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NH Rev Stat § 478:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:31 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, X, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:31 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, X, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:32 - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXVII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

    478:32 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXVII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:33 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XI, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:33 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XI, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:34 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XII, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:34 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XII, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:35 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XIII, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:35 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XIII, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:36 - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXVIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

    478:36 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXVIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:37 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XIV, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:37 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XIV, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:38 - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

    478:38 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:39 - Repealed by 1973, 217:2, VIII, eff. Aug. 11, 1973.

    478:39 Repealed by 1973, 217:2, VIII, eff. Aug. 11, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:40 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XV, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:40 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XV, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:41 - Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XVI, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.

    478:41 Repealed by 1981, 244:7, XVI, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 478:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478 - Registers of Deeds|Section 478:42 - Fraudulent Filings.

    478:42 Fraudulent Filings. –||I. A person may not knowingly present for filing or cause to be presented for filing in a registry or other public office, any type of document that fraudulently purports to be a judgment or other document to memorialize or evidence an act, order, directive, or process of creating a lien without having been authorized under state law, the Constitution, or the laws of the United States.||II. For purposes of this section, a document or instrument that purports to create a lien on, assert a claim against, or assert an interest in, real or personal property, is presumed to be fraudulent if it:||(a) Is not certified or ordered by a court or a judicial entity expressly created or established under the Constitution or the laws of this state or of the United States; or||(b) Is not a document or instrument provided for by the Constitution or the laws of this state or the United States.||III. Nothing contained herein shall affect the validity of a mechanic's or statutory lien created pursuant to state or federal law.||IV. If a register of deeds or other public official believes in good faith that a document filed with the registry of deeds or other public office purports to create a lien that is fraudulent, the register or other public official shall index the document only under the signer of the document in the grantor index and shall identify the document as a notice in the document type. No other names appearing on the document shall be indexed.||(a) The register or other public official shall send a copy of such document to the county attorney for the county where the document was filed or to the New Hampshire attorney general's office for review and possible prosecution.||(b) The county attorney or attorney general receiving a copy of a document under subparagraph (a) shall send a notice of the action taken under this paragraph to the person presenting or causing such filing by regular mail at his or her last known address no later than the next business day after such action.||(c) Any such document or instrument on file with the registry of deeds or other public office presumed to be fraudulent or deemed fraudulent as described in this section shall be considered invalid, void, and having no force or effect on any named person or persons named within the document or instrument.||(d) Any register of deeds or other public official acting in good faith pursuant to this chapter shall be immune from civil and criminal liability.||V. Any person who knowingly files a document or instrument to fraudulently create a lien on real or personal property shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 2014, 86:1, eff. June 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:1 - Short Title.

    478-A:1 Short Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:2 - Definitions.

    478-A:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Document" means information that is:||(a) Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and||(b) Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the register of deeds.||II. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.||III. "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the register of deeds in an electronic form.||IV. "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.||V. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.||VI. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:3 - Validity of Electronic Documents; Recordation of Electronic Documents in Tangible Form.

    478-A:3 Validity of Electronic Documents;  Recordation of Electronic Documents in Tangible Form. –||I. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this section.||II. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.||III. A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.||IV. A register of deeds shall accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic document, other than a plat, map, survey, or plat of land as provided in RSA 478:1-a, containing a notarial certificate as satisfying any requirement that a document accepted for recording be an original, if the notarial officer executing the notarial certificate certifies that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic document. A notarial certificate in the form provided in RSA 456-B:8, VI, satisfies the requirement of this paragraph.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:4 - Recording of Documents.

    478-A:4 Recording of Documents. –||I. In this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the register of deeds in a form that is not electronic.||II. A register of deeds:||(a) May receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;||(b) May provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;||(c) Shall, if accepting electronic documents for recording, continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index;||(d) May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;||(e) May convert into electronic form information recorded before the register of deeds began to record electronic documents;||(f) May accept electronically any fee or tax that the register of deeds is authorized to collect; and||(g) May agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:5 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

    478-A:5 Uniformity of Application and Construction. –||In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 478-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 478-A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 478-A:6 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

    478-A:6 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. –||This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:1 - Definition.

