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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare » Title 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances

Section 158:11 – With Passengers.

    158:11 With Passengers. – It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, from one place to another in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire by railroad or on the […]

Section 158:16 – Marking.

    158:16 Marking. – Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles, when presented to a common carrier for shipment, shall have the contents plainly marked on the outside thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier any explosive or other dangerous article […]

Section 158:17 – Penalty.

    158:17 Penalty. – Any person who shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this subdivision, or any regulation made by the commissioner of transportation in pursuance thereof, shall, except as otherwise provided, be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any […]

Section 158:18 – Personal Injury.

    158:18 Personal Injury. – When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion of any article named in this subdivision, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation hereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same […]

Section 158:19 – Control of Explosives.

    158:19 Control of Explosives. – Whenever in his judgment the common defense of public safety of the state requires such action, the governor is hereby authorized to direct the adjutant general of this state to control the storage, sale, and use of explosives, except small arms ammunition, for the purpose of preventing such explosives […]

Section 158:23 – Prohibition.

    158:23 Prohibition. – It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to offer for sale, manufacture for sale, expose for sale at retail, or rent to the general public or dispose of by gift as premiums or in any similar manner, any material, devices, appliances or equipment requiring electrical energy to function […]

Section 158:24 – Authority.

    158:24 Authority. – To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal is authorized to take such actions as he may deem necessary to inform the public of the intent and purposes of this chapter and to adopt such rules, under RSA 541-A, as may be required for its effective enforcement. […]

Section 158:25 – Penalty.

    158:25 Penalty. – Any person who violates any of the provisions set forth in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1957, 192:1. 1973, 528:81, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 158:26 – Sale and Use.

    158:26 Sale and Use. – No person or individual shall sell, utilize, install or have installed within this state equipment, devices or methods whereby fence wires may be energized with electricity unless a standard type of controller is used which has the approval of the Underwriters Laboratories or the state fire marshal’s office, or […]

Section 158:27 – Penalty.

    158:27 Penalty. – Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 158:26 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Source. 1967, 135:1. 1973, 530:14, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 158:28 – Sale or Installation of Heaters.

    158:28 Sale or Installation of Heaters. – I. For the purposes of this section, "unvented space heater" means any heating appliance, either wick, wickless, or pot burner type, which uses oil, gas, or kerosene for fuel, is either stationary or portable, and the products of combustion of which are not directly conducted to the […]

Section 158:29 – Definitions.

    158:29 Definitions. – For the purpose of this subdivision: I. "Detonators" shall mean any devices for the purpose of exploding an explosive charge and shall include blasting caps, blasting caps with safety fuse, electric blasting caps, detonating fuses, primers, boosters and igniters. II. "Primers, percussion fuses, combination fuses and time fuses" shall mean devices […]