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NH Rev Stat § 477:32-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:32-a - Error in or Omission of Mailing Address.

    477:32-a Error in or Omission of Mailing Address. –||Any error in or omission of the mailing address of the grantee or mortgagee in the deed, mortgage or other conveyance required by any provision of this chapter shall not affect in any way the validity or effectiveness of such deed, mortgage or other conveyance of real estate.|||Source. 1965, 125:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:33 - Waters.

    477:33 Waters. –||No owner or occupier of a milldam or other water power shall acquire by prescription any right against the state or the public to impede or in any way injure navigation, the passage of fish or any other public easement in any of the waters of the state.|||Source. GS 121:19. GL 135:19. PS 137:19. PL 213:22. RL 259:22.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:34 - Property.

    477:34 Property. –||No person shall acquire by prescription a right to any part of a town house, schoolhouse or church lot, or of any public ground by fencing or otherwise inclosing the same or in any way occupying it adversely for any length of time.|||Source. 1862, 2622:2. GS 70:9. GL 76:9. PS 137:20. PL 213:23. RL 259:23.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:35 - Effect.

    477:35 Effect. –||The conveyance of standing trees apart from the land on which they stand shall not cause the same to become personal property, but such trees shall remain real estate until actually severed from the land.|||Source. 1907, 27:1. PL 213:24. RL 259:24.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:35-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:35-a - Conditional Deed.

    477:35-a Conditional Deed. –||I. After August 29, 1969, any conveyance of standing trees which includes therein a stipulation requiring that the trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date shall render the deed conditional, and failure by the purchaser to remove said trees within the stipulated time shall result in the forfeiture of the purchaser's rights in the trees unless the deed specifically provides otherwise.||II. After the effective date of this paragraph, any conveyance of standing trees which does not include therein a stipulation requiring that such trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date shall render the deed conditional, and failure by the purchaser to so remove said trees within 7 years from the date of conveyance shall result in the forfeiture of the purchaser's rights in the trees unless the deed specifically provides otherwise.|||Source. 1969, 325:1. 2003, 138:7, eff. Aug. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:35-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:35-b - Previous Conveyances.

    477:35-b Previous Conveyances. –||I. Any conveyance of standing trees made prior to August 29, 1969, which includes therein a stipulation requiring that the trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date, but which does not include therein any terms to the effect that the right to the trees shall revert to the grantor upon the passage of the stated time or stated date, shall be presumed as having intended to grant an absolute property interest in the trees to the purchaser even though the trees remain uncut beyond the stipulated time or date; provided, however, that any such right to said trees on the part of the purchaser or his heirs or assigns must be asserted and any litigation begun within 7 years after August 29, 1969, or within 7 years of the stipulated time of removal of the trees, whichever occurs last, or otherwise all such rights to said trees shall revert to the grantor or his heirs or assigns. Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the introduction of any evidence in any action to rebut the presumption of the granting of ownership of trees as provided by this section.||II. Any conveyance of standing trees prior to the effective date of this paragraph which does not include therein a stipulation requiring that such trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date, shall be presumed as having intended to grant to the purchaser an absolute property interest in the trees standing at the date of the conveyance even though the trees remain uncut beyond a reasonable time for their removal after said date; provided, however, that any such right to said trees on the part of the purchaser or his heirs or assigns must be asserted and litigation begun with 7 years after the effective date of this paragraph or otherwise all such rights to said trees shall revert to the grantor or his or her heirs or assigns. Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the introduction of any evidence in any action to rebut the presumption of the granting of ownership of trees as provided by this paragraph.|||Source. 1969, 325:1. 2003, 138:8, eff. Aug. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:36 - Requisites.

    477:36 Requisites. –||No deed of bargain and sale, mortgage or other conveyance of standing trees, or any lease of the same for more than 7 years from the making thereof shall be valid to hold standing trees against any person but the grantor and his heirs only unless acknowledged and recorded as provided in RSA 477:37 and 477:38.|||Source. 1907, 27:2. PL 213:25. RL 259:25.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:37 - Mortgagee's Consent to Cutting.

