Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-J:8

  • Buying club: means any person, corporation, unincorporated association, or other organization which for a consideration provides or purports to provide its members or the members of any other buying club with the ability to purchase goods or services at discount prices; except that such organization shall not include any buying club in which persons receive discount buying services incidentally as part of a package or services provided to, or available to, such individuals on account of membership in such organization which is not organized for the profit of any person or corporation or which does not have as one of its primary purposes or businesses the provision of discount buying services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-J:1
  • Club: means buying club. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-J:1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • membership: means a status by which any natural person is entitled to any of the benefits of a club. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-J:1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Every buying club that has a membership fee in excess of $35 shall post a surety bond in the amount of $20,000 with the attorney general. The type of surety bond shall be designated by the attorney general. No bond shall be accepted for filing unless it is with a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The surety may cancel the bond at any time upon giving 30 days’ written notice to the attorney general. Any person who is damaged by any violation of this chapter, or by the club‘s breach of the contract for sale or any obligation arising therefrom may bring an action against the bond to recover damages suffered and any other amounts allowable by law. The attorney general, in any action brought under this chapter or any other applicable provision of law, may likewise proceed against the bond. In no event shall the aggregate liability of the surety for all claims exceed the bond amount.