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NH Rev Stat § 490:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:25 - Powers and Duties Relative to the Law Library.

    490:25 Powers and Duties Relative to the Law Library. –||The supreme court shall provide a law library, which shall consist of the books and related materials, equipment, and furniture now in the law library at the supreme court building, with such additions as may be made thereto, for the use of the supreme court and other members of the judiciary, the attorney general, members of the legislature, officials of state government, the legal profession of New Hampshire, and the people of the state agreeing to the rules established by the supreme court. In addition to the other powers, duties and responsibilities provided by law, the supreme court may:||I. Make all necessary rules and regulations for the proper control and use of the law library;||II. Receive and accept at any time such sums of money as may be donated for the purpose of purchasing books or other supplies, equipment, or facilities for the law library, to be held by the state treasurer from which payments shall be made in accordance with the stipulations of the donor, upon approval by the supreme court; and money so received shall be converted into a continuous fund or funds which shall not lapse;||III. Receive and accept at any time funds from the sale or exchange of books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, and other related material, or from the sale of data base services, barcodes, cataloging records, magnetic tapes, laser discs, video tapes, or related or similar material, or from fees and fines as established by the law library and approved by the supreme court. Any funds accruing to the law library from such sources and as provided under RSA 490:24, I; RSA 490-D:12, II; RSA 499:18, II; RSA 502-A:28, II; and RSA 547:27-c, II shall be paid into the state treasury and held in a continually appropriated fund which shall not lapse for the use of the law library upon approval by the supreme court;||IV. Enter into any agreement or compact with any other state or states, with the United States, and with library trustees, law schools and other agencies, public and private, for the purpose of improving law library facilities and services on the basis of mutual advantages and thereby providing more efficient or economical law library service and for the purpose of facilitating the use of law materials;||V. Receive, accept and administer any money granted by the federal government or other agencies, private or otherwise, for providing, equalizing, or strengthening a law library service in New Hampshire, including computerization of its services. Any gift or grant from the federal government or other source as hereinbefore provided shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special fund which shall be continually appropriated and shall not lapse.|||Source. 1979, 391:1. 1994, 7:4. 2008, 92:2. 2009, 273:2, eff. July 31, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. 2011, 88:24, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26 - Building and Facilities.

    490:26 Building and Facilities. –||The supreme court shall control all space, facilities, and equipment in the supreme court building and shall employ sufficient numbers of persons to provide custodial services and general maintenance supervision for the building. The commissioner of administrative services shall provide any additional maintenance and repair to keep the building in suitable repair and condition for use by the supreme court and law library, subject to the availability of appropriated funds.|||Source. 1979, 391:1. 1989, 371:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-a - Court Fees and Fines; Credit Card Payments.

    490:26-a Court Fees and Fines;  Credit Card Payments. –||I. The supreme court shall establish by rule an equitable fee schedule for all courts in the state.||II. (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), a $25 surcharge shall be added to each civil filing fee for all courts. This surcharge shall be deposited in the general fund.||(b) The following shall be exempt from the surcharge under subparagraph (a):||(1) Actions relating to children under RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, and RSA 169-D.||(2) Domestic violence actions under RSA 173-B.||(3) Small claims actions under RSA 503.||(4) Landlord/tenant actions under RSA 540, RSA 540-A, RSA 540-B, and RSA 540-C.||(5) Stalking actions under RSA 633:3-a||II-a. The supreme court may establish by rule an equitable fee of not less than $25 to be added to a fine whenever a court extends the time for the payment of the fine. An equitable fee assessed by a court under this paragraph shall be paid prior to or simultaneously with the payment of the fine.||III. All court fees, surcharges, and fines paid into any court may be paid by credit card in lieu of cash payment.|||Source. 1981, 562:1. 2005, 281:2. 2007, 263:77. 2008, 53:1. 2009, 144:192, eff. Aug. 28, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-b - Court Personnel and Compensation System.

