New Hampshire Constitution | 50 Constitutions

Article 1

Power to Make Laws, Elect Officers, Define Their Powers and Duties, Impose Fines and Assess Taxes; Prohibited from Authorizing Towns to Aid Certain Corporations

Article 5-a

Last Amended 1942

Continuity of Government in Case of Enemy Attack

Article 5-b

Last Amended 1968

Power to Provide for Tax Valuations Based on Use

Article 6

Last Amended 1903

Valuation and Taxation

Article 6-a

Last Amended 1938

Use of Certain Revenues Restricted to Highways

Article 6-b

Last Amended 1990

Use of Lottery Revenues Restricted to Educational Purposes

Article 7

Last Amended 1792

Members of Legislature Not to Take Fees or Act as Counsel

Article 8

Last Amended 1792

Open Sessions of Legislature

Article 9

Last Amended 1964

Representatives Elected Every Second Year; Apportionment of Representatives

Article 9-a

Last Amended 1960

Legislative Adjustments of Census with Reference to Non-Residents

Article 10

Repealed 1889

Representation of Small Towns

Article 11

Last Amended 2006

Small Towns; Representation by Districts

Article 11-a

Last Amended 1978

Division of Town, Ward or Place; Representative Districts

Article 12

Last Amended 1877

Biennial Election of Representatives in November

Article 13

Repealed 1976

Qualifications of Electors

Article 14

Last Amended 1964

Representatives, How Elected, Qualifications of

Article 15

Last Amended 1984

Compensation of the Legislature

Article 16

Last Amended 1877

Vacancies in House, How Filled

Article 17

House to Impeach Before the Senate

Article 18

Money Bills to Originate in House

Article 18-a

Last Amended 1984

Budget Bills

Article 19

Last Amended 1966

Adjournment

Article 20

Quorum, What Constitutes

Article 21

Privileges of Members of Legislature

Article 22

Last Amended 1792

House to Elect Speaker and Officers, Settle Rules of Proceedings, and Punish Misconduct

Article 23

Last Amended 1792

Senate and Executive Have Like Powers; Imprisonment Limited

Article 24

Last Amended 1966

Journals and Laws to be Published; Yeas and Nayes; and Protests

Article 25

Last Amended 1974

Senate, How Constituted

Article 26

Last Amended 1964

Senatorial Districts, How Constituted

Article 26-a

Last Amended 1978

Division of Town, Ward or Place; Senatorial Districts

Article 27

Last Amended 1877

Election of Senators

Article 28

Repealed 1976

Senators, How and by Whom Chosen; Right of Suffrage

Article 29

Last Amended 1976

Qualifications of Senators

Article 30

Last Amended 1976

Inhabitant Defined

Article 31

Repealed 1976

Inhabitants of Unincorporated Places; Their Rights, etc.

Article 32

Last Amended 1976

Biennial Meetings, How Warned, Governed, and Conducted; Return of Votes, etc.

Article 33

Last Amended 1976

Secretary of State to Count Votes for Senators and Notify Persons Elected

Article 34

Last Amended 1968

Vacancies in Senate, How Filled

Article 35

Senate, Judges of Their Own Elections

Article 36

Last Amended 1966

Adjournment

Article 37

Last Amended 1877

Senate to Elect Their Own Officers; Quorum

Article 38

Last Amended 1792

Senate to Try Impeachments; Mode of Proceeding

Article 39

Judgment on Impeachment Limited

Article 40

Last Amended 1792

Chief Justice to Preside on Impeachment of Governor

Article 41

Last Amended 1966

Governor, Supreme Executive Magistrate

Article 42

Last Amended 1982

Election of Governor, Return of Votes; Electors; If No Choice, Legislature to Elect One of Two Highest Candidates; Qualifications for Governor

Article 43

Last Amended 1980

In Cases of Disagreement Governor to Adjourn or Prorogue Legislature; If Causes Exist, May Convene Them Elsewhere

Article 44

Last Amended 1792

Veto to Bills

Article 45

Last Amended 1792

Resolves to Be Treated Like Bills

Article 46

Last Amended 1976

Nomination and Appointment of Officers

Article 47

Last Amended 1792

Governor and Council Have Negative on Each Other

Article 48

Repealed 1976

Field Officers to Recommend, and Governor to Appoint, Company Officers

Article 49

Last Amended 1984

President of Senate, etc., To Act as Governor When Office Vacant; Speaker of House to Act When Office of President of Senate Is also Vacant

Article 49-a

Last Amended 1984

Prolonged Failure to Qualify; Vacancy in Office of Governor Due to Physical or Mental Incapacity, etc.

Article 50

Last Amended 1792

Governor to Prorogue or Adjourn Legislature, and Call Extra Sessions

Article 51

Last Amended 1968

Powers and Duties of Governor as Commander-in-Chief

Article 52

Last Amended 1792

Pardoning Power

Article 53

Repealed 1976

Militia Officers, Removal of

Article 54

Repealed 1976

Staff and Non-commissioned Officers, by Whom Appointed

Article 55

Repealed 1976

Division of Militia into Brigades, Regiments, and companies

Article 56

Last Amended 1792

Disbursements from Treasury

Article 57

Repealed 1950

Accounts of Military Stores

Article 58

Last Amended 1792

Compensation of Governor and Council

Article 59

Salaries of Judges

Article 60

Last Amended 1984

Councilors; Mode of Election, etc.

