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New Hampshire Mobile Home Park Laws

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New Hampshire's Regulation of Manufactured Housing Parks law, RSA chapter 205-A, covers residents who own their home and rent a lot in a park of two or more manufactured houses: lot rent may rise only after 60 days' written notice carrying a written explanation, a tenancy may be ended only for six statutory reasons, and closure or a change of use takes 18 months' notice.

Cited to RSA ch. 205-A and 2 more sources · Verified August 18, 2026

Before a park owner may finally accept an offer to sell the park, every resident must receive 60 days' notice with a copy of the signed written offer, and during that period the owner must consider a resident or association offer and negotiate in good faith; that is an opportunity to negotiate rather than a right to match a rival offer, and a sale made without it cannot be undone. Residents may sell their homes in place at their own price, post up to two for sale signs, and cannot be charged a commission unless the park has agreed in writing to act as agent; the park may approve the buyer but not unreasonably, and must answer a completed application within 14 calendar days. There is no ceiling on lot-rent increases. Instead, every increase notice must set out, in 10 point bold face print, an opportunity for voluntary private mediation whose mediator the park owner pays, available when at least one adult member of no less than 51 percent of the homeowners signs a petition and the increase is more than $15 a month.

Governing actRegulation of Manufactured Housing Parks — RSA ch. 205-A
Federal lender protections already required by state law5 of 8 (see the table)

Each row below is a state rule (with its citation) or an honest "no state rule" with what governs instead — lease terms and the general landlord-tenant law still apply where the park act is silent. This page covers a resident who owns the home and rents the lot; a home rented from the park is an ordinary New Hampshire tenancy.

On this page: Scope · Lot rent, fees and utilities · Lease, rules and disclosure · Termination and eviction · Closure and change of use · Sale of the park · The resident's home · Federal lender protections · Common questions · Citations

A. Scope — who and what the act covers

Rule New Hampshire law Source
State agency with a role in park tenancies Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Justice A police department or agency, or the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau of the Department of Justice, may bring an action to enforce the chapter, and a violation of the prohibited-practices section is also an unfair trade practice under RSA 358-A. A park must send its current rules to the bureau within 7 days of a written request. The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority receives notice when a park is being sold. New Hampshire no longer has a manufactured housing board: the Board of Manufactured Housing sections were repealed effective September 1, 2023, and one further section effective July 15, 2023. RSA 205-A:12 205-A:12; RSA 205-A:13-a 205-A:13-a; RSA 205-A:2 II, XII; RSA 205-A:25 to 205-A:31 repealed, 2023, 79:301
Resident may sue under the act Yes A district court may assess a park owner a civil penalty of $500 plus other reasonable damages for a violation of the prohibited-practices section, and the same violation may be pursued as an unfair trade practice; an individual complainant may take one route or the other, not both. A homeowner may also petition the superior court over a dangerous condition in the park, and tenants may recover the sale-notice penalty. RSA 205-A:12-a 205-A:12-a; RSA 205-A:13-b 205-A:13-b; RSA 205-A:15 205-A:15; RSA 205-A:22 I
Minimum park size for the act to apply (lots) 2 lots The act covers any parcel under single or common ownership or control that contains, or is designed, laid out or adapted to accommodate, two or more manufactured houses. Land used only to store or display manufactured housing is outside it. RSA 205-A:1 II
Other size thresholds that switch rules on No state rule No lot count switches any rule on or off. The definition section sets the only park-size line, at two homes. The one size-style test in the chapter is a share rather than a count: a court may appoint a receiver over a park only if more than 10 percent of the tenants are threatened by the dangerous condition. RSA 205-A:1 II; RSA 205-A:17 III(a)
Park-owned rental homes Ordinary landlord-tenant law applies No section of the act addresses a tenancy in a home the park itself owns and rents out; the act's tenant is a person who owns or occupies manufactured housing and pays rent to place it in the park. A household renting a park-owned home is governed by New Hampshire's general landlord-tenant law, RSA chapters 540 and 540-A, whose definitions expressly reach rented manufactured housing as well as a space in a park. RSA 205-A:1 IV; RSA 205-A:9 205-A:9; RSA 540-A:1 I, II
RVs and park-model homes Excluded The definition of manufactured housing expressly does not include campers or recreational vehicles, so occupancy by those is outside the act. RSA 205-A:1 I
Local rent regulation of park lots No statute addresses local regulation of lot rents The act contains no preemption section and no section authorizing a city, town or county to regulate lot rents; its only mention of local ordinances is as something a tenant must comply with. New Hampshire also has no general statute on municipal rent regulation that could be located on the legislature's site. RSA 205-A:4 II

