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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:5 - District Officers.

530:5 District Officers. –
When a copy of an execution against a district is so left the school board or commissioners, as the case may be, shall pay it, or they shall call a meeting of the voters of the district, at which meeting they shall vote to raise the necessary sum to satisfy the execution and the officer's fees thereon.
Source.
GS 220:5. GL 239:5. PS 234:5. PL 346:5. RL 402:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:6 - Tax.

530:6 Tax. –
When such town or district tax is so assessed it shall be collected within thirty days, and shall be applied in satisfaction of the execution.
Source.
RS 198:3. CS 211:3. GS 220:6. GL 239:6. PS 234:6. PL 346:6. RL 402:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:7 - Neglect by Selectmen.

530:7 Neglect by Selectmen. –
If the selectmen, to whom such vote of the district is certified, neglect for thirty days to assess the district tax, and deliver to the collector their warrant for the collection thereof, such execution against the district may be levied upon the property of the selectmen.
Source.
GS 220:7. GL 239:7. PS 234:7. PL 346:7. RL 402:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:8 - Levy on Private Property.

530:8 Levy on Private Property. –
If the execution is not paid within sixty days after an attested copy is left as aforesaid it may be levied as follows: against a town, upon the goods or estate of the selectmen; against a district, upon the goods or estate of the school board or of the commissioners, as the case may be. If sufficient goods and estate of the selectmen, school board or commissioners are not found it may be levied upon the goods or estate of any inhabitants of the town or district. If the goods or estate of the aforesaid officers and of the inhabitants of the town or district are not sufficient, then it may be levied upon the property in the town or district belonging to any nonresident.
Source.
RS 198:5. CS 211:5. GS 220:8. GL 239:8. 1885, 67:1. PS 234:8. PL 346:8. RL 402:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:9 - Petition to Court by Property Owner.

530:9 Petition to Court by Property Owner. –
In case a levy is begun upon the property of an inhabitant or nonresident, other than one of the selectmen or of the school board or commissioners, the superior court, upon application of the person whose property is so levied upon, or upon the application of any other property owner in the town or district, shall issue a writ of mandamus ordering the selectmen to assess and collect a tax sufficient to pay the amount of the execution and costs.
Source.
GL 239:8. 1885, 67:2. PS 234:9. 1921, 14:1. PL 346:9. RL 402:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:10 - Petition to Court by Creditor.

530:10 Petition to Court by Creditor. –
Such writ shall also be issued, upon application of the execution creditor, in any case where the execution has not been paid within sixty days after an attested copy has been left as provided in RSA 530:3.
Source.
GL 239:8. 1885, 67:2. PS 234:9. 1921, 14:1. PL 346:10. RL 402:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:11 - Effect.

530:11 Effect. –
If application for the writ is made to the court by a person whose property is levied upon, within thirty days after the beginning of the levy, further proceedings on the levy shall be suspended, unless the court shall otherwise order.
Source.
GL 239:8. 1885, 67:2. PS 234:10. PL 346:11. RL 402:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIV - Executions, Levies, Bail, and the Relief of Poor Debtors › Chapter 530 - Levy of Executions Against Towns and Districts › Section 530:12 - Recovery From Town.

530:12 Recovery From Town. –
Every person upon whose property an execution against a town or district has been levied may, in an action of assumpsit for money paid, recover of such town or district the sum so levied, and damages and double costs.
Source.
RS 198:6. CS 211:6. GS 220:10. GL 239:10. 1885, 67:2. PS 234:11. PL 346:12. RL 402:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:1 - Right.

534:1 Right. –
A person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of his personal liberty, by an officer or other person, except in the cases mentioned in the following section, is entitled of right to a writ of habeas corpus according to the provisions of this chapter.
Source.
RS 202:1. CS 215:1. GS 224:1. GL 243:1. PS 239:1. PL 350:1. RL 406:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:2 - Limitation on.

534:2 Limitation on. –
Persons imprisoned upon legal process, civil or criminal, in which the cause of the imprisonment is distinctly expressed, and persons committed by a court or judge of the United States, and where no judge of a court of this state has authority to discharge or to commit to bail, are not entitled of right to such writ.
Source.
RS 202:2. CS 215:2. GS 224:2. GL 243:2. PS 239:2. PL 350:2. RL 406:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:3 - Application.

