{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-507-f-7","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 507-F:7","heading":"Privileges.","body":"I. No defendant may be held civilly liable for damages resulting from the refusal to serve alcoholic beverages to any person who:\n(a) Fails to show proof of age as required by RSA 179:8; or\n(b) Appears to a reasonable person to be a minor; or\n(c) Is refused service of alcoholic beverages by defendant in a good faith effort to prevent that person's intoxication.\nII. No defendant may be held civilly liable for retaining documents presented as proof of age, provided such retention is for a reasonable length of time in a good faith effort to determine whether the person is of legal age or to notify law enforcement authorities of a suspected violation of law.\nIII. No defendant may be held civilly liable for using reasonable force to detain a person who is attempting to operate a motor vehicle while intoxicated for a reasonable period of time, necessary to summon law enforcement officers.\nIV. This section does not limit a defendant's right to assert any other defense to a civil liability claim otherwise provided by law.","path":["Title LII: ACTIONS, PROCESS, AND SERVICE OF PROCESS","Chapter 507-F: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSEE LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LII/507-F/507-F-7.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:49:04Z","sha256":"be09876713c307779c2f8f6a7ee1b6a32a7818585d7e62aab9f880b168ed818b","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-507-f-6","next":"us-nh/rsa-507-f-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}