B. Lot rent, fees and utilities

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Notice before a lot-rent increase 60 days No disclosed charge may be increased without a written explanation for the increase and a stated implementation date at least 60 days after written notice to the tenant. The same notice must describe the mediation option. RSA 205-A:6 I
How often rent may be raised No state rule The fees and charges section sets no limit on how often lot rent may be raised, and nothing elsewhere in the act does. What applies is the 60-day notice with a written explanation, plus the terms of the rental agreement. RSA 205-A:6 I
Statewide limit on lot-rent increases No state rule The fees and charges section sets no ceiling, percentage or dollar limit on a lot-rent increase. New Hampshire's substitute is the mediation disclosure that every increase notice must carry. RSA 205-A:6 I, I-a
How a resident can challenge an increase Every rent-increase notice must carry a statement, in 10 point bold face print, telling residents that they may be able to engage in mediation with the cost of the mediator fully paid by the park owner if at least one adult member of no less than 51 percent of the homeowners in the park signs a petition requesting mediation and the increase is more than $15 a month. The notice must also give the name, address and telephone number of the person or entity that arranges the mediation. The act describes this as voluntary private mediation under the Manufactured Housing Consumer Action Program, which it names but does not define. The duty the act places on the park owner is to give the explanation, the 60-day notice, the statement and the contact details; the act does not set a hearing, a decision or an appeal. RSA 205-A:6 I, I-a
Entrance fee prohibited No An entrance fee is allowed but limited: as a precondition to renting a space a park may not charge an entrance or other fee greater than the equivalent of three months' rent for that space, and no fee of any kind may be charged unless for services actually rendered. Separately, a non-refundable fee to process an application for tenancy may not exceed $125 unless the park gives the applicant an itemized breakdown. RSA 205-A:2 I; RSA 205-A:2 II(e)
Exit or removal fee prohibited No state rule The prohibited-practices section reaches entrance fees, application fees, sale commissions and pet charges but says nothing about a fee for leaving the park or removing a home. What that section does forbid is requiring the home to be removed because it has been sold. RSA 205-A:2 I, II, III
Undisclosed fees uncollectible No state rule The act requires a park to disclose all terms and conditions of the tenancy in writing, including rent, utility, entrance and service charges, a reasonable time before the rental agreement is entered into, and it treats a failure to do so as a $500 civil penalty and an unfair trade practice. It does not go on to say that an undisclosed charge cannot be collected. RSA 205-A:2 VII; RSA 205-A:12-a 205-A:12-a
Utility billing rules If a park shifts responsibility for water, sewer or any other utility service to residents, the park bears the cost of the conversion, including installing meters at each home, and residents must then be billed directly by the utility. A park billed as a single entity for a utility may not charge residents an administrative fee for that service. Both rules give way to what the Public Utilities Commission permits under RSA 374 and RSA 378. A park may also not charge a resident for repair or maintenance of an underground system such as an oil tank or a water, electrical or septic system unless the resident's negligence caused it, nor transfer responsibility for such a system to a current resident. Willful interruption of a utility service is separately prohibited by RSA 540-A:3. RSA 205-A:6 II, III; RSA 205-A:2 IX; RSA 540-A:3 I
Submetering required or regulated No The act does not require a park to submeter. It regulates what happens if a park moves a utility onto residents: the park pays the conversion cost, including installing a meter at each home, and the utility bills residents directly from then on. RSA 205-A:6 II
Lot security deposit rules A park may not require a security or damage deposit greater than one month's rent, and must hold or dispose of the deposit in compliance with RSA 477:48. The one-month limit is the whole of the act's deposit rule; interest, receipts and return timing come from RSA 477:48. RSA 205-A:7 205-A:7

