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NH Rev Stat § 551-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:3 - International Will; Requirements.

    551-A:3 International Will;  Requirements. –||I. The will shall be made in writing. It need not be written by a testator. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.||II. The testator shall declare in the presence of 2 witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is the testator's will and that the testator knows the contents thereof. The testator need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents of the will.||III. In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the testator shall sign the will or, if the testator has previously signed it, shall acknowledge his or her signature.||IV. When the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his or her signature does not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his or her inability to sign and the authorized person makes note thereof on the will. In these cases, it is permissible for any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the direction of the testator to sign the testator's name for the testator, if the authorized person makes note of this also on the will, but it is not required that any person sign the testator's name.||V. The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:4 - International Will; Other Points of Form.

    551-A:4 International Will;  Other Points of Form. –||I. The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet will be signed by the testator or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the person signing on his or her behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet shall be numbered.||II. The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.||III. The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the testator's will. If so and at the express request of the testator the place where he or she intends to have his or her will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in RSA 551-A:5.||IV. A will executed in compliance with RSA 551-A:3 shall not be invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:5 - International Will; Certificate.

    551-A:5 International Will;  Certificate. –||The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by such authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been complied with. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:|||CERTIFICATE||||I, __________ (name, address, and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills||Certify that on __________ (date) at __________||(place)||(testator) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses||(a) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth)||(b) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth) has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he or she knows the contents thereof.||I furthermore certify that:||(a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses;||(1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his or her signature previously affixed.||* (2) following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign his or her will for the following reason __________, I have mentioned this declaration on the will||* and the signature has been affixed by __________ (name and address)||(b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;||* (c) each page of the will has been signed by __________ and numbered;||(d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;||(e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;||* (f) the testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his or her will:||__________||PLACE OF EXECUTION||DATE||SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL||* To be completed if appropriate|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:6 - International Will; Effect of Certificate.

    551-A:6 International Will;  Effect of Certificate. –||In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate of the authorized person shall be conclusive of the formal validity of the instrument as a will under this chapter. The absence or irregularity of a certificate shall not affect validity of a will under this chapter.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:7 - International Will; Revocation.

    551-A:7 International Will;  Revocation. –||The international will shall be subject to the ordinary rules of revocation of wills.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:8 - Source and Construction.

    551-A:8 Source and Construction. –||RSA 551-A:1 through RSA 551-A:7 derive from Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying this chapter, regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:9 - Persons Authorized to Act in Relation to International Will; Eligibility; Recognition by Authorizing Agency.

    551-A:9 Persons Authorized to Act in Relation to International Will;  Eligibility;  Recognition by Authorizing Agency. –||Individuals who have been admitted to practice law before the courts of this state and who are in good standing as active law practitioners in this state, are hereby declared to be authorized persons in relation to international wills.|||Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 551-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act|Section 551-A:10 - Self-Proved Will.

    551-A:10 Self-Proved Will. –||Any will meeting the requirements of this chapter is self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.|||Source. 1999, 100:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:1 - Requirement.

    552:1 Requirement. –||No will shall be effectual to pass either real or personal estate unless duly proved and allowed in the court of probate; and the probate of a will devising real estate shall be conclusive as to its due execution, as in case of a will of personal estate.|||Source. RS 157:1. CS 166:1. GS 175:1. GL 194:1. PS 187:1. PL 298:1. RL 351:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:2 - Delivery of Will.

    552:2 Delivery of Will. –||Every person having the custody of a will shall, within 30 days after he has knowledge of the decease of the testator, deliver it to the court of probate, or to the person named therein as executor.|||Source. RS 157:2. CS 166:2. GS 175:2. GL 194:2. 1883, 61:5. PS 187:2. PL 298:2. RL 351:2. RSA 552:2. 1977, 274:2, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:3 - Duty of Executor.

    552:3 Duty of Executor. –||The person named as executor of a will shall, within 30 days after the decease of the testator, or within 30 days after the person has knowledge of being so named, whichever is later, file the will in the probate court. If the estate contains any assets, the named executor shall cause the will to be proved or shall file a written refusal to accept the trust. If the estate contains no assets, the named executor shall provide a certificate of death for the decedent and shall file the will with no administration.|||Source. RS 157:3. CS 166:3. GS 175:3. GL 194:3. PS 187:3. PL 298:3. RL 351:3. 1999, 100:7. 2001, 195:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:4 - Forfeit for Neglect.

    552:4 Forfeit for Neglect. –||Any person who shall neglect any duty required by RSA 552:2 and 552:3 shall, unless he gives an excuse satisfactory to the court of probate, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each month he shall so neglect after said thirty days, to be recovered by any person having an interest in the will.|||Source. RS 157:4. CS 166:4. GS 175:4. GL 194:4. PS 187:4. PL 298:4. RL 351:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:5 - Neglect After Citation.

