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Originally Posted by shore things
...The public - private property line is established at the NORMAL high water line not the high water line. Abnormal events like flood and drought do not effect the boundary...
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Absolutely correct. There are a number of places in both the RSAs and the Administrative Code that define high water demarcation, but
shore things summed it up quite nicely!
Also, if there is doubt about the historical high water mark, the Department of Environmental Services is allowed by staute to make a final determination as to its location (see various subsections of RSA 483).
As to the property tax issue, any property owner can file for an abatement if they can show the community that they live in that flood damage (or any other type of damage) had an effect on their respective property that caused it to suffer significant enough damage to cause measurable loss of marketable property value.
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