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NH Rev Stat § 512:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:10 - Default.

    512:10 Default. –||No person summoned as trustee in an action shall be charged on default until that person shall have neglected to file a properly served trustee disclosure form in a timely manner, after such notice as the court may order.|||Source. 1876, 7:1. 1877, 23:1. GL 249:7. PS 245:9. PL 356:9. RL 412:10. 2000, 257:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:11 - Effect.

    512:11 Effect. –||If the trustee fails to file a trustee disclosure form with the court within 30 days of service of the trustee writ on the trustee, the trustee may be adjudged chargeable for a sum up to the amount of the judgment which may be recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant.|||Source. RS 208:5. CS 221:5. GS 230:11. GL 249:8. PS 245:10. PL 356:10. RL 412:11. 2000, 257:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:12 - Taking.

    512:12 Taking. –||Within 30 days of the filing of the trustee disclosure with the court, the plaintiff or defendant shall be entitled to take trustee's deposition on the issue of trustee's chargeability upon such notice to the trustee as is required in taking depositions under court rules and upon the payment to the trustee of fees for travel and attendance.|||Source. 1876, 7:2. GL 249:9. PS 245:11. PL 356:11. RL 412:12. 2000, 257:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:13 - Depositions.

    512:13 Depositions. –||The depositions of persons other than the trustee may be taken by any party to a suit relative to the liability of the trustee.|||Source. 1876, 7:3. GL 249:10. PS 245:12. PL 356:12. RL 412:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:14 - Corporations, Etc.

    512:14 Corporations, Etc. –||If a corporation or partnership is summoned as trustee, the deposition of the cashier, treasurer or other proper officer or agent of the corporation, or of a member of the partnership, may be taken as the deposition of the trustee.|||Source. RS 208:23. CS 221:23. GS 230:16. GL 249:11. PS 245:13. PL 356:13. RL 412:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:15 - Procedure.

    512:15 Procedure. –||In cases under RSA 512:14, like proceedings may be had by or against the corporation or partnership, upon summons or notice to or by such officer, agent or member to give such deposition, and upon their failure or refusal, as in the case of an individual.|||Source. GS 230:17. GL 249:12. PS 245:14. PL 356:14. RL 412:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:16 - Discontinuance.

    512:16 Discontinuance. –||The plaintiff may, at any time, give notice in writing to the trustee that the action is discontinued against him, and no further proceedings shall be had, except that the trustee shall recover his cost, if any, to that time.|||Source. GS 230:18. GL 249:13. PS 245:15. PL 356:15. RL 412:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:17 - Submitting Deposition.

    512:17 Submitting Deposition. –||At the term next after the deposition of the trustee is taken, the deposition shall be submitted unless, for good cause shown, further time is given for taking other depositions.|||Source. GS 230:20. GL 249:14. PS 245:16. PL 356:16. RL 412:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:18 - Jury Trial.

    512:18 Jury Trial. –||If, by the depositions taken by the plaintiff and trustee, it appears that the trustee denies his liability as claimed by the plaintiff, either of the parties, before a decision of the court, may move for a trial by the jury.|||Source. RS 208:28. CS 221:28. GS 230:29. GL 249:23. PS 245:17. PL 356:17. RL 412:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:18-a - Evidentiary Hearing.

    512:18-a Evidentiary Hearing. –||If the court receives no objection to a trustee disclosure within 30 days of the date of receipt of such disclosure, the disclosure shall determine the chargeability of the trustee. If the plaintiff or the defendant files a written objection to the trustee disclosure within 30 days of receipt of the trustee's disclosure, or if the trustee fails to file a trustee disclosure form with the court within 30 days of service of the trustee writ on the trustee, the court shall schedule an evidentiary hearing on the extent of the trustee's chargeability.|||Source. 2000, 257:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:19 - Issue.

    512:19 Issue. –||Upon a motion for trial by jury pursuant to RSA 512:18, an issue shall be framed under the direction of the court as to the liability of the trustee, and, upon the trial, the depositions taken by either party may be used as evidence.|||Source. RS 208:28. CS 221:28. GS 230:30. GL 249:24. PS 245:18. PL 356:18. RL 412:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:20 - Charging Trustee.

