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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 479-A:12

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Building: means a building or group of buildings having a total of 5 or more units and comprising a part of the property. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 479-A:1
  • Declaration: means the instrument by which the property is submitted to the provisions of this chapter as provided in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 479-A:1
  • 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.
  • Unit: means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use, including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one or more floors (or part or parts thereof) in a building, and with a direct exit to a public street or highway or to a common area leading to such street or highway. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 479-A:1
Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration, there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, location, unit numbers, and dimensions of the units, stating the name of the building or that it has no name. Those portions of the plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor shall bear the verified statement of a licensed land surveyor and all other portions of the plans shall bear the verified statement of a licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer certifying that they are accurate copies of portions of the plans of the building as filed with and approved by the municipal or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for the construction of buildings, if any. Said plans shall be drawn in full compliance with the requirements as to material, markings, size, and other specifications as set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 478:1-a. If such plans do not include a verified statement by such land surveyor and architect or engineer that such plans fully and accurately depict the layout, location, unit designations, and dimensions of all of the units as built, there shall be recorded prior to each first conveyance of any particular unit with respect to which such a statement was not made an amendment to the declaration to which shall be attached a verified statement of a licensed land surveyor as to the portions of plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor and a verified statement of a licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer as to all other portions of plans certifying that the plans theretofore filed, or being filed simultaneously with such amendment, fully and accurately depict the layout, location, unit designations, and dimensions of such particular unit as built. Such plans shall be kept by the recording officer, indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to record.