Property Maintenance in New Hampshire (2026)

6 rules on the books across New Hampshire, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Property Blight

Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.

In the Town of Hudson, New Hampshire, the Fire Chief can inspect any building or premises for a hazardous condition and…

Manchester's Housing Code lets Planning and Community Development order owners to repair, vacate, or demolish a…

Nashua's Housing Code lets the Board of Housing Appeals declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation and order the…

Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.

Manchester prohibits depositing litter on vacant or open private property and lets the Health Authority order owners to…

Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.

Manchester's Housing Code makes rental-property owners keep sidewalks, walkways, steps, and driveways free of snow and…

Nashua's housing code requires owners and occupants to keep sidewalks, walkways, steps and driveways free of snow, ice…