Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 3-E:2 - Flag Code for New HampshireI. The United States flag code, codified at 4 U.S.C. sections 1 through 10, as amended, and the provisions of this chapter are hereby adopted as the flag code for the state of New Hampshire. The purpose of the flag code shall be to provide uniform guidelines for the display, use, and handling of the United States flag.II. In addition to occasions for display of the flag at half staff provided in the federal law: (a) The governor shall order the flag to be flown at half staff in the event of the death of any member of the armed forces who dies in combat and who is a resident of New Hampshire. The flag shall be flown at half staff the day of and the day after the service member's burial.(b) The governor shall issue a standing order that when any fallen service member is on a military reservation within the state of New Hampshire, that reservation will automatically fly the United States flag at half staff until the fallen service member is no longer within the confines of the military reservation.Added by 2011, 127:1, eff. 6/6/2011. 2011, 127:1, eff. June 6, 2011.