{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-154-11","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 154:11","heading":"Damages.","body":"The selectmen, aldermen or council, on application, shall appraise the damage done to any building or thing by order of the firewards, engineers, or fire officer-in-charge and may assess a tax for the payment therefor, and may make compensation to the owner, unless it shall appear that the fire began in such building, or that the same must have been burned if it had not been destroyed or removed.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 154: FIREWARDS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FIRE HAZARDS","Firewards, Fire Chiefs and Fire Departments; Organization, Powers and Duties"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/154/154-11.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:35:39Z","sha256":"f315c5b3ceda9fb6509540a50e59fc38da6083da426a63f53d24ff4e60b5cc93","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-154-10","next":"us-nh/rsa-154-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}