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SB483: relative to a landlord's obligation to store personal property of a tenant after the tenant has vacated the premises.

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2004 SB483

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Senate status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Hearing
02/04/2004 at 09:30 AM
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS Housing and property

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SB 483 - AS INTRODUCED

2004 SESSION

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06/01

SENATE BILL 483

AN ACT relative to a landlord's obligation to store personal property of a tenant after the tenant has vacated the premises.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sapareto, Dist 19; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Public Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill reduces the time a landlord is obligated to store personal property of a tenant who has vacated the premises from 28 days to 7 days.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3201

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to a landlord's obligation to store personal property of a tenant after the tenant has vacated the premises.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Certain Specific Acts Prohibited; Length of Time Before Disposal of Personal Property. Amend RSA 540-A:3, VII to read as follows:

VII. Other than residential real estate under RSA 540-B, a landlord shall maintain and exercise reasonable care in the storage of the personal property of a tenant who has vacated the premises, either voluntarily or by eviction, for a period of [28] 7 days after the date upon which such tenant has vacated. During this period, the tenant shall be allowed to recover personal property without payment of rent or storage fees. After the [28-day] 7-day limit has expired, such personal property may be disposed of by the landlord without notice to the tenant.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.