# New Hampshire — Gift card expiration, fee and cash-redemption rules by state

For New Hampshire, expiration rule is Selling gift certificates having a face value of $250 or less to purchasers which contain expiration dates. Gift certificates having a face value in excess of $250 shall expire when escheated to the state as abandoned property; dormancy/service fee rule is Dormancy fees, latency fees, or any other administrative fees or service charges that have the effect of reducing the total amount for which the holder may redeem a gift certificate are prohibited; cash redemption threshold is none; covered instruments is This paragraph shall not apply to season passes; statute citation is N.H. Rev. Stat. § 358-A:2, XIII, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** New Hampshire _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Expiration rule:** Selling gift certificates having a face value of $250 or less to purchasers which contain expiration dates. Gift certificates having a face value in excess of $250 shall expire when escheated to the state as abandoned property _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Dormancy/service fee rule:** Dormancy fees, latency fees, or any other administrative fees or service charges that have the effect of reducing the total amount for which the holder may redeem a gift certificate are prohibited _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Cash redemption threshold:** none _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered instruments:** This paragraph shall not apply to season passes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** N.H. Rev. Stat. § 358-A:2, XIII _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> XIII. Selling gift certificates having a face value of $250 or less to purchasers which contain expiration dates. Gift certificates having a face value in excess of $250 shall expire when escheated to the state as abandoned property pursuant to RSA 471-C. Dormancy fees, latency fees, or any other administrative fees or service charges that have the effect of reducing the total amount for which the holder may redeem a gift certificate are prohibited. This paragraph shall not apply to season passes.

## Source

- https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXXI/358-A/358-A-2.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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