    490:26-b Court Personnel and Compensation System. –||I. The supreme court shall establish a uniform personnel classification and compensation system and salary and grievance procedures for all nonjudicial court personnel not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A. The compensation system shall be approved by the legislature prior to becoming effective. The salary and grievance procedures for employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A shall be established by administrative order of the supreme court.||II. If court employees exercise their rights under RSA 273-A, their wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment shall be negotiated through their bargaining agent. Once a petition for certification covering court employees has been filed, the terms and conditions of their employment shall remain in force and preserve the status quo until either an election has been conducted or an initial contract has been negotiated, whichever is the last to occur. If they choose not to organize under RSA 273-A or are unsuccessful, their wages, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment shall be determined by the provisions of RSA 490:28.|||Source. 1981, 562:1. 1983, 383:68. 2001, 170:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2012, 247:31, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-c - Escrow Fund for Court Facility Improvements.

    490:26-c Escrow Fund for Court Facility Improvements. –||I. Six percent of each entry fee collected in the supreme, superior, and circuit courts shall be deposited in escrow for judicial branch facility improvements. Moneys in the escrow fund shall be used for improvements to judicial branch facilities by the department of administrative services as recommended and approved by the supreme court.||II. The state treasurer shall establish procedures for deposits to and expenditures from the escrow fund for court facilities. The escrow fund shall be a dedicated capital reserve fund for the improvement of existing court facilities, or those facilities acquired pursuant to an act of the general court.||III. The funds on deposit in the escrow fund for court facility improvements shall be invested by the state treasurer in obligations of the United States government, in government agency obligations, in obligations which are legal investments for savings banks and trust companies, and in all types of savings accounts or certificates of deposit of both state or federally chartered institutions.|||Source. 1981, 562:1. 1982, 9:2. 1985, 404:5. 1989, 371:4. 2007, 234:3, eff. July 1, 2007. 2013, 160:1, eff. July 28, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-d - Forms.

    490:26-d Forms. –||The judicial branch administrative council appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54 shall establish such forms for all courts as are necessary for the effective administration of justice.|||Source. 1985, 341:5. 2007, 48:1, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-e - Guardians Ad Litem.

    490:26-e Guardians Ad Litem. –||The supreme court may establish the following relative to guardians ad litem appointed pursuant to statutory authority or any court order:||I. Standards and requirements for registration and training as a guardian ad litem.||II. Standards for practice, including but not limited to ethical rules.||III. Disciplinary procedures for violating ethical rules and requirements established under this section.||IV. Penalties for violating ethical rules and requirements including, as the court may deem necessary, fines or disciplinary action, or both.|||Source. 1993, 216:1, eff. June 9, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-f - Guardian Ad Litem Services.

    490:26-f Guardian Ad Litem Services. –||I. Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever a guardian ad litem is appointed or ancillary services are approved pursuant to statutory authority or court order and the responsible party or parents are indigent, the state of New Hampshire shall be responsible for compensation for such services from the general fund.||II. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the state, by the judicial council, may contract with any person qualified under the supreme court rules to provide guardian ad litem, ancillary, or legal services pursuant to statutory authority or court order, or with any organization approved by the supreme court to provide guardian ad litem, ancillary, or legal services. No such contract shall be effective for longer than 2 years.||III. Any guardian ad litem or guardian ad litem program shall be subject to supreme court competence and performance regulations.||IV. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the supreme court and executive departments statutorily responsible for compensation of guardian ad litem, ancillary, or legal services, when the responsible party or parents are indigent or the court otherwise appoints a guardian ad litem or such attorney, are authorized to effectuate budgetary transfer of funds appropriated for such services between and among themselves as they deem necessary.||V. The executive director of the judicial council, the commissioner of the department of health and human services, or the judicial branch, as may be appropriate, may authorize payments to such persons or organizations provided for under this section.|||Source. 1993, 216:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:182. 1997, 351:7, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-g - Guardians Ad Litem; Failure to File Required Reports.

    490:26-g Guardians Ad Litem;  Failure to File Required Reports. –||A guardian ad litem who, without good cause, fails to file a report required by any court or statute by the date the report is due may be subject to a fine, established by supreme court rule, of not less than $100 and not more than the amount of costs and attorneys fees incurred by the parties to the action for the day of the hearing. The guardian ad litem shall not be subject to the fine under this section if, at least 10 days prior to the date the report is due, he or she files a motion requesting an extension of time to file the report. The court clerk shall report a guardian ad litem who fails to file a report by the date the report is due to the guardian ad litem board. The court clerk and the guardian ad litem board shall make such report available to the public.|||Source. 2006, 235:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:26-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:26-h - Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund.