Article 61

Last Amended 1912

Vacancies, How Filled, if No Choice

Article 62

Last Amended 1792

Subsequent Vacancies; Governor to Convene; Duties

Article 63

Impeachment of Councilors

Article 64

Last Amended 1972

Secretary to Record Proceedings of Council

Article 65

Last Amended 1972

Councilor Districts Provided for

Article 66

Last Amended 1889

Elections by Legislature May Be Adjourned From Day to Day; Order Thereof

Article 67

Last Amended 1950

Election of Secretary and Treasurer

Article 68

Last Amended 1972

State Records, Where Kept; Duty of Secretary

Article 69

Last Amended 1792

Deputy Secretary

Article 70

Last Amended 1792

Secretary to Give Bond

Article 71

Last Amended 1958

County Treasurers, Registers of Probate, County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Registers of Deeds Elected

Article 72

Last Amended 1972

Counties May Be Divided into Districts for Registering Deeds

Article 72-a

Last Amended 1966

Supreme and Superior Courts

Article 73

Last Amended 1966

Tenure of Office To Be Expressed in Commissions; Judges to Hold Office During Good Behavior, etc.; Removal

Article 73-a

Last Amended 1978

Supreme Court, Administration

Article 74

Last Amended 1958

Judges to Give Opinions, When

Article 75

Justices of Peace Commissioned for Five Years

Article 76

Divorce and Probate Appeals, Where Tried

Article 77

Last Amended 1912

Jurisdiction of Justices in Civil Causes

Article 78

Last Amended 1792

Judges and Sheriffs, When Disqualified by Age

Article 79

Last Amended 1792

Judges and Justices Not to Act as Counsel

Article 80

Last Amended 1792

Jurisdiction and Term of Probate Courts

Article 81

Last Amended 1784

Judges and Registers of Probate Not to Act as Counsel

Article 82

Last Amended 1972

Clerks of Courts, by Whom Appointed

Article 83

Last Amended 1903

Encouragement of Literature, Etc.; Control of Corporations, Monopolies, Etc.

Article 84

Last Amended 1970

Oath of Civil Officers

Article 85

Last Amended 1984

Before Whom Taken

Article 86

Last Amended 1792

Form of Commissions

Article 87

Form of Writs

Article 88

Form of Indictments, Etc.

Article 89

Suicides and Deodands

Article 90

Existing Laws Continued if Not Repugnant

Article 91

Habeas Corpus

Article 92

Enacting Style of Statutes

Article 93

Last Amended 1792

Governor and Judges Prohibited From Holding Other Offices

Article 94

Last Amended 1792

Incompatibility of Offices; Only Two Offices of Profit to be Holden at Same Time

Article 95

Last Amended 1980

Incompatibility of Certain Offices

Article 96

Bribery and Corruption Disqualify for Office

Article 97

Repealed 1950

Value of Money, How Computed

Article 98

Constitution, When to Take Effect

Article 99

Repealed 1980

Revision of Constitution Provided For

Article 100

Last Amended 1980

Alternate Methods of Proposing Amendments

Article 101

The New Hampshire Constitution

Bill of Rights

Equality of Men; Origin and Object of Government

Natural Rights

The Bearing of Arms

Right of Privacy

Society, its Organization and Purposes

Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Religious Freedom Recognized

Morality and Piety

State Sovereignty

Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know

No Hereditary Office or Place

Right of Revolution

Elections and Elective Franchises

Protection and Taxation Reciprocal

Power to Take Property Limited

Conscientious Objectors not Compelled to Bear Arms

Legal Remedies to be Free, Complete, and Prompt

Right of Accused

Former Jeopardy; Jury Trial in Capital Cases

Venue of Criminal Prosecutions

Penalties to be Proportioned to Offenses; True Design of Punishment

Searches and Seizures Regulated

Jury Trial in Civil Causes

Jurors; Compensation

Free Speech; Liberty of the Press

Retrospective Laws Prohibited

Militia

Standing Armies

Military Subject to Civil Power

Quartering of Soldiers

Taxes, by Whom Levied

Mandated Programs

Suspension of Laws by Legislature Only

Freedom of Speech

Meetings of Legislature, for What Purposes

Rights of Assembly, Instruction, and Petition

Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Prohibited

Martial Law Limited

The Judiciary; Tenure of Office, etc.

Pensions

Use of Retirement Funds

[Separation of Powers

Social Virtues Inculcated

Changes in Town and City Charters, Referendum Required

Form of Government

Name of Body Politic

Form of Government, General Court

Legislature, How Constituted

General Court, When to Meet and Dissolve

Power of General Court to Establish Courts

Power to Make Laws, Elect Officers, Define Their Powers and Duties, Impose Fines and Assess Taxes; Prohibited from Authorizing Towns to Aid Certain Corporations

Continuity of Government in Case of Enemy Attack

Power to Provide for Tax Valuations Based on Use

Valuation and Taxation

Use of Certain Revenues Restricted to Highways

Use of Lottery Revenues Restricted to Educational Purposes

Members of Legislature Not to Take Fees or Act as Counsel

Open Sessions of Legislature

Form of Government, House of Representatives

Representatives Elected Every Second Year; Apportionment of Representatives

Legislative Adjustments of Census with Reference to Non-Residents

Representation of Small Towns

Small Towns; Representation by Districts

Division of Town, Ward or Place; Representative Districts

Biennial Election of Representatives in November

Qualifications of Electors

Representatives, How Elected, Qualifications of

Compensation of the Legislature

Vacancies in House, How Filled

House to Impeach Before the Senate

Money Bills to Originate in House

Budget Bills

Adjournment

Quorum, What Constitutes

Privileges of Members of Legislature

House to Elect Speaker and Officers, Settle Rules of Proceedings, and Punish Misconduct

Senate and Executive Have Like Powers; Imprisonment Limited

Journals and Laws to be Published; Yeas and Nayes; and Protests