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Representative: proposed civil remedy for backyard video surveillance after constituent complaint
Summary
Representative from Merrimack County introduced HB 462 after a constituent reported a neighbor’s fixed camera installed on a property line watching into the backyard; sponsors and police urged a narrowly crafted civil remedy to allow owners to seek relief.
Representative Henry Gerson and the prime sponsor described HB 462 as a civil‑law response to a constituent complaint in a rural Merrimack County neighborhood where a newly installed camera on a post at the property line pointed into a next‑door backyard and pool area.
Sponsor testimony described attempts to resolve the dispute informally and a police response that said the municipality lacked recourse because the device…
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