New Hampshire Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in New Hampshire, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside New Hampshire: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our New Hampshire data files, checked November 2026 against 13 official pages, among them New Hampshire General Court: RSA chapter 540-A; New Hampshire General Court: RSA 540-A:7, Return of security deposit; New Hampshire General Court: RSA 540-A:8, Remedies; New Hampshire General Court: RSA Chapter 540 (Actions against tenants); New Hampshire General Court: RSA Chapter 540-A (Prohibited practices and security deposits), full chapter; New Hampshire Circuit Court Service Center: Landlord and Tenant Information Sheet (01/01/2021), plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 4 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out New Hampshire notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 19 confirmed New Hampshire rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 4 points to check: filing fee, hearing after filing, judgment to writ, writ to lockout, each with the official page.
• New Hampshire landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: One month's rent or $100, whichever is greater (540-A:6, I(a)); return deadline: Within 30 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit and any interest, less deductions (540-A:7, I); itemized list of deductions: An itemized, specific list of damage with evidence of repair cost such as receipts or estimates; other deductions itemized with specific periods (540-A:7); interest on the deposit: For deposits held a year or more, interest at the rate the institution pays on regular savings accounts; the tenant may ask for accrued interest every three years (540-A:6, IV); where the deposit is held: In trust, not mixed with the landlord's own money; may be pooled in one trust account at a New Hampshire bank, savings and loan or credit union, or a bond filed with the local clerk instead; penalty the law states: Twice the deposit plus interest, less payments and lawful deductions, for failing to comply with 540-A:6, IV or 540-A:7 (540-A:8, I(b)); ending month-to-month (landlord): For residential tenancies, 30 days' notice; ending month-to-month (tenant): A tenant at will or month to month may end the tenancy with 30 days' written notice; rent increase notice: Refusing a rent increase is grounds for eviction only after written notice of the amount and effective date at least 30 days before; unpaid rent notice: 7 days' notice for nonpayment; entry notice: No entry without the tenant's prior consent, except to make emergency repairs (including an infestation within 72 hours of notice) or under a court order; late fee limits: No late fee limit in RSA chapters 540 and 540-A as read (no section of 540-A mentions late fees or late charges); court: The Circuit Court District Division serving the town; time to answer or appear: The tenant files an appearance by the return day, 7 days after the sheriff serves the writ; from October 8, 2026 an answer is also due within 5 days after the return date; who carries out the lockout: The writ of possession authorizes the sheriff to remove the tenant; paying to stop the case: In a nonpayment case the tenant can avoid eviction by paying all back rent plus $15 in damages before the deadline.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with New Hampshire's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The New Hampshire case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• New Hampshire landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the New Hampshire rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.