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NH Rev Stat § 477:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:7-a - Notice of Lease.

    477:7-a Notice of Lease. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 477:7, a notice of lease consisting of an instrument in writing executed and acknowledged by all persons who are parties to the lease, and containing the following information with reference to such lease shall be sufficient compliance with the provisions of this chapter:||(a) The names and addresses of each party to the lease;||(b) The date of execution of the lease;||(c) A description of the demised premises as it appears in the lease;||(d) The term of such lease; and||(e) The date of commencement of such term and all rights of extension or renewal.||II. All notices of lease which have been acknowledged and recorded according to the provisions of this section since August 15, 1981, but which were not witnessed, shall be considered valid under this section.|||Source. 1971, 76:2. 1977, 366:4. 1999, 77:1, eff. July 27, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:7-b - Execution and Delivery of Lease Required.

    477:7-b Execution and Delivery of Lease Required. –||I. Within 30 days after the execution by all parties of a written lease, the lessor shall deliver a copy of the lease to the lessee.||II. Any person who fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1975, 306:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:8 - Additional Record.

    477:8 Additional Record. –||A person interested in a deed or lease recorded in one county may cause the same, with the certificate of record, to be recorded in the registry of any other county, and an attested copy of such record shall be of the same validity as a copy from the original registry.|||Source. RS 130:5. CS 136:5. GS 121:5. GL 135:5. PS 137:5. PL 213:8. RL 259:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:9 - Power of Attorney.

    477:9 Power of Attorney. –||Every power of attorney to convey real estate must be signed and acknowledged, and may be recorded as required for a deed, and a copy of the record may be used in evidence whenever a copy of the deed so made is admissible.|||Source. RS 130:6. CS 136:6. GS 121:6. GL 135:6. PS 137:6. PL 213:9. RL 259:9. RSA 477:9. 1977, 366:5. 1985, 214:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:10 - Unacknowledged Deed.

    477:10 Unacknowledged Deed. –||A deed not acknowledged by the grantor, but in other respects duly executed, may be recorded, and for 60 days thereafter it shall be as effectual as if duly acknowledged.|||Source. RS 130:7. CS 136:7. GS 121:7. GL 135:7. PS 137:7. PL 213:10. RL 259:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:11 - Repealed by 1981, 303:10, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.

    477:11 Repealed by 1981, 303:10, eff. Aug. 15, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 477:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:12 - Proof by Handwriting.

    477:12 Proof by Handwriting. –||If any grantor or lessor shall die, become insane, or go out of the state before the acknowledgment of a deed or lease, proof of due execution of such deed or lease may be made by the oath of 2 witnesses acquainted with the handwriting of the grantor or lessor that the deed or lease was signed by said grantor or lessor.|||Source. RS 130:9. CS 136:9. GS 121:9. GL 135:9. PS 137:9. PL 213:12. RL 259:12. RSA 477:12. 1981, 303:9, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:13 - Refusal to Acknowledge.

    477:13 Refusal to Acknowledge. –||If the grantor or lessor shall refuse to acknowledge a deed or lease, proof of its due execution may be made in the manner provided in RSA 477:12, but, if the grantor or lessor is a resident of this state, notice of the time and place of proving the same, signed by a justice, shall be delivered to him or left at his abode 14 days prior to such time. Every unacknowledged deed proved agreeably to this section or RSA 477:12 shall be as effectual as if duly acknowledged.|||Source. RS 130:10. CS 136:10. GS 121:10. GL 135:10. PS 137:10. PL 213:13. RL 259:13. RSA 477:13. 1981, 303:2, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:14 - Neglect to Record.

    477:14 Neglect to Record. –||If a person having an unrecorded deed or other evidence of title of real estate in his possession neglects to record the same, or refuses to allow the same to be recorded, for the space of 30 days after being thereto requested in writing by a person having an interest in such estate, any justice, upon complaint thereof, may issue his warrant and cause such person to be brought before him for examination, and, if sufficient cause for such neglect or refusal is not shown, may order such deed or evidence of title to be recorded, and commit the person to jail until such order is performed and payment of costs is made.|||Source. RS 130:11. CS 136:11. GS 121:11. GL 135:11. PS 137:11. PL 213:14. RL 259:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:15 - Oral Conveyance.