534:3 Application. –
Application for the writ shall be made to the superior court in the county in which the person is imprisoned, by a person so imprisoned or restrained, or by some person in his behalf.
Source.
RS 202:3. CS 215:3. GS 224:3. GL 243:3. PS 239:3. PL 350:3. RL 406:3. RSA 534:3. 1994, 56:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:4 - Form.

534:4 Form. –
The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and under oath, and shall state the place where the person is supposed to be imprisoned or restrained of his liberty, and by whom; and a copy of the warrant or precept, if any, under which he is confined shall be annexed to the application.
Source.
RS 202:4. CS 215:4. GS 224:4. GL 243:4. PS 239:4. PL 350:4. RL 406:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:5 - Denial.

534:5 Denial. –
If by such copy it appears that the person is lawfully imprisoned or restrained of his liberty by virtue thereof, a writ of habeas corpus shall not be granted.
Source.
RS 202:5. CS 215:5. GS 224:5. GL 243:5. PS 239:5. PL 350:5. RL 406:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:6 - Excessive Bail.

534:6 Excessive Bail. –
If by such copy it appears that the person is imprisoned on criminal process before a magistrate for want of recognizance, and that excessive bail or recognizance is required, the court or justice shall decide what bail is reasonable, and he shall, on giving such bail, be discharged.
Source.
RS 202:6. CS 215:6. GS 224:6. GL 243:6. PS 239:6. PL 350:6. RL 406:6. RSA 534:6. 1971, 227:17, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:7 - Copy of Precept.

534:7 Copy of Precept. –
If an officer having the custody of any such person by virtue of a precept refuses or delays unnecessarily to deliver to the applicant an attested copy of the precept, on demand, the court or justice, on proof by affidavit of the applicant or other credible witness of the demand and refusal or of unnecessary delay, shall forthwith issue the writ of habeas corpus as prayed for.
Source.
RS 202:7. CS 215:7. GS 224:7. GL 243:7. PS 239:7. PL 350:7. RL 406:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:8 - Writ.

534:8 Writ. –
The form of writ may be substantially as follows:
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
.......... ss. To: ..........
[L. S.] We command you that the body of .......... , in our prison, under your custody detained [or, by you imprisoned and restrained of his liberty, as the case may be], as is said, together with the day and cause of the taking and detaining of the said .......... by whatever name the said .......... may be called, or charged, you have before our justices of our superior court, holden at .......... , within and for our county of .......... , immediately after the receipt of this writ, to undergo and receive what our said justices shall then and there consider of him in this behalf; and have you then and there this writ.
Witness .......... at .......... , this .......... day of .......... , in the year ..........
All necessary alterations in the form shall be made to adapt the writ to the circumstances of the application.
Source.
RS 202:8. CS 215:8. GS 224:8. GL 243:8. PS 239:8. PL 350:8. RL 406:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:9 - Attestation.

534:9 Attestation. –
The writ, when awarded by the court, shall be under the seal of the court, shall bear teste of the chief or senior justice who is not a party, and shall be signed by the clerk; when awarded by a justice of the court it shall be under his hand and seal.
Source.
RS 202:9. CS 215:9. GS 224:9. GL 243:9. PS 239:9. PL 350:9. RL 406:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:10 - How Returnable.

534:10 How Returnable. –
The writ, when issued by the court, may be made returnable to the court or a justice thereof in any county immediately, or at a time and place therein directed.
Source.
RS 202:10. CS 215:10. GS 224:10. GL 243:10. PS 239:10. PL 350:10. RL 406:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:11 - When Issued by Justice.

534:11 When Issued by Justice. –
If the writ is issued by a justice of the court it may be made returnable before himself, the court or any justice thereof at a place certain, immediately or at other time therein directed.
Source.
RS 202:11. CS 215:11. GS 224:11. GL 243:11. PS 239:11. PL 350:11. RL 406:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:12 - Mode of Return.

534:12 Mode of Return. –
In all cases the writ shall be made returnable in such mode as to secure to the applicant the enjoyment of it in the most free, easy, cheap and expeditious manner.
Source.
RS 202:12. CS 215:12. GS 224:12. GL 243:12. PS 239:12. PL 350:12. RL 406:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:13 - Security; Expenses.