    490:26-h Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph IV:||(a) Thirty percent of each entry fee collected in the supreme, superior, and circuit courts and 16.67 percent of the penalty assessment collected pursuant to RSA 106-L:10 shall be deposited in the judicial branch information technology fund.||(b) Moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the supreme court for maintenance and infrastructure renewal of judicial branch information technology, including both hardware and software, as recommended by the director of the administrative office of the courts and approved by the supreme court.||II. The state treasurer shall establish procedures for deposits to and expenditures from the judicial branch information technology fund. The fund shall be a dedicated fund for the improvement of judicial branch information technology.||III. The funds on deposit in the judicial branch information technology fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in obligations of the United States government, in government agency obligations, in obligations which are legal investments for savings banks and trust companies, and in all types of savings accounts or certificates of deposit of both state or federally chartered institutions.||IV. The judicial branch shall submit a written report 60 days after the close of each fiscal year of the income and expenditures of the judicial branch information technology fund to the fiscal committee of the general court and the state treasurer. If such report is not submitted, any balance in the fund shall lapse to the general fund and the percentage of each entry fee which is designated for the judicial branch information technology fund under paragraph I shall be deposited in the general fund.|||Source. 2009, 144:108, eff. July 1, 2009. 2012, 247:32, eff. Aug. 17, 2012. 2013, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2013. 2017, 206:19, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:27 - Probate Court Fees.

    490:27 Probate Court Fees. –||I. Probate court fees as established by the supreme court under RSA 490:26-a shall be paid to the clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F for the benefit of the state.||II. The sum of $5 shall be added to each entry fee collected in the probate courts and shall be deposited in the mediation and arbitration fund established under RSA 490-E:4.|||Source. 1981, 310:1. 1983, 383:19. 2002, 198:2. 2005, 246:3. 2007, 344:3, eff. July 1, 2007. 2011, 88:9, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:27-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:27-a - Validity of Faxed or Electronic Warrants and Orders.

    490:27-a Validity of Faxed or Electronic Warrants and Orders. –||Search warrants, arrest warrants, detention orders pursuant to RSA 169-B, placement orders pursuant to RSA 169-C or RSA 169-D, or domestic violence temporary and final orders may be applied for and issued by facsimile or electronic transmission. The original documents, including the warrant application, the warrant, and the supporting affidavit must be received by the court having jurisdiction over the matter within 5 calendar days. The requesting agency shall forward a copy of the application, warrant, supporting affidavit and any other documents to the issuing judge or magistrate by the next business day. For purposes of this section, any oath required in the issuance of said warrants or orders may be taken by the judge or magistrate telephonically or by other means of telecommunication or electronic communication, and may include the use of an electronic signature. The issuing judge or magistrate shall be responsible for memorializing the substance of any oral statements under oath supplementing the affidavit, as provided in RSA 595-A:4.|||Source. 1996, 244:1. 2005, 76:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:28 - Benefits of Nonjudicial Employees.

    490:28 Benefits of Nonjudicial Employees. –||I. Except as provided in a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A, full-time nonjudicial employees of the judicial branch shall, effective January 1, 1984, receive all fringe benefits and salary increases as provided for classified state employees including membership in the state retirement system, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance coverage, and annual and sick leave benefits. Annual and sick leave benefits accumulated by said employees, as a result of service prior to January 1, 1984, shall be transferable under such guidelines as may be established by the supreme court unless covered in a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A.||II. Any full-time judicial branch employee who transfers from the judicial branch to state service in the executive branch or the legislative branch, without a break in service, may transfer all earned annual leave, sick leave, longevity pay, and bonus time already accumulated in the judicial branch, to the receiving branch of state government. The maximum amount of accumulated annual and sick leave that may be transferred shall be limited to the amount of annual and sick leave that employees of the receiving branch may accumulate, the rate of accrual shall be according to continuous years worked and, upon transfer, the employee's rate of accrual shall be the rate of accrual of the receiving branch. No leave granted at the outset of service, or without a relationship to the length of employment shall be included in earned leave.|||Source. 1983, 381:3. 2001, 170:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2010, 11:1, eff. July 6, 2010. 2011, 93:1, eff. July 26, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:28-a - Applicability.

