2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XL - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Chapter 437 - SALE OF PETS AND DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED ANIMALS
Section 437:3 - Licenses.

    437:3 Licenses. – Licenses shall be valid each year from July 1 to the following June 30. Application for licenses shall be made annually in writing to the department accompanied by a fee of $200. After January 1, the fee shall be $100. Annual license renewal fee shall be $200. A license shall be issued if after inspection the department finds that the premises and cages and facilities thereon meet the proper standards for health and sanitation and that their use will not result in inhumane treatment of said animals or birds, and proof is provided with the application that the zoning enforcement official of the municipality wherein such facility is to be maintained has certified that the facility conforms to the municipal zoning regulations. Such licenses shall be in the form prescribed by the department, shall be publicly displayed at the premises covered by them, and shall be adjacent to animal display cages. Each such license shall be subject to suspension or revocation at any time by the department, if in the judgment of the department the conditions under which it was issued are not being maintained. Upon receipt of a written complaint alleging violation of this subdivision, the department shall investigate said complaint within a reasonable time. All license fees shall be deposited in the state treasury.

Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2004, 107:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2009, 296:4, eff. Sept. 29, 2009. 2010, Sp. Sess., 1:57, eff. July 1, 2010. 2011, 224:317, eff. July 1, 2011. 2013, 38:2, eff. Aug. 3, 2013.