C. Lease, rules and disclosure

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Written lease Not required The act does not require a written lease. It requires the park to disclose all terms and conditions of the tenancy in writing before the rental agreement, and to give every applicant a written copy of the park rules setting out the terms and conditions of the tenancy. The act recognizes an oral or a written rental agreement, and forbids the park to vary either without the resident's express written consent. RSA 205-A:2 VII, XI; RSA 205-A:4 V
Minimum lease term that must be offered No state rule No minimum lease term must be offered. The act works through notice periods and grounds rather than a term of years: a tenancy continues until it is ended on one of the statutory grounds with the matching notice. RSA 205-A:3 205-A:3; RSA 205-A:4 205-A:4
Notice to end a tenancy without cause No state rule There is no notice period for ending a lot tenancy without cause, because there is no route to do so: a tenancy may be ended only for the statutory grounds, and the notice must state the reason. RSA 205-A:4 205-A:4; RSA 205-A:5 205-A:5
Notice before park rules change 90 days Park rules may be amended with the resident's written consent, or without it on three months' written notice; the notice the act requires at the top of every park's rules states the period as 90 days. A rules change is not a route to vary the rent or the other terms of a rental agreement, which still need the resident's express written consent. RSA 205-A:4 V; RSA 205-A:2 XI
Disclosure document Written rules and terms must be given Every applicant must be given a written copy of the park rules, which must set out the terms and conditions of the tenancy and must open with a notice whose wording the act prescribes, in capitals or 10 point bold face print. That notice tells residents the rules must be reasonable, that no rule may change without consent unless the park gives 90 days' notice, that eviction takes 60 days' notice or 30 days for rent arrears and must state a reason, that a resident may not be evicted for joining a tenant organization, and that a resident may sell the home in place to a buyer who meets the park rules but must tell the park of the intended sale. All terms and charges must also be disclosed in writing a reasonable time before the rental agreement. RSA 205-A:2 VII, XI, XII
Residents' right to meet and organize Yes Retaliation for meeting or gathering with other residents for any lawful purpose is a defense to an eviction action, and an eviction, a rent increase or a substantial change in the terms of the tenancy within six months of the park learning of that activity carries a rebuttable presumption of retaliation. Those protections reach park tenancies because RSA 540 applies where it is not inconsistent with the act. Every park's rules must also state that a resident may not be evicted for joining a tenant organization. The act does not grant a separate right to use park common areas for meetings. RSA 540:13-a III; RSA 540:13-b IV; RSA 205-A:9 205-A:9; RSA 205-A:2 XI
Owner entry onto the lot or into the home A park may not willfully enter the resident's premises without prior consent other than to make emergency repairs, and may otherwise enter without consent only under a court order. These rules come from RSA 540-A, whose definitions expressly cover manufactured housing and a space in a manufactured housing park, and the act makes void any lease provision by which a resident waives an RSA 540-A right. The premises are the part of the property to which the resident has exclusive access under the rental agreement. RSA 540-A:3 IV, V-d; RSA 540-A:1 I, II, III; RSA 205-A:10 205-A:10
Retaliation prohibited Yes Unless the resident owes at least a week's rent, it is a defense to an eviction action that the action was retaliation for reporting a violation or a housing code problem in good faith, for bringing an action under RSA 540-A, or for meeting with other residents for a lawful purpose. An eviction, a rent increase or a substantial change in the terms of the tenancy within six months of the triggering event carries a rebuttable presumption of retaliation. RSA 540 applies to park tenancies where it is not inconsistent with the act. RSA 540:13-a 540:13-a; RSA 540:13-b 540:13-b; RSA 205-A:9 205-A:9

