TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 155-B
HAZARDOUS AND DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS

Section 155-B:8

    155-B:8 Contested Cases. – If an answer is filed and served as provided in RSA 155-B:6, further proceedings in the action shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure for the district or municipal courts, except that the action has priority over all pending civil actions and shall be tried forthwith. If the order is sustained following the trial, the court shall enter judgment and shall fix a time after which the building shall be destroyed or repaired, as the case may be, in compliance with the order as originally filed or modified by the court. If the order is not sustained, it shall be annulled and set aside. The clerk of the court shall cause a copy of the judgment to be mailed forthwith to the persons upon whom the original order was served.

Source. 1967, 334:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.