The New Hampshire Department of State is a government agency of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, based at the
State House in
Concord
Concord may refer to:
Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
. The department is led by the
Secretary of State, who is chartered to oversee all state elections and keep the official records of the state per the
Constitution of New Hampshire
The Constitution of the State of New Hampshire is the fundamental law of the State of New Hampshire, with which all statute laws must comply. The constitution became effective June 2, 1784, when it replaced the state's constitution of 1776.
Th ...
as adopted in 1784.
The Secretary is elected biannually by the
New Hampshire General Court
The General Court of New Hampshire is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The lower house is the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 400 members. The upper house is the New Hampshire Senate with 24 membe ...
(state legislature).
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Organization
The department is organized into seven divisions:[
* Administration Division
* Corporation Division
* Division of Archives and Records Management
* Division of Uniform Commercial Code
* Division of Elections
* Division of Securities Regulation
* Division of Vital Records Administration
Administratively attached to the department are:][
* New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers
* New Hampshire–Canadian Trade Council
* New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission
The department also commissions notaries public within the state.]
References
External links
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State
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
Government agencies established in 1784
1784 establishments in New Hampshire
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