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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 75:8-b

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
Except when assessing real estate under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 75:8-a, any municipality with a population over 10,000 as determined pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78-A:25 intending to appraise real estate annually at market value, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 75:1, shall authorize such annual appraisal by a majority vote of the governing body. The governing body shall hold 2 public hearings regarding the annual appraisal process at least 15 days, but not more than 60 days, prior to the governing body’s authorization vote. Any municipality with a population over 10,000 as determined pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78-A:25 annually appraising real estate at market value shall provide notification of changes to the assessed valuation prior to the issuance of the final tax bill, either by individual notice to the property owner, by public notice in a newspaper of general circulation, or by any other means deemed appropriate by the governing body.