N.H. Rev. Stat. § 351:4
Upon complaint of a person who has complied with the provisions of RSA 351:1, or his agent, to a municipal court, district or superior court, that he has reason to believe that any of his registered containers are being unlawfully used, or that a milk dealer, junk dealer or dealer in secondhand articles, or a vendor of cans or bottles, has any such cans, cases, boxes, bottles, jars, jugs or vessels in his possession, or secreted in any place, said justice may issue a search warrant, may cause the person in whose possession such property is found to be brought before him, and shall inquire into the circumstances of such possession, and award possession of the property taken upon such search warrant to the owner thereof.
RSA 351:4
1903, 120:4. PL 170 :13. 1935, 85:3. RL 207:13.