SB 346- AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
2/17/00 3412s
2000 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 346
This bill permits the sole shareholder of a real estate management corporation to appear, plead, prosecute, or defend for the corporation in any landlord-tenant cause or proceeding.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2/17/00 3412s
00-2659
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to court appearances by certain business owners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Occupations and Professions; Attorneys and Counselors; Right to Appear, etc.; Sole Shareholder of Real Estate Management Corporation. Amend RSA 311:1 to read as follows:
311:1 Right to Appear, etc. A party in any cause or proceeding may appear, plead, prosecute, or defend in his or her proper person, that is, pro se, or may be represented by any citizen of good character. For the purposes of this section, a citizen shall be presumed to be of good character unless demonstrated otherwise. The sole shareholder of a real estate management corporation may appear, plead, prosecute, or defend for the corporation in any landlord-tenant cause or proceeding; such appearance, pleading, prosecution, or defense shall be treated as pro se, and shall not be considered representation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.