New Hampshire Statutes

TITLE LI — COURTS (Includes Chapters 490 - 505)

CHAPTER 490 — SUPREME COURT
- Section 490:1 Justices.
- Section 490:10 Exceptions.
- Section 490:11 Entries.
- Section 490:12 Agreed Facts.
- Section 490:13 Briefs.
- Section 490:14 Judgment; Orders.
- Section 490:14-a Penalties for Frivolous Appeals.
- Section 490:15 Opinions; Notice.
- Section 490:16 Certificates of Orders.
- Section 490:17 Salaries.
- Section 490:18 Expenses.
- Section 490:18-a Revolving Funds Authorized.
- Section 490:19 Clerk.
- Section 490:2 Permanent Disability; Retirement of Justices.
- Section 490:20 Messenger.
- Section 490:21 Briefs.
- Section 490:22 Attendance; Travel.
- Section 490:23 Limitation.
- Section 490:24 Entry Fees.
- Section 490:25 Powers and Duties Relative to the Law Library.
- Section 490:26 Building and Facilities.
- Section 490:26-a Court Fees and Fines; Credit Card Payments.
- Section 490:26-b Court Personnel and Compensation System.
- Section 490:26-c Escrow Fund for Court Facility Improvements.
- Section 490:26-d Forms.
- Section 490:26-e Guardians Ad Litem.
- Section 490:26-f Guardian Ad Litem Services.
- Section 490:26-g Guardians Ad Litem; Failure to File Required Reports.
- Section 490:26-h Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund.
- Section 490:27 Probate Court Fees.
- Section 490:27-a Validity of Faxed or Electronic Warrants and Orders.
- Section 490:28 Benefits of Nonjudicial Employees.
- Section 490:29 Retirement of Nonjudicial Employees.
- Section 490:3 Disqualification; Temporary Justices.
- Section 490:30 Committee on Judicial Conduct.
- Section 490:30-a Access to Information; Hearings on Confidential Cases.
- Section 490:31 Court-Ordered Costs; Authorization for Payment of Expenses.
- Section 490:32 Judicial Performance Evaluations.
- Section 490:33-35 Repealed.
- Section 490:4 Jurisdiction.
- Section 490:4-a Law Enforcement Officers; Wearing of Firearms.
- Section 490:5 Jurisdiction; By Special Provisions.
- Section 490:5-a New Hampshire Court Accreditation Commission.
- Section 490:5-b Term; Compensation; Retirement.
- Section 490:5-c Duties.
- Section 490:5-d Rating; Accreditation.
- Section 490:5-e Notice of Nonaccreditation.
- Section 490:6 Sessions.
- Section 490:6-a Emergency Powers.
- Section 490:7 Quorum.
- Section 490:8 Trial of Facts.
- Section 490:8-a Publication of the Status of Cases.
- Section 490:9 Reserved Cases.
CHAPTER 490-A — UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM
- Section 490-A:1 Statement of Purpose.
- Section 490-A:2 Chief Justices of the Supreme and Superior Courts.
- Section 490-A:3 Authority Granted.
CHAPTER 490-B — COURT FACILITIES
- Section 490-B:1 Statement of Purpose.
- Section 490-B:2 Definitions.
- Section 490-B:3 Responsibilities.
- Section 490-B:4 Facilities Plan.
- Section 490-B:5 Included in Budget Request.
CHAPTER 490-C — GUARDIAN AD LITEM BOARD
- Section 490-C:1 Board Established.
- Section 490-C:2 Membership.
- Section 490-C:3 Terms of Appointment; Organization; Meetings.
- Section 490-C:4 Duties of the Board.
- Section 490-C:5 Rulemaking Authority.
- Section 490-C:5-a Certification.
- Section 490-C:5-b Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information.
- Section 490-C:5-c Immunity From Civil and Criminal Actions.
- Section 490-C:6 Court Appointed Special Advocates.
- Section 490-C:7 Administrative Attachment.
- Section 490-C:8 Appeals.
CHAPTER 490-D — JUDICIAL BRANCH FAMILY DIVISION
- Section 490-D:1 Judicial Branch Family Division Established.
- Section 490-D:10 Referee.
- Section 490-D:11 Staff.
- Section 490-D:12 Judicial Branch Family Division Clerks; Fees.
- Section 490-D:13 Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Section 490-D:14 Statutory References.
- Section 490-D:15 Marital Masters' Expenses.
- Section 490-D:2 Jurisdiction.
- Section 490-D:3 Equity Jurisdiction.
- Section 490-D:4 Sites.
- Section 490-D:5 Implementation Plan.
