payment, delivery, or transfer by any losing party. No note or security for any supposed debt growing out of a gambling transaction, or for money lent to gamble with or to pa…

Any provision for or in connection with a contract for construction, reconstruction, installation, alteration, remodeling, repair, demolition, or maintenance work, including without limitation, excavation, backfilling or grading, on any building or structure, whether underground …

Except as authorized by the lottery commission, all bets and wagers upon any question where the parties have no interest in the subject except that created by the wager are void; and either party may recover any property by him or her deposited, paid, or delivered upon such wager…

If any person shall receive any money or property, won by him upon any bet or wager as aforesaid, he shall be liable to the person losing it, in an action of assumpsit, trover or other form proper to recover it; and any security given for the payment of such loss shall be void.

Any contract or agreement for the purchase, sale, loan, payment, or use of money or property, real or personal, the terms of which are made to depend upon, or are to be varied or affected by, any uncertain event in which the parties have no interest except that created by such co…

This chapter shall not apply to fantasy sports contests. For purposes of this chapter, the term "fantasy sports contest" means a fantasy or simulated game or contest, with or without an entry fee, in which one or more players compete against each other and winning outcomes reflec…

All persons selling tickets for bread, milk or cream shall use some form of coupon ticket which shall be detached by the purchaser as used, or, if single tickets be used, they shall be defaced, punched or cancelled in some way at the time of sale and shall not be again used.

No person shall store, sell, offer or expose for sale any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other similar products in any manner whatsoever which may deceive, tend to deceive or has the effect of deceiving the purchaser of said products as to the nature, quality or quant…

In this chapter: I. "Bottle-type water dispenser" means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or reservoir as the source of potable water. II. "Department" means the department of energy. III. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means a heated, fully-enclosed compartment with on…

In this chapter: I. "Agent" means any person licensed by the department of revenue administration to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes. II. "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, and wrapped in any material ex…

In this chapter: I. "Agreement" means any written agreement between a supplier and a dealer under which the dealer is granted the right to use a trademark, trade name, service mark or other identifying symbol or name owned by the supplier. II. "Commission agent" means a person wh…

In this chapter: I. "Commission" means compensation paid a sales representative by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders or sales of the principal's product. II. "Principal" means a person who manufactures, produces, imports or…

The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: I. The manufacture, sale or delivery, holding or offering for sale of any misbranded hazardous substance. II. The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label …

For the purposes of this chapter: I. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, trust and any other legal entity. II. "Petroleum product" means propane, gasoline, unleaded gasoline, kerosene, #2 heating oil, diesel fuel, kerosene base jet fuel and…

The cautionary statement provided for in RSA 339-A:9 shall be printed in at least 10 point book face sans serif type and shall appear in all respects in the following form: STATEMENT OF PRODUCT DISCLOSURE THE PRODUCT (OR HOUSING UNIT) CONTAINS UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN. FOR SOME PE…

The department of agriculture, markets, and food shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, as necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter. The commissioner shall issue stop sale orde…

No agreement between a supplier and a dealer may provide that a dealer's franchise shall be terminated upon the death of the dealer if the dealer has designated a successor as provided for in this subdivision.

To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the department of justice may bring an action on behalf of the people of this state to enjoin acts in violation of this chapter and to recover civil penalties authorized under RSA 339-F:9.

The dealer may designate a successor who shall be either the dealer's surviving spouse or adult child. The successor shall meet the reasonable qualifications then required of dealers by the supplier for the operation of a franchise.

The commissioner shall be responsible for administering the provisions of this chapter.

I. A seller or manufacturer shall incorporate the cautionary statement required by RSA 339-A:9 in a contract for sale with the purchaser. The cautionary statement shall appear in the contract immediately preceding the place in the contract for the purchaser's signature. II. If a …

The attachment of a stop sale order to any improperly labeled product is notice and warning to all persons whomsoever, including, but not limited to, the owner or custodian, to scrupulously refrain from moving, altering, or interfering in any manner with any such product, or alte…

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of RSA 339-B shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for a subsequent offense be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

A dealer may designate one primary and one alternate successor. If the dealer designates an alternate successor, the alternate successor shall have no rights under this subdivision unless the primary successor notifies the alternate successor within 21 days of the death of the de…

A designated successor is allowed 21 days after the death of the dealer to send written notice to the supplier of an election to assume and operate the franchise. The notice shall contain information reasonably required by the supplier regarding business experience and financial …

Any fuel supplier who installs a fuel heating system, at the request of a property owner, where a fuel oil heating system already exists, shall be responsible for the following: I. Securely capping both ends of all fill pipes connected to the fuel tank or taking such other measur…

Each manufacturer of leather shall have the exclusive right of stamping leather by him manufactured with the initials of his Christian name and the whole of his surname, and the name of the town of his abode; and such stamp shall be deemed a warranty that the leather so stamped i…

In this subdivision: I. "Liquefied petroleum gas" means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of those hydrocarbons: (a) Propane. (b) Propylene. (c) Normal Butane. (d) Isobutane. (e) Butylenos. II. "Owner" means any person wh…