Revision: March 27, 2015, midnight
HB 203 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2015 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 203
AN ACT relative to the unauthorized practice of law.
SPONSORS: Rep. Beaudoin, Straf 9; Rep. Jones, Straf 24; Rep. Cook, Rock 11
This bill allows certain persons who are not authorized to practice law to represent a trust that owns the premises on matters in the circuit court of New Hampshire on landlord tenant issues.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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15-0833
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the unauthorized practice of law.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unauthorized Practice of Law. Amend RSA 540:30 to read as follows:
540:30 Unauthorized Practice of Law; Exception; Certain Employees and Members of Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, or Partnerships. Notwithstanding RSA 311:7, a person of good character who is not approved to practice law in New Hampshire, but is a member or employee of a limited liability company, corporation, or partnership, which has 5 or fewer members, that owns the premises, or is the trustee or beneficiary or the trustee’s or beneficiary’s designee of a trust that owns the premises, or is employed or contracted to manage the premises by the owner of the premises shall, with the proper written authorization from the organization, be authorized to represent the entity on matters in the circuit court of New Hampshire arising under this chapter and RSA 503; provided that each such appearance shall require a new written authorization and the cases under RSA 503 are a landlord/tenant dispute.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.