New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Un - Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire
Chapter Un 800 - STUDENT RULES
Part Un 811 - FINANCIAL POLICIES - Classification of Students for Tuition Purposes (Residency Rules)
Section Un 811.06 - Determination of Domicile

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Un 811.06

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

(a) No person shall be eligible for in-state status unless s/he is domiciled within New Hampshire. For university system purposes, a person does not acquire a domicile in New Hampshire until s/he has been a resident of the state for 12 consecutive months immediately preceding registration for the term for which in-state status is claimed and meets all other requirements for domicile.

(b) No unemancipated person shall be eligible for in-state tuition status unless his/her parent(s), as defined in Un 811.02(a), shall have established domicile in this state.

(c) No person shall be eligible for in-state tuition status unless he/she establishes that his/her residence in New Hampshire is for some purpose other than the temporary or primary one of obtaining an education.

(d) When a person has established eligibility for in-state tuition based on his/her parent's domicile and the parent subsequently establishes domicile outside of New Hampshire, the person shall be eligible for in-state tuition for one academic semester following the academic semester during which the parent established out-of-state domicile. It shall be the student's responsibility pursuant to Un 811.13 to notify the campus residency officer of any changes affecting his or her eligibility for the in-state tuition rate.

(e) All evidence relevant to determining domicile shall be considered. Evidence of the following shall, in any case, be relevant, but not necessarily conclusive:

(1) Payment or non-payment of any tax levied by the State of New Hampshire or any political subdivision on persons resident or domiciled thereon;

(2) Residence reported on any federal or state tax return;

(3) Registration of one's automobile;

(4) State issuing one's driver's license;

(5) Receipt of support from parents who are resident or domiciled outside the State of New Hampshire;

(6) Voting residence;

(7) Claim by any non-resident parent that the applicant is a dependent for tax or any other financial purpose;

(8) Regular departure by an applicant from the State of New Hampshire during recesses or vacations from the University System unit;

(9) The filing of any claim for benefits under any policy of insurance or any federal, state or local benefit legislation based on residence or domicile outside the State of New Hampshire; or

(10) Status in some other state which would qualify a person for in-state tuition in that state.

#2701, eff 5-4-84; ss by #5449, eff 8-25-92, EXPIRED: 8-25-98

New. #8205, eff 11-17-04

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