{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-42-4","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 42:4","heading":"Notice to Take.","body":"The town clerk shall immediately, or in accordance with the time adopted by the governing body, if one has been adopted, direct a constable or police officer to notify the persons so chosen or notify such persons by registered mail, return receipt requested, to appear before the clerk within 6 days after receiving the notice, and take the oath by law prescribed. The officer shall, within 4 days, give personal notice to the persons therein named, or leave a notice in writing at the abode of each, and make return of the precept and of his doings therein to the town clerk within 6 days.","path":["Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES","Chapter 42: OATHS OF TOWN OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/III/42/42-4.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:32:57Z","sha256":"40c603363cafd0ac2642431844bec97edc6a4bba114244ecb9e309a23daec8fc","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-42-3","next":"us-nh/rsa-42-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}