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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XXXIX - Aeronautics » Title 422 - New Hampshire Aeronautics Act

Section 422:1 – Title of Chapter.

    422:1 Title of Chapter. – This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the New Hampshire Aeronautics Act. Source. 2002, 6:1, eff. July 1, 2002.

Section 422:10 – Public Ownership.

    422:10 Public Ownership. – The state and its municipalities are hereby authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate, any air navigation facility, and may do so jointly with the United States, other states, or with each other; provided, that no public airport shall be constructed without approval from the legislative body of the municipality […]

Section 422:11 – Suits Affecting.

    422:11 Suits Affecting. – The construction, maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities is hereby declared a public governmental function, and no action or suit shall be brought or maintained against the state, or any county or municipality thereof, or its officers, agents, servants, or employees, in or about the construction, maintenance, operation, superintendence, […]

Section 422:12 – Private Ownership Liability Exemption.

    422:12 Private Ownership Liability Exemption. – An owner, lessee, or occupant of premises on which private noncommercial air navigation facilities are located owes no duty of care to keep the premises safe for public use by others or to give any warning to willful users of the premises of hazardous conditions. An owner, lessee, […]

Section 422:13 – Liability of Certain Persons Not in Possession of Aircraft.

    422:13 Liability of Certain Persons Not in Possession of Aircraft. – Notwithstanding the definitions of " operation of aircraft " and " operate aircraft " as set forth herein, no person owning a civil aircraft or having a security interest in, or security title to, any civil aircraft under a contract of conditional sale, […]

Section 422:14 – Acceptance of Federal Aid.

    422:14 Acceptance of Federal Aid. – The state and municipalities are hereby authorized to accept funds from the United States for the construction and maintenance of air navigation facilities. The director is hereby authorized to act for the state and municipalities with representatives of the federal government in all matters pertaining to acceptance of […]

Section 422:15 – Federal Aid for Airport and Airway Development.

    422:15 Federal Aid for Airport and Airway Development. – No municipality in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality or with the state, shall submit to any agent of the federal government any project application under the provisions of section 16(a) of the Act of Congress, approved May 21, 1970, being […]

Section 422:16 – Approval of Airport Sites.

    422:16 Approval of Airport Sites. – I. Any municipality or person desiring or planning to construct or establish an airport prior to the acquisition of the site or prior to the construction or establishment of the proposed airport may make application to the department for approval of the site. The department shall, with reasonable […]

Section 422:17 – Airport Registration.

    422:17 Airport Registration. – The department shall, with reasonable dispatch, upon receipt of an application for an original registration, issue an appropriate registration certificate if it is satisfied that the airport conforms to minimum standards of safety and that safe air traffic patterns can be worked out for such airport and for all existing […]

Section 422:18 – Use of Air Navigation Facilities.

    422:18 Use of Air Navigation Facilities. – There shall be no exclusive right for the use of any airport or air navigation facility upon which state or federal funds have been expended; provided, that the state or a municipality acquiring air navigation facilities under the provisions of this chapter, is authorized to contract for […]

Section 422:19 – Purchase or Transfer of Airports.

    422:19 Purchase or Transfer of Airports. – I. All registered privately-owned airports open to the public within the state offered for sale by an owner after July 2, 1989, shall be offered for sale to the state of New Hampshire in the first instance. The state of New Hampshire, acting through the commissioner with […]

Section 422:2 – Purpose.

    422:2 Purpose. – It is hereby declared that the purpose of this chapter is to further the public interest by: I. The revision of existing statutes relative to aviation in order to centralize all aeronautical activities in a single state agency authorized to participate in any activity essential to progress in aeronautics. II. Making […]

Section 422:20 – Airport Manager.

    422:20 Airport Manager. – The operation of any airport registered under the provisions of this chapter other than unattended private noncommercial airports shall be under the supervision and control of an airport manager. Each manager, and any authorized representatives of, and successors to the manager, shall inform the director of his or her appointment, […]

Section 422:20-a – Reporting By Airport.

    422:20-a Reporting By Airport. – The owner of each airport open for public use shall submit to the department quarterly a list of all aircraft, including the federal registration number for each aircraft, that are based at that airport. Source. 2018, 237:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; 287:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.

Section 422:21 – State Registration Certificates.

    422:21 State Registration Certificates. – I. The department is empowered to issue registration certificates for aircraft, airports, and commercial aviation operators and to establish the requirements for and the terms, conditions and limitations of such certificates. II. The effective date for commercial aviation operator certificates, aircraft dealer registrations and airport registrations shall be January […]

Section 422:22 – Exceptions.

    422:22 Exceptions. – No provision of this chapter relating to registration by the department shall be so construed as to require: I. The registration of nonresident aircraft, or nonresident air carriers engaged exclusively in air commerce constituting an act of interstate or foreign commerce. II. The registration of any airport owned or operated by […]

Section 422:24 – Aircraft Title Transfer.

    422:24 Aircraft Title Transfer. – On the date of transfer of title of an aircraft registered with the department, the owner in writing shall report the transaction to the department, and shall surrender the registration certificate for said aircraft, properly executed as to transfer of title, to the purchaser. The purchaser may operate such […]

Section 422:25 – Suspension or Revocation of Certificates.

    422:25 Suspension or Revocation of Certificates. – I. The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a state registration certificate issued for an aircraft or commercial aviation operator if the holder thereof makes any material false statement in an application for a certificate or in any report required by the department. II. The commissioner shall revoke […]

Section 422:26 – Appeal From Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Certificate.

    422:26 Appeal From Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Certificate. – Any person whose registration certificate has been suspended or revoked, or who has been denied such a certificate by the department, or who has been assessed an administrative penalty or fine for violation of a provision of this chapter shall have the right to […]