New Hampshire Statutes
§ 438:15 — Police Powers, Right of Entry and Stoppage
New Hampshire § 438:15
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title XLAGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Ch. 438STANDARDS FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 438:15 (2026).
Text
With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other law dealing with weights and measures that he or she is or may be empowered to enforce, the commissioner, or the commissioner's inspectors at his or her direction, is hereby vested with special police powers, and is authorized to arrest, without formal warrant, any violator of said laws, and to seize for use as evidence, without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law.
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Legislative History
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2012, 238:5, eff. June 18, 2012.
Nearby Sections
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§ 438:1
Definitions§ 438:10
General Testing§ 438:10-a
Fees for Licensing Commercial Devices§ 438:11
Investigations§ 438:12
Inspection of Packages§ 438:13
Stop-Use, Stop-Removal Orders§ 438:14-a
Registered Service Technician§ 438:14-b
Registered Service Agencies§ 438:15-a
Training of Inspectors§ 438:17
City Standards and Equipment§ 438:18
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New Hampshire § 438:15, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/438/438%3A15.