Bill Text - HB87 (2025)

Prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster.


Revision: June 26, 2025, 9:09 a.m.

CHAPTER 136

HB 87 - FINAL VERSION

 

04/10/2025   1368s

2025 SESSION

25-0116

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 87-FN

 

AN ACT prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the posting of land not owned by the poster and creates a penalty therefor.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/10/2025   1368s 25-0116

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster.

 

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

 

136:1  Unauthorized Entries; Prescribed Manner of Posting; Penalty Added.  Amend RSA 635:5 to read as follows:

635:5 Penalty.

I.  Any person who is found removing, defacing or destroying any sign, poster or property of another shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

II.  Any person who knowingly places a sign or poster prohibiting certain physical activity on the land pursuant to RSA 635:4 on any land for which the person knows that he or she has no legal right nor any reasonable basis for belief of having such a right, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; except that notwithstanding RSA 651:2, the person shall be fined $200 for a first offense or $500 for a second or subsequent offense.

136:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

 

Approved: June 25, 2025

Effective Date: January 01, 2026