    477:37 Mortgagee's Consent to Cutting. –||Whenever standing trees have been mortgaged as real estate or are covered by a mortgage of the land on which they stand, the mortgagee may indorse upon said mortgage a consent that the trees may be cut, which consent shall be recorded in the registry of deeds.|||Source. 1921, 76:1. PL 213:26. RL 259:26. 2008, 322:5, eff. Aug. 31, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:38 - Continuance of Mortgage Lien.

    477:38 Continuance of Mortgage Lien. –||After execution of the mortgage provided for in RSA 477:37, both parties to the mortgage may then execute and attach thereto the affidavit required by law to be attached to mortgages of personal property; said mortgage, consent and affidavit may then be recorded with the proper town clerk, as mortgages of personal property are required to be recorded; and thereupon the lien of said mortgage shall be extended to cover said trees after they are cut, and the lumber therefrom, as fully as though the same had been mortgaged as personal property after cutting.|||Source. 1921, 76:1. PL 213:27. RL 259:27.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:39 - Petition for Trustee; Order for Sale.

    477:39 Petition for Trustee;  Order for Sale. –||When real estate is subject to a contingent or vested remainder, executory devise or power of appointment, the superior court for the county in which said real estate is situated may, upon petition of any person who has an estate in possession, remainder or reversion in such real estate, and after notice and other proceedings as provided in RSA 477:40 and 477:41, appoint one or more trustees, and authorize him or them to sell or mortgage and convey such estate or any part thereof in fee simple if such sale, mortgage or conveyance appears to the court to be necessary or expedient, and such conveyance shall be valid and binding upon all parties.|||Source. 1893, 19:1. 1925, 121:1. PL 213:28. RL 259:28.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:40 - Notice.

    477:40 Notice. –||Notice of any such petition shall be given in such manner as the court may order to all persons who are or may become interested in the real estate to which the petition relates, and to all persons whose issue not in being may become interested therein.|||Source. 1893, 19:2. PL 213:29. RL 259:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:41 - Appearances; Costs.

    477:41 Appearances;  Costs. –||The court shall appoint a suitable person to appear and act therein as the next friend of all minors, persons not ascertained and persons not in being who are or may become interested in such real estate, and the cost of the appearance and services of such next friend, including the compensation of his counsel, to be determined by the court, shall be paid as the court may order either out of the proceeds of the sale or by the petitioner. In the latter case, execution therefor may issue in the name of the next friend.|||Source. 1893, 19:2. PL 213:30. RL 259:30.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:42 - Trustee's Bond; Duties.

    477:42 Trustee's Bond;  Duties. –||Every trustee appointed under RSA 447:39 shall give bond to the judge of probate for the county in which said real estate or the greater part thereof is situated in such form and for such an amount as the court appointing him may order, and he shall receive and hold, invest or apply the proceeds of any sale made by him for the benefit of the persons who would have been entitled to the real estate if such sale had not been made and apply the proceeds of any mortgage for the benefit of the persons interested in the real estate, subject to the orders and decrees of the court authorizing the same.|||Source. 1893, 19:3. 1925, 121:2. PL 213:31. RL 259:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:43 - Probate Jurisdiction.

    477:43 Probate Jurisdiction. –||The probate court for said county shall have jurisdiction of all matters thereafter arising in relation to such trust, subject to the right of appeal on questions of law.|||Source. 1893, 19:3. PL 213:32. RL 259:32. RSA 477:43. 1975, 395:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:45 - Definitions.

