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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 147:3 (2026)

Investigations and Complaints

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    147:3 Investigations and Complaints. – Health officers of towns, and each of them, shall inquire into all nuisances and other causes of danger to the public health, and for the purpose of such investigations, or whenever they shall know or have cause to suspect that any nuisance or other thing injurious to the public health is in any building, vessel, or enclosure they may obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B, including authority to forcibly enter therein and make such search, pursuant to RSA 595-B:5.

Source. RS 119:2. CS 125:2. GS 101:2. GL 111:2. PS 108:3. PL 140:3. RL 165:3. RSA 147:3. 1991, 231:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.

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Cited in 1 case, 1985–1985 · leading case: United States v. Ottati & Goss, Inc., 630 F. Supp. 1361 (D.N.H. 1985).
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United States v. Ottati & Goss, Inc., 630 F. Supp. 1361 (D.N.H. 1985). · cites it 7× “40 of the Town’s Zoning and Building Code, assess various civil penalties, enjoin defendants from activities that would constitute a nuisance at common law or under RSA 147:3, 4 (1977), order defendants to pay the cost of eliminating any such nuisance under RSA 147:7 (1977), and…”
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