{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-38-23","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 38:23","heading":"Security Deposits from Tenants.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public utility, including any municipal corporation, providing electricity or gas services other than for resale to a customer who is not the owner of the premises serviced by the utility and who has a separate electric or gas meter, for the premises serviced, may obtain a security deposit from the customer only, and shall not obtain a security deposit from the owner of the premises. The owner of the premises shall not be liable for the failure of a tenant to pay the utility bill when such tenant's premises has a separate meter, and the utility shall not have any lien on the property of the landlord under RSA 38:22 for the tenant's failure to pay the utility bill.","path":["Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES","Chapter 38: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, GAS, OR WATER SYSTEMS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/III/38/38-23.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:31:18Z","sha256":"97412e06d7c653d3410d969a80819da8809afe900af03847aaec6114cbd47e43","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-38-22","next":"us-nh/rsa-38-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}