    477:45 Definitions. –||I. A conservation restriction shall mean a right to prohibit or require, a limitation upon, or an obligation to perform, acts on or with respect to, or uses of, a land or water area, whether stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition, in any deed, will, or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the area or in any order of taking, which right, limitation, or obligation is appropriate to retaining or maintaining such land or water area, including improvements thereon, predominantly in its natural, scenic, or open condition, or in agricultural, farming, open space or forest use, or in any other use or condition consistent with the protection of environmental quality.||II. A preservation restriction shall mean a right to prohibit or require, a limitation upon, or an obligation to perform, acts on or with respect to, or uses of, a structure or site historically significant for its architecture, archaeology or associations, whether stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the structure or site or in any order of taking, which right, limitation or obligation is appropriate to the preservation or restoration of such structure or site.||III. "Agricultural preservation restriction" means the restraint placed on the development rights of agricultural land whether stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land which is appropriate to retaining land or water areas predominantly in their agricultural use, to prohibit or limit construction or placement of buildings except those used for agricultural purposes or for dwellings used for family living by the land owner, his immediate family or employees; excavation, dredging or removal of loam, sod, peat, gravel, soil, rock or other mineral substance in such a manner as to adversely affect the land's future agricultural potential; or other acts or uses detrimental to such retention of the land for agricultural use.|||Source. 1973, 391:1. 1979, 301:4, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:46 - Restrictions Enforceable.

    477:46 Restrictions Enforceable. –||No conservation restriction held by any governmental body or by a charitable, educational or other corporation, association, trust or other entity whose purposes include conservation of land or water areas or of a particular such area, no preservation restriction held by any governmental body or by a charitable, educational or other corporation, association, trust or other entity whose purposes include preservation of structures or sites of historical significance or of a particular such structure or site and no agricultural preservation restriction held by any governmental body or charitable corporation, trust or other entity whose purposes include preservation of land or water areas predominantly in their agricultural state shall be unenforceable against any owner of the restricted land or structure on account of lack of privity of estate or contract or lack of benefit to particular land or on account of the benefit being assignable or being assigned to any other governmental body or to any entity with like purposes. This section shall not be construed to imply that any restriction, easement, covenant or condition which does not have the benefit of this section shall, on account of any provisions hereof, be unenforceable. Any doctrine of law which might otherwise cause the termination of such a restriction shall not be affected by the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1973, 391:1. 1979, 301:5, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:47 - Interests in Real Estate.

    477:47 Interests in Real Estate. –||Conservation, preservation, and agricultural preservation restrictions are interests in real estate and a document creating such a restriction shall be deemed a conveyance of real estate for purposes of RSA 477:3 and RSA 477:3-a relating to execution and recording. Such a restriction may be enforced by an action at law or by injunction or other proceeding in equity. No grantee or contingent grantee interest in such a restriction shall be created or amended by any document unless it bears the notarized signature of the grantee and any and all contingent grantees.|||Source. 1973, 391:1. 1979, 301:6. 1992, 138:4. 2008, 125:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:48 - Repealed by 1985, 100:7, eff. July 9, 1985.

    477:48 Repealed by 1985, 100:7, eff. July 9, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 477:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:49 - Definitions.

    477:49 Definitions. –||As used in this subdivision:||I. "Solar energy" means radiant energy, whether direct, diffuse, or reflected, received from the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy.||II. "Solar energy collector" means part or all of a device or structure used to transform solar energy into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy and any space or structural components of a building specifically designed to retain heat derived from solar energy.||III. "Solar skyspace" means the space between a solar energy collector and the sun which must remain unobstructed in order to permit sufficient solar energy to the collector for thermally efficient operation.||IV. "Solar skyspace easement" means a limitation, whether or not stated in the form of a restrictive easement, covenant, or condition, in any deed or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the landowner described in the deed or instrument creating and preserving a right to unobstructed access to solar energy; provided, however, the easement shall be exempt from the frontage and area requirements of local zoning ordinances.|||Source. 1985, 369:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:50 - Creation of a Solar Skyspace Easement.

