HB 1133  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2132

11/04

HOUSE BILL 1133

AN ACT prohibiting the termination of a lease during the sale of real property.

SPONSORS: Rep. Adjutant, Graf. 17; Rep. Grassie, Straf. 11; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Mangipudi, Hills. 35; Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 42; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the termination of a residential lease during the sale of the property being leased.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2132

11/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT prohibiting the termination of a lease during the sale of real property.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Actions Against Tenants; Termination of Tenancy.  Amend RSA 540:2, I to read as follows:

I. The lessor or owner of nonrestricted property may terminate any tenancy by giving to the tenant or occupant a notice in writing to quit the premises in accordance with RSA 540:3 and 5, provided, however, that the transfer of title to a nonrestricted property shall not be cause for terminating a tenancy for the duration of the current lease term.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.