    477:15 Oral Conveyance. –||Every estate or interest in lands created or conveyed without an instrument in writing signed by the grantor or his attorney shall be deemed an estate at will only, and no estate or interest in lands shall be assigned, granted or surrendered except by writing signed as aforesaid or by operation of law.|||Source. RS 130:12. CS 136:12. GS 121:12. GL 135:12. PS 137:12. PL 213:15. RL 259:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:16 - Deeds Lacking Statement of Consideration or Acknowledgments Validated.

    477:16 Deeds Lacking Statement of Consideration or Acknowledgments Validated. –||When any instrument of writing shall have been on record in the office of the register of deeds in the proper county for the period of 10 years, and there is a defect in such instrument because it omitted to state any consideration therefor, because it was not acknowledged, because it was not validly acknowledged, because it was not witnessed, or because it was not sealed, such instrument shall, from and after the expiration of 10 years from the filing thereof for record, be valid as though such instrument had in the first instance stated the consideration therefor or had been acknowledged, witnessed, or sealed in full compliance with the requirements of law. Such instrument shall, after the expiration of 10 years from the filing of the same for record, impart to subsequent purchasers, incumbrancers, and all other persons whomsoever, notice of such instrument of writing so far as and to the same extent that such instrument then is recorded, copied, or noted in such books of record, notwithstanding such defect. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any rights acquired by grantees, assignees, or incumbrancers after the filing of such instrument for record and before the expiration of 10 years from the filing of such instrument for record.|||Source. 1949, 191:1. RSA 477:16. 1963, 65:1. 1967, 20:1. 1977, 366:6. 1981, 303:3. 1985, 91:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:17 - Trusts.

    477:17 Trusts. –||No trust concerning lands, excepting such as may arise or result by implication of law, shall be created or declared unless by an instrument signed by the party creating the same or by his attorney.|||Source. RS 130:13. CS 136:13. GS 121:13. GL 135:13. PS 137:13. PL 213:16. RL 259:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:18 - Tenants in Common.

    477:18 Tenants in Common. –||Every conveyance or devise of real estate made to 2 or more persons shall be construed to create an estate in common and not in joint tenancy, unless it shall be expressed therein that the estate is to be holden by the grantees or devisees as joint tenants, or to them and the survivor of them, or unless other words are used clearly expressing an intention to create a joint tenancy. The addition, following the names of the grantees in the granting clause of a deed or devise, of the words "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship" or "as tenants by the entirety" shall constitute a clear expression of intention to create a joint tenancy.|||Source. RS 129:2. CS 135:2. GS 121:14. PS 137:14. PL 213:17. RL 259:17. 1951, 178:11. RSA 477:18. 1959, 264:2, eff. Nov. 13, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:19 - Joint Heirs.

    477:19 Joint Heirs. –||Joint heirs shall be deemed tenants in common.|||Source. RS 129:3. CS 135:3. GS 121:15. GL 135:15. PS 137:15. PL 213:18. RL 259:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:20 - Alien Residents.

    477:20 Alien Residents. –||An alien resident in this state may take, purchase, hold, convey or devise real estate, and it may descend in the same manner as if he were a citizen.|||Source. RS 129:4. CS 135:4. GS 121:16. GL 135:16. PS 137:16. PL 213:19. RL 259:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:21 - Escheat.

    477:21 Escheat. –||Any right or claim of the state, by escheat or otherwise, to the estate of any resident alien is hereby discharged.|||Source. RS 129:5. CS 135:5. GS 121:17. GL 135:17. PS 137:17. PL 213:20. RL 259:20.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:22 - Limited Interest.

