New Hampshire § 38:16 Damages

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 38:16 — Damages

New Hampshire § 38:16

Title IIITOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES

Ch. 38MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, GAS, OR WATER SYSTEMS

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 38:16 (2026).

Text

If the municipality shall not agree with the owner of the property referenced in RSA 38:15 as to damages, either party may apply to the superior court in the county where the town or district is located, or if the municipality is a village district then to the board of selectmen of the town or towns within which the village district is situated, to have the same laid out and the damages determined and proceedings thereon shall be as upon a petition for the laying out of a highway.

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If the municipality shall not agree with the owner of the property referenced in RSA 38:15 as to damages, either party may apply to the superior court in the county where the town or district is located, or if the municipality is a village district then to the board of selectmen of the town or towns within which the village district is situated, to have the same laid out and the damages determined and proceedings thereon shall be as upon a petition for the laying out of a highway.