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NH Rev Stat § 564-F:11-1106 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:11-1106 - Duty to Maintain Records.

    564-F:11-1106 Duty to Maintain Records. –||Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a director shall keep adequate records of the foundation, the management of its property, and the management of its affairs.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:11-1107 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:11-1107 - Duty to Inform.

    564-F:11-1107 Duty to Inform. –||Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a director has a duty to keep each qualified beneficiary reasonably informed about the foundation, the management of the foundation's affairs and property, and all material facts necessary for the beneficiary to protect the beneficiary's interests.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:11-1108 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:11-1108 - Director's Skills.

    564-F:11-1108 Director's Skills. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a director who has special skills or expertise shall use those special skills or expertise.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a director who is appointed as a director in reliance upon the director's representation that he, she, or it has special skills or expertise shall use those special skills or expertise.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1201 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1201 - Protectors.

    564-F:12-1201 Protectors. –||(a) A foundation may have one or more protectors.||(b) A protector shall have any duties and powers set forth in the governing documents.||(c) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector shall have the power to commence a judicial proceeding for the purposes of:||(1) Protecting the foundation's purposes; or||(2) Enforcing the provisions of the governing documents.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1202 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1202 - Qualifications.

    564-F:12-1202 Qualifications. –||(a) The governing documents may prescribe qualifications for protectors.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector may be:||(1) An individual or an entity; and||(2) A resident of any jurisdiction and need not be a resident of this state.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1203 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1203 - Number.

    564-F:12-1203 Number. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a foundation may have one or more protectors.||(b) The number of protectors may be increased or decreased:||(1) In accordance with the provisions of the governing documents governing the method for increasing or decreasing the number of protectors; or||(2) By an amendment of the governing documents.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1204 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1204 - Classes.

    564-F:12-1204 Classes. –||(a) A foundation may have one or more classes of protectors.||(b) Each class of protectors shall have the duties and powers assigned to that class under the governing documents.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1205 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1205 - Appointment and Term.

    564-F:12-1205 Appointment and Term. –||(a) The initial protectors may be appointed by:||(1) The organizers; or||(2) The founder.||(b) After the appointment of the initial protectors, any additional or successor protector shall be appointed:||(1) In accordance with the provisions of the governing documents governing the appointment of protectors; or||(2) If the governing documents do not contain any provision for the appointment of protectors, by:||(A) The protectors; or||(B) The court.||(c) Unless the certificate of formation or bylaws provide otherwise, the duration of a protector's term shall be indefinite and shall terminate only upon:||(1) The protector's resignation or removal;||(2) In the case of protector who is an individual, the protector's incapacity or death; or||(3) In the case of a protector that is an entity, the protector's dissolution.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. 2018, 210:7, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1206 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1206 - Resignation.

    564-F:12-1206 Resignation. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector may resign at any time by delivering written notice of the resignation to:||(1) Each of the other protectors; and||(2) The persons who have the power to appoint a successor protector.||(b) A protector's resignation is effective upon the delivery of the notice of resignation, unless that notice specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1207 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1207 - Removal.

    564-F:12-1207 Removal. –||(a) A protector may be removed in accordance with the governing documents.||(b) The court may remove a protector if:||(1) The protector has committed a serious breach of duty;||(2) Lack of cooperation among the protectors substantially impairs the performance of the protector's duties or the management of the foundation's affairs;||(3) Because of unfitness, unwillingness, persistent failure of the protector to manage the foundation effectively, the court determines that removal of the protector best serves the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests; or||(4) The court finds that:||(A) There has been a substantial change of circumstances or all of the beneficiaries request the removal;||(B) The protector's removal best serves the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests;||(C) The protector's removal is not inconsistent with any of the foundation's material purpose; and||(D) One or more suitable persons are continuing to serve as protectors or a suitable successor protector is available.||(c) For purposes of subsection (b)(4)(C), the removal of a person whom the founder personally appointed as a protector is presumptively inconsistent with one of the foundation's material purposes, but that presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. 2018, 210:8, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1208 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1208 - Committees.

    564-F:12-1208 Committees. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, the protectors may:||(1) Establish one or more committees;||(2) Appoint one or more protectors as members of a committee;||(3) Remove one or more members of a committee; and||(4) Terminate any committee.||(b) To the extent specified by the protectors or in the governing documents, each committee may exercise the powers of the protectors.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1209 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1209 - Delegation.

