New Hampshire Statutes
§ 154:17 — Where Statute Applicable
New Hampshire § 154:17
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title XIIPUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Ch. 154FIREWARDS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FIRE HAZARDS
SubdivisionFirewards, Fire Chiefs and Fire Departments; Organization, Powers and Duties
This text of New Hampshire § 154:17 (Where Statute Applicable) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Hampshire primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 154:17 (2026).
Text
If in any town, village district, precinct, city or area, apparatus for the extinguishment of fires is provided at the public expense, RSA 154:1 through 16 shall apply and firewards or fire engineers shall be duly elected or appointed. But the bylaws now in force in any town relating to the extinguishment of fires, election of firewards, fire engineers or fire chiefs, shall remain in force, subject to being repealed or superseded by vote of the town.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
RS 111:24. CS 114:28; 115:9; 117:3. GS 96:23. GL 106:23. PS 115:20. PL 146:17. RL 175:17. RSA 154:17. 1975, 443:13, eff. May 1, 1976.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 154:1
Organization§ 154:1-a
Finances and Property§ 154:1-b
Firefighter Associations§ 154:1-bb
Municipal Financing; Fire Departments§ 154:1-c
Private Firefighting Units§ 154:11
Damages§ 154:12
Petition to Court§ 154:13
Right of Way; Penalty§ 154:14
Street Fires, Etc§ 154:16
Pay of Firefighters§ 154:17
Where Statute ApplicableCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
New Hampshire § 154:17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/154/154%3A17.