Section 466:22 Procedure to Enforce.
Any person entitled to recover under RSA 466:21 may present a statement of such damage to one of the selectmen of a town, or to the clerk, mayor or one of the aldermen of a city, and the selectmen or board of mayor and aldermen shall then make such investigation as they deem necessary to determine whether the damage was occasioned by dogs and the amount of the damages if so occasioned. If they are of opinion that the damage was so occasioned and that adequate recovery is not available from the owner of the dog or through insurance coverage, they shall award the claimant the amount of the damages as found by them, and forthwith notify such claimant of their award, and at the expiration of 60 days from such notice, if no action has been brought as hereinafter provided, they shall cause an order to be drawn in the claimant's favor upon the town or city treasurer for the amount so awarded. If they are of opinion that the damage was not so occasioned or that adequate recovery is available from the owner of the dog or through insurance coverage, they shall forthwith notify the claimant of the disallowance of the claim. In the absence or sickness of the mayor, it shall be the duty of any one of the aldermen of the city, who may be duly informed of damage supposed to have been done by dogs, to discharge forthwith the duties imposed by this section upon the mayor.
Source. 1863, 2753:3. GS 105:10, 12, 13, 14. GL 115:13, 14, 15, 16. 1889, 97:1. PS 118:11, 12, 13, 14. 1891, 60:16, 18. 1907, 103:1. PL 150:26. RL 180:26. RSA 466:22. 1991, 213:2. 1995, 298:13, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.