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NH Rev Stat § 491:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:13 - Trials by Court.

    491:13 Trials by Court. –||Causes which the court has authority to refer shall, as far as practicable, be tried by one or more justices of the court, unless one of the parties objects.|||Source. 1855, 1659:26. GS 189:4. GL 208:4. 1881, 55:1. PS 204:8. PL 316:10. RL 370:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:14 - Equity Procedure.

    491:14 Equity Procedure. –||Suits in equity, petitions for divorce, nullity of marriage, alimony, custody of children, allowance to wife from husband's property, new trials, redemption and foreclosure of mortgages, writs of mandamus and quo warranto, and other similar proceedings may be heard upon oral testimony or depositions, or both; or when both parties consent, or service having been made and a notice of the time and place of the hearing having been given, when both parties appear, such suits may be heard by any justice of the court at any time, but nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of the court to have issues of fact framed and tried by a jury, according to the rules in equity, or the course of such proceedings at common law.|||Source. 1870, 2:1. GL 208:3. PS 204:9. PL 316:11. RL 370:12. RSA 491:14. 1992, 284:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:14-a - Defendant's Name.

    491:14-a Defendant's Name. –||When the name of the defendant is unknown to the plaintiff, a bill in equity may be brought against him by a fictitious name, and it shall not for that cause be abated, but may be amended on such terms as the court may order.|||Source. 1971, 18:1, eff. May 28, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:15 - Findings.

    491:15 Findings. –||The court or justice trying causes under RSA 491:13 and 491:14 shall, if either party requests it, give his decision in writing, stating the facts found and his rulings of law, which shall be filed and recorded.|||Source. 1855, 1659:27. GS 189:5. 1870, 2:3. GL 208:5. PS 204:10. PL 316:12. RL 370:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:16 - On Issues Framed.

    491:16 On Issues Framed. –||In bills in equity, when issues are framed and tried by jury, the verdict or findings of the jury shall be advisory and may be modified or set aside if not satisfactory to found a decree upon.|||Source. 1935, 120:1. RL 370:14. RSA 491:16. 1975, 395:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:17 - Transfer of Cases.

    491:17 Transfer of Cases. –||Questions arising upon exceptions, upon a special verdict, an issue of law, motion for a new trial or in arrest of judgment, or other motion or proceeding, or upon a statement of facts agreed to and signed by the parties, may be reserved and transferred by the presiding justice, in his discretion, for the determination of the supreme court.|||Source. RS 172:8. CS 181:26. 1855, 1659:17. GS 189:11. GL 208:11. PS 204:13. PL 316:13. RL 370:15. RSA 491:17. 1967, 132:21, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:18 - Stay of Execution.

    491:18 Stay of Execution. –||When a bill of exceptions is allowed, the court may stay execution upon the judgment rendered in the case, upon such terms and conditions as the court deems just.|||Source. 1855, 1659:17. GS 189:14. GL 208:14. PS 204:16. PL 316:14. RL 370:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:19 - Petition.

    491:19 Petition. –||Whenever any official or board is given the power to summon witnesses and take testimony, but not the power to punish for contempt, and any witness refuses to obey such summons, either as to his appearance or as to the production of things specified in the summons, or refuses to testify or to answer any questions, a petition for an order to compel him to testify or to comply with the summons may be filed in the superior court, or with some justice thereof.|||Source. PL 316:15. RL 370:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:20 - Procedure.

    491:20 Procedure. –||Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to RSA 491:19, the court or justice shall have authority to proceed in the matter as though the original proceeding had been in the court, and may make orders and impose penalties accordingly.|||Source. PL 316:16. RL 370:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:20-a - to 491:20-c Repealed by 2005, 177:18, II, eff. July 1, 2005.

    491:20-a to 491:20-c Repealed by 2005, 177:18, II, eff. July 1, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 491:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:21 - Naturalization.

    491:21 Naturalization. –||The superior court shall have and entertain jurisdiction of applications and other proceedings for the naturalization of aliens under any of the acts of congress in relation thereto.|||Source. 1876, 47:1. GL 29:12. 1889, 37:1. PS 238:1. 1909, 65:1. PL 316:17. RL 370:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:22-a - Liability Coverage; Burden of Proof.

    491:22-a Liability Coverage;  Burden of Proof. –||In any petition under RSA 491:22 to determine the coverage of a liability insurance policy, the burden of proof concerning the coverage shall be upon the insurer whether he institutes the petition or whether the claimant asserting the coverage institutes the petition.|||Source. 1969, 255:1, eff. Aug. 19, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:22-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:22-b - Insurance Actions; Costs and Attorneys' Fees.