    479:1 Definition. –||Every conveyance of lands made for the purpose of securing the payment of money or the performance of any other thing in the condition thereof stated is a mortgage within the meaning of this chapter.|||Source. RS 131:1. CS 137:1. GS 122:1. GL 136:1. PS 139:1. PL 215:1. RL 261:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:2 - Condition.

    479:2 Condition. –||No conveyance in writing of lands shall be defeated nor any estate encumbered by an agreement unless it is inserted in the condition of the conveyance and made part thereof, stating the sum of money to be secured, or other thing to be performed.|||Source. RS 131:2. CS 137:2. GS 122:2. GL 136:2. PS 139:2. RL 215:2. RL 261:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:3 - Priority of Advances Under a Recorded Mortgage.

    479:3 Priority of Advances Under a Recorded Mortgage. –||Subject to the provisions on priority in RSA 447:12-a, a recorded mortgage takes priority as of the date of its recording as to advances or obligations thereafter made or incurred that do not exceed the maximum amount stated in the mortgage.|||Source. RS 131:3. CS 137:3. GS 122:3. GL 136:3. PS 139:3. PL 215:3. RL 261:3. RSA 479:3. 1985, 82:1, eff. July 9, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:4 - Repealed by 1985, 82:2, eff. July 9, 1985.

    479:4 Repealed by 1985, 82:2, eff. July 9, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 479:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:5 - Present Agreement.

    479:5 Present Agreement. –||A mortgage or deed of trust which purports to be given in whole or in part as security for notes or bonds thereafter to be issued or other expectant future obligations and which states the nature of the obligations designed to be secured by it, the amount thereof presently to be issued, if any, and the limitations, if any, contained in the mortgage or deed of trust or in a contract referred to in the mortgage or deed of trust with respect to the total or maximum amount thereof ultimately to be issued shall become a lawful security for the same as, when and to the extent that they shall actually be issued or come into existence as valid obligations of the mortgagor.|||Source. 1917, 120:1. 1925, 98:1. PL 215:4. RL 261:4. 1953, 20:1, eff. Feb. 26, 1953.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:6 - Performance.

    479:6 Performance. –||Upon the performance of the acts stated in the condition of a mortgage and the payment of all damages and costs arising by reason of the nonperformance of such condition according to the terms thereof, or upon the legal tender of such performance and payment, the mortgage shall be void.|||Source. RS 131:4. CS 137:4. GS 122:4. GL 136:4. PS 139:4. PL 215:5. RL 261:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:7 - Discharge; Record.

    479:7 Discharge;  Record. –||I. When a mortgage upon real estate is satisfied, the mortgagee shall give the mortgagor a discharge thereof. Said discharge shall be in the form of a written document and shall be signed by the mortgagee, his executor, administrator, successor, or assign whose signature shall be witnessed or acknowledged and shall be sufficient when substantially in the following form:|||(Form for Mortgage Discharge)||||For value received, __________, holder of a mortgage from __________ to __________, dated __________ and recorded in __________ County Registry of Deeds at Book __________, Page __________, hereby discharges the said mortgage.||(1) Witness my hand this __________ day of __________, 20__________ Witness:|| | ||||or||||(2) Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by __________, the mortgagee, this __________ day of __________, 20__________.|(Signed) __________||||____________________||||(Notary Public/Justice of the Peace)|||||II. The mortgagee, within 60 days after said mortgage is satisfied and having reasonable charges tendered to the mortgagee, shall cause the discharge of the mortgage to be recorded in the registry of deeds where the land lies. The recording fees associated with the discharge of mortgage may be charged to the mortgagor, if the mortgagor received written disclosure that such fees would be so charged. The mortgagee shall provide written confirmation of the discharge within the 60-day period to the payor of the final payment in satisfaction of the mortgage.|||Source. 1905, 37:1. PL 215:6. RL 261:6. RSA 479:7. 1975, 462:1. 1986, 48:1. 1989, 171:1. 1997, 84:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:8 - Penalty.

    479:8 Penalty. –||Any mortgagee violating the provisions of RSA 479:7, or any mortgagee who after the satisfaction of the mortgage refuses to give a sufficient discharge of such mortgage, shall be liable for damages to the mortgagor at the rate of $200 for each week after the expiration of the 60 days up to a maximum of $2,500 or in an amount equal to the loss sustained as a result of the failure of the mortgagee to execute and deliver a release, whichever is greater, plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees.|||Source. 1905, 37:2. PL 215:7. RL 261:7. RSA 479:8. 1973, 531:134. 1989, 171:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 2015, 224:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:9 - Informal Discharges, Validated.

