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RSA 28 County Commissioners

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Contents: 56 provisions
  1. 28:1 Organization.
  2. 28:1-a Simultaneous Office.
  3. 28:1-b Majority Vote Required.
  4. 28:2 Clerk.
  5. 28:3 Financial Report.
  6. 28:3-a County Close of Books; Audits.
  7. 28:3-b Performance Audits.
  8. 28:3-c Forensic Audits.
  9. 28:4 Custody of Property.
  10. 28:5 County Buildings.
  11. 28:6 Personal Property.
  12. 28:6-a Authority to Contract for Professional Real Estate Services.
  13. 28:7 Real Estate.
  14. 28:7-a Services to Unincorporated Towns and Unorganized Places.
  15. 28:7-b Planning and Zoning in Unincorporated Towns and Unorganized Places.
  16. 28:7-c Repealed by 1989, 266:36, I, eff. July 1, 1989.
  17. 28:7-d Education Money; Unincorporated Towns and Unorganized Places.
  18. 28:8 Competitive Bidding on Purchases.
  19. 28:8-a Competitive Bidding on Sales of Personal Property.
  20. 28:8-b Open Bidding.
  21. 28:8-c Competitive Bidding on Sales and Leases of Real Property.
  22. 28:8-d Use of Real Property.
  23. 28:8-e Competitive Bidding; Hillsborough County.
  24. 28:8-f Repealed by 2023, 126:3, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
  25. 28:9 Assisted Persons.
  26. 28:10 Employees, Counties.
  27. 28:10-a Discharge or Suspension from Employment.
  28. 28:10-b Jurisdiction.
  29. 28:10-c Employee Candidate Background Checks.
  30. 28:11 Personnel.
  31. 28:11-a Repealed by 1981, 227:6, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.
  32. 28:12 Rules and Regulations.
  33. 28:13 Ineligibility to be Superintendent.
  34. 28:13-a Repealed by 1981, 105:2, eff. June 22, 1981.
  35. 28:13-b Repealed by 1981, 105:3, eff. June 22, 1981.
  36. 28:14 Allowance.
  37. 28:15 Vouchers; Payment.
  38. 28:16 Disputed Claims.
  39. 28:17 Suits.
  40. 28:17-a Legal Counsel.
  41. 28:18 Expenses of Suits.
  42. 28:19 Compromise.
  43. 28:20 Record.
  44. 28:21 Vouchers.
  45. 28:22 Repealed by 1983, 383:79, I, eff. July 1, 1984.
  46. 28:23 Issue.
  47. 28:24 Sale.
  48. 28:25 Authorization.
  49. 28:26 Certification.
  50. 28:27 Effect.
  51. 28:28 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
  52. 28:28-a Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
  53. 28:28-b Repealed by 1971, 514:18, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
  54. 28:28-c Repealed by 1971, 514:18, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
  55. 28:28-d Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XI, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
  56. 28:28-e Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:18 Expenses of Suits.

No claim for any services, fees or costs rendered or incurred in actions brought for or against the county shall be allowed unless they were authorized in writing by the county commissioners. Source. 1865, 4077:4. GS 24:14. GL 25:14. PS 27:14. PL 38:16. RL 47:17.

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28:19 Compromise.

No action or proceeding for the recovery of anything due to the county shall be compromised or settled except by the county commissioners, or by their direction in writing. Source. 1865, 4077:5. GS 24:15. GL 25:15. PS 27:15. PL 38:17. RL 47:18.

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28:20 Record.

A record of all receipts and payments of county funds shall be made by the county treasurer in the county receipts and payments book, prescribed by the commissioner of revenue administration, showing, in the case of receipts, the date, source and amount, and, in the case of payments, the name of the payee, the voucher number and amount, properly classified according to the uniform classification prescribed by said commissioner. Source. 1878, 44:3. GL 28:3. PS 27:12. 1921, 5:1. PL 38:18. RL 47:19. RSA 28:20. 1973, 544:8, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.

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28:21 Vouchers.

The vouchers shall be filed, according to the numbers appearing in the county receipts and payments book, in the office of the county commissioners. Source. 1921, 5:1. PL 38:19. RL 47:20.

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28:22 Repealed by 1983, 383:79, I, eff. July 1, 1984.

Repealed by 1983, 383:79, I, eff. July 1, 1984.

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28:23 Issue.

When so authorized by the county convention, the county commissioners may issue bonds of their county, to raise money for its uses, subject to the provisions of RSA 33. Said bonds shall be signed by 2 at least of the commissioners, and shall be countersigned by the treasurer. Source. 1860, 2368:1. GS 24:17. GL 25:17. PS 27:16. PL 38:21. RL 47:22. RSA 28:23. 1969, 383:1, eff. Aug. 31, 1969.

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28:24 Sale.

All county bonds and notes, except tax anticipation notes maturing in less than one year, shall be sold at public sealed bidding to the highest bidder; provided, however, that the county commissioners may reject any and all bids and may negotiate for said sale upon terms which they deem most advantageous to the county. Any bond sold under the provisions of this chapter shall not be sold for less than par. Source. 1860, 2368:2. GS 24:18. 1869, 2:1. GL 25:18. PS 27:17. PL 38:22. RL 47:23. RSA 28:24. 1969, 383:2. 1971, 485:1. 1983, 365:3, eff. June 19, 1983.

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28:25 Authorization.

The county commissioners may authorize and direct the register of deeds to make, at the expense of the county, in suitable books, true copies of any of the public records in his or her office which have become so faded, worn out or otherwise defaced that, in his or her judgment, it is necessary they should be copied in order to insure the preservation of such records. Source. 1881, 19:1. 1885, 59:1. PS 27:18. PL 38:23. RL 47:24. RSA 28:25. 1983, 383:10, eff. July 1, 1984. 2008, 322:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2008.

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28:26 Certification.

The officer making such copies shall attach thereto certificates of their correctness, and showing when, by whom and under what authority made. Source. 1881, 19:1. 1885, 59:1. PS 27:18. PL 38:24. RL 47:25.

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28:27 Effect.

Such copies shall have the same force and effect as the originals, and copies made therefrom may be used in evidence the same as if made from the originals, without showing the loss of the latter; but the originals shall also be preserved. Source. 1881, 19:1. 1885, 59:1. PS 27:18. PL 38:25. RL 47:26.

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28:28 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:28-a Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:28-b Repealed by 1971, 514:18, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:28-c Repealed by 1971, 514:18, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:28-d Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XI, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XI, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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28:28-e Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

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