New Hampshire Administration Division

The New Hampshire Administration Division, or NHAD, is a division within the New Hampshire Department of State[1] that includes the governor and his executive council, the secretary of state and the state's justices of the peace, and has a variety of responsibilities, including presiding over the Board of Claims and the Board of Auctioneers, the application of apostilles and the issuing of special marriage licenses, among many other administrative tasks.

New Hampshire Administration Division
Division overview
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
HeadquartersState House, Concord, NH
Parent divisionN.H. Dept. of State
Websitesos.nh.gov/administration/administration/administration-division/

Activities

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The Administration Division has several responsibilities to its constituents, including the following:

  • Authorizing an apostille or certification for a legal document, via notarization or a justice of the peace's signature.[2]
  • Appointing new notaries and justices of the peace to their respective positions.[3][4]
  • Authorizing and overseeing athlete agents in the state.[5][6]
  • Overseeing the state's board of auctioneers, including appointing new members, maintaining minutes from all past and future sessions dating from 2001 - 2030,[7][8][9] and authorizing new rules.[10]
  • Managing key prepaid petroleum sales contracts for hundreds of vendors in the state.[11]
  • Overseeing the Board of Claims of the state of New Hampshire.[12]
  • Authorizing new Bonded Warehouses and Public Warehousemen[13] and regulating current Bonded Warehouses.[14]
  • Appointing a Commissioner of Deeds for a period of five years.[15]
  • Authorizing new hawkers & peddlers, and regulating their sale of products.[16]
  • Licensing and regulating itinerant vendors in the state of New Hampshire.[17]
  • Authorizing special marriage licenses for ministers who reside out-of-state.

References

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  1. ^ "NH-SOS - Administration Division". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  2. ^ "NH-SOS - Justice of the Peace". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  3. ^ "New Hampshire Statutes - Table of Contents". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire Statutes - Table of Contents". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  5. ^ "Chapter 332-J ATHLETE AGENTS". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ^ "Application for registration as an Athlete Agent under RSA 332-J" (PDF). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. ^ "NH-SOS - Minutes 2001-2010". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. ^ "NH-SOS - Minutes 2011-2020". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ^ "NH-SOS - Minutes 2021-2030". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ^ "Auc 100-500". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. ^ "Prepaid Contracts for Petroleum Sales Contracts – RSA 339:79" (PDF).
  12. ^ "AGENDA - NEW HAMPPSHIRE BOARD OF CLAIMS" (PDF). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Application for Bonded Warehouse - RSA 348" (PDF). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Chapter 348 BONDED WAREHOUSES". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  15. ^ "NOTARIES, COMMISSIONERS, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS". 1 Jan 2006.
  16. ^ "Chapter 320 HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  17. ^ "Chapter 321 ITINERANT VENDORS". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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New Hampshire Department of State Administration Division Homepage - https://sos.nh.gov/