Bill Text - HB1279 (2018)

Allowing additional charges under a lease to be included in a demand for rent.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 9:54 a.m.

HB 1279 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2058

05/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1279

 

AN ACT allowing additional charges under a lease to be included in a demand for rent.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Graham, Hills. 7

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the landlord to include additional charges owed under the terms of the lease agreement in a demand for rent.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2058

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT allowing additional charges under a lease to be included in a demand for rent.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Time of Demand for Rent and Other Damages.  Amend RSA 540:8 to read as follows:

540:8  Time of Demand.  Such demand may be made when the rent is due or while it is in arrears, but the lessor shall not demand a greater sum than the whole rent in arrears and any charges owed by the tenant under the terms of the lease agreement, including but not limited to late fees and utility costs, when demand is made.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.