    512:20 Charging Trustee. –||Upon the filing of trustee disclosure not objected to within 60 days of filing, or, upon the court's decision following an evidentiary hearing on the trustee's chargeability, the court shall charge the trustee for any money, goods, chattels, rights, or credits of the defendant in the trustee's possession at the time of the service of the writ and not exempted from trustee process, or subject to any reductions for account fees, amounts alleged or determined not to belong to the defendant or other priority claims to defendant's money, goods, chattels, rights, or credits.|||Source. RS 208:19. CS 221:19. GS 230:28, 31. GL 249:22, 25. PS 245:19. PL 356:19. RL 412:20. 2000, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:21 - List of Exemptions.

    512:21 List of Exemptions. –||The money, rights, and credits of the defendant shall be exempt from trustee process in the following instances, and the trustee shall not be chargeable therefor:||I. Wages for labor performed by the defendant after the service of the writ upon the trustee.||II. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph X of this section, wages of the defendant earned before the service of the writ upon the trustee shall be exempt except in actions founded upon a debt on a judgment issued by a New Hampshire court of competent jurisdiction. In such case, the wages of the defendant earned before the service of a writ upon the trustee founded upon a debt on a judgment to the amount of 50 times the minimum hourly wage as established by the Fair Labor Standards Act for each week shall be exempt. The employer shall pay said exempted amount to the employee on the usual payday unless other cause exists prohibiting such payment.||III. Wages for the personal services and earnings of the wife and minor children of the defendant.||IV. Any pension or bounty money of the defendant allowed by any law of the United States before it has come into his actual possession.||V. Funds held by the trustee in the capacity of clerk, cashier, or other employee of the defendant which were received in the ordinary course of such employment.||VI. Fees due to the defendant for attendance at court as a juror or witness.||VII. Damages recovered for the conversion of property exempt from attachment.||VIII. Money, rights, and credits of the defendant in the hands of any insurance company or its agents whenever the same is due on account of the loss of, or damage by fire to, any property which by the laws of this state was exempt from attachment or levy on execution; provided, that whenever a building or structure so damaged or destroyed was a part of the homestead, only so much of the amount due therefor shall be exempt as, together with the value of the part of the homestead remaining, if any, shall equal the sum of $5,000.||IX. Wages of the defendant earned before the service of the writ upon the trustee, to the amount of $50 for each week, shall be exempt in any action founded upon any loan contract subject to the provisions of RSA 399-A.||X. Wages of the defendant earned before service of the writ upon the trustee if the defendant is a married woman and the action is founded upon any loan contract subject to the provisions of RSA 399-A on which her husband is or was at any time an obligor, jointly or severally, contingently or otherwise.||XI. Money, rights, and credits of the defendant deposited in any account designated as a payroll account.|||Source. 1857, 1956:1. 1860, 2358:1. RS 208:9. CS 221:9. 1866, 4233:1. GS 230:47, 48, 49. 1877, 16:1. GL 249:39, 40, 42. 1879, 57:33. PS 245:20. 1899, 27:1. 1901, 55:1. PL 356:20. 1927, 30:1. RL 412:21. 1943, 30:1. 1953, 159:1. RSA 512:21. 1957, 55:1. 1961, 245:4, 5. 1967, 228:1, 2. 1969, 373:1; 446:1. 2004, 52:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:22 - Defendant's Deposition.

    512:22 Defendant's Deposition. –||If the trustee is sought to be charged for a negotiable promissory note or other instrument on which he is liable, made and payable in this state, or the parties to which, at the time of making the same, resided in this state, the plaintiff shall, if practicable, take the deposition of the defendant as to the disposition and ownership thereof.|||Source. RS 208:18. CS 221:18. GS 230:21. GL 249:15. PS 245:21. PL 356:21. RL 412:22.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:23 - Claimant.

    512:23 Claimant. –||If it appears that a third person has a claim of right to a note or instrument provided for in RSA 512:22, or if it is not practicable to procure the deposition of the defendant as provided for in RSA 512:22, the court may order notice to be given to him personally, if practicable, and by publication or otherwise, to appear and show that the note or instrument was transferred to him in good faith and for a valuable consideration before the service of the writ upon the trustee, or to be forever barred from such claim.|||Source. RS 208:18. CS 221:18. GS 230:22. GL 249:16. PS 245:22. PL 356:22. RL 412:23.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:24 - Charging.

    512:24 Charging. –||If it shall not appear that the note was transferred in good faith and for a valuable consideration before the service of the writ upon the trustee, the maker shall be charged as the trustee of the debtor, and the payment of the judgment rendered against him shall be a discharge from the note, or from such part thereof as is equal to the amount so paid by him, and all costs taxed in his favor.|||Source. RS 208:19. CS 221:19. GS 230:23. GL 249:17. PS 245:23. PL 356:23. RL 412:24.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:25 - Contempt.

