Bill Text: NH HB1279 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allowing additional charges under a lease to be included in a demand for rent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-21 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-125 03/21/2018 House Journal 9 P. 6 [HB1279 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1279-Introduced.html
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.
