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NH Rev Stat § 501-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 501-A - Fees for Justices of the Peace and Municipal Court Clerks|Section 501-A:2 - Repealed by 1959, 19:4, eff. May 16, 1959.

    501-A:2 Repealed by 1959, 19:4, eff. May 16, 1959. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:1-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(7), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:1-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(7), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:2 - Sessions in Towns Within District.

    502-A:2 Sessions in Towns Within District. –||I. The purpose of the establishment of this system of district courts is to provide the minimum number of courts which will adequately serve the convenience of the public, both transient and permanent residents of this state. To accomplish this purpose, districts must serve certain towns within their district having regard for the parties, the seasonal influx of population in certain areas, and such other considerations as the expeditious and effective administration of justice may require. In addition to the regular sessions which are required to be held in various districts under the provisions of this chapter, or in replacement of a portion of regular sessions, the justice or special justice of each district shall hold special sessions as may best serve the convenience of the communities within their district, provided, however, that no such special session shall be held in any building which does not meet the minimum standards prescribed by the New Hampshire court accreditation commission pursuant to RSA 490:5-c.||II. The administrative judge of the circuit court established in RSA 490-F shall have the authority to and shall, on an annual basis, establish the number of court sessions and the hours and days of operation required for each district court. The administrative judge shall consider the convenience of each court's users, caseload, resources, and security. Each court shall submit a plan for flexible scheduling to the administrative judge that meets the needs of the community served by that court which may include evening, early morning, and/or weekend sessions and other alternative sessions. In evaluating the community need for alternative sessions, the administrative judge and local courts shall evaluate separately civil suits, small claims, order of notice, motor vehicle matters, and criminal cases to determine the needs of the community.||III. Any plan developed and instituted under paragraphs I and II shall not necessitate additional local expenditures by any political subdivision in accordance with part I, article 28-a of the New Hampshire constitution.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1971, 529:1; 584:2. 1975, 248:1. 1981, 578:3. 1985, 315:1; 404:6. 1987, 46:1. 1991, 288:3. 1992, 129:1. 1999, 124:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. 2011, 88:3, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:2-a - Repealed by 1983, 383:78, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    502-A:2-a Repealed by 1983, 383:78, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:3 - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(8), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:3 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(8), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:3-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(9), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:3-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(9), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:3-b - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(10), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:3-b Repealed by 2011, 88:29(10), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:3-c - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(11), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:3-c Repealed by 2011, 88:29(11), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:4 - Powers of Special Justices.

    502-A:4 Powers of Special Justices. –||In the absence, inability or disqualification of the justice of a district court, the special justice shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the justice.|||Source. 1963, 331:1, eff. July 1, 1964.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:5 - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(12), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:5 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(12), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:5-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(13), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:5-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(13), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:6 - Salaries of Justices, Special Justices, Clerks.