    564-F:12-1209 Delegation. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, the protectors may delegate to any one or more persons any duty or power that prudent protectors of comparable skills and having the same power or duty could properly delegate under the circumstances.||(b) The protectors may delegate a duty or power to a person who is associated or affiliated with any of the protectors to the extent permitted under RSA 564-F:13-1302.||(c) In delegating to an agent, the protectors shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution in:||(1) Selecting an agent;||(2) Establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests; and||(3) Periodically reviewing the agent's actions for the purpose of monitoring the agent's performance and compliance with the scope and terms of the delegation.||(d) To the extent that the protectors comply with subsections (a) and (c), the protectors are not liable to the foundation or the beneficiaries for an act or omission of the agent to whom the power or duty was delegated.||(e) A protector's delegation of a power or duty to an agent under a power of attorney shall not be valid unless the power of attorney expressly refers to the protector in his, her, or its capacity as a protector of the foundation.||(f) In the case of a protector who is an individual, the protector's delegation of any power or duty to an agent under a power of attorney shall terminate upon the protector's incapacity unless:||(1) The governing documents provide that the delegation may remain effective during the protector's incapacity; and||(2) The power of attorney provide that the delegation does not terminate upon the protector's incapacity.||(g) In performing a delegated duty or power, an agent owes to the foundation a duty to exercise reasonable care to comply with the terms of the delegation.||(h) By accepting a delegation of any duty or power from a foundation's protectors, an agent shall be subject to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the foundation.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1210 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1210 - Voting.

    564-F:12-1210 Voting. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, each protector shall have one vote on each matter on which the protectors may vote.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, each matter on which the protectors may vote shall be decided by vote of a majority of the protectors.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1211 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1211 - Meetings.

    564-F:12-1211 Meetings. –||(a) The governing documents may set forth provisions relating to:||(1) Notice of the time, place, or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any protectors or class of protectors;||(2) Waiver of any notice of a meeting;||(3) Action by vote without a meeting;||(4) Quorum requirements;||(5) Voting in person or by proxy; or||(6) Any other matter with respect to the exercise of a right to vote.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, any meeting of the protectors may be held by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.||(c) Participation in a meeting under subsection (b) shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:12-1212 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:12-1212 - Actions by Consent.

    564-F:12-1212 Actions by Consent. –||Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, the protectors may take any vote without a meeting and without prior notice if the vote is recorded in a writing setting forth the action so taken and is signed by all of the protectors.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:13-1301 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:13-1301 - Duty to Act in Good Faith.

    564-F:13-1301 Duty to Act in Good Faith. –||A protector has a duty to act in good faith, in accordance with the provisions of the governing documents, and in accordance with this chapter.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:13-1302 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:13-1302 - Duty of Loyalty.

    564-F:13-1302 Duty of Loyalty. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector has a duty to exercise his, her, or its powers solely in the interests of the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a transaction not concerning the foundation or its property in which a protector engages in the protector's personal capacity or a person affiliated, related, or similarly associated with the protector engages does not violate the protector's duty under subsection (a) to the extent that:||(1) The protector discloses the transaction to the other protectors reasonably in advance of the transaction; and||(2) The transaction is fair to the foundation.||(c) A transaction not concerning a foundation's property in which a protector engages in the protector's personal capacity involves a conflict between personal and fiduciary interests if the transaction concerns an opportunity properly belonging to the foundation.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. 2018, 210:9, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:13-1303 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:13-1303 - Duty of Impartiality.

    564-F:13-1303 Duty of Impartiality. –||Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, if a foundation has two or more beneficiaries, then the protector has a duty to act impartially in exercising his, her, or its powers, giving due regard to the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. 2018, 210:10, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:13-1304 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:13-1304 - Duty to Maintain Records.

    564-F:13-1304 Duty to Maintain Records. –||Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector shall keep adequate records of the protector's acts as a protector.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:13-1305 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:13-1305 - Protector's Skills.

    564-F:13-1305 Protector's Skills. –||(a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector who has special skills or expertise shall use those special skills or expertise.||(b) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a protector who is appointed as a protector in reliance upon the protector's representation that he, she, or it has special skills or expertise shall use those special skills or expertise.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:14-1401 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:14-1401 - Nature of Beneficial Interests.