    479:9 Informal Discharges, Validated. –||Every duly recorded satisfaction piece or instrument executed prior to January 1, 1980, with intent to cancel and discharge or assign a mortgage of real estate, fully identifying the mortgage so intended to be canceled and discharged or assigned, but not drawn in formal accordance with statutory requirements, shall be held a valid discharge or assignment of such mortgage and a release or assignment of the mortgaged interest in such real estate. This section shall not apply to such satisfaction pieces or instruments, the validity of which is brought into question in any suit pending in any court before January 1, 1987.|||Source. 1949, 191:2. RSA 479:9. 1986, 48:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:10 - Petition for Release.

    479:10 Petition for Release. –||If after such performance or payment, or a legal tender thereof, the mortgagee, being duly requested and having his reasonable charges therefor tendered to him, shall refuse or neglect to execute a release of his interest in the mortgaged premises, the mortgagor or person having his estate may apply by petition to the superior court in the county where the mortgaged estate or the greater part thereof lies stating the conveyance of the estate, the condition of the conveyance and the performance, payment or tender thereof, and praying for a decree of discharge or other relief.|||Source. RS 131:5. CS 137:5. GS 122:5. GL 136:5. PS 139:5. PL 215:8. RL 261:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:11 - Hearing; Decree.

    479:11 Hearing;  Decree. –||If the court, after proof of due notice given and a hearing on the petition, shall find that the condition of the mortgage has been performed and that all damages and costs have been paid according to law, or that a legal tender thereof has been made and the amount has been brought into court and lodged with the clerk thereof, the court shall decree that the mortgage be discharged.|||Source. RS 131:6. CS 137:6. GS 122:6. GL 136:6. PS 139:6. PL 215:9. RL 261:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:12 - Record of Decree.

    479:12 Record of Decree. –||A copy of such decree, recorded in the registry of deeds for the county in which the lands lie, shall have the same effect as a release duly executed by the mortgagee.|||Source. RS 131:7. CS 137:7. GS 122:7. GL 136:7. PS 139:7. PL 215:10. RL 261:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:13 - Account.

    479:13 Account. –||The mortgagee, upon a request in writing by the mortgagor, shall make out and deliver to him or his agent a just and true account of all his demands secured by the mortgage, of all damages and costs incurred by reason of the nonperformance of the condition thereof, and of all rents and profits by him received.|||Source. RS 131:8. CS 137:8. GS 122:8. GL 136:8. PS 139:8. PL 215:11. RL 261:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:14 - Determination by Court.

    479:14 Determination by Court. –||If the mortgagee shall unreasonably refuse or neglect to make out and deliver such account, the superior court, upon petition by the mortgagor setting forth the facts in the case and upon due notice given to the parties interested, shall determine the amount justly due after deducting rents and profits received.|||Source. RS 131:9. CS 137:9. GS 122:9. GL 136:9. PS 139:9. PL 215:12. RL 261:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:15 - Jury Trial.

    479:15 Jury Trial. –||If, upon the hearing of such petition, any issue of fact shall arise, such issue, if either party elects, may be determined by a jury, and costs shall be awarded to the prevailing party.|||Source. RS 131:11. CS 137:11. GS 122:11. GL 136:11. PS 139:11. PL 215:14. RL 261:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:16 - Decree; Record.

    479:16 Decree;  Record. –||Upon such amount being brought into court and lodged with the clerk, the court shall decree that the mortgage be discharged, and a copy of such decree recorded in the registry of deeds for the county in which the lands lie shall have the same effect as a release duly executed by the mortgagee.|||Source. RS 131:10. CS 137:10. GS 122:10. GL 136:10. PS 139:10. PL 215:13. RL 261:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 479:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVIII - Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty|Title 479 - Mortgages of Realty|Section 479:17 - Limitation of Action.

    479:17 Limitation of Action. –||No such petition shall be heard unless the same shall be entered in court within one year after such payment, performance, tender, refusal or neglect.|||Source. RS 131:12. CS 137:12. GS 122:12. GL 136:12. PS 139:12. PL 215:15. RL 261:15.|