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Emergency Order #4

Temporary prohibition on evictions and foreclosures

Governor Christopher T. Sununu · New Hampshire (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Hampshire
Level
State
Authority
Executive Order 2020-04 sec. 18
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
2020-07-01 (terminated by EO #51, June 11, 2020); modified by EO #24 (Apr. 3, 2020) (read as 2020-07-01)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to July 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • owners of restricted and non-restricted property (RSA 540:1-a)
  • courts
  • mortgagees
Functions reached
  • PM property management
  • SV loan servicing and foreclosure
  • CL/CT court transactions
Collection
New Hampshire NH

Operative words

No owner of non-restricted property or restricted property... may initiate eviction proceedings under RSA 540 during the State of Emergency declared in Executive Order 2020-04 and no eviction order shall be issued or enforced during the State of Emergency... 3. All judicial and non-judicial foreclosure actions under RSA 479 or any other applicable law, rule or regulation are hereby prohibited during the State of Emergency

Enforcement

Violation by a landlord is a prohibited act under RSA 540-A:3 (para. 2); Attorney General enforcement (para. 5)

Notes

Attorney General guidance of Apr. 3, 2020 on EO #4 and #24 read (scanned; OCR).

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