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RSA 540-C:4 · Civil Penalty

540-C:4 Civil Penalty. – Any person who directs a law enforcement officer to remove a tenant from a dwelling unit covered by this chapter without complying with RSA 540-C:3, or misrepresents to a law enforcement officer that the unit is a covered unit under this chapter shall be liable to any tenant who is involuntarily removed from the unit by the law enforcement officer in an amount equivalent to 3 months rent, plus costs and attorneys fees. Source. 2006, 312:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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Source. 2006, 312:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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  • 2006, 312:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007

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