TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 158
EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES

License to Purchase, Store and Transport

Section 158:9-a

    158:9-a Acts Unlawful. –
I. No person shall purchase, store, or transport or attempt to purchase, store or transport any high explosive without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in RSA 158:9-b.
II. No person shall sell any high explosive to another unless the purchaser exhibits a license to purchase obtained as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name and address of the purchaser, the license number, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive sold, the serial number of said explosive, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.
III. No person shall store or keep any high explosive unless such explosive is stored or kept in accordance with regulations pursuant to RSA 158:9-f.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may transport the same in the course of his employment if the employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b.
V. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may purchase the same in the name of his employer if said employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name, address and license number of the employer, the name and address of the employee, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive, the serial number of the explosive sold, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.
VI. For the purposes of this section, the term "high explosive" shall mean and include dynamite, any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, fulminate in bulk or dry condition, blasting caps, detonating fuses, blasting powder, blasting agents or other similar explosive but shall not include black powder used in sporting rifles purchased or sold in quantities of 50 pounds or less or stored in quantities of 5 pounds or less.

Source. 1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:6, eff. July 1, 1977.