534:13 Security;  Expenses. –
The court or justice awarding the writ may, in his discretion, require the applicant to give satisfactory security to the person to whom the writ is directed, for the payment of all charges incurred by reason of the process, and that the person imprisoned shall not escape by the way. The court or justice may also fix and cause to be indorsed upon the writ the expense of producing the person imprisoned or restrained, according to the precept, and may require it to be paid or tendered when the writ is served.
Source.
RS 202:13. CS 215:13. GS 224:13. GL 243:13. PS 239:13. PL 350:13. RL 406:13.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:14 - Service.

534:14 Service. –
The service of the writ may be made by any person, by delivering the original to the person to whom it is directed, or, if the person for whom application is made is in prison, by leaving it with the jailer or deputy keeper at the prison, and paying or tendering the sum indorsed on the writ, if any.
Source.
RS 202:14. CS 215:14. GS 224:14. GL 243:14. PS 239:14. PL 350:14. RL 406:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:15 - Return of Service.

534:15 Return of Service. –
The person making the service shall keep a copy of the writ, and shall make his return or affidavit of service and of the payment or tender of fees thereon as in other cases, and shall deliver it to the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable, on or before the time of hearing therein designated.
Source.
RS 202:15. CS 215:15. GS 224:15. GL 243:15. PS 239:15. PL 350:15. RL 406:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:16 - Return of Writ.

534:16 Return of Writ. –
The person to whom the writ is directed shall receive it when offered, and, upon payment or tender of the sum indorsed on the writ, if any, shall yield obedience to the command thereof; shall make return thereof to the court or justice, at the time and place therein mentioned; and shall state every cause of taking and detaining the person imprisoned or restrained; all of which shall be made under oath; and he shall also have present the body of such person, unless imprisoned or restrained for some one or more of the causes specified in RSA 534:2.
Source.
RS 202:16. CS 215:16. GS 224:16. GL 243:16. PS 239:16. PL 350:16. RL 406:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:17 - Time.

534:17 Time. –
If no time is specified for the return, but the writ is returnable immediately, the return shall be made within three days after the service, unless the prisoner is to be brought more than twenty miles, in which case the return shall be made within so many days more as will be equal to one day for every ten miles of such further distance.
Source.
RS 202:17. CS 215:17. GS 224:17. GL 243:17. PS 239:17. PL 350:17. RL 406:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:18 - Place.

534:18 Place. –
If the court is not in session when any such writ is made returnable it shall be returned to any justice of the court as if it were issued by and returnable to him.
Source.
RS 202:19. CS 215:19. GS 224:19. GL 243:19. PS 239:19. PL 350:18. RL 406:18.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:19 - Adjourning to Court.

534:19 Adjourning to Court. –
A justice of the court to whom any such writ is returned may certify and return it, with all things pertaining thereto, to the court, if then sitting; and, at any time before the prisoner is discharged, bailed or remanded, he may adjourn further proceedings on the writ to the court, if then in session, or to the next term thereof if to begin within three months next afterward. The court, in any such case, shall proceed therein as if the writ had been, by the tenor thereof, returnable thereto.
Source.
RS 202:18. CS 215:18. GS 224:18. GL 243:18. PS 239:18. PL 350:19. RL 406:19.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:20 - Orders.

534:20 Orders. –
The court or justice may require and take security by recognizance, with sufficient sureties if necessary, for the appearance of any party at the time and place of hearing on any such writ, and to abide the order of court thereon; and may make all decrees necessary to insure the attainment of the object of the writ and enforce it upon the principles of equity.
Source.
RS 202:20. CS 215:20. GS 224:20. GL 243:20. PS 239:20. PL 350:20. RL 406:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:21 - Hearing.

534:21 Hearing. –
Whenever any person is brought before a court or any justice thereof as aforesaid the court or justice shall, within three days thereafter, examine the causes of detention.
Source.
RS 202:21. CS 215:21. GS 224:21. GL 243:21. PS 239:21. PL 350:21. RL 406:21.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:22 - Judgment.

534:22 Judgment. –
If the person imprisoned or restrained is so imprisoned or restrained without sufficient cause or due order of law, he shall be discharged; but if otherwise he shall be remanded.
Source.
RS 202:22. CS 215:22. GS 224:22. GL 243:22. PS 239:22. PL 350:22. RL 406:22.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:23 - Bail, Crimes.