- Section 490-D:6 Judges and Marital Masters.
- Section 490-D:7 Nominations and Appointments of Marital Masters.
- Section 490-D:8 Qualifications of Marital Masters.
- Section 490-D:9 Recommendations of Marital Masters.
CHAPTER 490-E — OFFICE OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
- Section 490-E:1 Office Established.
- Section 490-E:2 Duties.
- Section 490-E:3 Administration.
- Section 490-E:4 Mediation and Arbitration Fund.
- Section 490-E:5 Immunity from Civil Liability.
CHAPTER 491 — SUPERIOR COURT
- Section 491:1 Justices.
- Section 491:1-1 Justices.
- Section 491:1-2 Justices.
- Section 491:1-3 Justices.
- Section 491:10 Rules.
- Section 491:10-a Use of Recording Devices.
- Section 491:11 Process on Deposited Records.
- Section 491:12 Scire Facias on Municipal Court Judgments.
- Section 491:13 Trials by Court.
- Section 491:14 Equity Procedure.
- Section 491:14-a Defendant's Name.
- Section 491:15 Findings.
- Section 491:16 On Issues Framed.
- Section 491:17 Transfer of Cases.
- Section 491:18 Stay of Execution.
- Section 491:19 Petition.
- Section 491:2 Permanent Disability; Retirement of Justices.
- Section 491:20 Procedure.
- Section 491:20-a-20-c Repealed.
- Section 491:21 Naturalization.
- Section 491:22 Declaratory Judgments.
- Section 491:22-a Liability Coverage; Burden of Proof.
- Section 491:22-b Insurance Actions; Costs and Attorneys' Fees.
- Section 491:22-c Availability of Remedy.
- Section 491:23 Referees, Auditors, and Masters.
- Section 491:24 Civil Suits Against Municipal Officials.
- Section 491:25 Arrest Warrants; Copies Transmitted to State Police.
- Section 491:3 Assignment From Supreme Court.
- Section 491:3-a Assignment of Judges.
- Section 491:4 Disqualification in Supreme Court.
- Section 491:5 Expenses of Assigned Justices.
- Section 491:6 Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.
- Section 491:6-a Superior Court Justices and Marital Masters; Expenses.
- Section 491:7 Jurisdiction.
- Section 491:7-a Business and Commercial Dispute Docket.
- Section 491:8 Actions Against State.
- Section 491:8-a Motions for Summary Judgment.
- Section 491:9 Administration of Oaths.
CHAPTER 491-A — JUDICIAL SALARIES
- Section 491-A:1 Salaries Established.
- Section 491-A:2 Judicial Branch Salary and Benefit Adjustment Fund.
- Section 491-A:3 District Court Justices; Salaries.
- Section 491-A:4 Probate Judges; Salaries.
- Section 491-A:5 Group Insurance Participation.
CHAPTER 492 — DISQUALIFICATION OF JUSTICES
- Section 492:1 Counsel, etc.
- Section 492:2 Railroad Officer.
- Section 492:3 Taxpayer.
CHAPTER 493 — TENURE OF JUDGES
- Section 493:1 Record of Birth.
- Section 493:2 Age Limitation.
- Section 493:3 Optional Retirement.
CHAPTER 493-A — RETIRED JUDGES; JUDICIAL REFEREES
- Section 493-A:1 Senior Active Status; Retired Status.
- Section 493-A:1-a Judicial Referees.
- Section 493-A:1-b Compensation.
- Section 493-A:2 Compensation.
- Section 493-A:3 Findings and Rulings.
CHAPTER 494 — THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL
- Section 494:1 Judicial Council.
- Section 494:2 Appointment and Tenure of Office.
- Section 494:3 Duties of the Council.
- Section 494:4 Biennial Reports.
- Section 494:5 Meetings.
- Section 494:6 State and Other Officials; Cooperation.
- Section 494:7 Organization of Council; Expenses.
CHAPTER 494-A — JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION
- Section 494-A:1 Judicial Conduct Commission Established.
- Section 494-A:10 Duties; Proceedings.
- Section 494-A:11 Procedures for Complaints; Public Availability.
- Section 494-A:11-a Access to Information; Hearings on Confidential Cases.
- Section 494-A:12 Rules.
- Section 494-A:13 Subpoena Power.
- Section 494-A:14 Appeals.
- Section 494-A:15 Funding.
- Section 494-A:16 Removal.
- Section 494-A:17 Staff and Facilities.
- Section 494-A:18 Administrative Support.
- Section 494-A:19 Legal Costs.
- Section 494-A:2 Definitions.