    564-F:14-1401 Nature of Beneficial Interests. –||(a) Subject to subsection (b), a beneficiary's interest is a mere expectancy and is not a property interest or an enforceable right.||(b) A beneficiary's interest is a property interest to the extent that:||(1) The beneficiary has a currently exercisable power to appoint the foundation's property to himself, herself, or itself without the consent of any other person; or||(2) The directors have failed to make a distribution to the beneficiary in accordance with a provision of the governing documents requiring the directors to make that distribution.||(c) For the purposes of determining a beneficiary's interest, the founder's intent as expressed in the terms of the governing documents shall be paramount.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:14-1403 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:14-1403 - Return of Improper Distributions.

    564-F:14-1403 Return of Improper Distributions. –||A person who receives a distribution from a foundation is liable to return the distribution to the extent that a court subsequently determines that the person was not entitled to the distribution.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:14-1404 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:14-1404 - Enforcement of No-Contest Provision.

    564-F:14-1404 Enforcement of No-Contest Provision. –||(a) For the purposes of this section, a "no-contest provision" means a provision of the governing documents that, if given effect, would reduce or eliminate a beneficiary's interest because the beneficiary directly or indirectly initiates or otherwise pursues:||(1) Any judicial proceeding against the foundation or any of the foundation officials, including any judicial proceeding:||(A) Contesting the validity of the foundation's formation;||(B) Contesting the validity of a contribution by a founder to the foundation;||(C) Contesting the validity of the foundation's governing documents;||(D) Seeking to set aside any provision of the governing documents;||(E) Seeking to void any action by the foundation officials; or||(F) Seeking to dissolve the foundation; or||(2) Any act that frustrates or defeats the founder's intent as expressed in the terms of the governing documents.||(b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), a no-contest provision shall be enforceable in accordance with its express terms regardless of whether:||(1) The beneficiary acted in good faith or with probable cause; or||(2) The enforcement of the no-contest provision would result in a partial or complete forfeiture of the beneficiary's interest.||(c) A no-contest provision shall be unenforceable to the extent that:||(1) The court dissolves the foundation under RSA 564-F:20-2013(a); or||(2) A judicial proceeding only involved a claim against a foundation official for a breach of duty, and the foundation official committed a breach of duty.||(d) A no-contest provision shall be unenforceable to the extent that a beneficiary initiates, maintains, or cooperates in:||(1) Any judicial proceeding initiated by a foundation official;||(2) Any nonjudicial settlement agreement or other agreement among the beneficiaries and any other interested persons in settlement of a dispute or resolution of any other matter relating to the foundation;||(3) Any judicial proceeding for the interpretation or construction of a provision of the governing instrument, including the interpretation or construction of the no-contest provision with respect to any proposed or pending petition or motion; or||(4) To the extent that the foundation is a charitable trust, any judicial proceeding brought by the director of charitable trusts for the interpretation or construction of the foundation's governing documents.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. 2018, 210:14, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:15-1501 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:15-1501 - Liability of Foundation Officials and Beneficiaries to Third Parties.

    564-F:15-1501 Liability of Foundation Officials and Beneficiaries to Third Parties. –||(a) Subject to RSA 564-F:20-2007 and subsection (c), a foundation's debts, obligations, and liabilities, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall be solely the foundation's debts, obligations, and liabilities.||(b) Subject to RSA 564-F:20-2007 and subsection (c), a founder, foundation official, or beneficiary shall not be personally liable for any of the foundation's debts, obligations, and liabilities solely by reason of being a founder, foundation official, or beneficiary.||(c) A founder, foundation official, or beneficiary may agree to be personally liable for any or all of the foundation's debts, obligations, and liabilities.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 564-F:15-1502 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 564-F - New Hampshire Foundation Act|Section 564-F:15-1502 - Liability of Foundation for Certain Claims Against a Founder.

    564-F:15-1502 Liability of Foundation for Certain Claims Against a Founder. –||(a) A transfer of property by a founder to the foundation shall not be void or voidable solely by reason that the transfer defeats any forced heirship, legitime, forced share, or any similar heirship right under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.||(b) The foundation property shall not be subject to any forced heirship, legitime, forced share, or any similar heirship rights against a founder, a founder's estate, or any of a founder's property under the laws of any jurisdiction.|||Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.|