534:23 Bail, Crimes. –
If the person is committed for a bailable offense the court or justice may bail him by ordering him to recognize, with sufficient surety or sureties, in a reasonable sum, for his appearance at the court having cognizance of the offense, and shall certify the recognizance into the court.
Source.
RS 202:23. CS 215:23. GS 224:23. GL 243:23. PS 239:23. PL 350:23. RL 406:23.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:25 - Contempt.

534:25 Contempt. –
If the person is imprisoned or restrained by order of a justice, or of any court or authority other than the supreme or superior court or a justice thereof, for contempt, the proceedings in the order and the cause thereof may be revised, and the order affirmed, modified or reversed by the superior court or a justice thereof.
Source.
1862, 2600:1. GS 224:25. GL 243:25. PS 239:25. PL 350:25. RL 406:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:26 - Copy of Process.

534:26 Copy of Process. –
If an officer having the custody of a prisoner, on payment or tender of his fees therefor, shall not, within 12 business hours after demand made, deliver to the prisoner a true copy of the warrant or process by which he is holden in custody he shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of two hundred dollars.
Source.
RS 202:25. CS 215:25. GS 224:26. GL 243:26. PS 239:26. PL 350:26. RL 406:26. 1997, 247:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:27 - Disobeying Writ.

534:27 Disobeying Writ. –
If a person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed refuses to receive it, or conceals himself or avoids, so that the writ cannot be delivered to him, or, after the receipt thereof, and payment or tender of expenses when required as aforesaid, he refuses or neglects to yield obedience thereto, unless prevented by the sickness of the person detained or other necessity, he shall forfeit for every such offense, to the person aggrieved, the sum of five hundred dollars.
Source.
RS 202:26. CS 215:26. GS 224:27. GL 243:27. PS 239:27. PL 350:27. RL 406:27.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:28 - False Return.

534:28 False Return. –
If a person makes a false return to any such writ he shall be liable to the action of the party aggrieved, and also to any action at common law for false imprisonment or unlawful restraint.
Source.
RS 202:27. CS 215:27. GS 224:28. GL 243:28. PS 239:28. PL 350:28. RL 406:28.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:29 - Enforcement.

534:29 Enforcement. –
The court or justice awarding any such writ, or to whom it is returned, may punish every disobedience to the order thereof as for a contempt, and may compel obedience thereto by process of attachment.
Source.
RS 202:28. CS 215:28. GS 224:29. GL 243:29. PS 239:29. PL 350:29. RL 406:29.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:30 - Reimprisonment.

534:30 Reimprisonment. –
No person enlarged by habeas corpus shall again be imprisoned or restrained of his liberty for the same cause, unless he shall be indicted therefor, or convicted thereof, or shall neglect to appear according to his recognizance, or to find bail when required thereto; and if an officer or other person shall wilfully again imprison or restrain the person so discharged, except as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the party aggrieved eight hundred dollars.
Source.
RS 202:29. CS 215:29. GS 224:30. GL 243:30. PS 239:30. PL 350:30. RL 406:30.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:31 - Limitation of Actions and Prosecutions.

534:31 Limitation of Actions and Prosecutions. –
All actions and prosecutions for any offense against the provisions of this chapter shall be begun within two years next after the commission of the offense, saving to all persons in prison the right to sue or prosecute at any time within two years after such impediment is removed.
Source.
RS 202:30. CS 215:30. GS 224:31. GL 243:31. PS 239:31. PL 350:31. RL 406:31.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 534 - Habeas Corpus › Section 534:32 - Survival of Right of Action.

534:32 Survival of Right of Action. –
The right of action in any such case shall not cease by the death of either party, but shall survive for and against the personal representatives of the deceased.
Source.
RS 202:31. CS 215:31. GS 224:32. GL 243:32. 1885, 11:1. PS 239:32. PL 350:32. RL 406:32.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:1 - Definition, Grant.

535:1 Definition, Grant. –
The word grant in this chapter includes all grants or charters of lands made by the supreme executive or legislative power of the state, and all acts of incorporation and laws giving to individuals powers or rights not common to all citizens.
Source.
RS 203:1. CS 216:1. GS 225:1. GL 244:1. PS 240:1. PL 351:1. RL 407:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:2 - Definition, Grantee.