D. Termination and eviction

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Just cause required to end a tenancy Yes A park may end a lot tenancy only for one or more of the six reasons the act lists, and the notice must specify the reason for the termination. Notice is given in the manner set by RSA 540:5 and also by first class mail. RSA 205-A:4 205-A:4; RSA 205-A:5 205-A:5; RSA 205-A:3 205-A:3
Grounds for termination
  • Nonpayment of rent, utility charges or reasonable incidental service charges (30 days' notice).
  • Failure to comply with local ordinances or state or federal law or regulations relating to manufactured housing or manufactured housing parks, after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comply (60 days' notice).
  • Damage by the resident to the demised property, reasonable wear and tear excepted (60 days' notice).
  • Repeated conduct on the park premises that disturbs the peace and quiet of other residents (60 days' notice).
  • Failure to comply with reasonable written park rules, after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comply (60 days' notice).
  • Condemnation or change of use of the park (18 months' notice).
On the nonpayment ground no action for possession may be maintained if, before the eviction notice expires, the resident pays or tenders all arrearages due plus $15 as liquidated damages. 		RSA 205-A:4 I to VI; RSA 205-A:3 I to III
Notice for nonpayment of lot rent 30 days The notice to remove from the premises must give at least 30 days for a nonpayment action. No possession action may be maintained if the resident pays or tenders all arrearages plus $15 before the notice expires. A late fee may not be charged at all on a payment made in full within 7 calendar days of the due date. RSA 205-A:3 I; RSA 205-A:4 I; RSA 205-A:6 IV
Notice for a rule or lease violation 60 days Sixty days is the notice for a rules violation and for the other non-rent grounds: a law or ordinance violation, damage to the property, and repeated conduct disturbing other residents. For a rules violation or a law violation the resident must first get written notice of the failure and a reasonable opportunity to comply. RSA 205-A:3 II; RSA 205-A:4 II, V
Repeat-violation rule A rules violation supports eviction only after the resident has had written notice of the failure to comply and a reasonable opportunity to comply, and then continues; the same warning-and-opportunity step applies to a law or ordinance violation. The disturbance ground requires repeated conduct rather than a single incident. The notice every park must print at the top of its rules states the same sequence: a resident may be evicted for not following the rules only if the rules are reasonable, the resident has been given written notice of the failure, and the resident then continues to break them. RSA 205-A:4 II, IV, V; RSA 205-A:2 XI
Time to sell or remove the home after termination No state rule The act gives the homeowner no set period after a tenancy ends to sell or move the home. The only timed window after a default belongs to a lender: a lienholder that has registered its lien with the park has up to 60 days from a notice of default to decide whether to take over the rent, and may remove the home within that period. Separately, a park may not require removal of a safe, sanitary, rules-compliant home because it has been sold. RSA 205-A:4-a II, IV; RSA 205-A:2 II, III
Abandoned-home procedure Yes A park has a lien on the home for unpaid rent and other charges and for reasonable moving and storage costs, and may sell the home under RSA 382-A:9, conveying it by a deed meeting RSA 477:44. The sale is subject to the resident's homestead rights unless waived, and a resident is treated as having waived them if rent is more than 60 days in arrears and the resident has left, shown by absence from the premises and the ending of utility service. Sale costs come out of the proceeds. A registered lienholder must be told before eviction proceedings begin. RSA 205-A:4-a VII
Mediation or dispute-resolution requirement No state rule Nothing in the act obliges either side to mediate. The rent-increase notice must describe an opportunity for voluntary private mediation and give the contact details for arranging it, but the act sets no hearing, decision or appeal. Health and safety disputes go instead to the superior court, which may issue an injunction, allow affected residents to withhold rent until the danger is abated, or appoint a receiver. The Board of Manufactured Housing, which formerly heard park disputes, was repealed effective September 1, 2023. RSA 205-A:6 I, I-a; RSA 205-A:15 to 205-A:17 205-A:17; RSA 205-A:25 to 205-A:31 repealed, 2023, 79:301

