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  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Presidents Message
    • Branch Leadership
    • NEAC Policing Positions
    • Education Committee
    • Legal Redress Committee
    • Economic Justice
    • Environmental Justice
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Know Your Rights

General

  • NAACP National: Know Your Rights index
  • ACLU: 
    • I've been stopped by the police in public
    • I've been pulled over by the police
    • The police are at my door
    • I've been arrested by the police
    • The police violated my rights
    • ACLU of New Hampshire
  • LegalClarity NH: Resisting Detainment in New Hampshire: Laws and Penalties
  • New Hampshire RSA 21-M:18—Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights
  • New Hampshire Human Rights Commission  
  • New Hampshire Department of Justice: 
    • Criminal Justice Bureau Forms, Reports and Publications—Includes the DoJ's Law Enforcement Manual, "Public Integrity Investigations Policies & Procedures" memo, Law Enforcement Officer Deadly Force Investigation Protocol, and other publications; previous versions of the web page and documents may be available here at the Internet Archive for comparison
    • Medicaid Fraud FAQ→What is Resident Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation? "Resident abuse or neglect is any action or failure to act that causes unjustifiable harm to a healthcare facility resident. It includes physically assaulting a resident as well as withholding necessary food, care, or medical treatment. The Unit investigates reports of abuse and neglect in any in-patient or residential healthcare setting, including hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Resident financial exploitation is the illegal or improper use of the funds or assets of a healthcare facility resident. It includes the misuse of personal funds held at the facility and may also include the misuse of funds by a resident's designated financial agent."
    • NH Victim Bill of Rights—among many other rights, "In any case where the victim informs the court that he or she requires assistance in making an oral or written impact statement permitted under this section, the court shall allow the victim to designate a representative to write or speak on the victim's behalf."
    • Victims' Compensation Program—"The Office of the Attorney General is designated to administer the victim assistance fund, which consists of monies collected through penalty assessment on criminal fines, restitution and by the federal Victims of Crime grant and the federal Violence against Women Act."
    • Office of Victim/Witness Assistance
  • Photography Is Not a Crime: https://pinacnews.com/
  • Disability Rights Center—New Hampshire timeline
  • Southern Poverty Law Center: Helping Your Child With a Disability Get a Good Education (2021)
  • New Hampshire Women's Bar Association: https://nhwba.org/
  • The Center for HIV Law and Policy: Know Your Rights New Hampshire – HIV, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) (2014)
  • American Friends Service Committee (AFSC):
    • "Your Rights As An Immigrant" / "Sus Derechos" (2011)—"This is [a] booklet produced by AFSC staff in North Carolina and collaborators for immigrants. It covers rights at home, in the car, at work, and in detention. Most of the information should apply to people across the U.S., but the phone numbers are specific to North Carolina." / "[Una libreta] en español para inmigrantes, escrita por personal de AFSC en Carolina del Norte con ayuda de otras personas, que describe los derechos de usted en la casa, en el carro, en el trabajo y mientras permanece detenido(a). La mayoría de la información aplicará a personas en todos los Estados Unidos, pero los números de teléfono sólo son para las personas en Carolina del Norte." 
    • "How to stay safer at a protest" 
  • disasterassistance.gov connects you with federal programs available in your area
  • American Bar Association:
    • Law Issues for Consumers → Legal Issues of the Internet → What about substitute goods? "Unless the seller has your consent to agree to a substitute, you don't have to accept one. You can send it back and ask for a refund. If you keep it, though, you have to pay the usual price, unless the company offers it for less. Try to negotiate. A reputable company may be willing to strike an acceptable deal with you."
    • Law Issues for Consumers → Buying a New Car → May I change a seller's preprinted contract? "Handwritten or typed changes to both copies of a printed contract overrule printed terms."
  • New Hampshire Secretary of State: Multilingual Election Information
  • NAACP Manchester legal resources page