535:2 Definition, Grantee. –
The word grantee in this chapter includes the person or corporation to whom a grant is made, and all persons having the right of such person or corporation therein.
Source.
RS 203:2. CS 216:2. GS 225:2. GL 244:2. PS 240:2. PL 351:2. RL 407:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:3 - Cause for Forfeiture.

535:3 Cause for Forfeiture. –
Any grant may be adjudged forfeited for the non-performance of any condition annexed to or contained therein, whether such condition be expressed or implied.
Source.
RS 203:3. CS 216:3. GS 225:19. GL 244:19. PS 240:19. PL 351:19. RL 407:19.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:4 - Information; Petition.

535:4 Information;  Petition. –
Proceedings for obtaining a decree of the forfeiture of such grant may be by information, filed in the superior court by the attorney-general or other person authorized in behalf of the state; or, if the claim is by an individual for the forfeiture of a grant of land, by his petition, filed in the court, alleging the forfeiture and praying for the decree.
Source.
RS 203:5. CS 216:5. GS 225:3. GL 244:3. PS 240:3. PL 351:3. RL 407:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:5 - Bond.

535:5 Bond. –
The petitioner shall file with the clerk a bond to the state, in a reasonable sum, with sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay all costs which may be adjudged against him.
Source.
RS 203:5. CS 216:5. GS 225:4. GL 244:4. PS 240:4. PL 351:4. RL 407:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:6 - Venue.

535:6 Venue. –
If the land to which the proceedings relate is in different counties the proceedings may be in either, and the summons upon the information or petition shall be that the grantee appear and show cause why the grant should not be decreed forfeited.
Source.
RS 203:6. CS 216:6. GS 225:5. GL 244:5. PS 240:5. PL 351:5. RL 407:5. 2014, 204:41, eff. July 11, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:7 - Service of Petition or Information.

535:7 Service of Petition or Information. –
Service of the petition or information and order may be made as required in actions begun by writ of summons. If such service is not practicable, service may be made by publication, or in such other manner as the court may order.
Source.
RS 203:7, 8. CS 216:7, 8. GS 225:6. GL 244:6. PS 240:6. PL 351:6. RL 407:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:8 - Default.

535:8 Default. –
If the grantee does not appear upon such service or notice, the court shall hear the evidence, and adjudge whether the grant is forfeited.
Source.
RS 203:10. CS 216:10. GS 225:7. GL 244:7. PS 240:7. PL 351:7. RL 407:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:9 - Several Defendants.

535:9 Several Defendants. –
If several persons claim under the same grant they may appear and plead severally.
Source.
RS 203:9. CS 216:9. GS 225:8. GL 244:8. PS 240:8. PL 351:8. RL 407:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:10 - Equitable Relief.

535:10 Equitable Relief. –
If it is found by the jury or by the court that the conditions of the grant have not been performed the grantee may in writing allege reasons why the forfeiture ought not in equity to be enforced, and the court, upon consideration thereof, shall determine whether, in equity and good conscience, a decree of forfeiture should be made.
Source.
RS 203:11. CS 216:11. GS 225:9. GL 244:9. PS 240:9. PL 351:9. RL 407:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:11 - Costs to be Paid by Grantee.

535:11 Costs to be Paid by Grantee. –
If they decide that such decree ought not in equity to be made the judgment shall be that the grant is not forfeited, for the reasons in equity assigned, and that the grantee pay the costs of suit.
Source.
RS 203:12. CS 216:12. GS 225:10. GL 244:10. PS 240:10. PL 351:10. RL 407:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:12 - Forfeiture.

535:12 Forfeiture. –
If they decide that the decree of forfeiture ought to be made the judgment shall be that the grant is forfeited.
Source.
RS 203:13. CS 216:13. GS 225:11. GL 244:11. PS 240:11. PL 351:11. RL 407:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:13 - Notice to Legislature.

535:13 Notice to Legislature. –
Whenever such judgment is rendered on information filed in behalf of the state the clerk shall, within thirty days, transmit to the secretary of state attested copies of the judgment, and all papers in the case, which shall be filed in his office and laid before the general court at their next session.
Source.
RS 203:14. CS 216:14. GS 225:12. GL 244:12. PS 240:12. PL 351:12. RL 407:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:14 - Improvements.

535:14 Improvements. –
Whenever judgment is rendered that a grant of land is forfeited the grantee may file in writing a claim for improvements made by him on the land, and move to be heard thereon.
Source.
RS 203:15. CS 216:15. GS 225:13. GL 244:13. PS 240:13. PL 351:13. RL 407:13.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:15 - Procedure.

