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HB473: establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.

Citation
2022 HB473
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Hearing
02/12/2025 at 01:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance

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HB 473 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0584

10/05

HOUSE BILL 473

AN ACT establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.

SPONSORS: Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Gay, Rock. 8; Rep. McBride, Rock. 8; Sen. Morse, Dist 22

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires landlords of residential rental property to include in the rental agreement a statement on the purchase of renter's insurance by the tenant.

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21-0584

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.

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

1 New Section; Renter's Insurance Notification. Amend RSA 540 by inserting after section 28 the following new section:

540:28-a Renter's Insurance Notification. A landlord of a residential rental property that is rented for a duration of longer than one month, shall include within the rental agreement a sentence that informs the tenant that the landlord's insurance does not cover the tenant's belongings from loss or damage and that the landlord recommends that the tenant purchase renter's insurance. The cost of the renter's insurance shall be borne by the tenant if the tenant decides to purchase the insurance. The renter’s insurance notification shall only apply to written rental agreements signed after the effective date of this section.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.