New Hampshire Former-Tenant Personal Property Storage Notice
New Hampshire Notice of Seven-Day Personal Property Storage
RSA 540-A:3, VII requires reasonable care in storing a vacated tenant's personal property for seven days, whether the tenant vacated voluntarily or by eviction. During that period the tenant may recover property without paying rent or storage fees. If the landlord relies on the abandonment presumption in RSA 540-A:4, XII, that section requires a separate signed property abandonment notice; its seven-day storage period begins the day after that notice is served. This storage notice does not replace the abandonment notice.
Notice
Notice date: [__/__/____]
Former tenant: [________________________________]
Former premises: [________________________________]
Date tenant vacated: [__/__/____]
Basis for lawful vacancy: ☐ Voluntary vacancy ☐ Completed eviction ☐ Separate statutory abandonment notice served
If relying on statutory abandonment, date separate notice served: [__/__/____]
First day of applicable seven-day storage period: [__/__/____]
Seven-day period ends: [__/__/____]
The following property is being stored with reasonable care:
[____________________________________________________________]
Storage location: [________________________________]
Contact for retrieval: [NAME / PHONE / EMAIL]
You may recover the property during the seven-day period without payment of rent or storage fees. Proposed retrieval appointment: [________________________________]
After the seven-day period expires, RSA 540-A:3, VII permits the landlord to dispose of the property without notice to the tenant. This notice is provided to document a practical retrieval opportunity and does not shorten the statutory period.
Exclusions and Record
- Lawful possession or eviction documented: ☐ Yes
- Inventory and photographs completed: ☐ Yes
- Vehicles, titled property, hazardous items, animals, deceased-tenant property, and credible third-party claims reviewed separately: ☐ Yes
- Delivery method and proof: [________________________________]
- Separate abandonment notice and delivery proof, if applicable: [________________________________]
- Retrieval communications: [________________________________]
- Final release or disposition: [________________________________]
Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]
Sources and References
- RSA 540-A:3, VII — New Hampshire General Court — https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540-A/540-A-3.htm
- RSA 540-A:4, XII — New Hampshire General Court — https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540-A/540-A-4.htm
About this template
- Last updated
- November 13, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 13, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- New Hampshire
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- RSA 540-A:3, VII
- RSA 540-A:4, XII(c)-(d)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 13, 2026.
RSA 540-A:3, VII (checked November 13, 2026): "for a period of 7 days after the date upon which such tenant has vacated"
RSA 540-A:3, VII (checked November 13, 2026): "During this period, the tenant shall be allowed to recover personal property without payment of rent or storage fees."
RSA 540-A:3, VII (checked November 13, 2026): "After the 7-day limit has expired, such personal property may be disposed of by the landlord without notice to the tenant."
RSA 540-A:4, XII(c) (checked November 13, 2026): "The 7 days shall begin the day after the landlord serves the written property abandonment notice."
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