{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-540-9-a","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 540:9-a","heading":"Payment by Voucher and Application of Rents Paid by a Municipality.","body":"I. Any rental payment or partial rental payment tendered by the tenant in the form of a written promise to pay on behalf of the tenant by the state, a county or a municipality of this state, or a payment by any organization which disburses federal or state funds, and any application by a municipality of amounts owed to it by a landlord pursuant to RSA 165:4-a, shall constitute payment by the tenant of the amount represented in the voucher, and of any amount applied by a municipality to delinquent balances of the landlord; provided, that this section shall not be construed to obligate a landlord to accept partial rental payments.\nII. In any eviction based on non-payment of rent, it shall be an affirmative defense that:\n(a) The tenant tendered timely payment pursuant to paragraph I, and such payment was refused; or\n(b) The tenant could have tendered timely payment pursuant to paragraph I had the landlord provided ordinary and reasonable verification of rental information requested by the agency.","path":["Title LV: PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES","Chapter 540: ACTIONS AGAINST TENANTS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540/540-9-a.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:58:14Z","sha256":"e41ac798018c0f881a136b7e0fd31b0ce7bbf8ace6092899a6e60a180d03d0ea","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-540-9","next":"us-nh/rsa-540-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}