    491:22-b Insurance Actions;  Costs and Attorneys' Fees. –||In any action to determine coverage of an insurance policy pursuant to RSA 491:22, if the insured prevails in such action, he shall receive court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees from the insurer.|||Source. 1973, 458:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:22-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:22-c - Availability of Remedy.

    491:22-c Availability of Remedy. –||The remedy of declaratory judgment to determine the coverage of a liability insurance policy under RSA 491:22, 22-a, and 22-b shall also be available in the United States district court for the district of New Hampshire when that court may properly adjudicate the matter under the laws of the United States.|||Source. 1987, 150:1, eff. July 10, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:23 - Repealed by 2005, 292:5, eff. July 1, 2005.

    491:23 Repealed by 2005, 292:5, eff. July 1, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 491:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:24 - Civil Suits Against Municipal Officials.

    491:24 Civil Suits Against Municipal Officials. –||I. Whenever a municipal official or individual member of a municipal board or agency, who is subject to good faith immunity under the provisions of RSA 31:104 or the common law of New Hampshire, is sued personally for money damages and the plaintiff alleges injury or damage resulting from action taken in bad faith or with malice on the part of the official or member when acting in his or her official capacity, the superior court shall hold a preliminary hearing within 90 days of the service date specified by the court on the summons.||II. At the hearing the plaintiff shall demonstrate that the allegation of bad faith or malice is based upon information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry and well grounded in fact and that there is a substantial likelihood that, following discovery, evidence shall be adduced sufficient to create an issue for determination by the finder of fact. If the plaintiff fails in such demonstration, the action against such official or member shall be dismissed.||III. If, upon all the evidence presented at the hearing, the court determines that the action is frivolous or intended to harass or to influence the official actions or decisions of the municipal official or board member, the plaintiff shall pay the court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees of the defendant.|||Source. 1989, 169:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 2014, 204:32, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 491:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491 - Superior Court|Section 491:25 - Arrest Warrants; Copies Transmitted to State Police.

    491:25 Arrest Warrants;  Copies Transmitted to State Police. –||A copy of each arrest warrant issued by a court shall be transmitted by computer to the division of state police. The state police shall make information regarding the warrant available to the arresting police department and all local police departments and sheriffs. In the eleventh month after the warrant is issued, the state police shall contact the court which issued the warrant for updated information and the court shall reissue the warrant if the state still has a case against the defendant.|||Source. 1992, 257:25.|
NH Rev Stat § 491-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491-A - Judicial Salaries|Section 491-A:1 - Salaries Established.

[RSA 491-A:1 effective until July 1, 2022; see also RSA 491-A:1 set out below.]|    491-A:1 Salaries Established. –||The salaries for the positions set forth below shall be as follows:||Chief justice, supreme court $183,394|Associate justices, supreme court $177,878|Chief justice, superior court and administrative judges appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54 $177,878|Associate justices, superior court $166,825|District court justices prohibited from practice pursuant to RSA 502-A:21 $166,825|Probate judges prohibited from practice pursuant to RSA 547:2-a $166,825| ||||[RSA 491-A:1 effective July 1, 2022; see also RSA 491-A:1 set out above.]||||491-A:1 Salaries Established. –||The salaries for the positions set forth below shall be as follows:||Chief justice, supreme court $185,522|Associate justices, supreme court $179,942|Chief justice, superior court and administrative judges appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54 $179,942|Associate justices, superior court $168,761|District court justices prohibited from practice pursuant to RSA 502-A:21 $168,761|Probate judges prohibited from practice pursuant to RSA 547:2-a $168,761| ||Source. 1981, 568:136, IV; 568:163, I. 1985, 405:10, 11. 1986, 179:1. 1987, 384:1; 401:10-12, 18. 1989, 213:1; 419:7, 8. 1993, 358:40, 41. 1997, 351:28. 1999, 225:37, 38. 2001, 158:93, 94. 2003, 311:3. 2005, 177:74-76, 96. 2007, 186:1, eff. July 1, 2007; 263:150, eff. July 6, 2007; 263:151, eff. Jan. 4, 2008; 263:152, eff. Jan. 2, 2009. 2011, 88:25, eff. July 1, 2011. 2013, 144:168, eff. July 12, 2013; 144:169, eff. July 11, 2014; 144:170, eff. Jan. 9, 2015. 2015, 274:14, eff. Jan. 8, 2016; 274:15, eff. Jan. 6, 2017. 2018, 162:18, eff. June 8, 2018; 162:19, eff. Jan. 4, 2019. 2021, 91:344, eff. July 2, 2021; 91:345, eff. July 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 491-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491-A - Judicial Salaries|Section 491-A:2 - Repealed by 2017, 195:8, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.

