New Hampshire property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the New Hampshire compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
New Hampshire landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 30 days of move-out (up to 30 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Deposit interest
- Interest owed to tenant (see statute for rate)
- Late-fee cap
- No statutory cap (must still be reasonable and disclosed)
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 7 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, New Hampshire also protects age, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Security-deposit receipt plus move-in condition notice, with a 5-day window for the tenant to submit a repair list (RSA 540-A:6, I(b)-(c))
- Landlord/agent-for-service-of-process identification, filed with the town/city clerk within 30 days of ownership (RSA 540:1-b, I-II)
- Methamphetamine-production disclosure, if the landlord has actual knowledge (RSA 477:4-g)
- Smoke and CO alarm installation/maintenance (RSA 153:10-a)
Sources
- RSA 540-A:7, I (30-day deposit return)
- RSA 540-A:6, I(a) (deposit capped at 1 month rent or $100, greater); 540-A:5, I (exempts single-SFH self-managing landlords and owner-occupied <=5-unit buildings, UNLESS the tenant is 60+)
- RSA 540-A:6, IV(a) (conditional interest, held >=1 year, variable passbook rate)
- RSA 540:2, IV (rent-increase notice, 30 days, via the good-cause-refusal mechanism)
- RSA 540:2, II / 540:3, II (statutory-cause requirement for restricted property; 30-day default notice; new 7/1/2026 no-fault option for 12+-month leases, 540:2 II(i)/VIII)
- RSA 540:3, II (7-day nonpayment notice, shortened from the 30-day default)
- RSA 331-A:2, III / 331-A:4 (broker license; narrow owner/employee-only exemption)
- RSA 354-A:8, 354-A:10 (protected classes)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current New Hampshire statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed New Hampshire attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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