    477:22 Limited Interest. –||A conveyance made by a person having a limited interest in an estate, purporting to convey a greater interest than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture thereof, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which he could lawfully convey.|||Source. RS 129:6. CS 135:6. GS 121:18. GL 135:18. PS 137:18. PL 213:21. RL 259:21.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:22-a - Enforceability of Publicly-Owned Land Restrictions.

    477:22-a Enforceability of Publicly-Owned Land Restrictions. –||Any recorded restriction, order, covenant, or other interest in land held by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, shall be enforceable against any owner of the affected land or structure, including subsequent purchasers, heirs, or assignees, notwithstanding lack of privity of estate or contract, or lack of benefit to particular land, or the benefit being assignable or being assigned.|||Source. 2009, 295:1, eff. Sept. 29, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:23 - Purpose.

    477:23 Purpose. –||For the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use of words in deeds of real estate, or interests therein, the statutory forms provided in this subdivision are authorized. Nothing in this subdivision shall be understood as preventing the use of other forms appropriate for the conveyance of real estate or any interest therein.|||Source. 1951, 178:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:24 - Unnecessary Words; Construction of Certain Words.

    477:24 Unnecessary Words;  Construction of Certain Words. –||The word "grant" in a conveyance of real estate or any interest therein shall be a sufficient word of conveyance without the use of the words "give, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm" or the words "remise, release and forever quitclaim." No covenant shall be implied from the use of the word "grant." In a conveyance or reservation of real estate, the term "heirs," "assigns" or other technical words of inheritance or succession shall not be necessary to convey or reserve an estate in fee. A deed or reservation of real estate shall be construed to convey or reserve an interest in fee simple unless a different intention clearly appears in the deed.|||Source. 1951, 178:2, eff. Aug. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:25 - Statute of Uses Not to Effect Trusts.

    477:25 Statute of Uses Not to Effect Trusts. –||When a conveyance or devise of real estate is made to a grantee or devisee in trust or as trustee under a declaration of trust, such conveyance or devise shall vest in the grantee or devisee, as trustee, legal title with full power to convey the real estate in accordance with the trust.|||Source. 1951, 178:3. RSA 477:25. 1986, 10:1, eff. May 26, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:26 - Easements, Appurtenances, Etc.

    477:26 Easements, Appurtenances, Etc. –||In a conveyance of real estate or any interest therein, all rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances belonging to the granted estate or interest shall be deemed to be included in the conveyance, unless the contrary shall be stated in the deed, and it shall be unnecessary in order for their inclusion to enumerate or mention them either generally or specifically.|||Source. 1951, 178:4, eff. Aug. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:27 - Statutory Form of Warranty Deed.

    477:27 Statutory Form of Warranty Deed. –||A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenant on the part of the grantor, for himself or herself, heirs, executors and administrators, that, at the time of the delivery of such deed, the grantor was lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises, that the said premises were free from all incumbrances, except as stated, that the grantor had good right to sell and convey the same to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, and that the grantor will, and the heirs, executors, and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.|||(Form for warranty deed)||||__________, of __________ County, State of __________, for consideration paid, grant to __________, (complete mailing address) __________, of __________ Street, Town (City) of __________, __________ County, State of __________, with warranty covenants, the __________ (Description of land or interest being conveyed: incumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any) __________, (wife) (husband) of said grantor, release to said grantee all rights of homestead and other interests therein.|||(Here add acknowledgment)|||Source. 1951, 178:5. RSA 477:27. 1965, 125:2. 1971, 179:6. 1977, 366:7. 1981, 303:4. 2006, 7:1, eff. April 11, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:28 - Statutory Form of Quitclaim Deed.