E. Closure and change of use

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Notice before closure or change of use 18 months Condemnation or a change of use of the park is one of the six grounds for ending a tenancy, and it carries the longest notice in the act: the notice to remove from the premises must give at least 18 months, and it must state the reason. New Hampshire handles closure as a ground for termination rather than as a separate closure statute. RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:4 VI
Variants (by trigger or park size)
  • Change of use of the park: 18 months (One of the six grounds for ending a tenancy; the notice must state the reason).
  • Condemnation of the park: 18 months (Grouped with change of use in the same ground and carrying the same notice).
Both triggers sit in the same ground and take the same 18-month notice; the act sets no shorter period for smaller parks or for a partial closure. 		RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:4 VI
Relocation payment required No state rule The sections that carry New Hampshire's closure rule impose only the 18-month notice. The act creates no relocation payment, no relocation fund and no moving assistance of any kind. RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:4 VI
Relocation amounts No state rule No amounts are set, because the act requires no relocation payment on closure or change of use. RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:4 VI
Who pays relocation None required The act names no payer, because it requires no relocation payment on closure or change of use. RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:4 VI
Notice to a government body on closure No state rule A park closing or changing use must give the 18-month notice to residents; the act requires no notice to a municipality, a state agency or a court. The act's one agency-notice duty arises on a sale, when the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority and the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association must be told, without the price terms. RSA 205-A:3 III; RSA 205-A:21 I(b)

F. Sale of the park

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Residents must be told the park is for sale Yes A park owner may not make a final unconditional acceptance of any offer to sell or transfer the park without first giving 60 days' notice to each resident. Notice goes by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each resident's home; a signed receipt, a refusal, a note that the addressee no longer lives there, or an unclaimed return each conclusively establishes service. RSA 205-A:21 I, III
What triggers the notice The 60-day notice is owed before the owner makes a final unconditional acceptance of any offer for the sale or transfer of the park, which the act defines as a fully executed sale agreement. The notice must say the owner intends to sell and give the price, terms and conditions of an acceptable offer received or of the sale the owner intends, and must include a copy of the signed written offer describing the property. The notice does not depend on residents having organized first. The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority and the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association receive the same notice at their main offices, without the price terms and conditions. RSA 205-A:21 I, III; RSA 205-A:1 VII
Residents' purchase right Notice plus an opportunity to negotiate a purchase During the 60-day notice period the owner must consider any offer from the residents or a residents' association and must negotiate in good faith about a purchase. This is not a right to match a third party's offer: the act gives no matching right, and a sale made without complying cannot be set aside. RSA 205-A:21 II; RSA 205-A:22 I
Time for residents to respond 60 days Residents have the 60-day notice period to make an offer, which must be evidenced by a purchase and sale agreement. If they need it, they are entitled to a reasonable time beyond the 60 days to obtain financing. RSA 205-A:21 I, II
Resident-association threshold 50% A simple majority of the members of the association or cooperative voting, whether in person or by absentee ballot, qualifies the group to move forward with a purchase. An organization assisting the residents must send every household a certified or verified hand-delivered letter setting out the agreed terms of any final proposal, including mortgage terms, land rent per homeowner and other costs or fees, with a verifiable and secure absentee ballot request form, and must provide a secure and verifiable way to count the vote. A residents' association joining fee for voting may not exceed $5 per household. RSA 205-A:21 IV
Transfers exempt from the sale rules
  • A mortgagee selling the park at a foreclosure sale, or selling it after buying it at one.
  • A sale or transfer to a family member of the owner, or to a trust whose beneficiaries are family members.
  • A sale or transfer by a partnership to one or more of its partners.
  • A conveyance of an interest in the park that is incidental to financing the park.
  • A sale or transfer between joint tenants or tenants in common.
  • A sale pursuant to eminent domain.
Family member is defined in the act as the owner's spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandson, granddaughter, stepchildren, stepgrandchildren or first cousins. An owner may record an affidavit in the registry of deeds certifying compliance or an exemption, and buyers, title insurers and attorneys may rely on it absolutely. 		RSA 205-A:23 I to VI; RSA 205-A:1 VI; RSA 205-A:24 205-A:24
Residents may assign the right to a nonprofit or municipality No state rule The sale-notice section gives residents no right to assign their opportunity to a nonprofit, a municipality or anyone else. It does contemplate outside help, by regulating what an organization assisting a residents' association must do, and it sends notice of the sale to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority and the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association. RSA 205-A:21 I(b), IV
Penalty for violating the sale rules An owner who sells or transfers a park and willfully fails to comply with the sale-notice section is liable to the residents for $10,000 or 10 percent of the total sales price, whichever is greater, as an aggregate cap across all residents. That civil penalty is the sole and exclusive remedy: non-compliance does not affect the validity of the sale or the title, and is not grounds to set a transfer aside. Residents may not attach the real estate for the penalty, and the owner's lack of knowledge of the section is not a defense. RSA 205-A:22 I, II

