SB 483 - AS INTRODUCED
2004 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 483
AN ACT relative to a landlord's obligation to store personal property of a tenant after the tenant has vacated the premises.
This bill reduces the time a landlord is obligated to store personal property of a tenant who has vacated the premises from 28 days to 7 days.
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04-3201
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to a landlord's obligation to store personal property of a tenant after the tenant has vacated the premises.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Certain Specific Acts Prohibited; Length of Time Before Disposal of Personal Property. Amend RSA 540-A:3, VII to read as follows:
VII. Other than residential real estate under RSA 540-B, a landlord shall maintain and exercise reasonable care in the storage of the personal property of a tenant who has vacated the premises, either voluntarily or by eviction, for a period of [28] 7 days after the date upon which such tenant has vacated. During this period, the tenant shall be allowed to recover personal property without payment of rent or storage fees. After the [28-day] 7-day limit has expired, such personal property may be disposed of by the landlord without notice to the tenant.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.