21-P:1 Purpose
21-P:2 Establishment; General Functions
21-P:3 Commissioner; Directors; Compensation
21-P:4 Duties of Commissioner
21-P:5 Assistant Commissioner
21-P:5-a Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
21-P:5-b Chief of Policy and Planning
21-P:6 Division of Administration
21-P:6-a Deputy Director of Administration
21-P:7 Division of State Police
21-P:7-b State Office Complex Police Force
21-P:7-c Authority of State Office Complex Police Force Officers; Memorandum of Understanding; Funding
21-P:7-d Authority of Department of Safety Security Officers
21-P:8 Division of Motor Vehicles
21-P:9 Assistant to the Director; Financial Responsibility Supervisor
21-P:10-b Report and Budget
21-P:11-a Deputy Director of Motor Vehicles
21-P:12 Division of Fire Safety
21-P:12-a Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services; Disposition of Funds
21-P:12-b Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
21-P:12-c Liability Limited; State Certified Fire Instructors
21-P:12-d Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services Fund
21-P:12-e Fire Standards and Training, Emergency Medical Services, and Fire Safety Report and Budget
21-P:12-g Mental Health Training for First Responders
21-P:13 Bureau of Hearings
21-P:14 Rulemaking Authority; Commissioner of Safety
21-P:15 Departmental Organization; Transfers of Personnel and Appropriations
21-P:15-a Hazardous Materials Incident Response Coordinator
21-P:15-c Employee Candidate Background Checks
21-P:16 Definitions
21-P:17 Duty of Commissioner
21-P:18 Drivers of Retail Fuel Oil Delivery Trucks
21-P:19 Enforcement
21-P:21 Civil Penalties
21-P:22 Criminal Penalties
21-P:23 Highway Fund Surplus
21-P:24 Effect on Other Laws
21-P:25 Program Authorized; Definitions
21-P:26 Commission
21-P:27 Rulemaking Authority
21-P:28 Powers and Duties
21-P:29 Educational and Training Requirements; Certification
21-P:31 Repealed,by 1997, 135:11, III, eff. Aug. 8, 1997
21-P:32 Facilities
21-P:33 Delegation
21-P:34 Purpose
21-P:35 Definitions
21-P:36 Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
21-P:37 Emergency Management Powers Conferred
21-P:37-a State Policy for Service Animals
21-P:37-b Agreement Resulting From Disaster Declaration
21-P:37-c Exceptional Disaster Relief Loans
21-P:37-d Disaster Relief Assistance for Municipalities
21-P:38 Emergency Management Powers and Duties Regarding Communications Systems
21-P:39 Local Organization for Emergency Management
21-P:40 Mutual Aid Arrangements
21-P:41 Immunity and Exemption
21-P:42 Private Liability
21-P:42-a Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); Health Facilities
21-P:43 Appropriations and Authority to Accept Services, Gifts, Grants, and Loans
21-P:43-a Governor Duty
21-P:44 Utilization of Existing Services and Facilities
21-P:45 Enforcement
21-P:46 New Hampshire Emergency Response and Recovery Fund
21-P:46-a New Hampshire Disaster Relief Fund
21-P:47 Penalty
21-P:48 Advisory Council on Emergency Preparedness and Security
21-P:48-a Division of Emergency Services and Communications
21-P:52 Incident Command System Adopted
21-P:52-a Statewide Threat Notification System for Schools
21-P:53 Public Health Powers and Duties
21-P:54 Safe Disposal of Corpses
21-P:55 Policy
21-P:56 Provisions Accepted
21-P:57 Faith and Credit Pledged
21-P:58 Expenditures
21-P:59 Governor’s Authority
21-P:60 Local Highway Safety Programs
21-P:61 Highway Safety Unit; Governor’s Representative
21-P:62 Staff
21-P:63 Gifts and Grants
21-P:64 Traffic Safety Commission Established
21-P:66 Substance Abuse Enforcement Program
21-P:67 Rulemaking
21-P:68 Cross Border Drug Interdiction Program
21-P:69 Northern Border Alliance Program
21-P:70 Northern Border Alliance Fund

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 21-P - Department of Safety

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Army Reserve, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Space Force, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:50
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
  • road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
  • seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
  • 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
  • sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term: when used in connection with appointments to the state service by the governor and council shall be construed to mean that the successor shall be commissioned for a term equal in length to the unexpired balance of the term of his predecessor and where an appointee has held over beyond the expiration date of his commission, so far as the appointment of a successor is concerned, a vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:34
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.