HB1135 (2026) Compare Changes


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Unchanged Version

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1 Subdivision Heading Change. Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 477:33 to read as follows:

No Prescription Against the Public

2 New Section; Private Roads and Trails. Amend RSA 477 by inserting after section 34 the following new section:

477:34-a Private Roads and Trails.

The use of a landowner's roads, ways, driveways, or trails, by any person or the public, regardless of duration, shall not create or establish any right, title, interest, or easement by prescription, adverse use, or implication, nor raise any presumption of a grant thereof.

3 Application. This act shall not apply to any claims already fully adjudicated before the effective date of this act.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Changed Version

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1 Subdivision Heading Change. Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 477:33 to read as follows:

Prescription Prohibited

2 New Section; Private Roads and Trails. Amend RSA 477 by inserting after section 34 the following new section:

477:34-a Private Roads and Trails.

The use of a landowner's roads, ways, driveways, or trails, by any person or the public, regardless of duration, shall not create or establish any right, title, interest, or easement by prescription, adverse use, or implication, nor raise any presumption of a grant thereof.

3 Application. This act shall not apply to any claims already fully adjudicated before the effective date of this act.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.