Housing


  • Granite State Organizing Project Housing & Tenants Advice
  • New Hampshire Public Radio: “Evictions, rent, landlord issues and more: Your questions answered about housing in N.H.” 
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  • Tenant Support: Neighborworks 
  • Legal Assistance: NH Legal Assistance
  • Home Ownership Assistance: Neigborworks
  • Laconia Housing for housing opportunities in Laconia (603) 524-2112.
  • If there is dampness or mold in your home or at your children's schools the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Dampness and Mold Assessment Tools for Schools and Buildings contain advice and checklists that can help you evaluate the severity of the problem.
  • Transitional housing: Families In Transition—
  • Disability RAPP Spring 2022 issue: Disability and Housing—Disability RAPP (Research Advocacy Policy & Practice) is a joint publication of Disability Rights Center–NH, the UNH Institute on Disability, and the state government's New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities
  • ProPublica:
    • “What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works”
    • "How to Close Heirs' Property Loopholes: What to consider to avoid losing land that has been passed down through generations without a will and is shared among heirs.": ‘One attorney called heirs’ property “the worst problem you never heard of.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recognized it as “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.”’
    • "How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment "
  • National Consumer Law Center: 
    • Obtaining Mortgage Relief for Survivors of Disasters; Appendix A flow chart as a separate file
    • The Other Foreclosure Crisis—Property Tax Lien Sales: “Local studies have shown that property tax foreclosures are highly concentrated among low-income communities with large African American and Latino populations, groups also targeted by subprime lenders.”
  • Many of the details and links in the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries' Hire Smart Step-by-Step Guide are specific to the state of Washington but the procedures and precautions it recommends may be applicable to hiring home repair and renovation contractors in New Hampshire
  • Princeton Eviction Lab: New England comparison map (2016 data)
  • See the Maine Consumer Credit Bureau's homebuying guide below

Education

Manchester School District

The Manchester School District's website contains all the official information about schools in the city.

Manchester School District Website

Supporting Educational Resources

Mancheter Proud's Compass site has many educational resources and guides.

Manchester Proud Compass Resources

Other NH resources

If none of the above resources help, call 211 or connect wit
Granite 211

Nearby States

Maine

  • Alpha Legal Foundation: "The Alpha Legal Foundation was born out of its founder’s need for a community of like-minded lawyers of color. At the time this organization was started, there was no formal mechanism to identify and convene BIPOC attorneys in Maine. After George Floyd’s murder, our mission expanded as our founder began to speak out against and seek solutions for systemic racism in her community. "
  • ACLU of Maine, formerly the Maine Civil Liberties Union
  • Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition
  • Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services
  • Maine Access Immigrant Network (MAIN)
  • New Mainers Public Health Initiative (NMPHI) 
  • Ability Maine
  • LGBTQIA+ listings at Changing Maine Directory


As of early 2022, the amount of time a shopkeeper or a shopkeeper's representative can detain a person on suspicion of shoplifting is listed in statute as ½ hour. The same limit applies to detention of a person by a motion picture theater manager or their representative on suspicion of operating a recording device.


Check the link on the right to see if the statute has been updated.  Other laws may apply and this does not apply to law enforcement officers or other government officials.


Consumer Law


  • Office of the Maine Attorney General
    • Consumer Law Guide
  • Maine Consumer Credit Bureau
    • Downeaster Common Sense Guide: Finding, Buying And Keeping Your Maine Home—Chapter 8, "Know Your Rights: Maine State and Federal Laws Designed for You"
  • Fees and other rules concerning self-storage facilities in Maine are governed by 10 M.R.S. §1371–§1378, the Self-Service Storage Act


Indigenous Issues


  • The primary state-wide legal aid organization Pine Tree Legal Assistance has an Indigenous Peoples Unit.
  • The Land Peace Foundation specializes in the preservation of Indigenous cultural, land and water rights and the protection of sacred sites.

17 M.R.S. §3521. Detention of certain persons suspected of stealing

Title 17: CRIMES

Chapter 114: DETENTION OF CERTAIN PERSONS SUSPECTED OF STEALING

§3521. Detention of certain persons suspected of stealing


1.  Suspected stealing from a store.  A store owner, manager or supervisor, or that person's designee, may detain on the premises in a reasonable manner and for a period of time not to exceed 1/2 hour any person as to whom there is probable cause to believe is unlawfully concealing merchandise or is committing theft of merchandise. The permitted purposes of detention are to require the person being detained to provide identification, to verify the identification, to inform a law enforcement officer of the detention and to surrender that person to the officer, to take possession of and hold stolen merchandise pending arrival of law enforcement and, when the detained person is a minor, to inform a law enforcement officer or a parent or guardian of the minor of the detention and to surrender the minor to the person so informed.


[PL 2015, c. 85, §1 (NEW).]


2.  Suspected stealing from a motion picture theater.  A motion picture theater owner, manager or supervisor, or that person's designee, may detain on the premises in a reasonable manner and for a period of time not to exceed 1/2 hour any person as to whom there is probable cause to believe is unlawfully operating an audiovisual or audio recording function of any device in the motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited. The permitted purposes of detention are to require the person being detained to provide identification, to verify the identification, to inform a law enforcement officer of the detention and to surrender that person to the officer, to take possession of and hold recordings and related equipment pending arrival of law enforcement and, when the detained person is a minor, to inform a law enforcement officer or a parent or guardian of the minor of the detention and to surrender the minor to the person so informed.


[PL 2015, c. 85, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 543 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 122, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 199, §2 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 85, §1 (RPR).


Above text ©State of Maine


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