    491-A:2 Repealed by 2017, 195:8, eff. Sept. 3, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 491-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491-A - Judicial Salaries|Section 491-A:4 - Probate Judges; Salaries.

    491-A:4 Probate Judges;  Salaries. –||I. For purposes of calculating the annual salaries of part-time judges appointed after October 3, 1986, the supreme court shall establish and revise as needed a weighted case value, relating the judicial time required for each type of case included in the court's jurisdiction, which when multiplied by the caseload of each court will produce the number of weighted case units for that court. Any revisions to the weighted case values shall be approved by the legislature. The number of weighted case units, as calculated annually by the administrative office of the courts, shall serve as the basis for determining the salary of part-time justices.||II. The following compensation schedule shall be used when calculating salaries for part-time probate judges from October 3, 1986:||Weighted |Case Units Step Increase Per 100 Case Units| 1 2 3 4 5|0-499 $2,500 $3,217 $3,928 $4,642 $5,356|500-999 6,070 6,784 7,498 8,212 8,926|1000-1499 9,640 10,354 11,068 11,782 12,496|1500-1999 13,329 14,162 14,995 15,828 16,661|2000-2499 17,494 18,327 19,160 19,993 20,826|2500-2999 21,659 22,492 23,325 24,258 24,991|3000-3499 25,824 26,657 27,490 28,323 29,156|3500-3999 29,989 30,822 31,655 32,488 33,321|4000-4499 34,154 34,987 35,820 36,653 37,486|4500-4999 38,319 39,152 39,985 40,818 41,651|5000-5250 42,484 43,317 43,733 - - | |||III. The salary of a part-time justice shall not exceed 70 percent of the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice as provided by RSA 491-A:1. Judicial time shall be measured in weighted case units which shall reflect judicial time required to process a case. The compensation per weighted case unit shall be proportional to the taxable compensation for a full-time judge. A part-time justice, whose weighted caseload equals 3.5 judicial days per week, shall receive the maximum salary as provided by this section. The compensation schedule provided in this section shall be based upon the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice pursuant to RSA 491-A:1.||IV. The supreme court, after reviewing population, caseload, judicial time and efficiency, available judicial resources, the needs of the judicial branch family division, and other relevant criteria, may request the governor and council to designate a sitting part-time probate judge as a full-time judge. The court may recommend certain judges; however, the governor and council shall not be bound by that recommendation. Upon designation, that judge shall become full-time. Prior to making its request, there shall be funds in the court's budget specifically appropriated for the salary and benefits of an additional full-time probate judge.|||Source. 1987, 384:3. 1992, 284:15. 1995, 308:48. 2003, 311:5. 2005, 177:16, eff. July 1, 2005. 2012, 247:35, 36, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 491-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 491-A - Judicial Salaries|Section 491-A:5 - Group Insurance Participation.

    491-A:5 Group Insurance Participation. –||I. Full-time judges may participate in the group health and dental insurance plans provided full-time classified state employees according to eligibility rules established under the judicial branch uniform personnel classification and compensation system.||II. To the extent that a part-time justice of the district courts or a part-time judge of the probate courts is not covered by health and dental insurance through the judicial branch personnel policies, the part-time justice of the district courts or part-time judge of the probate courts may participate at his or her own expense in the group health and dental insurance plans afforded full-time state employees.|||Source. 2002, 115:1, eff. July 2, 2002. 2017, 77:4, eff. June 2, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 492:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 492 - Disqualification of Justices|Section 492:1 - Counsel, Etc.

    492:1 Counsel, Etc. –||A justice shall not sit in any case in which he has been concerned as party or attorney or in any appeal in which he has acted as judge in the court below, or act as attorney or be of counsel for either party or give advice in any matter pending or which may come before the court for adjudication.|||Source. RS 172:10. CS 181:28. 1855, 1659:23. GS 192:8. GL 211:8. PS 207:8. PL 319:8. RL 373:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 492:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 492 - Disqualification of Justices|Section 492:2 - Railroad Officer.

    492:2 Railroad Officer. –||No justice of the supreme or superior court shall be an officer in any railroad corporation in this state.|||Source. 1881, 55:2. PS 207:13. PL 319:12. RL 373:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 492:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 492 - Disqualification of Justices|Section 492:3 - Taxpayer.

    492:3 Taxpayer. –||No justice shall be disqualified to sit because he is an inhabitant or taxpayer in the city or town which is a party to the case or is interested therein.|||Source. 1885, 1659:15. GS 192:7. GL 211:7. PS 207:7. PL 319:7. RL 373:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 493:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493 - Tenure of Judges|Section 493:1 - Record of Birth.

