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New Hampshire Official RSA 540 Packet
Download the official New Hampshire Circuit Court Demand for Rent and 7-Day Eviction Notice — fillable PDFs you complete on screen — plus editable Word instructions, a service/payment record, and a #10 envelope. For this nonpayment packet, use both official forms before requesting a Landlord and Tenant Writ.
This New Hampshire RSA 540 packet helps complete the official fillable PDFs without altering them, serve the nonpayment demand and eviction notice, document RSA 540:5 service, calculate the seven-day expiration, track RSA 540:9 payment or voucher issues, and preserve records before any court filing.
The tenant-facing documents are the official Demand for Rent (NHJB-3040-D) and 7-Day Eviction Notice (NHJB-3041-D) fillable PDFs. Complete blanks and checkboxes; do not alter court text.
Complete and serve the official New Hampshire Demand for Rent and 7-Day Eviction Notice PDFs by filling blanks and checking boxes only; use the editable Word files only for instructions, service/payment records, and supplemental envelope preparation.
Use the instructions and record to document service of the nonpayment demand and eviction notice, calculate the seven-day expiration from Eviction Notice service, and track payments, vouchers, and court-stage cure issues.
This product includes the official New Hampshire Circuit Court forms and companion files listed below: two fillable PDFs you complete on screen, plus editable Word instructions, a service/payment record, and a #10 envelope. The official form text is unchanged: you complete it, you do not alter it.
Self-help notice overview
New Hampshire residential nonpayment uses two official Circuit Court forms: the Demand for Rent and the 7-Day Eviction Notice. RSA 540:5 allows alternate forms only if they include the same information as the court forms, so this Track 2 packet bundles the official fillable PDFs and uses Word only for companions.
The New Hampshire-specific filing trap for this nonpayment packet is the both-form sequence: the Demand for Rent and Eviction Notice should be delivered and expired before the landlord requests the Landlord and Tenant Writ. The safer practice is to serve them together, then count the seven calendar days from service of the Eviction Notice.
Residential service under RSA 540:5 is personal delivery or leaving the forms at the tenant’s last and usual place of abode. Mail is supplemental only unless counsel directs otherwise. RSA 540:9 and 540:9-a payment, voucher, and receipt rules can still matter through the merits hearing.
This page highlights the current downloadable New Hampshire nonpayment packet: two official Circuit Court fillable PDFs plus three editable Word companions. The state-specific guidance below explains fillable-not-editable limits, both-form service and expiration, RSA 540:5 residential service, RSA 540:8 rent-in-arrears limits, RSA 540:9 cure and voucher records, federal-law affidavit checks, court-stage separation, and no-self-help limits before checkout.
The complete New Hampshire official notice packet is available immediately after checkout. Use the state-specific guidance below to complete the official fillable Demand for Rent and 7-Day Eviction Notice PDFs without altering them, serve and let both forms expire, document RSA 540:5 service, track payment and voucher issues, and preserve companion records before any Landlord and Tenant Writ filing.
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Primary New Hampshire Circuit Court forms and RSA sources are linked for self-help research. Confirm the current NHJB form revisions, both-form service, rent-in-arrears amount, service proof, seven-day expiration date, payment/voucher/tender history, federal-law affidavit, subsidized or CARES overlay, SCRA or bankruptcy status, and current Circuit Court practice before serving or filing.
Quick answer
Use this New Hampshire packet for ordinary residential rent nonpayment under RSA 540:2 II(a). It bundles the official NH Circuit Court Demand for Rent and 7-Day Eviction Notice as fillable PDFs, plus editable Word companions for instructions, service/payment records, and a #10 envelope. For this nonpayment packet, use both official forms before requesting a Landlord and Tenant Writ.
New Hampshire is an official-form packet. The tenant-facing documents are the New Hampshire Circuit Court Demand for Rent (NHJB-3040-D) and 7-Day Eviction Notice (NHJB-3041-D), bundled as fillable PDFs.
Complete the official PDF fields, checkboxes, and certificates of service on screen, then print to serve. The official form text is unchanged: you complete it, you do not alter it. The editable Word files are companions only — instructions, the service/payment/prefiling record, and the #10 envelope.
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No. The tenant-facing documents are official New Hampshire Circuit Court fillable PDFs: the Demand for Rent (NHJB-3040-D) and the 7-Day Eviction Notice (NHJB-3041-D). Complete the blanks, checkboxes, and certificates of service on screen, then print to serve. Do not alter the official text, payment language, warnings, or mediation page. The editable Word files are the companion instructions, service/payment record, and envelope.
Yes. For this New Hampshire residential nonpayment packet, use the Demand for Rent and the 7-Day Eviction Notice before the landlord requests a Landlord and Tenant Writ. The safer practice is to serve them together and count the seven days from service of the Eviction Notice.
RSA 540:5 allows any person to serve the Demand for Rent or Eviction Notice. For residential property, service is personal delivery to the tenant or leaving the form at the tenant’s last and usual place of abode. Ordinary mail, certified mail, email, text, portal message, and voicemail are not standalone residential service methods.
Treat the Eviction Notice service date as Day 0 and exclude it under RSA 21:35. Count seven calendar days; intermediate weekends and holidays count. If the expiration date or intended filing date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, court closure, or uncertain date, use the next court-open day or get New Hampshire counsel advice.
RSA 540:8 says the landlord shall not demand more than the whole rent in arrears when the demand is made. Keep future rent, damages, utilities, late fees, attorney fees, court costs, and filing or service charges out of the demanded amount unless New Hampshire counsel approves.
Yes. RSA 540:9 may require dismissal of a nonpayment possessory action if, before the merits hearing, the tenant pays all rent due and owing through the time of payment, other lawful lease charges, $15 liquidated damages, and any filing and service fees in guaranteed funds, and the landlord files and forwards the required receipt. Section 540:9-a also addresses qualifying vouchers and written promises to pay.
The landlord still needs the court process. The Landlord and Tenant Writ is purchased from the clerk and served by the sheriff. Residential cases also require the Affidavit of Compliance with Federal Law before the Writ issues, and only a court judgment and writ of possession authorize sheriff removal. Do not use lockouts, utility shutoffs, access denial, or property seizure.