535:15 Procedure. –
The question whether improvements have been made, the value thereof and the value of the land at the time of the entry of the grantee, shall be determined upon equitable principles by the court or a jury, at the election of the grantee.
Source.
RS 203:16. CS 216:16. GS 225:14. GL 244:14. PS 240:14. PL 351:14. RL 407:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:16 - Decree.

535:16 Decree. –
If improvements are found a decree shall be made that the state or petitioner pay to the grantee the value thereof, or such part of the value as the court may deem equitable, or that the grantee pay to the state or petitioner the value of the land before the improvements were made, and upon such payment that the grantee have the title of the state or of the petitioner thereto.
Source.
RS 203:16. CS 216:16. GS 225:15. GL 244:15. PS 240:15. PL 351:15. RL 407:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:17 - Alternative Decree.

535:17 Alternative Decree. –
The decree in such case may be in the alternative, that the grantee pay the value of the land, or that the value of the improvements be paid to him, at his election; and in all cases it may prescribe the time, mode and conditions of payment, as may be equitable.
Source.
RS 203:16. CS 216:16. GS 225:16. GL 244:16. PS 240:16. PL 351:16. RL 407:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:18 - Scire Facias.

535:18 Scire Facias. –
If the grantee fails to fulfill the decree according to its terms, upon scire facias to him, a final decree shall be made that his claim is forfeited, and a writ of possession shall issue thereon.
Source.
RS 203:18. CS 215:18. GS 225:17. GL 244:17. PS 240:17. PL 351:17. RL 407:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:19 - Costs.

535:19 Costs. –
If the defendant prevails in the suit he shall recover his costs of the person by whom it is prosecuted, unless authorized to prosecute the same in behalf of the state.
Source.
RS 203:20. CS 216:20. GS 225:18. GL 244:18. PS 240:18. PL 351:18. RL 407:18.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 535 - Forfeiture of Grants › Section 535:20 - Effect.

535:20 Effect. –
Whenever a grant is adjudged forfeited the grantee is divested of all rights, powers and privileges under it; and it shall be thenceforth void.
Source.
RS 203:4. CS 216:4. GS 225:20. GL 244:20. PS 240:20. PL 351:20. RL 407:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:1 - Personal Property.

536-A:1 Personal Property. –
A party may recover possession of personal property wrongfully taken or detained by applying to the superior court, or concurrently to a district court where the value of the property is within the jurisdictional amount of a district court, for a writ of replevin in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:2 - Complaint.

536-A:2 Complaint. –
The complaint or application shall be executed under penalties of perjury or be verified by oath and shall state:
I. That the applicant is the owner of the property claimed or entitled to the possession thereof and the source of such title or right and shall attach thereto a copy of any written instrument upon which such title or right is claimed.
II. The manner in which the property is wrongfully detained by the defendant, the means by which the defendant came into possession of the property and the cause of such detention.
III. A particular description of the property, a statement of its actual value, the location of the property and the name and address of the defendant and any other person in possession of the property.
IV. Whether or not the property is exempt from execution, and the name and address of any known lienholder.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:3 - Preliminary Notice to Show Cause.

536-A:3 Preliminary Notice to Show Cause. –
The court shall, without delay, issue an order directed to the defendant to show cause why the property should not be taken from the defendant and delivered to the applicant. Such order shall fix the date and time for the hearing thereon, which ordinarily shall be no sooner than ten days nor later than twenty days from the issuance of the order, and shall direct the time within which service thereof shall be made upon the defendant. Such order shall inform the defendant that he may file affidavits on his behalf with the court and may appear and present testimony on his behalf at the time of such hearing, or that he may, at or prior to such hearing, file with the court a written undertaking to stay the delivery of the property and that, if he fails to appear, the court will issue a writ of replevin. Such order shall fix the manner in which service thereof shall be made, which shall be by personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, or in such other manner as the court may determine under the circumstances appearing from the complaint and affidavit.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:4 - Temporary Restraining Order.

536-A:4 Temporary Restraining Order. –
Such preliminary notice issued pursuant to RSA 536-A:3 shall include a temporary order restraining the defendant from removing the property from the state or otherwise from its location, or transferring, selling, pledging, assigning or otherwise altering, damaging, disposing of, or permitting it to become subject to a security interest or lien, until further order of the court.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:5 - Show Cause Hearing.

