I. It shall be a class B misdemeanor for any natural person or a felony for any business organization to:
(a) Present or attempt to use the license or seal of another as one’s own;

Attorney's Note

Under the New Hampshire Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanor[none]up to $1,200
For details, see N.H. Rev. Stat. 651:2

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 310-A:50

  • Business organization: means any enterprise, whether corporation, partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, association, business trust, real estate trust, or other form of organization; organized for gain or profit, carrying on any business activity within the state. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 310-A:99
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

(b) Give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any board member in obtaining a license;
(c) Falsely impersonate any other licensee of like or different name;
(d) Attempt to use an expired or revoked license;
(e) Practice architecture or to offer, advertise or hold oneself out to the public as being in the practice of architecture in this state without a license, or to represent by verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card, or in any other way that such person performs architectural services, unless the person holds a license under this subdivision; or
(f) Violate any of the provisions of this subdivision.
II. [Repealed.]