    477:50 Creation of a Solar Skyspace Easement. –||I. A solar skyspace easement may be acquired and transferred and shall be recorded in the same manner as any other conveyance of an interest in real property. The easement shall run with the land benefited and burdened and shall terminate upon the conditions stated in the instrument creating the easement or upon court decree based upon abandonment or changed conditions or as provided in RSA 477:26; provided, however, that no planning board may require a landowner to grant an easement.||II. An instrument creating a solar skyspace easement shall include, but not be limited to:||(a) A description of the vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees and measured from the site of the solar energy system, at which the solar skyspace easement extends over the real property subject to the solar skyspace easement, or any other description which describes the 3-dimensional space, or the place and times of day in which an obstruction to solar energy is prohibited or limited;||(b) Terms or conditions under which the easement is granted or shall be terminated;||(c) Provisions for compensation of the benefited landowner in the event of interference with the enjoyment of the easement or compensation of the burdened landowner for maintaining the easement; and||(d) A description of the real property subject to the solar skyspace easement and a description of the real property benefiting from the solar skyspace easement.||III. A solar skyspace easement shall not terminate within 10 years after its creation unless an earlier termination is expressly stated in the instrument or is otherwise negotiated by the owners of the benefited and burdened land. The easement may be enforced by proceedings in equity and by actions at law for damages.|||Source. 1985, 369:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:51 - Statutory Form of Solar Skyspace Easement.

    477:51 Statutory Form of Solar Skyspace Easement. –||A recorded instrument in the following form shall be sufficient to create a solar skyspace easement. The authorization of this form shall not preclude the use of other forms for the creation of a solar skyspace easement.|||(Form for solar skyspace easement)||||__________, of__________county, state of__________, __________for consideration paid, hereby conveys, grants and warrants to__________, __________of__________county, state of__________, a negative easement to restrict, in accordance with the following terms, the future use and development of the real property of grantor recorded in__________registry of deeds, vol.__________, page__________. The solar energy collector for which solar skyspace is to be protected is on the real property of grantee, which is recorded in registry of deeds, vol.__________, page__________, at the following locations:||The boundaries of the solar skyspace for the solar collector of grantee are as follows: (Description of boundaries with reference to applicable survey map, if any.)|||(Alternative A)||||No structure, vegetation, activity, or land use of grantor except utility lines, antennas, wires, and poles shall cast a shadow on a solar energy collector of grantee during the times specified unless such structure, vegetation, activity, or land use exists on the effective date of this easement and is not required to be removed or is excepted by the terms of this instrument. A shadow shall not be cast from 3 hours before noon to 3 hours after noon from September 22 through March 21 and from 4 hours before noon to 4 hours after noon from March 22 to September 21, all times being eastern standard time.|||(or)|||||(Alternative B)||||No structure, vegetation, activity, or land use other than those which exist on the effective date of this easement and which are not required to be removed or are excepted by the terms of this instrument shall penetrate the airspace at a height greater than over the real property of grantor.||Burdens and benefits of this easement are transferable and run with the land to subsequent grantees of the grantor and the grantee. This solar skyspace easement shall remain in effect until use of the solar energy collector is abandoned, provided it shall remain in effect for a period of at least 10 years, or until the grantee and grantor or their successors in interest terminate it. The solar energy terms used in this instrument are defined in RSA 477:49. The survey map depicting the affected properties and the boundaries of the protected areas of solar skyspace is incorporated by reference as part of this instrument.||Witness__________hand this__________day of__________, 20__________Witness:|||(Here add acknowledgement)|||Source. 1985, 369:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:52 - Funding of Loans at Real Estate Closings.

    477:52 Funding of Loans at Real Estate Closings. –||The funds provided by a mortgagee to fund a loan secured by real estate at a real estate closing shall be in the form of:||I. Cash;||II. Wired funds or electronic transfer;||III. Certified check;||IV. Checks issued by a governmental entity or instrumentality;||V. Any transfer of funds by check or otherwise that are finally collected and unconditionally available to the settlement agent;||VI. Checks or other drafts drawn by a state-chartered or federally-chartered financial institution;||VII. Checks or other drafts drawn by a state-chartered or federally-chartered credit union;||VIII. Checks issued by an insurance company licensed and regulated by the department of insurance; or||IX. Cashier's check, teller's check, or treasurer's check.|||Source. 1999, 88:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|