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RSA 147:13 · Offensive Matter

Title: X: PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter: 147 · NUISANCES; TOILETS; DRAINS; EXPECTORATION; RUBBISH AND WASTE
Status: current
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147:13 Offensive Matter. – If a person shall place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a highway, street, alley, public place, or wharf or on a private disposal site or shall allow to be exposed unburied, any animal or other substance liable to become putrid or offensive, or injurious to the public health or deposits garbage or refuse on premises not designated for waste disposal in accordance with RSA 149-M or other provisions of law, such person shall be guilty of a violation, and the health officer shall remove or cause to have removed the same. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting authorized collections of garbage or refuse for public dumping facilities. Source. RS 119:7, 12. CS 125:7, 12. GS 101:7. 1878, 31:1. GL 111:9. 1879, 57:21. 1883, 53:1. PS 108:12. PL 140:13. RL 165:13. 1949, 133:2. 1953, 102:2. RSA 147:13. 1965, 201:1. 1973, 531:28. 1998, 318:8, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.

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Source. RS 119:7, 12. CS 125:7, 12. GS 101:7. 1878, 31:1. GL 111:9. 1879, 57:21. 1883, 53:1. PS 108:12. PL 140:13. RL 165:13. 1949, 133:2. 1953, 102:2. RSA 147:13. 1965, 201:1. 1973, 531:28. 1998, 318:8, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.

Source history

1878, 31:1. GL 111:9
1879, 57:21
1883, 53:1. PS 108:12. PL 140:13. RL 165:13
1949, 133:2
1953, 102:2. RSA 147:13
1965, 201:1
1973, 531:28
1998, 318:8, eff. Aug. 25, 1998
RS 119:7, 12. CS 125:7, 12. GS 101:7

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department of environmental services. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit or restrict the adoption or enforcement of municipal health ordinances pursuant to RSA 147, related to the inspection, maintenance, upgrade, or replacement of subsurface sanitary disposal systems, or to ensure the safety and adequacy of subsurface sanitary disposal systems within the municipality. The munici
2026 HB1540-FN reference · effective 2026-07-01
department of environmental services. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit or restrict the adoption or enforcement of municipal health ordinances pursuant to RSA 147, related to the inspection, maintenance, upgrade, or replacement of subsurface sanitary disposal systems, or to ensure the safety and adequacy of subsurface sanitary disposal systems within the municipality. The munici