New Hampshire § 214-17 - Section 214:17 Refusing Licenses; Appeal.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 214-17 — Section 214:17 Refusing Licenses; Appeal., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 214-17. Section 214:17 Refusing Licenses; Appeal.
The executive director and his agents shall refuse to issue any license to hunt if it appears that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms. Any person who has been refused a license by an agent shall have the right of appeal to the executive director, whose decision, given after hearing, shall be final. Any attempt to secure a license from another agency, after having been refused by an agency and before appealing to the executive director, and any attempt to secure a license from any source in the same year that the executive director, on appeal, has decided that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms, shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 214-17 ("Section 214:17 Refusing Licenses; Appeal.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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