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RSA 354-A:13 · Restrictive Covenants

Title
XXXI: TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter
354-A · STATE COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Status
current
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354-A:13 Restrictive Covenants. –

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I.

Every provision in an oral agreement or a written instrument relating to real property which purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy, or lease thereof on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin is void.

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II.

(a) Every condition, restriction or prohibition, including a right of entry or possibility of reverter, which directly or indirectly limits the use or occupancy of real property on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin is void.

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This section shall not apply to a limitation of use on the basis of religion of real property held by a religious institution or organization or by a religious or charitable organization operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious institution or organization, and used for religious or charitable purposes.

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III.

It is a civil rights violation to insert in a written instrument relating to real property a provision that is void under this section or to honor or attempt to honor such a provision in the chain of title. Source. 2021, 152:2, Pt. III, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

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Source note

Source. 2021, 152:2, Pt. III, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

Source history

  • 2021, 152:2, Pt. III, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022

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