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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title VI - Public Officers and Employees » Title 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees

Section 99-D:1 – Statement of Policy.

    99-D:1 Statement of Policy. – It is the intent of this chapter to protect state officers, trustees, officials, employees, and members of the general court who are subject to claims and civil actions arising from acts committed within the scope of their official duty while in the course of their employment for the state […]

Section 99-D:11 – Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters.

    99-D:11 Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters. – I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all complaints filed with or investigations by a professional licensing board, committee, or regulatory agency against any state officer, trustee, […]

Section 99-D:2 – Defense and Indemnification.

    99-D:2 Defense and Indemnification. – If any claim is made or any civil action is commenced against a present or former officer, trustee, official, or employee of the state or any agency thereof, including members of the New Hampshire national guard and any justice of the district, municipal, probate, superior, or supreme court, or […]

Section 99-D:2-a – Official Duty Defined.

    99-D:2-a Official Duty Defined. – For the purposes of RSA 99-D:2, the term "official duty" shall, in the case of a legislator, mean any duty or action taken in committee or in sessions of the general court or in such other forum where the legislator appears at the request of the house, senate or […]

Section 99-D:3 – Insurance.

    99-D:3 Insurance. – The state, or any department or agency thereof, shall self-insure against all such damages, losses, and expenses except to the extent that insurance coverage is obtained under the authority of RSA 9:27. Source. 1978, 43:1. 2003, 150:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2018, 125:5, eff. May 30, 2018.

Section 99-D:4 – Evidence.

    99-D:4 Evidence. – Any determination by the attorney general or governor and council pursuant to RSA 99-D:2 shall not be admissible as evidence in the trial of any such action or claim. Source. 1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.

Section 99-D:5 – Counsel.

    99-D:5 Counsel. – Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deprive any such person of his right to select and be represented by private counsel of his own choice at his own expense. Source. 1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.

Section 99-D:6 – Defenses not Waived.

    99-D:6 Defenses not Waived. – Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed or held to constitute a waiver of any defense otherwise available against the claim. Source. 1978, 43:1. 1985, 412:2, eff. July 3, 1985.

Section 99-D:7 – Appeal.

    99-D:7 Appeal. – Appeal from denial of representation by the attorney general as provided in RSA 99-D:2 shall be available to any officer, trustee, official or employee who is so denied. Such appeal shall be by petition to the governor and council. Source. 1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.