    490:28-a Applicability. –||The provisions of RSA 490:28 shall apply to all individuals who are state employees as of the effective date of this section, who previously transferred from the judicial branch to the executive branch.|||Source. 2010, 11:2, eff. July 6, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:29 - Retirement of Nonjudicial Employees.

    490:29 Retirement of Nonjudicial Employees. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all full-time nonjudicial employees of the judicial branch shall, effective January 1, 1984, be eligible for membership in the New Hampshire retirement system. Employees who elect to become members of the New Hampshire retirement system shall not be eligible for membership in the local retirement system, except that nothing herein shall prevent an employee from returning a vested interest in a local retirement system. The 6 month probationary period normally in effect shall be waived for all full-time nonjudicial employees who are employed by the court system on January 1, 1984. All nonjudicial personnel hired after January 1, 1984, shall become members of the New Hampshire retirement system following the normally required probationary period.||II. Any such employee who is currently a member of a retirement system other than the New Hampshire retirement system may elect in writing to remain in the local retirement system by notifying the supreme court and the local governing body on or before December 1, 1983. Employees so electing shall be considered employees of the local governing body for inclusion in the local retirement system only. The state, after such election, shall pay into the local retirement system monthly all sums which would otherwise become payable by the local governing body into the local retirement system as its contributory share toward the retirement of said employee; provided, however, that the contributory share shall not exceed the average percentage of the local governing body's annual contributions for all employees for the 3 years preceding January 1, 1984. The state shall withhold from the salary of any such employee the employee's contributory share into the local retirement system and shall pay monthly the amount so withheld to the local governing body for deposit in the local retirement system on behalf of such employee. Employees electing to continue as members of local retirement systems shall not be eligible for membership in the New Hampshire retirement system.||III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all fulltime nonjudicial employees who elect to become members of the New Hampshire retirement system may purchase prior service credits for those years during which they were employed as full-time court employees. Prior service credit in the New Hampshire retirement system equal to the membership service in a local retirement system may be purchased upon certification that the member is not eligible for benefits from the local retirement system.||IV. All full-time nonjudicial employees who have prior service as a full-time court employee of a county or municipality prior to January 1, 1984 may include such full-time court service in the calculation of creditable service as a state employee under RSA 21-I:30, VI(b).|||Source. 1983, 381:3; 382:22. 2008, 4:1, eff. May 24, 2008. 2012, 175:5, eff. July 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:30 - Repealed by 2001, 267:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.

    490:30 Repealed by 2001, 267:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. –|
NH Rev Stat § 490:30-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:30-a - Access to Information; Hearings on Confidential Cases.

    490:30-a Access to Information;  Hearings on Confidential Cases. –||I. In this section, "committee" means the committee on judicial conduct established by rules of the supreme court.||II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person subject to the code of judicial conduct may provide to the executive secretary of the committee, for the use of the members of the committee and its staff and agents in the performance of their official duties, any tapes, transcripts, records of proceedings, information, files, and other documents which would otherwise be confidential. No member, staff, or agent of the committee shall disclose such information except in the course of official duty.||III. In any hearing before the committee, the committee may, by majority vote, conduct the hearing in a session not open to the public with respect to any part of the complaint involving the conduct of a person in a case required by law to be confidential. In such circumstances the committee shall make available to the public a summary of the nature of the complaint, the names of the person complained against, and the complainant, and the decision of the committee.|||Source. 2005, 129:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:31 - Court-Ordered Costs; Authorization for Payment of Expenses.

    490:31 Court-Ordered Costs;  Authorization for Payment of Expenses. –||In those instances where the courts have the authority to order services to be rendered and the responsibility for payment is unclear, the court shall assume said responsibility.|||Source. 1989, 243:2, eff. May 24, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 490:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LI - Courts|Title 490 - Supreme Court|Section 490:33 - to 490:35 Repealed by 2005, 177:18, I, eff. July 1, 2005 at 12:01 a.m.

    490:33 to 490:35 Repealed by 2005, 177:18, I, eff. July 1, 2005 at 12:01 a.m. –|