Section 383:6 Qualifications.
No person who is not a resident of the state at the time of his or her appointment or who fails to become a resident of the state within one year after his or her appointment, and no person who is indebted to any corporation or association under the supervision of the commissioner, or who holds any stock or office in any such corporation or association, or who is engaged as principal or agent in the business of selling or negotiating in this state loans, stocks, or securities of any kind, or who is an officer or stockholder in any corporation engaged in such business, shall be eligible to hold or continue to hold the office of commissioner or deputy commissioner. The provisions of this section relative to indebtedness to a corporation or association under the supervision of the commissioner shall not disqualify a person who, at the time of his or her appointment, is indebted to such corporation or association for a home mortgage loan, or if at a time subsequent to his or her appointment a legal transfer of the loan or conversion of a corporation or association results in the loan being held by a corporation or association under the supervision of the commissioner or deputy commissioner, provided that the indebtedness shall be limited to such pre-existing contracts.
Source. RS 140:20. GS 152:2, 3. GL 166:2, 3. 1881, 95:1. 1889, 60:1. PS 162:2. 1925, 143:4. PL 259:4. RL 367:4. RSA 383:6. 1959, 199:5. 1969, 268:1. 1973, 182:3, eff. July 28, 1973. 2008, 205:11, eff. Aug. 15, 2008.