New hampshire constitution

Part I – bill of rights

Article 1 - All men are born equally free and independent; therefore, all...

Article 2 - All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights -...

Article 2-a - All persons have the right to keep and bear arms...

Article 2-b - An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in...

Article 3 - When men enter into a state of society, they surrender...

Article 4 - Among the natural rights, some are, in their very nature...

Article 5 - Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship...

Article 6 - As morality and piety, rightly grounded on high principles, will...

Article 7 - The people of this state have the sole and exclusive...

Article 8 - All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the...

Article 9 - No office or place, whatsoever, in government, shall be hereditary...

Article 10 - Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security,...

Article 11 - All elections are to be free, and every inhabitant of...

Article 12 - Every member of the community has a right to be...

Article 12-a - No part of a person's property shall be taken by...

Article 13 - No person, who is conscientiously scrupulous about the lawfulness of...

Article 14 - Every subject of this state is entitled to a certain...

Article 15 - No subject shall be held to answer for any crime,...

Article 16 - No subject shall be liable to be tried, after an...

Article 17 - In criminal prosecutions, the trial of facts, in the vicinity...

Article 18 - All penalties ought to be proportioned to the nature of...

Article 19 - Every subject hath a right to be secure from all...

Article 20 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between...

Article 21 - In order to reap the fullest advantage of the inestimable...

Article 22 - Free speech and liberty of the press are essential to...

Article 23 - Retrospective laws are highly injurious, oppressive, and unjust. No such...

Article 24 - A well regulated militia is the proper, natural, and sure...

Article 25 - Standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to...

Article 26 - In all cases, and at all times, the military ought...

Article 27 - No soldier in time of peace, shall be quartered in...

Article 28 - No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duty, shall be established,...

Article 28-a - The state shall not mandate or assign any new, expanded...

Article 29 - [Suspension of Laws by Legislature Only.] The power of suspending...

Article 30 - The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, in either house...

Article 31 - The legislature shall assemble for the redress of public grievances...

Article 32 - The people have a right, in an orderly and peaceable...

Article 33 - No magistrate, or court of law, shall demand excessive bail...

Article 34 - No person can, in any case, be subjected to law...

Article 35 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of...

Article 36 - Economy being a most essential virtue in all states, especially...

Article 36-a - The employer contributions certified as payable to the New Hampshire...

Article 37 - In the government of this state, the three essential powers...

Article 38 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution,...

Article 39 - No law changing the charter or form of government of...

Part II – form of government

Article 71 - The county treasurers, registers of probate, county attorneys, sheriffs and...

Article 72 - And the legislature, on the application of the major part...