    493:1 Record of Birth. –||No judge of any court shall exercise such office, perform any act therein, or receive any fee or salary therefor until he shall have deposited in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the record of his birth, attested by the clerk of the town in which he was born, or, if there is no such record, an affidavit, sworn to and subscribed by himself, stating, according to the best of his belief, the date and place of his birth.|||Source. RS 15:1. CS 15:1. GS 17:1. GL 18:1. PS 19:1. PL 18:1. RL 26:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 493:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493 - Tenure of Judges|Section 493:2 - Age Limitation.

    493:2 Age Limitation. –||Whenever any judge shall attain the age of 70 years, the office held by him shall become vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled according to law.|||Source. Const. II, 78. RS 15:2. CS 15:2. GS 17:2. GL 18:2. PS 19:2. PL 18:2. RL 26:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 493:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493 - Tenure of Judges|Section 493:3 - Optional Retirement.

    493:3 Optional Retirement. –||Any supreme or superior court judge, full-time district court judge, or full-time probate court judge who is eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of RSA 100-C may retire. The judge shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the judge's intention to retire to the chief justice of the supreme court or the administrative judge of the judge's court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. If a chief justice wishes to retire, the chief justice shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the chief justice's intention to retire to the senior associate justice of the chief justice's court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. If an administrative judge wishes to retire, the administrative judge shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the administrative judge's intention to retire to the chief justice of the supreme court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. Retirement shall be effective upon acceptance by the governor and council. The vacancy created by the retirement of a judge shall be filled according to law.|||Source. 1971, 210:1. 1975, 369:1. 2005, 292:1, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 493-A:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493-A - Retired Judges; Judicial Referees|Section 493-A:1-a - Judicial Referees.

    493-A:1-a Judicial Referees. –||I. Any full-time justice of the supreme, superior, district, or probate court who is mandatorily retired from either regular active service or senior active service upon reaching age 70, and any part-time district or probate court justice who is mandatorily retired upon reaching age 70, shall thereafter be eligible to serve as a judicial referee on the court from which he or she retired or on any other court in which his or her service as a referee is authorized by law.||II. A judicial referee may be assigned to take testimony, receive and review evidence, and make recommendations for findings of fact and conclusions of law in any court specified in paragraph I by the chief justice of the supreme court or superior court, from which the referee retired, or the administrative justice of any other court from which the referee retired. All recommendations of judicial referees shall be approved by a justice in regular active service or senior active service of the court to which the referee is assigned. The judge approving such recommendations shall certify that he or she has read the recommendations and agrees that the judicial referee has applied the correct legal standard to the facts determined by the judicial referee. A judicial referee shall not preside over jury trials and shall not enter final orders in any case.||III. Nothing in this section shall prevent a retired justice of the supreme, superior, district, or probate courts from sitting as a temporary justice of the supreme court when selected to do so pursuant to the procedures specified in RSA 490:3.|||Source. 2005, 292:4, eff. July 1, 2005. 2010, 320:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 493-A:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493-A - Retired Judges; Judicial Referees|Section 493-A:1-b - Compensation.

    493-A:1-b Compensation. –||Any retired full-time justice of the supreme, superior, district, or probate court who serves after retirement as a senior active status justice or a judicial referee shall be allowed his or her expenses and a per diem compensation determined by the supreme court upon recommendation by the judicial branch administrative council and based on the daily equivalent of the annual salary the retired justice would then be earning pursuant to RSA 491-A:1; provided however, that in any calendar year the total of the service retirement benefits that the retired justice receives pursuant to RSA 100-C:5 plus the compensation provided by this section shall not exceed the annual salary the retired justice would then be earning pursuant to RSA 491-A:1.|||Source. 2007, 263:70, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 493-A:1-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493-A - Retired Judges; Judicial Referees|Section 493-A:1-c - Retired Justices Over 70 Years of Age.

    493-A:1-c Retired Justices Over 70 Years of Age. –||No justice who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 years shall serve as a judge in any judicial capacity, except as a judicial referee pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 2011, 221:1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 493-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493-A - Retired Judges; Judicial Referees|Section 493-A:2 - Repealed by 2003, 311:10, III, eff. July 1, 2003.

    493-A:2 Repealed by 2003, 311:10, III, eff. July 1, 2003. –|
NH Rev Stat § 493-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 493-A - Retired Judges; Judicial Referees|Section 493-A:3 - Findings and Rulings.

    493-A:3 Findings and Rulings. –||All questions of law with respect to findings and rulings of a judicial referee assigned to the superior court, including the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support such findings, may, in the discretion of said court, be transferred to the supreme court without hearing or ruling by the superior court.|||Source. 1961, 174:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1961.|