- Section 494-A:3 Executive Director; Appointment and Duties.
- Section 494-A:4 Commission Membership.
- Section 494-A:5 Terms of Office.
- Section 494-A:6 Vacancies.
- Section 494-A:7 Disqualification.
- Section 494-A:8 Numbers for Quorum and Action.
- Section 494-A:9 Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
CHAPTER 495 — STATEMENTS OUT OF COURT
- Section 495:1 Statements to Judges.
- Section 495:2 Contempt.
- Section 495:3 Statement as Ground for Continuance.
CHAPTER 496 — TERMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
- Section 496:1 Time; Place.
- Section 496:2 Return Days.
- Section 496:3 Adjournment of Sitting to Another Place.
- Section 496:4 Jurors' Mileage.
- Section 496:5 Officers' Compensation.
- Section 496:6 Derry Session.
CHAPTER 497 — ADJOURNMENTS
CHAPTER 498 — EQUITY POWERS AND PROCEEDINGS
- Section 498:1 Jurisdiction.
- Section 498:10 Place of Hearing.
- Section 498:11 Entry of Orders.
- Section 498:12 Interlocutory Orders.
- Section 498:13 Fees of Masters, etc.
- Section 498:14 Lien; Personal Property.
- Section 498:15 Lien; Real Estate.
- Section 498:16 Attachment.
- Section 498:17 Form of Attachment.
- Section 498:18 Service and Lien of Attachment.
- Section 498:19 Filing Writ of Attachment.
- Section 498:2 Procedure.
- Section 498:2-a Insurance Coverage in Tort Cases.
- Section 498:20 Decrees in Attachment Cases.
- Section 498:21 Modification or Discharge of Lien.
- Section 498:3 Disputed Titles.
- Section 498:4 Deviation From Terms of Trust.
- Section 498:4-a Cy Pres Doctrine.
- Section 498:4-b Federal Taxation.
- Section 498:4-c Inapplicability of Cy Pres.
- Section 498:4-d Definitions.
- Section 498:4-e Termination of Charitable Trusts.
- Section 498:5 Tax Sales.
- Section 498:5-a Real and Personal Property; Disputed Titles.
- Section 498:5-b Title in Persons Unknown and Persons Not Located.
- Section 498:5-c Defendants in Title Disputes; Costs.
- Section 498:5-d Decrees.
- Section 498:5-e Extinguishment of Mineral Rights.
- Section 498:6 Water Rights.
- Section 498:7 Detained Goods.
- Section 498:8 Creditors' Bills.
- Section 498:9 Limitation.
CHAPTER 498-A — EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE ACT
- Section 498-A:1 Intent of Chapter.
- Section 498-A:10 Right to Enter Property Prior to Condemnation.
- Section 498-A:11 Possession; Entry and Payment of Compensation.
- Section 498-A:12 Abandonment of Project.
- Section 498-A:13 Commission Established.
- Section 498-A:14 Quorum; Acting, Temporary, and Associate Commissioners.
- Section 498-A:15 Clerk; Staff.
- Section 498-A:16 Offices; Hearings.
- Section 498-A:16-a Filing Fee.
- Section 498-A:17 Rules.
- Section 498-A:18 Powers of Board.
- Section 498-A:19 View; Technical Rules Not Controlling; Burden of Proof.
- Section 498-A:2 Definitions.
- Section 498-A:20 Record.
- Section 498-A:21 Allocation of Board Expenses.
- Section 498-A:22 State Agencies.
- Section 498-A:23 Procedure Established; Guardian Ad Litem.
- Section 498-A:24 Board Action.
- Section 498-A:25 Method of Determination.
- Section 498-A:26 Report of Board.
- Section 498-A:26-a Awarding of Costs to Prevailing Party.
- Section 498-A:26-b Attorney's Fees.
- Section 498-A:27 Appeal on Damages.
- Section 498-A:28 Review.
- Section 498-A:29 Repeals.
- Section 498-A:3 Jurisdiction.
- Section 498-A:30 Effective Date.
- Section 498-A:31 Compensation of Guardian Ad Litem.
- Section 498-A:4 Preliminary Steps to Initiating Action.
- Section 498-A:5 Condemnation; Passage of Title; Declaration of Taking.
- Section 498-A:6 Security.
- Section 498-A:7 Recording Notice of Condemnation.
- Section 498-A:8 Notice to the Condemnee.
- Section 498-A:9 Preliminary Objections.
- Section 498-A:9-a Preliminary Objections.
- Section 498-A:9-b Determination of Preliminary Objections Based on Necessity, Public Use, and Net-Public Benefit.
