HB 1275 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
05/06
HOUSE BILL 1275
AN ACT permitting a landlord to tow a tenant’s vehicle under certain circumstances.
SPONSORS: Rep. Jasper, Hills 37
This bill defines the circumstances under which a landlord may tow a tenant’s illegally parked vehicle.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2342
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT permitting a landlord to tow a tenant’s vehicle under certain circumstances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Prohibited Practices; Towing. Amend RSA 540-A:3 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a landlord from towing a tenant’s vehicle if:
(a) The vehicle is parked in a place or manner that violates the terms of a written lease, is in a fire lane, or violates a local ordinance; or
(b) The tenant fails to temporarily remove the vehicle from a parking place to permit snow removal.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.