    502-A:6 Salaries of Justices, Special Justices, Clerks. –||The annual salaries of justices, special justices and clerks of the district courts shall be paid by the state as follows:||I. The state shall pay the justices of the district courts either (a) salaries based upon weighted caseload as provided in RSA 491-A:3; or (b) their annual salaries prior to the enactment of RSA 491-A:3; whichever is greater.||I-a. [Repealed.]||II. The annual salaries of the special justices of the district courts appointed prior to July 1, 1987, shall be an amount equal to 30 percent of the salary paid to the justices, as provided in paragraph I, or the current annual salary of the special justice for 1987, whichever is greater. Provided further that the special justice may receive, and all special justices appointed after July 1, 1987, shall receive, per diem compensation determined by the supreme court upon recommendation by the judicial branch administrative council, plus reasonable expenses as determined by the supreme court. In those cases where prior to July 1, 1987, the special justice was paid on a per diem basis, such per diem payment shall continue unless changed by the supreme court. In the event of the death, resignation, or retirement of the justice and when no appointment is made to fill the vacancy caused thereby for a period of 60 days, the special justice shall then be paid the salary of the justice until his vacancy is filled. If the justice is absent due to illness or disqualification for any other reason for a period of more than 60 days, the special justice shall be entitled to the salary of the justice until the justice is able to assume his duties. Whenever a justice or special justice sits in another court by request, he or she shall be paid the same per diem compensation as is generally allowed to per diem special justices sitting in their own courts, plus reasonable expenses.||III. [Repealed.]||IV. [Repealed.]||V. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1965, 138:1; 294:1. 1967, 193:1; 438:1. 1969, 124:3-5. 1970, 14:1, 2. 1971, 123:2, 4; 288:1. 1973, 286:1, 3; 413:1; 535:2. 1975, 135:1, 2. 1976, 12:1. 1977, 521:1. 1979, 287:2; 299:14, 16-18; 365:1; 430:2. 1981, 568:136, III. 1983, 383:30-34, 78, IV; 437:1. 1987, 272:2, 3. 1992, 284:33, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. 2011, 88:29(14), 29(15), eff. July 1, 2011. 2019, 89:1, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:6-a - Repealed by 2003, 311:10, IV, eff. July 1, 2003.

    502-A:6-a Repealed by 2003, 311:10, IV, eff. July 1, 2003. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:6-b - Retired Justices of District Court.

    502-A:6-b Retired Justices of District Court. –||Each justice of the district court retired therefrom by age limitation who has served on such court shall upon retirement become a referee. Such referees shall be empowered and may be assigned to act as such in the district courts, and their powers and the procedures for hearings before them shall be determined by statute or rule of court. Such referees shall be allowed their expenses and a per diem compensation determined by the supreme court upon recommendation by the judicial branch administrative council, established pursuant to supreme court rule.|||Source. 1992, 284:34, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:6-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:6-c - District Court Justices' Expenses.

    502-A:6-c District Court Justices' Expenses. –||The justices shall be entitled to receive their actual personal expenses when absent from their assigned court in the performance of their official duties. The justices shall not be reimbursed for mileage to commute from the justice's residence to their assigned court except for any mileage in excess of 50 miles each way.|||Source. 2004, 91:3. 2009, 60:4, eff. Aug. 2, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:7 - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(16), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:7 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(16), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:7-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(17), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:7-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(17), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:7-b - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(18), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:7-b Repealed by 2011, 88:29(18), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:8 - Duties of Clerks; Disposition of Fines.

    502-A:8 Duties of Clerks;  Disposition of Fines. –||I. The clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F shall receive all fines and forfeitures paid into the district court from any source. The clerk of any circuit court may accept payment of the fine by credit card in lieu of cash payment. Any transaction costs assessed by the issuer of the credit card shall be paid out of the portion of the fine amount which is deposited with the treasurer and not out of the penalty assessment charged by a district court. The clerk shall forward fines collected for violations of title XXI to the treasurer for deposit in the highway fund and fines collected for violations of title LXII and all other statutes to the treasurer for deposit in the general fund within 14 days. The clerk shall separately indicate which fines were for violations of title XXI. Fines and forfeitures collected by the clerk for violations of municipal ordinances, codes, or regulations, except those adopted pursuant to RSA 31:39, I(g); RSA 41:11; RSA 47:17, IV, VI, VII, or VIII; and RSA 105:6 and RSA 105:7, shall be remitted monthly to the treasurer of the municipality prosecuting said violations, for the use of the municipality. All expenses related to the processing of parking violations and the administrative collection of parking fines shall be the responsibility of the local unit of government, and all fines collected shall be retained in their entirety by the local unit of government.||II. Nothing in this section shall prevent the court from transferring the collection of fines to a centralized location. Any fines collected by the central location shall be distributed as indicated in paragraph I. References to duties and responsibilities of clerks contained in paragraph I shall be deemed to include the central fine collection center as appropriate.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1967, 324:2. 1973, 108:2. 1981, 146:5, XXI. 1983, 383:36. 1985, 399:3, I. 1989, 410:2. 1991, 201:1. 1994, 273:2. 2009, 144:202, eff. July 1, 2009. 2011, 88:4, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:8-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(19), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:8-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(19), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:8-b - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(20), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:8-b Repealed by 2011, 88:29(20), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:9 - Repealed by 1983, 383:78, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    502-A:9 Repealed by 1983, 383:78, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:9-a - Repealed by 1983, 383:79, VII, eff. July 1, 1984.