CHAPTER 499 — CLERKS OF COURT
- Section 499:1 Appointment.
- Section 499:10 Neglect to Issue.
- Section 499:10-a Notice to Health Care Regulatory Boards.
- Section 499:11 Deposited Records.
- Section 499:12 Allowances for Services.
- Section 499:13 Appointment.
- Section 499:14 Form of Appointment.
- Section 499:15 Effect of Provisions. [Omitted.]
- Section 499:16 Clerk's Liability.
- Section 499:17 Bond.
- Section 499:18 Superior Court Fees.
- Section 499:18-a Reduced Fees for Copies of Bills in Equity.
- Section 499:18-b Waiver of Court Costs and Fees.
- Section 499:19 Pension Papers.
- Section 499:2 Bond.
- Section 499:3 Office Hours.
- Section 499:4 Care of Records.
- Section 499:4-a Destruction of Records.
- Section 499:4-b Placement of Original Records.
- Section 499:5 Accounts to Court.
- Section 499:6 Accounts to Commissioners.
- Section 499:7 Payments by County.
- Section 499:8 Penalty for Default in Accounting.
- Section 499:9 Executions for Fines, etc.
CHAPTER 500 — JURORS
CHAPTER 500-A — JURORS
- Section 500-A:1 Definitions.
- Section 500-A:10 Discharge by Court.
- Section 500-A:11 Excuse From Jury Service.
- Section 500-A:12 Examination.
- Section 500-A:12-a Attorney Voir Dire Examination of Prospective Jurors.
- Section 500-A:13 Alternate Juror.
- Section 500-A:14 Protection of Juror's Employment; Action Brought by Employee.
- Section 500-A:15 Compensation of Jurors.
- Section 500-A:16 Future Ineligibility.
- Section 500-A:17 Parking for Jurors.
- Section 500-A:18 Oath.
- Section 500-A:19 Penalty for Neglect of Juror.
- Section 500-A:2 Preparation of Master Jury List.
- Section 500-A:20 Penalties.
- Section 500-A:3 Preparation of Master Jury List.
- Section 500-A:3-a Preparation of Master Jury List; Computer.
- Section 500-A:4 Prohibition of Discrimination.
- Section 500-A:5 Eligibility for Jury Service.
- Section 500-A:6 Juror Qualification Form.
- Section 500-A:7 Failure to Return a Juror Qualification Form; Questioning by the Clerk or Court.
- Section 500-A:7-a Qualifications of Jurors.
- Section 500-A:8 Term of Service.
- Section 500-A:9 Exemption From Jury Service.
CHAPTER 501 — JUSTICE COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
CHAPTER 501-A — FEES FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND MUNICIPAL COURT CLERKS
- Section 501-A:1 Fees for Justices of the Peace for Administering Oaths.
- Section 501-A:2 Fees of Clerk of Municipal Court.
CHAPTER 502 — MUNICIPAL COURTS
CHAPTER 502-A — DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 502-A:1 Judicial Districts.
- Section 502-A:1-a Additional District Courts.
- Section 502-A:10 Bonds.
- Section 502-A:11 Criminal Cases, District Courts.
- Section 502-A:11-a Local Regulation Enforcement.
- Section 502-A:12 Appeals From Sentence.
- Section 502-A:12-a Regional Jury Trials.
- Section 502-A:13 Binding Over By District Court.
- Section 502-A:14 Civil Causes.
- Section 502-A:15 Jury Trial.
- Section 502-A:16 Venue in Civil Causes.
- Section 502-A:16-a Change of Venue in Possessory Actions Regarding Residential Property.
- Section 502-A:17 Attachments and Executions.
- Section 502-A:17-a Transfers to Supreme Court.
- Section 502-A:18 Administrative Committee.
- Section 502-A:18-a Executive Secretary.
- Section 502-A:19 Administrative Committee; Expenses of.
- Section 502-A:19-a Rules, Practices, Procedures, Forms, and Records.
- Section 502-A:19-b Pleas by Mail; Procedure.
- Section 502-A:2 Sessions in Towns Within District.
- Section 502-A:2-a Reimbursement to Towns.
- Section 502-A:20 Courts of Record.
- Section 502-A:20-a Municipal Prosecutors.
- Section 502-A:21 Disqualifications of Justices, etc.
- Section 502-A:21-1 Disqualifications of Justices.
- Section 502-A:21-a Full-Time District Court Justices.
- Section 502-A:22 Civil Sessions.
- Section 502-A:23 Judicial Robes.
- Section 502-A:24 Writs.
- Section 502-A:25 Service of.
- Section 502-A:26 Return Day.
