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NH Rev Stat § 510:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:2 - Manner.

    510:2 Manner. –||All writs and other processes shall be served by giving to the defendant or leaving at his abode an attested copy thereof, except in cases otherwise provided for.|||Source. RS 183:2. CS 194:2. GS 204:2. GL 223:2. 1883, 22:1. PS 219:2. 1893, 67:6. PL 331:2. RL 387:2. RSA 510:2. 1971, 179:10, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:2-a - Contents of Writs and Processes.

    510:2-a Contents of Writs and Processes. –||All writs and other processes shall at the time that they are served upon the defendant indicate on such writ or process the time, place and mode of service made upon the defendant, and shall further indicate any attachments made upon the property of the defendant and the time, place and method of such attachments. Such information shall be placed upon the writ by the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other person authorized by law who has made such service.|||Source. 1973, 260:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:3 - Repealed by 1971, 227:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.

    510:3 Repealed by 1971, 227:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 510:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:4 - Nonresident Defendant.

    510:4 Nonresident Defendant. –||I. Jurisdiction. Any person who is not an inhabitant of this state and who, in person or through an agent, transacts any business within this state, commits a tortious act within this state, or has the ownership, use, or possession of any real or personal property situated in this state submits himself, or his personal representative, to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising from or growing out of the acts enumerated above.||II. Service of Process on Secretary of State. Service of process upon any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of this state, as provided in this section, may be made by leaving a copy thereof, with a fee of $10, in the hands or office of the secretary of state. Such service shall be of the same legal force and effect as if served on the defendant at his abode or place of business in the state or country where he resides and according to the law of that state or country, provided that notice thereof and a copy of the process is forthwith sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant at his last known abode or place of business in the state or country in which the defendant resides. The defendant's return receipt and an affidavit of the plaintiff or his attorney of compliance with the section shall be appended to the process and entered therewith. In the event that the notice and a copy of the process are not delivered to or accepted by the defendant, the court may order such additional notice, if any, as justice may require.||III. Record of Process. The secretary of state shall keep a record of all process served in accordance with this section, and said record shall show the date and hour of service in the hands or office of the secretary of state.||IV. Continuance of Action; Costs. The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The fee of $ 3 paid to the secretary of state by the plaintiff at the time of the service shall be taxed in his costs if he prevails in his suit.||V. Service Not Exclusive. The method of service provided by this section is not exclusive and service on nonresident individuals may be made in any other manner provided by law.|||Source. RS 183:5. CS 194:5. GS 204:5. GL 223:5. PS 219:5. PL 331:4. RL 387:4. RSA 510:4. 1969, 305:1. 1989, 408:78, eff. Aug. 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:5 - Repealed by 1969, 305:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.

    510:5 Repealed by 1969, 305:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. –|
NH Rev Stat § 510:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:6 - Scire Facias.

    510:6 Scire Facias. –||A writ of scire facias may be served, in case the defendant is not an inhabitant of the state, on the attorney who appeared for him in the original action or as otherwise provided in RSA 510:4.|||Source. RS 183:7. CS 194:9. GS 204:7. GL 223:7. PS 219:7. PL 331:6. RL 387:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:7 - Repealed by 1969, 305:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.

    510:7 Repealed by 1969, 305:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. –|
NH Rev Stat § 510:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:8 - Other Notice.

    510:8 Other Notice. –||When the defendant is not an inhabitant of the state, and no mode of serving the writ is prescribed, or service thereof cannot be made in the mode prescribed, the action may be entered in court and such notice ordered as the case requires, and notice of the pendency of the suit, given according to the order, shall be sufficient service.|||Source. CS 194:7. 1852, 1297. GS 204:9. GL 223:9. PS 219:9. PL 331:8. RL 387:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:9 - Publication.

    510:9 Publication. –||Where notice by publication in a newspaper is ordered by any court upon any petition, writ or other similar process, the original of which is upon file in such court, it shall be sufficient to publish a citation containing the title of the case, the name of the court in which it is pending, the time and place of the return and hearing, the fact that such original is on file and may be examined by interested parties and such other facts as the court may order.|||Source. 1911, 4:1. PL 331:9. RL 387:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:10 - Defendant County, Etc.