    502-A:9-a Repealed by 1983, 383:79, VII, eff. July 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:10 - Repealed by 1983, 383:78, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    502-A:10 Repealed by 1983, 383:78, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:11 - Criminal Cases; District Courts.

    502-A:11 Criminal Cases;  District Courts. –||Each district court shall have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and shall have original jurisdiction, subject to appeal, of all crimes and offenses committed within the confines of the district in which such court is located which are punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, including all violations of the provisions of RSA 266:16 and RSA 266:25 pertaining to vehicles exceeding permitted size or weight, regardless of whether the defendant is a natural person or any other person.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1977, 281:1. 1981, 146:5, XXII. 1992, 284:35, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. 2011, 88:5, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:11-a - Local Regulation Enforcement.

    502-A:11-a Local Regulation Enforcement. –||I. The district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction, subject to appeal, of the prosecution of any violation of a local ordinance, code, or regulation properly adopted pursuant to enabling statutes to the extent that such violation, by statute or by local ordinance, code, or regulation:||(a) Is characterized as a misdemeanor or violation within the meaning of the criminal code, in which case penalties shall be consistent with RSA 651.||(b) Is punishable by a civil penalty, in which case the penalty imposed shall in no event exceed the limits of the district court's civil damages concurrent jurisdiction as set forth in RSA 502-A:14, II.||(c) Is enforceable by local authorities through the issuance of a cease and desist order, and district court judgment upon such order, pursuant to RSA 676:17-a.||II. This section shall not be construed to diminish the jurisdiction of the superior court to hear and decide matters in which municipalities seek to enforce local ordinances, codes, or regulations through equitable or other relief.||III. The jurisdiction conferred by this section shall include the procedure for local land use citations and pleas by mail, as provided by RSA 676:17-b, for any offense encompassed by RSA 676:17, and within the limits of paragraph I of this section.|||Source. 1988, 19:1. 1991, 328:2, eff. June 28, 1991; 374:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:12 - Appeals From Sentence.

    502-A:12 Appeals From Sentence. –||I. A person sentenced by a district court for a class A misdemeanor after trial or after proceedings pursuant to District Court Rule 2.14 may appeal therefrom to the superior court for a jury trial as provided in RSA 599, except in cases in district courts served by regional jury trial courts as provided in RSA 502-A:12-a.||II. A person sentenced by a district court for a class A misdemeanor may, if no appeal for a jury trial in superior court is taken, appeal therefrom to the supreme court at the time the sentence is declared or within 30 days after the sentence is declared. The supreme court's review shall be limited to questions of law.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1983, 382:5. 1993, 190:16. 1995, 277:16. 2006, 64:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:12-a - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(21), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:12-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(21), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:13 - Repealed by 2015, 249:16, I, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

    502-A:13 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, I, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:15 - Jury Trial.

    502-A:15 Jury Trial. –||In cases in which the damages claimed exceed $1,500 or the title to real estate is involved, if the defendant, upon the entry of any action for damages under RSA 502-A:14, II or II-a, within 7 days of the return date of the action or within such additional time as the district court for good cause may allow, files a written request for trial by jury, the cause shall be at once transferred to the superior court for the county or judicial region in which the court is located, to be heard and tried as if originally entered in the transferee court. The original entry fee and cost of transferring the action shall be paid by the moving party but shall be recoverable as costs if the moving party prevails in the action. If, after transfer for trial by jury, the moving party waives the right to jury trial, the cause shall at once be remanded to the district court of original jurisdiction.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1983, 382:3. 1991, 47:4. 1992, 284:38, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. 2011, 88:6, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:16 - Venue in Civil Causes.