    512:25 Contempt. –||If any debtor shall not appear on notice, or shall refuse to testify, he may be punished as for contempt of court.|||Source. RS 208:20. CS 221:20. GS 230:24. GL 249:18. PS 245:24. PL 356:24. RL 412:25.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:26 - Admitting to Defend.

    512:26 Admitting to Defend. –||If by the depositions taken it appears that the property for which the trustee is sought to be charged is claimed by a third person, he shall, on motion and upon such terms as the court may order, be admitted to defend his right, and may offer any evidence in support thereof.|||Source. RS 208:22. CS 221:22. GS 230:25. GL 249:19. PS 245:25. PL 356:25. RL 412:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:27 - Notice.

    512:27 Notice. –||If a claimant under RSA 512:26 does not appear, the court may order notice to be given to him personally, if practicable, otherwise by publication and in such other manner as the court deems proper, to appear and maintain his claim, or be forever barred therefrom.|||Source. RS 208:22. CS 221:22. GS 230:26. GL 249:20. PS 245:26. PL 356:26. RL 412:27.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:28 - Procedure.

    512:28 Procedure. –||Any claimant appearing voluntarily or upon notice shall, upon motion and such terms as the court may order, be admitted as a party to maintain his claim, and may move for a trial by jury, and such trial shall be had upon an issue between the plaintiff and the claimant, framed therefor under the direction of the court.|||Source. RS 208:18. CS 221:18. GS 230:27. GL 249:21. PS 245:27. PL 356:27. RL 412:28.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:29 - Encumbered Property.

    512:29 Encumbered Property. –||If the trustee is adjudged chargeable for any personal property subject to mortgage, pledge or other lien, the court may appoint a receiver to dispose of the same if more can be obtained for it than the claims upon it.|||Source. RS 208:16. CS 221:16. GS 230:33. GL 249:27. PS 245:28. PL 356:28. RL 412:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:30 - Other Property.

    512:30 Other Property. –||If the trustee is adjudged chargeable for any promissory note or other security for the payment of money or any chose in action upon which an execution cannot be levied, the court may appoint a receiver to collect it.|||Source. RS 208:15. CS 221:15. GS 230:34. GL 249:28. PS 245:29. PL 356:29. RL 412:30.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:31 - Proceeds.

    512:31 Proceeds. –||The proceeds of any property in the hands of a receiver for which the trustee was charged shall be applied, under the direction of the court, after paying costs and charges and prior liens, in satisfaction of the judgment, and any surplus shall be paid to the defendant.|||Source. RS 208:15. CS 221:15. GS 230:41. GL 249:35. PS 245:32. PL 356:30. RL 412:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:32 - Refusal to Deliver.

    512:32 Refusal to Deliver. –||If the trustee refuses to deliver to a receiver appointed under RSA 512:29 or RSA 512:30 any note, security for money, evidence of debt, chose in action or other property, on the grounds that such property is not subject to trustee process, the court shall schedule an evidentiary hearing to determine the validity of such refusal. If, after the evidentiary hearing, the court determines that the property is subject to trustee process and orders the trustee to deliver the property, the trustee shall be adjudged chargeable for the value thereof.|||Source. RS 208:14. CS 221:14. GS 230:35. GL 249:29. PS 245:30. PL 356:31. RL 412:32. 2000, 257:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:33 - Retention by Trustee.

    512:33 Retention by Trustee. –||The trustee adjudged chargeable shall retain in his hands the sum or articles other than those for which a receiver is appointed, for which he is so charged, until demanded of him upon execution issued in the suit, or until the suit is otherwise terminated.|||Source. GS 230:36. GL 249:30. PS 245:31. PL 356:32. RL 412:33.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:34 - Chattels.

    512:34 Chattels. –||If the trustee is adjudged chargeable for any specific articles in his possession or which he is under contract to deliver to the defendant, the execution which may issue against the defendant shall contain a precept to levy the same thereon, and the officer may demand, receive and sell the same upon such execution.|||Source. GS 230:38. GL 249:32. PS 245:33. PL 356:33. RL 412:34.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:35 - Refusal to Deliver Articles.

    512:35 Refusal to Deliver Articles. –||If the trustee neglects or refuses to deliver the articles to the officer having the execution on request, execution shall be issued against him, upon notice, as for his own debt, for the value thereof, such damages as the court may order, and costs.|||Source. RS 208:14. CS 221:14. GS 230:39. GL 249:33. PS 245:34. PL 356:34. RL 412:35.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:36 - Money Due.

