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Emergency Order #4 Pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04

Temporary prohibition on evictions and foreclosures

Governor Christopher T. Sununu · New Hampshire (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Hampshire
Level
State
Authority
Executive Order 2020-04, sec. 18 (RSA 4:45, 4:47)
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-17)
End
2020-07-01 (Emergency Order #51, June 11, 2020; NH-020) (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)
  • mortgagees (RSA 479)
  • courts
Functions reached
  • SV (all judicial and non-judicial foreclosures prohibited statewide)
  • ML
  • CB
Collection
Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

1. No owner of non-restricted property or restricted property, as those terms are defined in RSA 540:1-a, 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 declared in Executive Order 2020-04, and all applicable provisions of any law, rule, or other regulation which would allow for the initiation of foreclosure proceedings are hereby suspended for the duration of the State of Emergency

Enforcement

RSA 540-A:3 (prohibited acts); Attorney General enforcement (sec. 5)

Notes

Same instrument as NH-004.