G. The resident's home

Rule New Hampshire law Source
Right to sell the home in place Yes A park may not deny a resident the right to sell the home within the park at a price of the resident's own choosing, and may not require the resident or the buyer to remove the home because of the sale. A park also may not require removal of a home that is safe, sanitary and in line with any generally applicable aesthetic standards in the rules, and it carries the burden of showing that a home is unsafe, unsanitary or non-conforming. The park's own rules must tell residents of this right and that they must notify the park of an intended sale. RSA 205-A:2 II, III, XI
Park may not take a commission on the sale Yes A park may not charge a commission or fee on the price the seller realizes unless it has acted as the homeowner's agent under a written contract. RSA 205-A:2 II(b)
Park may screen the buyer Yes A park may reserve the right to approve the buyer of the home as a resident, and may require that the buyer and the buyer's household meet the current park rules, but approval may not be unreasonably withheld. RSA 205-A:2 II
Buyer-approval standard and deadline Approval may not be unreasonably withheld, and the park must give the prospective buyer written notice within 14 calendar days of receiving a completed application for tenancy, either approving the buyer or setting out the reason for refusal. The park may require the buyer and the buyer's household to meet the current park rules. It may not ask for more than three references, and may not require a written report from any of them. If the buyer is denied, the park must on the seller's request send the seller a notice of the denial that does not disclose the reason. For three years after an occupancy-restricting rule takes effect, the park may not refuse an on-site sale on the basis of age or family status unless that restriction was already in the rules or the rental agreement when the seller's tenancy began. RSA 205-A:2 II, II(c), II(d), II(g)
Home may not be rejected for age, size or style alone Yes No aesthetic standard may be applied against a home if it relates to physical characteristics such as size, original construction materials or color. A home is presumed safe if it was built to any nationally recognized building or construction code, failing such a code raises no presumption that a home is unsafe, and that failure may not be used to withhold approval of an on-site sale; the park carries the burden of showing a home is unsafe, unsanitary or outside the park's aesthetic standards. RSA 205-A:2 III, II(f)(2)
Park may require repairs before sale Yes A park may require repairs before approving an on-site sale, on a fixed timetable. Where the rules call for a pre-sale inspection, the park has 14 calendar days from the resident's written notice of an intended sale to give written notice of every repair and improvement it requires; where the rules do not, it has 14 days from the resident's written request. That response holds for 90 days, after which the park may add repairs for defects that have arisen since. The park may not require repair or removal of anything inside the home that does not adversely affect the park's infrastructure, nor compliance with an aesthetic standard tied to size, original construction materials or color, though it may require maintenance or repair of deteriorating or defective features and removal of a structure or fixture the seller added without permission. RSA 205-A:2 II(f)
Right to post a For Sale sign Yes A resident may place up to two for sale signs on or in the home, and a park may not make a rule or a contract that removes or limits that right. A park may set reasonable limits on size, quality, registration, posting only for a genuine effort to sell, and removal once the home is off the market, but no size or quality limit may bar a painted or printed sign of 216 square inches or less carrying no more than the words for sale plus the name, address and telephone number of the seller or the seller's agent. RSA 205-A:2 II, II(a)

H. The eight federal lender protections — which ones New Hampshire law already requires

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require eight tenant site lease protections in every manufactured housing community loan they buy. Where state law already requires a protection of every park, a resident has it whether or not the park has agency financing. New Hampshire law requires 5 of 8. All 50 states are compared in our research study, including the 2018 federal survey baseline.

