New Hampshire Revised Statutes 155-B:5 – Order; Filing
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 155-B:5
- governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A copy of the order with proof of service shall be filed with the clerk of the court of the district or municipality in which the hazardous building is located not less than 5 days prior to the filing of a motion pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155-B:7 to enforce the order. The appropriate district or municipal court shall have jurisdiction under this chapter notwithstanding any contrary provisions in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:14 or in any other section of RSA. At the time of filing such order the governing body shall file for record with the register of deeds a notice of the pendency of the proceeding, describing with the reasonable certainty the lands affected and the nature of the order. If the proceeding be abandoned the governing body shall within 10 days thereafter file with the register of deeds a notice to that effect.