Section 41:59 – Care and Preservation.
41:59 Care and Preservation. – The selectmen shall cause all books of public record belonging to the town to be well and strongly bound, and all papers and documents to be filed and arranged in an orderly manner convenient for reference and examination, and shall provide suitable fireproof safes or other means for their […]
Section 41:60 – Copying Records.
41:60 Copying Records. – The selectmen may authorize and direct the town clerk to make, in suitable books, true copies of any of the public records of the town which have become so faded, worn out or otherwise defaced that in their judgment it is necessary they should be copied in order to insure […]
Section 41:61 – Inspection.
41:61 Inspection. – No town officer having the custody of its public records or documents shall loan the same or permit them to be taken from the place where they are usually kept except when necessary for the discharge of official duty or upon the summons of a court of competent authority; and they […]
Section 41:62 – Books and Pamphlets.
41:62 Books and Pamphlets. – The selectmen shall provide, at the expense of the town, suitable cases for the preservation of the laws, reports and other books and pamphlets received by the town from the state or others; and the town clerk shall arrange and keep them therein in such manner that they will […]
Section 41:63 – Delivery by Clerk.
41:63 Delivery by Clerk. – Whenever a town officer goes out of office he shall deliver to his successor all records, books, pamphlets, papers and other things in his possession pertaining to the office. Source. PS 43:48. PL 47:51. RL 59:58.
Section 41:64 – Old Records Copied by State.
41:64 Old Records Copied by State. – The secretary of state shall require town clerks or other town officials having the custody of town or parish records, plans, documents or public papers, prior to the year 1825, to deposit the same in his office in the state house at Concord, for the purpose of […]
Section 41:65 – Unrecorded Documents.
41:65 Unrecorded Documents. – Any person having an unrecorded document pertaining to the affairs of public importance of any town, parish or division of the state, prior to the year 1825, may submit the same to the secretary of state, with his affidavit of the source from which it was received, and, if it […]
Section 41:66 – Copies Evidence.
41:66 Copies Evidence. – Copies of such records, duly attested and certified by the secretary of state over the state’s seal, shall be as competent evidence in any court within this state as the original record or document would be if produced by the legal custodian thereof. Source. 1913, 137:3. PL 47:54. RL 59:61.
Section 41:67 – Certification.
41:67 Certification. – Any report, form or assurance required to be submitted to the state by a town officer which requires the submitting officer to certify to the accuracy of information it contains shall use a statement for the certification in a form substantially similar to the following: "The information submitted on this form […]
Section 41:68 – Unauthorized Destruction; Penalty.
41:68 Unauthorized Destruction; Penalty. – All municipal records as defined in RSA 33-A:1, IV belong to the public in perpetuity and shall not be destroyed, maliciously damaged or retained by any person not entitled to keep them. Municipal records shall be destroyed only with the approval of the municipal records board established under RSA […]