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New Hampshire rental application rules to know

• •Since January 1, 2025, a New Hampshire landlord must disclose any application or screening fee in writing before collecting it, and if you are not rented the unit they must refund any amount beyond the actual, documented screening and administrative costs within 30 days (RSA 540-A:3, VIII).
• •A security deposit cannot exceed one month's rent or $100, whichever is greater (RSA 540-A:6).
• •The landlord must give you a signed receipt showing the deposit amount and where it is held (RSA 540-A:6). No receipt is required if you pay by personal, bank, or government/nonprofit-agency check.
• •If the landlord holds your deposit for a year or longer, it must earn interest at the bank's regular savings rate (RSA 540-A:6).
• •The landlord must return your deposit, with any interest, within 30 days of the tenancy ending (RSA 540-A:7). Wrongful withholding can make the landlord liable for twice the deposit amount plus interest (RSA 540-A:8).
• •These deposit rules do not apply to a landlord who rents a single-family home and owns no other rental property, or to owner-occupied buildings of five or fewer units, unless a tenant is 60 or older (RSA 540-A:5).
• •New Hampshire does not protect source of income statewide, so under state law a landlord may decline a Section 8 voucher (a 2023 bill to add that protection, HB469, was voted down on the House floor as Inexpedient to Legislate in March 2023).
• •State fair-housing law (RSA 354-A) bars discrimination based on age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, on top of the federal protected classes.

Last reviewed 2026-07-15. General information, not legal advice.