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 10 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 Circuit Court Service Center: Landlord and Tenant Information Sheet (01/01/2021); New Hampshire RSA 540:13: Writ; service; discovery; record; default.
• 10 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" 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 13 confirmed New Hampshire rules at a glance and the 10 items to confirm: ending month-to-month (tenant), entry notice, late fee limits, filing fee, hearing after filing, judgment to writ, writ to lockout, who carries out the lockout and more, each with the official page to check.
• 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; 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.
• 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.