{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-3-9","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 3:9","heading":"State Seal.","body":"The seal of the state shall be 2 inches in diameter, circular, with the following detail and no other: A field crossed by a straight horizon line of the sea, above the center of the field; concentric with the field the rising sun, exposed above the horizon about 1/3 of its diameter; the field encompassed with laurel; across the field for the full width within the laurel a broadside view of the frigate Raleigh, on the stocks; the ship's bow dexter and higher than the stern; the 3 lower masts shown in place, together with the fore, main and mizzen tops, shrouds and mainstays; an ensign staff at the stern flies the United States flag authorized by act of Congress June 14, 1777; a jury staff on the mainmast and another on the foremast each flies a pennant; flags and pennants are streaming to the dexter side; the hull is shown without a rudder; below the ship the field is divided into land and water by a double diagonal line whose highest point is sinister; no detail is shown anywhere on the water, nor any on the land between the water and the stocks except a granite boulder on the dexter side; encircling the field is the inscription, SEAL TLRbull1; OF TLRbull1; THE TLRbull1; STATE TLRbull1; OF TLRbull1; NEW HAMPSHIRE, the words separated by round periods, except between the parts of New Hampshire; at the lowest point of the inscription is the date 1776, flanked on either side by a 5-pointed star, which group separates the beginning and end of the inscription; the whole form and design to be as follows:\nNH-seal, size-12 picas, type-DPI\nNH-seal.tif\nNHS.SOS.008035635.00010","path":["Title I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT","Chapter 3: STATE EMBLEMS, FLAG, ETC."],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/I/3/3-9.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:25Z","sha256":"5cfc8520bbda986415c0c378d31ed86425f86ffdd858e77a38d90dded6ea4925","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-3-8","next":"us-nh/rsa-3-9-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}