    502-A:16 Venue in Civil Causes. –||Actions shall be returnable to the district court of the judicial district where either plaintiff or defendant resides; except that actions arising under RSA 540, relative to actions against tenants, may also be returnable in the judicial district in which the real property in question is located. For the purposes of this section, a partnership or a corporation shall be deemed to reside in any judicial district in which it maintains an office or place of business.|||Source. 1963, 331:1. 1987, 302:1. 1991, 203:1, eff. July 27, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:16-a - Change of Venue in Possessory Actions Regarding Residential Property.

    502-A:16-a Change of Venue in Possessory Actions Regarding Residential Property. –||Venue in possessory actions concerning residential property brought pursuant to RSA 540 which are initiated in a judicial district other than that in which the defendant resides may be transferred as follows:||I. In cases based on grounds other than nonpayment of rent, venue shall be transferred to the judicial district in which the defendant resides at the request of the defendant.||II. In cases based on nonpayment of rent, venue may be transferred to the judicial district in which defendant resides when the court, in its discretion, determines that justice so requires.|||Source. 1998, 25:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:17 - Attachments and Executions.

    502-A:17 Attachments and Executions. –||Attachments and levies of execution on personal property and real estate may be made in civil causes in said district courts as provided in RSA 511, 528 and 529.|||Source. 1963, 331:1, eff. July 1, 1964.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:17-a - Transfers to Supreme Court.

    502-A:17-a Transfers to Supreme Court. –||In any criminal case or civil cause in any district court, questions of law may be transferred to the supreme court in the same manner as that from the superior court under RSA 491:17; provided that the district court justice hearing the case to be transferred shall, if either party requests it, file as a part of the transferred case his findings, in writing, stating the facts found and his rulings of law.|||Source. 1967, 40:1. 1971, 507:3, eff. Sept. 4, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:18 - Repealed by 2006, 267:3, II, eff. June 9, 2006.

    502-A:18 Repealed by 2006, 267:3, II, eff. June 9, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:18-a - Repealed by 2006, 267:3, III, eff. June 9, 2006.

    502-A:18-a Repealed by 2006, 267:3, III, eff. June 9, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:19 - Repealed by 1965, 137:3, eff. Aug. 10, 1965.

    502-A:19 Repealed by 1965, 137:3, eff. Aug. 10, 1965. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:19-a - Repealed by 2006, 267:3, IV, eff. June 9, 2006.

    502-A:19-a Repealed by 2006, 267:3, IV, eff. June 9, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:20 - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(22), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:20 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(22), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:20-a - Municipal Prosecutors.

    502-A:20-a Municipal Prosecutors. –||Prosecutors appointed under the provisions of RSA 41:10-a are hereby empowered to represent the state in district courts in cases within the jurisdiction of said courts unless the prosecutorial jurisdiction over a particular case or class of cases is pre-empted by the county attorney or the attorney general.|||Source. 1977, 374:4, eff. Aug. 30, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:21 - Repealed by 2011, 88:29(23), eff. July 1, 2011.

    502-A:21 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(23), eff. July 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 502-A:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 502-A - District Courts|Section 502-A:21-a - Full-Time District Court Justices.

    502-A:21-a Full-Time District Court Justices. –||A district court justice designated to be full-time under RSA 491-A:3, IV shall not be permitted to engage in the practice of law to any degree. Full-time justices shall receive the salary specified in RSA 491-A:1. Full-time justices chosen pursuant to this section shall, when requested by the supreme court, assist other district courts whenever a justice in such other court is disqualified, disabled, otherwise unable to sit, or in need of assistance.|||Source. 1987, 272:5, eff. July 1, 1987.|