HB 473 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0584
10/05
HOUSE BILL 473
AN ACT establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.
SPONSORS: Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Gay, Rock.
8; Rep. McBride, Rock. 8; Sen. Morse, Dist 22
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires landlords of residential rental property to include in the rental agreement a
statement on the purchase of renter's insurance by the tenant.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 473 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0584
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Renter's Insurance Notification. Amend RSA 540 by inserting after section 28
2 the following new section:
3 540:28-a Renter's Insurance Notification. A landlord of a residential rental property that is
4 rented for a duration of longer than one month, shall include within the rental agreement a sentence
5 that informs the tenant that the landlord's insurance does not cover the tenant's belongings from
6 loss or damage and that the landlord recommends that the tenant purchase renter's insurance. The
7 cost of the renter's insurance shall be borne by the tenant if the tenant decides to purchase the
8 insurance. The renter’s insurance notification shall only apply to written rental agreements signed
9 after the effective date of this section.
10 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.