155-A:1 Definitions
155-A:2 State Building Code
155-A:3 Local Amendments; Application
155-A:3-a Code Requirements; Biomass Burning Boilers
155-A:3-b Code Requirements; Log Structures
155-A:3-c Installation of Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCI); Exception
155-A:4 Permit Required
155-A:5 Accessibility Standards for Public Buildings; Purpose and Intent
155-A:5-a Accessibility Standards for Public Buildings
155-A:5-b Accessibility Certifiers and Inspectors; Penalty
155-A:7 Enforcement Authority
155-A:8 Penalty
155-A:9 Fees
155-A:10 State Building Code Review Board
155-A:10-a Energy Code Compliance Form
155-A:11 Appeals of Decisions of the State Fire Marshal
155-A:11-a Appeal of Decisions
155-A:11-b Appeal of Decisions of Local Building Code Board of Appeals
155-A:12 Appeal From Board’s Decision
155-A:13 Building Requirements for State Funded Buildings

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 155-A - New Hampshire Building Code

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • 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.
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • legislative body: shall mean a town meeting, school district meeting, village district meeting, city or town council, mayor and council, mayor and board of aldermen, or, when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county convention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:47
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • 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
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4