    477:28 Statutory Form of Quitclaim Deed. –||A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself, or herself, heirs, executors and administrators with the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, that at the time of the delivery of such deed the premises were free from all incumbrances made by the grantor, except as stated, and that the grantor will, and the heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and heirs, successors and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming, by, through or under the grantor, but against none other.|||(Form for quitclaim deed)||||__________, of __________ County, State of __________, for consideration paid, grant to __________, (complete mailing address) __________, of __________ Street, Town (City) of __________ County, State of __________, with quitclaim covenants, the __________ (Description of land or interest therein being conveyed: incumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any) __________, (wife) (husband) of said grantor, release to said grantee all rights of homestead and other interests therein.|||(Here add acknowledgment)|||Source. 1951, 178:6. RSA 477:28. 1965, 125:3. 1971, 179:7. 1981, 303:5. 2006, 7:1, eff. April 11, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:30 - Statutory Form of Fiduciary Deed.

    477:30 Statutory Form of Fiduciary Deed. –||A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself or herself, that, at the time of the delivery of such deed, the grantor was duly authorized to make the sale of the premises; that in all of the grantor's proceedings in the sale thereof, the grantor has complied with the requirements of the statute in such case provided; and that the grantor will warrant and defend the same to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons claiming by, from or under him or her in the capacity aforesaid.|||(Form for fiduciary deed)||||__________ of __________ County, State of __________, executor under the will (administrator of the __________ estate) (trustee under the will) (guardian) (conservator) (receiver of the estate) (commissioner) of __________ of __________, by the power conferred by __________ and every other power, for ___ dollars paid, grant to __________, (complete mailing address) __________, of __________ Street, Town (City) of __________, __________ County, State of __________ the __________ (Insert description of land or interest therein being conveyed: incumbrances, reservations, exceptions.)|||(Here add acknowledgment)|||Source. 1951, 178:8. RSA 477:30. 1965, 125:5. 1977, 366:9. 1981, 303:7. 2006, 7:3, eff. April 11, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:31 - Statutory Form for Foreclosure Deed Under Power of Sale.

    477:31 Statutory Form for Foreclosure Deed Under Power of Sale. –||Where a mortgage is foreclosed under a statutory power of sale, the mortgagee may give a deed to the purchaser, whether the purchaser be a stranger or the mortgagee, in the following form:||__________ of __________ County, __________ State of __________, holder of a mortgage from __________ to __________ dated __________, recorded in __________ Registry of Deeds, Vol. ___, page ___, by the power conferred by said mortgage and every other power, for ___ dollars paid, grant to __________, (complete mailing address) __________, of __________ Street, Town (City) of __________, __________ County, State of __________, the premises conveyed by said mortgage.|||(Here add acknowledgment)||||A deed in substance in that form shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself or herself, that, at the time of the delivery of such deed, the grantor was duly authorized to make sale of the premises; that in all of the grantor's proceedings in the sale thereof, the grantor has complied with the requirements of the statute in such case provided; and that the grantor will warrant and defend the same to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons claiming by, from or under him or her.|||Source. 1951, 178:9. RSA 477:31. 1965, 125:6. 1977, 366:10. 1981, 303:8. 2006, 7:3, eff. April 11, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 477:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 477 - Conveyances of Realty and Interests Therein|Section 477:32 - Affidavit of Sale Under Power of Sale in Mortgage.

    477:32 Affidavit of Sale Under Power of Sale in Mortgage. –||The affidavit required by RSA 479:26 may be in the following form:||___, grantor in the foregoing deed, on my oath say ___ that the principal and interest (the obligation to __________) secured by the mortgage referred to in the foregoing deed was not paid or tendered or performed when due, and that I caused to be published on the ___, ___, and ___ of ___, 20 ___, in ___, a newspaper published in ___ in said County of ___, a notice of which the following is a true copy:|||(Insert copy of advertisement)||||And I further on oath say that I sent a copy of said notice on the ___ day of ___, 20 ___, by registered mail to ___ at __________, his last known address. And I further on oath say that pursuant to said notice, at the time and place therein appointed, I sold the mortgaged premises at public auction to __________, above named, for ___ dollars bid by him, being the highest ___ bid made therefor at said auction.|(Signature) __________||||||(Here add jurat)|||Source. 1951, 178:10, eff. Aug. 1, 1951.|