536-A:5 Show Cause Hearing. –
If the defendant fails to appear at the preliminary hearing, a writ of replevin shall issue. Otherwise, upon the hearing on the order to show cause, the court shall consider the showing made by the parties appearing, and shall make a preliminary determination which party, with reasonable probability, is entitled to possession, use, and disposition of the property, pending final adjudication of the claims of the parties. If the court determines that the action is one in which a prejudgment writ of replevin should issue, it shall direct the issuance of such writ forthwith.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:6 - Entry of Private Premises.

536-A:6 Entry of Private Premises. –
A writ of replevin shall not issue to enter the private premises or a building for the purpose of seizure of property unless the court shall first determine from competent evidence that there is probable cause to believe that the property or some part thereof is located on or in the private premises or building and the applicant is entitled to its possession.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:7 - Security.

536-A:7 Security. –
I. A writ of replevin shall not issue at any stage of the proceedings until the applicant has filed with the court a written undertaking executed by the applicant and secured by a proper assignment or conveyance of one or more sufficient securities, approved by the court, in an amount of double the value of the property, as determined by the court, to prosecute the applicant's action to completion and, alternatively, for the return of the property to the defendant, if return thereof be ordered, and for the payment to the defendant of any sum as may from any cause arising out of the action be recovered against the applicant.
II. For purposes of this section, securities may include, but shall not be limited to, bonds, letters of credit, security interests, or cash in a form and amount acceptable to the court.
Source.
1973, 467:1. 1999, 132:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:8 - Writ Content.

536-A:8 Writ Content. –
The writ of replevin shall be directed to a sheriff, constable, or police officer within whose jurisdiction the property is located. It shall describe the specific property to be seized, and shall specify the location or locations where, as determined by the court from all the evidence, there is probable cause to believe the property or some part thereof will be found. It shall direct the levying officer to seize the same if it is found, and to retain it in his custody. Upon probable cause later shown by further affidavit or declaration by applicant or someone on his behalf, filed with the court, a writ of replevin may be endorsed by the court, without further notice, to direct the levying officer to search for the property at another location or locations and to seize the same, if found.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:9 - Powers of Officer.

536-A:9 Powers of Officer. –
The levying officer shall forthwith take the property, if it be in the possession of the defendant or his agent, and retain it in his custody, either by removing the property to a place of safekeeping or, upon good cause shown, by installing a keeper. Provided that, when the property is used as a dwelling, such as a housetrailer, mobile home, or boat, the same shall be taken by placing a keeper in charge of the property, at the applicant's expense, for two days. At the expiration of such period, the officer shall remove its occupants and take the property into his immediate custody.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:10 - Property Within a Building.

536-A:10 Property Within a Building. –
If the property or any part thereof is in a building or enclosure, the levying officer shall demand its delivery, announcing his identity, purpose, and the authority under which he acts. If the property is not voluntarily delivered, he shall cause the building or enclosure to be broken open in such manner as he reasonably believes will cause the least damage to the building or enclosure, and take the property into his possession. He may call upon any sheriff or police officer to aid and protect him, but if he reasonably believes that entry and seizure of the property will involve a substantial risk of death or serious bodily harm to any person, he shall refrain from seizing the property, and shall forthwith make a return before the court from which the writ issued, setting forth the reasons for his belief that such risk exists. The court thereupon shall make such orders and decrees as may be appropriate.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:11 - Service.

536-A:11 Service. –
The levying officer shall, without delay, serve upon the defendant a copy of the writ of replevin and written undertaking, the complaint and affidavit, by delivering the same to him personally, if he can be found, or to his agent from whose possession the property is taken; or, if neither can be found, by leaving them at the usual place of abode of either with some person of suitable age and discretion; or, if neither have any known place of abode, by mailing them to their last known address.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:12 - Ex Parte Issuance of Writ.

536-A:12 Ex Parte Issuance of Writ. –
Upon specific request of the applicant and examination of the complaint and affidavit and such other evidence or testimony as the judge may thereupon require, a writ of replevin may be issued prior to hearing, if probable cause appears that any of the following exist:
I. The defendant gained possession of the property by theft;
II. The property consists of one or more negotiable instruments or credit cards;
III. By reason of specific, competent evidence shown, by affidavit or by testimony within the personal knowledge of an affiant or witness, the property is perishable, and will perish before any noticed hearing can be had, or is in immediate danger of destruction, serious harm, concealment, or removal from this state, or of sale to an innocent purchaser, and that the holder of such property threatens to destroy, harm, conceal, remove it from the state, or sell it to an innocent purchaser.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:13 - Shortened Hearing.

