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The RSA endeavors to collect all the current laws "of a public and general nature" in a single, numbered set. The United States Constitution and of the New Hampshire Constitution are included in the RSA. The RSA is structured as follows: Titles addressing a general topic; Chapters; and; Sections, which may be one or more paragraphs.
The law of New Hampshire is the state law of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It consists of the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire , as well as the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated , the New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules , and precedents of the state courts.
In 1975, a legal battle between Maine and New Hampshire was fought in the US Supreme Court over the boundaries of the two states. It arose from a dispute by fishermen over which state's laws towards lobster catches applied, Maine's laws or New Hampshire's RSA 211:27.
Through its officials, the Department of Justice has all the powers and duties enumerated by the NH Revised Statutes Annotated and implied from the common law and is responsible for the following general functions, as provided in NH RSA 21-M:2: Advising and representing the state and its executive branch agencies in all civil legal matters.
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In 12 states (Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Wisconsin), police "may demand" identifying information. However, in New Hampshire for example (RSA 594:2), statutory language authorizing a "demand" for identity does not establish a legal requirement to provide ...
The Administrative Rules in the Code are enacted by state agencies pursuant to the rulemaking authority granted by the New Hampshire General Court. The Code serves to supplement the Revised Statutes Annotated by allowing agencies to further develop a statute or to impose a general requirement legally binding on the state.
Title XXX of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated has to do with laws and regulations regarding occupations and professions, and how they're practiced within the state. The title includes RSA Chapters 309–322, although many of these have been repealed and diverged into separate, individual sub-RSAs.