    512:36 Money Due. –||When judgment is recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant, execution in favor of the plaintiff may be issued against the trustee for the amount for which he is adjudged chargeable, as for his own debt, not exceeding the amount of the judgment against the defendant, and against the defendant for any balance.|||Source. RS 208:5. CS 221:5. GS 230:40. GL 249:34. PS 245:35. PL 356:35. RL 412:36.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:37 - Stay of Proceedings.

    512:37 Stay of Proceedings. –||If the trustee is adjudged chargeable for any liability not due or payable, or other cause for delay exists, execution or other proceedings in relation thereto may be stayed as equity requires.|||Source. RS 208:10. CS 221:10. GS 230:45. GL 249:37. PS 245:36. PL 356:36. RL 412:37.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:38 - Payment by Trustee.

    512:38 Payment by Trustee. –||Upon payment or delivery by the trustee of any money or other property for which he is charged according to the provisions of this chapter, he shall be discharged of all claim of the defendant for the same, and in any suit therefor he may give the special matter in evidence under the general issue.|||Source. RS 208:38. CS 221:38. GS 230:50. GL 249:43. PS 245:37. PL 356:37. RL 412:38.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:39 - Paying Into Court.

    512:39 Paying Into Court. –||The defendant or trustee may discharge the liability of the trustee by paying into court the sum for which the trustee is charged. Payment into court by the trustee shall discharge the trustee as a party to the underlying lawsuit.|||Source. GS 230:37. GL 249:31. PS 245:38. PL 356:38. RL 412:39. 2000, 257:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:40 - Bond.

    512:40 Bond. –||A defendant whose rights, credits or other things are attached upon trustee process may apply to the court for a release of the attachment. The court, after reasonable notice to the parties, may order the petitioner to give to the plaintiff a sufficient bond, conditioned to pay the plaintiff within 30 days after judgment any sum and the value of any specific articles with which the trustee is chargeable, not exceeding the amount of the plaintiff's judgment. The giving of such bond shall operate as a release of the attachment. The value of such specific articles shall be estimated by the court, or under its direction.|||Source. GS 230:37. GL 249:31. 1879, 57:35. PS 245:39. PL 356:39. RL 412:40. RSA 512:40. 1967, 132:26, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:41 - Trustee's Costs.

    512:41 Trustee's Costs. –||If, upon the verdict of a jury, the trustee is adjudged chargeable for a greater sum or for other property than he would have been chargeable for upon his deposition, he shall pay costs; otherwise, he shall recover costs.|||Source. RS 208:29. CS 221:29. GS 230:32. GL 249:26. PS 245:40. PL 356:40. RL 412:41.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:42 - Fraud.

    512:42 Fraud. –||When it appears that the trustee has received the property of the defendant, or a conveyance or bill of sale thereof, in trust for the defendant, or by absolute conveyance with a secret trust, or has done any other act in relation thereto with intent to aid him in defeating or delaying a creditor, costs shall be taxed against the trustee.|||Source. RS 208:33, 34. CS 221:33, 34. GS 230:43. GL 249:36. PS 245:41. PL 356:41. RL 412:42.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:43 - Order of Court.

    512:43 Order of Court. –||The trustee shall recover the trustee's costs in all cases from the plaintiff except as provided in this chapter, unless otherwise ordered by the court, and the court shall adjust all costs in matters relating to trustee process as between the plaintiff and trustee or any claimant of property in the hands of the trustee as shall seem equitable. Such costs shall be retained by the trustee from the amount chargeable.|||Source. RS 208:22, 35. CS 221:22, 35. GS 230:42, 44. 1876, 7:5. GL 249:49. PS 245:42. PL 356:42. RL 412:43. 2000, 257:11, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 512:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 512 - Trustee Process|Section 512:44 - On Settlement Before Service Date.

    512:44 On Settlement Before Service Date. –||In all cases where suit is brought and the personal earnings of the defendant are held under the trustee process, and a settlement of the action is made, or tendered, by the defendant or by some other person in his or her behalf prior to the service date specified by the court on the summons, the following items of costs, and no more, shall be chargeable to the defendant: The fees of the officer serving the writ as fixed by law and $1 for the writ.|||Source. 1913, 62:1. PL 356:43. RL 412:44. 2014, 204:35, eff. July 11, 2014.|