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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey » Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters

Section 271:17 – Markers Required.

    271:17 Markers Required. – Any person or corporation harvesting ice upon any of the public waters of this state shall, at the beginning of harvest, indicate with suitable markers the area from which ice is to be taken, and shall maintain such markers as long as any danger exists. Source. 1917, 125:1. PL 152:13. […]

Section 271:18 – Penalty.

    271:18 Penalty. – Whoever violates the provisions of RSA 271:17 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1917, 125:3. PL 152:14. RL 182:15. RSA 271:18. 1973, 528:161, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 271:19 – Exception.

    271:19 Exception. – This subdivision shall not apply to ponds closed, or areas set off, by order of the director of the fish and game department under authority of RSA 206. Source. 1917, 125:2. PL 152:15. RL 182:16.

Section 271:20-a – Definition of Public Access.

    271:20-a Definition of Public Access. – I. Public access to public waters means legal passage to any of the public waters of the state by way of designated contiguous land owned or controlled by a state agency, assuring that all members of the public shall have access to and use of the public waters […]

Section 271:20-b – Frozen Surface of Public Waters.

    271:20-b Frozen Surface of Public Waters. – The local governing body of a municipality may post warnings for the use of any frozen surface of any public body of water within its boundaries in the interest of public safety. Source. 1993, 63:1, eff. June 15, 1993.

Section 271:8 – Dumping in Harbor.

    271:8 Dumping in Harbor. – If any person shall unload, cast or throw out of any ship, vessel or boat, or from shore or wharf, any ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, dirt, ashes or filth into the harbor, or river of Piscataqua, between the lighthouse at the entrance of said harbor and Dover Point bridge, […]

Section 271:9 – Navigable Waters.

    271:9 Navigable Waters. – Navigable streams or waters are those which are used, or are susceptible of being used in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade or travel is or may be conducted in the present customary modes of trade or travel on water, and such term shall not apply […]