536-A:13 Shortened Hearing. –
Where a writ of replevin has been issued ex parte and prior to hearing, the defendant or other person from whom possession of such property has been taken may apply to the court for an order shortening the time for hearing on the order to show cause; and the court may, upon such application, shorten the time for such hearing, and direct that the matter shall be heard on not less than forty-eight hours' notice to the plaintiff.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:14 - Retention of Property Upon Filing Security.

536-A:14 Retention of Property Upon Filing Security. –
I. At any time prior to the hearing of the order to show cause, or before the delivery of the property to the plaintiff, the defendant may require the return thereof upon filing with the court a written undertaking executed by the defendant and secured by a proper assignment or conveyance of one or more sufficient securities, approved by the court, to the effect that the defendant shall be bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the verified complaint of the applicant, or as determined by the court, for the delivery thereof to the applicant and for the payment to the applicant of such sum as may for any cause be recovered against the defendant. At the time of filing such undertaking, the defendant shall serve upon the applicant or the applicant's attorney a notice of filing of such undertaking, to which a copy of such undertaking shall be attached, and shall cause proof of service thereof to be filed with the court. If such undertaking be filed prior to hearing of the order to show cause, proceedings thereunder shall terminate, unless exception is taken to the adequacy or sufficiency of the securities. If, at the time of filing of such undertaking, the property shall be in the custody of the levying officer, such property shall be redelivered to the defendant 5 days after service of notice of filing such undertaking unless objected to by the applicant or the applicant's attorney.
II. For purposes of this section, securities may include, but shall not be limited to, bonds, letters of credit, security interests, or cash in a form and amount acceptable to the court.
Source.
1973, 467:1. 1999, 132:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:15 - Officer Exempt From Liability.

536-A:15 Officer Exempt From Liability. –
Any officer shall be exempt from liability to any person when acting in the proper performance of the directions of the court issued hereunder. He may require advance payment from a party of his costs of repossession and storage reasonably to be anticipated and, in any event, shall have a lien on the property repossessed for payment of the same.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:16 - Delivery of Possession.

536-A:16 Delivery of Possession. –
When the levying officer has taken property as provided in this chapter, he shall keep it in a secure place and deliver it to the party preliminarily determined to be entitled thereto, upon receiving his fees for taking and his necessary expenses for keeping the same, after expiration of the time for filing of an undertaking for redelivery and for exception to the sureties upon any undertaking, unless the court shall by order stay such delivery.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:17 - Return.

536-A:17 Return. –
The levying officer shall return the writ of replevin, with his proceedings thereon, to the court in which the action is pending, within twenty days after taking the property mentioned in the writ.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:18 - Judgment for Defendant.

536-A:18 Judgment for Defendant. –
If the defendant shall prevail, he shall have judgment for the return of such personal property or part thereof, if he so elects, as remains in the possession of the applicant and such further damages as may be awarded him.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 536-A - Replevin › Section 536-A:19 - Contempt.

536-A:19 Contempt. –
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all cases of wrongful detention, including property attached in other actions of replevin or pursuant to other process of law and may be initiated at any stage of the proceedings and any violation of orders of the court issued hereunder may be punished by contempt.
Source.
1973, 467:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 539 - Wilful Trespass › Section 539:1, 539:2 - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

539:1, 539:2 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 539 - Wilful Trespass › Section 539:3 - Damages to Fences; Penalty.

539:3 Damages to Fences;  Penalty. –
Whoever shall knowingly throw down, damage, or leave open any fence, gate, or bar belonging to or enclosing land held in common, or belonging to another person, or shall aid in such act, shall forfeit to the person injured treble damages, and shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
RS 207:3. CS 220:3. GS 229:3. GL 248:3. PS 244:3. PL 355:3. RL 411:3. RSA 539:3. 1988, 148:8. 1995, 299:17, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 539 - Wilful Trespass › Section 539:3-a - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

539:3-a Repealed by 1995, 299:19, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –