I. Unless otherwise provided by law, all records and documents of the insurance department are subject to public inspection pursuant to the right to know law, RSA 91-A. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 91-A, the commissioner may determine by order that it is in the public interest to make public additional records and documents or to hold certain records and documents confidential within the insurance department.
II. Except as otherwise provided by law, all records and documents of the department are subject to subpoena by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 400-A:25

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

III. The commissioner may destroy at the end of 3 years from the date of filing any records determined to be no longer of any value to the state. The commissioner may destroy at an earlier date such records of the department which are readily available to the commissioner in an unaltered form from any other state or federal agency or from any licensed insurance company.