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New Hampshire Revised Statutes

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 356:12 (2026)

Limitation of Actions

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    356:12 Limitation of Actions. –
I. A civil action commenced pursuant to RSA 356:4-a to recover a civil penalty is barred if not commenced within 4 years after the cause of action accrues.
II. An action commenced pursuant to RSA 356:4-c and RSA 356:11 to recover damages is barred if it is not commenced within 4 years after the cause of action accrues, or within one year after the conclusion of any action or proceeding commenced pursuant to RSA 356:4-a.

Source. 1973, 434:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2017 · leading case: In re Packaged Seafood Prods. Antitrust Litig., 242 F. Supp. 3d 1033 (S.D. Cal. 2017).
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In re Packaged Seafood Prods. Antitrust Litig., 242 F. Supp. 3d 1033 (S.D. Cal. 2017). “However, New Hampshire’s antitrust statute provides a four-year statute of limitations, N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 356:12 , and • specifically notes that “[i]n any action or prosecution under this chapter, the courts may be guided by interpretations of the United States’ antitrust…”
State v. LG Elec., Inc., 375 P.3d 636 (Wash. 2016). “220(2); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 356:12 (I); Okla. Stat.”
Kenneth E. Curran, Inc. v. Auclair Transp., Inc., 519 A.2d 280 (N.H. 1986). “It is unnecessary, therefore, to reach the corporate defendants’ argument that a claim for damages was barred by RSA 356:12, II, because the plaintiff had failed to raise it within four years of its accrual.”
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