{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-21-48","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 21:48","heading":"Governing Body.","body":"When used to refer to a municipality, and in the absence of applicable chapter or subdivision definitions, the term \"governing body\" shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners.","path":["Title I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT","Chapter 21: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/I/21/21-48.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:21:24Z","sha256":"1314e4be665ee9e4d76070ce45bfcd8a8d16fac704319257ab6fa7acda749d90","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-21-47","next":"us-nh/rsa-21-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}