2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXXI - TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 353 - HOTELS, TOURIST CABINS, ETC.
Section 353:3-bb - Refusal or Denial of Accommodations.

    353:3-bb Refusal or Denial of Accommodations. –
    I. A hotel keeper, including any person keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins, may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities, or privileges of a hotel, lodging house, or campground to:
       (a) Any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and services of the hotel, lodging house, or campground. The hotel keeper may require the prospective guest to demonstrate the ability to pay by cash, valid credit card, or a validated check.
       (b) Any person under the age of 18 who does not present a signed notification from a parent or legal guardian that the parent or legal guardian accepts liability of the guest room or campground site costs, taxes, all charges by the guest, and any damages to the hotel, lodging house, campground, guest room, or its furnishings or to the campground site caused by the minor guest while at the hotel, lodging house, or campground to the extent that such costs, taxes, damages, or charges exceed the amount of cash or credit card deposit already provided by the guest.
       (c) Any person or persons, if admitting that person or those persons would cause the limit on the number of persons who may occupy any particular guest room in the hotel or lodging house or a site in the campground to be exceeded. For purposes of this subparagraph, the limit represents the number permitted by local ordinances or reasonable standards of the hotel, lodging house, or campground relating to health, safety, or sanitation.
    II. Nothing in this section authorizes any hotel keeper to violate the state law against discrimination, RSA 354-A.

Source. 2002, 151:1, eff. May 15, 2002.