New Hampshire § 39:1 Meetings, When Held

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 39:1 — Meetings, When Held

New Hampshire § 39:1

Title IIITOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES

Ch. 39TIME FOR HOLDING TOWN MEETINGS AND WARNING THEREOF

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 39:1 (2026).

Text

A meeting of every town shall be held annually on the second Tuesday of March, or in accordance with RSA 40:13 if that provision is adopted in the town, for the choice of town officers and the transaction of all other town business. A town meeting may be warned by the selectmen, when, in their opinion, there shall be occasion therefor. In no event shall a special town meeting be held on the biennial election day.

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A meeting of every town shall be held annually on the second Tuesday of March, or in accordance with RSA 40:13 if that provision is adopted in the town, for the choice of town officers and the transaction of all other town business. A town meeting may be warned by the selectmen, when, in their opinion, there shall be occasion therefor. In no event shall a special town meeting be held on the biennial election day.

Legislative History

RS 32:1. CS 34:1. GS 35:1. 1878, 60:1. GL 38:1. PS 41:1. PL 45:1. RL 57:1. RSA 39:1. 1971, 562:1. 1976, 33:1. 1991, 370:4, eff. Aug. 31, 1991. 2000, 16:1, eff. April 30, 2000.