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RSA 31:1 · Public Corporations

Title
III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
Chapter
31 · POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS
Status
current
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31:1 Public Corporations. – Every town is a body corporate and politic, and by its corporate name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court or elsewhere. Source. RS 31:1. CS 32:1. GS 34:1. GL 37:1. PS 40:1. PL 42:1. RL 51:1.

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Source. RS 31:1. CS 32:1. GS 34:1. GL 37:1. PS 40:1. PL 42:1. RL 51:1.

Source history

  • RS 31:1. CS 32:1. GS 34:1. GL 37:1. PS 40:1. PL 42:1. RL 51:1

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