    510:10 Defendant County, Etc. –||Service of writs against counties may be made upon one of the county commissioners and the treasurer for the county; against cities, upon the mayor or one of the aldermen and the city clerk, or in a city where the city manager is chief administrative officer and the head of the administrative branch of the city government, upon the city manager and the city clerk; against towns, upon one of the selectmen and the town clerk; against school districts, upon one of the members of the school board and the clerk of the district; and against village districts, upon one of the commissioners and the clerk of the district.|||Source. RS 183:8, 9, 10. CS 194:10, 11, 12. GS 204:10. GL 223:10. PS 219:10. PL 331:10. RL 387:10. RSA 510:10. 1983, 383:71, eff. July 1, 1984. 2013, 46:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:11 - Service on Inhabitant, When.

    510:11 Service on Inhabitant, When. –||If any of the offices specified in RSA 510:10 is vacant, the service otherwise to be made upon the incumbent of such office may be made instead upon one of the principal inhabitants of the county, city, town or district.|||Source. RS 183:8. CS 194:10. GS 204:11. GL 223:11. PS 219:11. PL 331:11. RL 387:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:12 - On Town Clerk.

    510:12 On Town Clerk. –||Whenever service of process or attachment is required to be made by leaving a copy at the abode of a town or city clerk, it shall be deemed sufficient service if the copy is left at his office, in case he has an office separate from his dwelling house.|||Source. 1889, 73:1. PS 219:12. PL 331:12. RL 387:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:13 - Associations.

    510:13 Associations. –||Service of writs or other process against unincorporated associations, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, syndicates, orders or any mutual association of persons, other than a partnership having not more than 4 members, within this state may, except when otherwise provided, be made upon any officer thereof, or, if it has no officer, then upon any 2 members thereof.|||Source. RS 183:9. CS 194:11. GS 204:12. GL 223:12. PS 219:13. 1917, 138:1. PL 331:14. RL 387:14. RSA 510:13. 1993, 313:13, eff. July 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:14 - Corporations.

    510:14 Corporations. –||Service of writs against other corporations may be made upon the clerk, treasurer, cashier, or one of the directors, trustees or managers, if any, in the state, and otherwise upon any principal member or stockholder, or upon any agent, overseer or other person having the care of any of the property or charge of any of the business of the corporation.|||Source. RS 183:9. CS 194:11. GS 204:12. GL 223:12. PS 219:13. 1917, 138:1. PL 331:13. RL 387:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:15 - Railroads.

    510:15 Railroads. –||Service of writs against a railroad corporation may be made upon any person doing the business of the corporation as ticket master for the sale of passenger tickets at any station upon its railroad.|||Source. GS 204:13. GL 223:13. PS 219:14. PL 331:15. RL 387:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:16 - Manufacturing Corporations.

    510:16 Manufacturing Corporations. –||Service of a writ against a manufacturing corporation may be made by leaving an attested copy of the writ at the office or countingroom of the corporation.|||Source. 1873, 17:1. GL 223:14. PS 219:15. PL 331:16. RL 387:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 510:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 510 - Service of Writs|Section 510:17 - Trustee Process Return.

    510:17 Trustee Process Return. –||In the return of service of trustee process against a corporation, the officer shall set forth the hour when the copy was given or left.|||Source. GS 204:15. GL 223:15. PS 219:16. PL 331:17. RL 387:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:1 - Attachable Property.

    511:1 Attachable Property. –||All property, real and personal, which is liable to be taken in execution, may be attached and held as security for the judgment the plaintiff may recover. Such property may be attached following the entry of judgment for the plaintiff.|||Source. RS 184:1. CS 195:1. GS 205:1. GL 224:1. PS 220:1. PL 332:1. RL 388:1. 2008, 340:3, eff. Sept. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:2-a - Repealed by 1996, 151:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.

    511:2-a Repealed by 1996, 151:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. –|
NH Rev Stat § 511:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:3 - Service on Register.