ProtectionNew Hampshire lawBasis
One-year renewable lease term unless there is good cause for non-renewal Partly New Hampshire requires no minimum lease term, but a lot tenancy may be ended only for the six grounds in RSA 205-A:4 and the notice must state the reason. (RSA 205-A:4; RSA 205-A:5)
30-day written notice of rent increases Required A lot-rent increase takes at least 60 days' written notice, with a written explanation and a stated implementation date, under RSA 205-A:6, I. (RSA 205-A:6)
5-day grace period for rent payments and the right to cure defaults on rent payments Required No late fee may be charged on rent paid in full within 7 calendar days of the due date under RSA 205-A:6, IV, and no possession action may be maintained if the resident tenders all arrearages plus $15 before the 30-day nonpayment notice expires under RSA 205-A:4, I. (RSA 205-A:6; RSA 205-A:4; RSA 205-A:3)
Right to sell the manufactured home without having to first relocate it out of the community Required RSA 205-A:2, II bars a park from denying the right to sell the home within the park or requiring its removal because of the sale, and RSA 205-A:2, III bars requiring removal of a safe, sanitary, rules-compliant home. (RSA 205-A:2)
Right to sell the manufactured home in place within 30 days after eviction by the community owner Not required The act gives the homeowner no period after eviction to sell the home in place; the only timed post-default window, of 60 days, belongs to a registered lienholder under RSA 205-A:4-a. (RSA 205-A:4-a)
Right to sublease or assign the pad site lease for the unexpired term to the new buyer of the home without unreasonable restraint Partly Approval of the buyer as a resident may not be unreasonably withheld and must be answered in writing within 14 calendar days of a completed application under RSA 205-A:2, II and II(g), but the act does not address subleasing or assigning the unexpired lot lease. (RSA 205-A:2)
Right to post "For Sale" signs that comply with the community's rules Required RSA 205-A:2, II allows up to two for sale signs and II(a) bars any rule or contract that removes the right, protecting a sign of 216 square inches or less against size or quality limits. (RSA 205-A:2)
Right to receive at least 60 days' notice of a planned sale or closure of the community Required Each resident must get 60 days' notice before the owner finally accepts an offer to sell the park under RSA 205-A:21, I, and 18 months' notice before a closure or change of use under RSA 205-A:3, III. (RSA 205-A:21; RSA 205-A:3)

Notes and caveats

Common questions: New Hampshire mobile home park law

Each answer is the verified value from the tables above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How much notice must a New Hampshire park give before raising lot rent?
60 days. No disclosed charge may be increased without a written explanation for the increase and a stated implementation date at least 60 days after written notice to the tenant.
Is there a limit on how much lot rent can go up in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire sets no state rule on this. The fees and charges section sets no ceiling, percentage or dollar limit on a lot-rent increase.
Can a New Hampshire park owner end a lot tenancy without cause?
No — a New Hampshire park may end a lot tenancy only for a listed cause. A park may end a lot tenancy only for one or more of the six reasons the act lists, and the notice must specify the reason for the termination.
How much notice must a New Hampshire park give before closing or changing use?
18 months. Condemnation or a change of use of the park is one of the six grounds for ending a tenancy, and it carries the longest notice in the act: the notice to remove from the premises must give at least 18 months, and it must state the reason.
Does a New Hampshire park have to pay residents' relocation costs when it closes?
New Hampshire sets no state rule on this. The sections that carry New Hampshire's closure rule impose only the 18-month notice.
Do New Hampshire residents get a chance to buy the park when it is sold?
Yes — notice plus an opportunity to negotiate a purchase. During the 60-day notice period the owner must consider any offer from the residents or a residents' association and must negotiate in good faith about a purchase.
Can a New Hampshire resident sell the home in place without moving it out of the park?
Yes — a New Hampshire resident may sell the home in place. A park may not deny a resident the right to sell the home within the park at a price of the resident's own choosing, and may not require the resident or the buyer to remove the home because of the sale.

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, New Hampshire Mobile Home Park Laws (verified August 18, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/mobile-home-parks/new-hampshire/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified).

Citations

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