- Section 502-A:27 Executions.
- Section 502-A:27-a Destruction of Records.
- Section 502-A:27-b Financial Records.
- Section 502-A:27-c Powers of the District Court.
- Section 502-A:27-d Use of Recording Devices.
- Section 502-A:27-e Arrest Warrants; Copies Transmitted to State Police.
- Section 502-A:28 District Court Fees.
- Section 502-A:29 Other Fees.
- Section 502-A:3 District Court Justices; How Appointed; Tenure.
- Section 502-A:3-a Associate Justices, Manchester, Nashua, and Concord District Courts.
- Section 502-A:3-b District Court; Justices, Tenure Following Consolidation of Districts.
- Section 502-A:3-c Elimination of Special Justices Unless Need Certified.
- Section 502-A:30 Travel, etc.
- Section 502-A:31 District Courtrooms.
- Section 502-A:32 Existing Procedure Applicable.
- Section 502-A:33 Appeals from Judgment.
- Section 502-A:34 District Courts; Functions of Municipal Courts Vested Therein.
- Section 502-A:35 Municipal Court Abolished; Exception.
- Section 502-A:36 Pending Actions, How Transferred.
- Section 502-A:37 Court Modernization Fund.
- Section 502-A:4 Powers of Special Justices.
- Section 502-A:5 Powers of Other Justices.
- Section 502-A:5-a Assignment of Judges.
- Section 502-A:6 Salaries of Justices, Special Justices, Clerks.
- Section 502-A:6-a Permanent Disability; Retirement of Justices.
- Section 502-A:6-b Retired Justices of District Court.
- Section 502-A:6-c District Court Justices' Expenses.
- Section 502-A:7 District Court Clerks.
- Section 502-A:7-a Deputy Clerk of the Nashua District Court.
- Section 502-A:7-b Deputy Clerks.
- Section 502-A:8 Duties of Clerks; Disposition of Fines.
- Section 502-A:8-a Juvenile Intake Officers; Assignment.
- Section 502-A:8-b Duties of Juvenile Intake Officers.
- Section 502-A:9 Payments.
- Section 502-A:9-a Audits.
CHAPTER 503 — LITIGATION OF SMALL CLAIMS
- Section 503:1 Small Claim Defined.
- Section 503:10 Records Requirement.
- Section 503:11 Representation of Corporations and Other Business Organizations.
- Section 503:12 Post-Judgment Attachment and Execution.
- Section 503:2 Procedure Established.
- Section 503:2-a Representation by Attorneys.
- Section 503:3 Process.
- Section 503:3-a Entry of Claims; Generally.
- Section 503:3-b Entry of Claims; Nonresident Defendant.
- Section 503:3-c Prejudgment Attachment Process.
- Section 503:4 Disposition of Fees.
- Section 503:5 Limitation of Number of Claims.
- Section 503:6 Notice to Defendant.
- Section 503:7 Judgment.
- Section 503:8 Proceedings After Judgment.
- Section 503:9 Transfer to the Supreme Court.
CHAPTER 504 — PROBATION
CHAPTER 504-A — PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES
- Section 504-A:1 Definitions.
- Section 504-A:10 Municipal Probation Officers.
- Section 504-A:11 Adult Probation Officers; Assignment and Removal.
- Section 504-A:12 Powers and Duties of Probation or Parole Officers.
- Section 504-A:12-a Qualification and Certification of Probation or Parole Officers.
- Section 504-A:13 Supervision and Service Charges.
- Section 504-A:14 Computerized Identification of Probationers and Parolees.
- Section 504-A:2 Probationers and Parolees in or of Other Jurisdictions.
- Section 504-A:3 Termination of Probation or Parole.
- Section 504-A:4 Violation of the Terms of Probation or Parole.
- Section 504-A:5 Detention of Violators.
- Section 504-A:6 Preliminary Hearing.
- Section 504-A:7 Transfer of Supervision.
- Section 504-A:8 Appointment of State Officers.
- Section 504-A:9 Supervision by the Commissioner.
CHAPTER 505 — THE STATE REPORTER AND REPORTS
- Section 505:1 Appointment.
- Section 505:10 Disposal of Proceeds.
- Section 505:11 Distribution of Court Reports.
- Section 505:12 Salary.
- Section 505:13 Fees.
- Section 505:2 Opinions.
- Section 505:3 Cases.
- Section 505:4 Statements of Facts.
- Section 505:5 Headnotes.
- Section 505:6 Briefs.
- Section 505:7 Publication.
- Section 505:8 Style, etc. of Reports.
- Section 505:9 Sale of Reports.