    511:3 Service on Register. –||Real estate may be attached on a writ of mesne process by the officer, the plaintiff, his attorney or any other person leaving an attested copy thereof, and of his return of the attachment thereon, at the office or the dwelling house of the register of deeds of the county in which the real estate is situated.|||Source. RS 184:3. CS 195:3. GS 205:3. GL 224:3. 1889, 73:1. PS 220:3. 1911, 45:1. PL 332:3. RL 388:3. RSA 511:3. 1977, 519:2, eff. Sept. 13, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:4 - Return.

    511:4 Return. –||I. The officer's return is sufficient evidence that the copy has been so left, and of the time thereof, but the register of deeds shall certify thereon the time when the copy was received and may keep it on file or record it as provided in paragraph II.||II. The register of deeds may cause the originals of copies filed under paragraph I to be photographed and preserved on microfilm or optical disk or both, in addition to or in lieu of other recording methods.|||Source. RS 184:4. 1848, 720. CS 195:4. GS 205:4. GL 224:4. PS 220:4. 1911, 45:1. PL 332:4. RL 388:4. RSA 511:4. 1997, 203:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:5 - Register's Index.

    511:5 Register's Index. –||The register of deeds shall enter into the index all attachments so made, and of the attested copies of all writs and processes filed, which index shall be open to public inspection at all times. He or she shall enter therein, at the time of receiving an attested copy, a record of the exact time when it was received, and of the names of the plaintiff and defendant in the action.|||Source. 1848, 720:1. CS 195:5. GS 205:5. GL 224:5. PS 220:5. 1911, 45:1. PL 332:5. RL 388:5. 2008, 322:10, eff. Aug. 31, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:5-a - Indexing Trustee Process.

    511:5-a Indexing Trustee Process. –||I. Trustee process shall not constitute an attachment upon real estate, unless:||(a) The trustee is named in the caption of the case for which he is recording the trustee process;||(b) The person for whom the trustee is acting in his capacity as trustee is named in the caption of the case for which the trustee is recording the trustee process; and||(c) The trustee process specifically recites that the real estate standing in the name of the trustee is attached.||II. Whenever trustee process, which conforms to paragraph I, is recorded, the register of deeds shall include the name of the trustee in the index required by RSA 511:5.|||Source. 1983, 376:1. 2008, 322:11, eff. Aug. 31, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:6 - Register Fees.

    511:6 Register Fees. –||In all counties, the officer making an attachment pursuant to RSA 511:3 shall, at the time of making it, pay to the register of deeds the fees established pursuant to RSA 478:17-g.|||Source. CS 195:6. 1848, 720:2. GS 205:6. GL 224:6. PS 220:6. 1911, 45:1. PL 332:6. 1929, 52:1. RL 388:6. RSA 511:6. 1965, 377:2. 1977, 89:5. 1983, 262:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:7 - Extent of Lien.

    511:7 Extent of Lien. –||By an attachment of real estate all the debtor's interest therein is held to satisfy the judgment, though such interest is a right of redeeming the same upon a mortgage or levy or sale on execution or for taxes, or a right to receive a conveyance thereof by a contract.|||Source. RS 184:5. CS 195:7. GS 205:7. GL 224:7. 1879, 57:35. PS 220:7. PL 332:7. RL 388:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:8 - Dissolution.

    511:8 Dissolution. –||In all counties when an attachment upon real estate is dissolved or the levy thereunder is defeated, the plaintiff or his attorney, upon request, shall give to the defendant or owner of the land a discharge thereof, and the defendant or owner of the land, within 30 days after such attachment is dissolved or levy thereunder defeated, shall cause the discharge to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in which said attachment or levy is recorded, and shall pay the register of deeds the fee established pursuant to RSA 478:17-g.|||Source. 1913, 52:1. PL 332:8. RL 388:8. RSA 511:8. 1965, 377:3. 1977, 89:6. 1983, 262:9, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:9 - Penalty.

    511:9 Penalty. –||Any person violating the provisions of RSA 511:8 shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1913, 52:2. PL 332:9. RL 388:9. RSA 511:9. 1973, 531:148, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:10 - Redemption by Creditor.

