LIVE FREE OR DIE LEGAL
This website is not an official source of law. This website does not provide legal advice. For official legal materials, verify against the relevant court, legislature, agency, or other official source. Legal information may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed. Consult a qualified attorney for advice about a specific legal matter.

This page is an unofficial LFoD record and is not legal advice. Verify the document against the official source before relying on it.

HB550: relative to the nonpayment of rent during the state of emergency.

Citation
2021 HB550
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

Committee
House Judiciary
Hearing
02/05/2025 at 02:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts Public safety

Official links

HB 550 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0718

10/05

HOUSE BILL 550

AN ACT relative to the nonpayment of rent during the state of emergency.

SPONSORS: Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 5; Rep. Andrew Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29; Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 42; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Rep. Fenton, Ches. 8; Rep. Labranche, Hills. 22; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a procedure for a court to continue an eviction action for a residential property during the state of emergency.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0718

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to the nonpayment of rent during the state of emergency.

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

1 New Section; Provisions Related to the State of Emergency. Amend RSA 540 by inserting after section 9-a the following new section:

540:9-b Provisions Related to the State of Emergency. For the period of the state of emergency, in any possessory action under RSA 540 based on non-payment of one or more rental payments for a residential property that became due on or after March 19, 2020, upon a showing by the defendant that he or she has made an application for rental assistance under a federal, state, or local housing assistance program, the court shall continue the case for 30 days. If, prior to the expiration of the continuance period, the defendant, or a third party acting on his or her behalf makes or offers full payment of all rent which became due prior to the end of the continuance period, the possessory action shall be dismissed. The granting of a continuance shall not affect a tenant’s liability for unpaid rent except that he or she shall not be liable for late fees that were assessed after March 19, 2020. For this section, "state of emergency" means the State of Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak declared by the governor in executive order 2020-04 on March 13, 2020, and all extensions thereof.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.