    552:5 Neglect After Citation. –||If a person having in his custody a will neglects to deliver it to the court of probate, after being duly cited for that purpose, he may be imprisoned by warrant issued by the court until he shall deliver it.|||Source. RS 157:5. CS 166:5. GS 175:5. GL 194:5. PS 187:5. PL 298:5. RL 351:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:5-a - Names of Heirs.

    552:5-a Names of Heirs. –||The executor named in the will or any person presenting the will for probate shall, with his petition for appointment, file a list of the names of the surviving spouse and known heirs at law of the testator, their relationships, and their addresses, if known.|||Source. 1959, 70:1, eff. June 22, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:5-b - Self-Proved Will.

    552:5-b Self-Proved Will. –||Any will meeting the requirements of RSA 551:2-a, RSA 551:5, II, or RSA 551-A:10 is self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.|||Source. 1985, 200:3. 1999, 100:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:6 - Proof, Common Form.

    552:6 Proof, Common Form. –||If the probate of a will is not contested the judge may allow and approve it in common form, upon the testimony of one of the subscribing witnesses, though the others are living and within process of the court, or upon the assent of the surviving spouse, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and, in the case of an unnamed charitable interest, the assent of the director of charitable trusts, without the need for a witness to appear.|||Source. RS 157:6. CS 166:6. GS 175:6. GL 194:6. PS 187:6. PL 298:6. RL 351:6. RS 552:6. 1983, 255:4. 1985, 200:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2013, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:6-a - Repealed by 1985, 200:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    552:6-a Repealed by 1985, 200:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 552:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:6-b - Repealed by 1985, 200:5, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    552:6-b Repealed by 1985, 200:5, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 552:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:7 - Proof, Solemn Form; Issues to Court.

    552:7 Proof, Solemn Form;  Issues to Court. –||Any party interested may have the probate of a will which has been proved without notice re-examined, and the will proved in solemn form before the court of probate at any time within 6 months of such probate. Any issue related to the execution of a will, testamentary capacity, or fraud, duress, or undue influence shall be tried to the court of probate, and any party interested may request the same within 6 months of such probate.|||Source. RS 157:7. CS 166:7. GS 175:7. GL 194:7. PS 187:7. PL 298:7. RL 351:7. RSA 552:7. 1959, 114:9. 1975, 395:9. 1992, 284:61, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:8 - Petition and Hearing.

    552:8 Petition and Hearing. –||A petition for that purpose may be presented to the judge, and notice thereof shall be given to the executor, personally, if practicable, and shall be published. If, upon hearing and re-examination, the probate shall not be confirmed, the will and probate shall be void.|||Source. RS 157:8. CS 166:8. GS 175:8. GL 194:8. PS 187:8. PL 298:8. RL 351:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:9 - Right of Minors, Etc.

    552:9 Right of Minors, Etc. –||A minor, insane person or person out of the United States, or their legal representatives, may have the probate of a will proved without notice re-examined at any time within one year after the removal of the disability.|||Source. RS 157:9. CS 166:9. GS 175:9. GL 194:9. PS 187:9. PL 298:9. RL 351:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:10 - Failure to Present.

    552:10 Failure to Present. –||If a will filed in the probate office shall not be presented for probate by the executor, or by a person interested therein, the judge, on application of the widow or an heir of the deceased, and due notice, may approve and allow or disallow it; and the decree so made shall be of the same force as if made on application of the executor, or of a person interested in the will.|||Source. RS 157:10. CS 166:10. GS 175:10. GL 194:10. PS 187:10. PL 298:10. RL 351:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:11 - Appointment of Guardians, Etc.

    552:11 Appointment of Guardians, Etc. –||No decree approving and allowing or disallowing a will shall be made in solemn form until guardians have been appointed for all minors and others interested therein who are incapacitated to take care of their estates, and until agents have been appointed by the judge for all persons interested who reside out of the state or are unknown.|||Source. RS 157:11. CS 166:11. GS 175:11. GL 194:11. PS 187:11. PL 298:11. RL 351:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:12 - If Witness Becomes Incompetent or Unavailable.

    552:12 If Witness Becomes Incompetent or Unavailable. –||If the attesting witnesses, after the execution of a will, become incompetent from any cause, or if the court determines that the testimony of such witnesses is unavailable under the circumstances, the will may be proved and allowed upon other satisfactory evidence.|||Source. RS 157:12. CS 166:12. GS 175:12. GL 194:12. PS 187:12. PL 298:12. RL 351:12. 1945, 13:1, eff. Feb. 13, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:13 - Foreign Will.