    511:10 Redemption by Creditor. –||A creditor attaching his debtor's interest in real estate, whether such interest is a right of redeeming the same upon mortgage or levy or sale on execution or for taxes, or a right to receive a conveyance by virtue of a contract, may, while such right exists, as well before as after the sale thereof on his execution, pay or tender to the person entitled to the redemption of purchase money the sum due him.|||Source. RS 184:6. 1845, 233:1. CS 195:8. GS 205:8. GL 224:8. PS 220:8. PL 332:10. RL 388:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:11 - Effect of Redemption.

    511:11 Effect of Redemption. –||Upon payment or tender as provided in RSA 511:10, the interest in such real estate under such mortgage, levy or sale, and the interest of the contractor in the real estate by him contracted to be conveyed, shall, as against such attachment and the rights acquired under it, cease.|||Source. RS 184:6. 1845, 233:1. CS 195:8. GS 205:8. GL 224:8. PS 220:8. PL 332:11. RL 388:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:12 - Failure to Give Account.

    511:12 Failure to Give Account. –||The creditor, or the officer serving the writ, may demand of the person entitled to the redemption or purchase money an account, under oath, of the amount due him, and if such an account is not rendered within 15 days thereafter, or a false account is rendered, the interest of the person entitled to the redemption or purchase money in such real estate shall, as against the attachment and the rights acquired under it, cease.|||Source. RS 184:7. CS 195:9. GS 205:9. GL 224:9, 18. 1883, 29:1. PS 220:9. PL 332:12. RL 388:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:13 - Relief.

    511:13 Relief. –||Any person who fails to render an account, or a true account, may be relieved upon a bill in equity, whenever it shall appear that such failure was caused by fraud, accident, mistake or misfortune, and that such relief would be just and equitable.|||Source. 1883, 29:1. PS 220:9. PL 332:13. RL 388:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:14 - Conveyance to Creditor.

    511:14 Conveyance to Creditor. –||If, after payment of the redemption or purchase money, the attachment is dissolved or the levy under it is defeated, the creditor shall be entitled to receive from the person to whom the payment was made a conveyance of his right to the real estate.|||Source. RS 184:8. CS 195:10. GS 205:10. GL 224:10. PS 220:10. PL 332:14. RL 388:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:15 - Refusal to Convey.

    511:15 Refusal to Convey. –||If the person to whom payment of the redemption or purchase money was made, being requested to make a conveyance, and having his reasonable charges therefor paid or tendered to him, unreasonably neglects or refuses to make it, the creditor may maintain an action of assumpsit against him for the money paid with interest.|||Source. RS 184:9. CS 195:11. GS 205:11. GL 224:11. PS 220:11. PL 332:15. RL 388:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:16 - Notice to Debtor.

    511:16 Notice to Debtor. –||The debtor shall be notified in writing of the conveyance, neglect or refusal, and, after such notice, shall have the same time for redeeming the real estate that he had at the time of attachment.|||Source. RS 184:9. CS 195:11. GS 205:11. GL 224:11. PS 220:11. PL 332:16. RL 388:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:17 - Change of Title.

    511:17 Change of Title. –||No attachment of any interest in real estate shall be defeated by any change in the nature of the debtor's right thereto, as by redemption of a mortgage or other encumbrance or the execution to the debtor of any conveyance pursuant to a contract, but the whole interest of the debtor, upon such change, shall be held by the attachment.|||Source. RS 184:10. CS 195:12. GS 205:12. GL 224:12. PS 220:12. PL 332:17. RL 388:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 511:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:18 - to 511:20 Repealed by 1959, 247:2, eff. July 1, 1961.

    511:18 to 511:20 Repealed by 1959, 247:2, eff. July 1, 1961. –|
NH Rev Stat § 511:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process|Title 511 - Attachments|Section 511:21 - Pews.

    511:21 Pews. –||Pews or seats in a meetinghouse or a place of public worship shall be deemed personal property, and may be attached by leaving an attested copy of the writ and of the officer's return thereon with the town clerk of the town in which the meetinghouse is located.|||Source. RS 184:12. CS 195:14. GS 205:14. GL 224:14; 236:11. PS 220:14. PL 332:21. RL 388:21.|