    552:13 Foreign Will. –||A duly authenticated copy of a will made out of this state, which has been proved and allowed by a court of probate or by a court of similar powers in one of the United States, or in a foreign country, and a duly authenticated copy of the probate of such will, upon the written application of a party in interest, and upon such citation and notice as the court shall order, may, by a decree of the court of probate, be filed and recorded in the probate office; and thereupon the will shall have the same effect as if executed with the formalities required by the laws of this state and duly proved and allowed.|||Source. RS 157:13. CS 166:13. GS 175:13. 1868, 1:50. GL 194:13. 1883, 106:1. PS 187:13. PL 298:13. RL 351:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:14 - Petition to File Foreign Will.

    552:14 Petition to File Foreign Will. –||The executor, or any person interested, may produce such copies to the judge of any county in which there is estate on which the same may operate, and may in writing request the same to be filed and recorded; and if, upon due notice, no sufficient objection is made such copies shall be decreed to be so filed and recorded.|||Source. RS 157:14. CS 166:14. GS 175:14. GL 194:14. PS 187:14. PL 298:14. RL 351:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:15 - Notice to Legatees and Heirs at Law.

    552:15 Notice to Legatees and Heirs at Law. –||Every executor shall, within sixty days after his appointment, notify each legatee specifically named in the will of the fact that such legatee appears to be interested therein, and shall notify the surviving spouse and heirs at law, if known, that the will has been proved, and shall, within ninety days after his appointment, certify to the judge that notice as herein required has been given, stating in what manner and to whom.|||Source. 1915, 76:1. PL 298:15. RL 351:15. RSA 552:15. 1959, 70:2, eff. June 22, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:16 - Form of Service.

    552:16 Form of Service. –||The notice shall be in form prescribed by the probate court, and shall be delivered by such executor to such legatee, surviving spouse and heirs at law in person or by sending the same by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known place of residence or place of business of such legatee, surviving spouse and heirs at law. When the legatee is a corporation, association or institution notice shall be given to the president or treasurer thereof.|||Source. 1915, 76:1. PL 298:16. RL 351:16. RSA 552:16. 1959, 70:3, eff. June 22, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 552:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 552 - Probate of Wills|Section 552:17 - By Mail.

    552:17 By Mail. –||If such legatee shall not be living, or such corporation, association or institution shall have discontinued business, notice by mail as herein required shall be sufficient.|||Source. 1915, 76:1. PL 298:17. RL 351:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:1 - Administrator Defined.

    553:1 Administrator Defined. –||The word administrator may include every person to whom the administration of an estate or the execution of a will may be granted.|||Source. RS 158:1. CS 167:1. GS 176:1. GL 195:1. PS 188:1. PL 299:1. RL 352:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:1-a - Death Record Required.

    553:1-a Death Record Required. –||No administrator of the estate of any deceased person shall be appointed until a certified copy of the death record of the decedent has been filed with the probate court, provided this requirement may be waived by the judge upon petition.|||Source. 1995, 277:18. 1997, 325:20, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:2 - Right to Administer.

    553:2 Right to Administer. –||Administration of the estate of any person deceased shall be granted:||I. To the executor named in his will.||II. To the widow, husband or any of the next of kin, or to such suitable person as they or any of them may nominate.||III. To one of the devisees or creditors.||IV. To such other person as the judge may think proper.|||Source. RS 158:2. CS 167:2. GS 176:2. GL 195:2. PS 188:2. 1919, 34:1. PL 299:2. RL 352:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:3 - Preference.

    553:3 Preference. –||No person shall be appointed to administer an estate until the several persons previously entitled thereto shall have either voluntarily renounced the trust in writing, or neglected, for thirty days after the decease of the person upon whose estate administration is to be granted, to apply for administration.|||Source. RS 158:5. CS 167:5. GS 176:5. GL 195:5. PS 188:5. PL 299:3. RL 352:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:4 - Age, Etc.

    553:4 Age, Etc. –||No person not of full age, or deemed by the judge unsuitable, shall be appointed to administer an estate.|||Source. RS 158:3. CS 167:3. GS 176:3. GL 195:3. PS 188:3. PL 299:4. RL 352:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:5 - Nonresident.

    553:5 Nonresident. –||No person not an inhabitant of this state shall be so appointed by reason of a right to such trust, unless other circumstances, in the opinion of the judge, render the same proper.|||Source. RS 158:4. CS 167:4. GS 176:4. GL 195:4. PS 188:4. PL 299:5. RL 352:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 553:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment|Section 553:6 - Minor Executor.

    553:6 Minor Executor. –||If a minor, appointed executor, comes of age and requests it, administration on the estate not before administered shall be granted to him; and the administration before granted shall be revoked unless it was granted to a co-executor, in which case the minor shall be a joint executor.|||Source. RS 158:6. CS 167:6. GS 176:6. GL 195:6. PS 188:6. PL 299:6. RL 352:6.|