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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 548 - Registers of Probate › Section 548:26 - Repealed by 1981, 310:6, eff. Sept. 14, 1981.

548:26 Repealed by 1981, 310:6, eff. Sept. 14, 1981. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 548 - Registers of Probate › Section 548:27 - Repealed by 1983, 383:78, XIV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

548:27 Repealed by 1983, 383:78, XIV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 548 - Registers of Probate › Section 548:28 - Penalty.

548:28 Penalty. –
Any register who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
GS 171:13. GL 190:13. PS 183:18. PL 294:17. RL 347:18. RSA 548:28. 1973, 529:126, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:1 - Petitions.

550:1 Petitions. –
All proceedings in the court of probate shall be begun by petition to the judge, briefly setting forth the ground of the application.
Source.
RS 152:1. CS 161:1. GS 173:1. GL 192:1. PS 185:1. PL 296:1. RL 349:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:2 - Citation to Fiduciary.

550:2 Citation to Fiduciary. –
The judge of probate may on his own motion issue a citation directed to any fiduciary appointed by or responsible to the probate court, requiring such fiduciary to appear before him to inform the court concerning any matters related to his trust over which the court has jurisdiction, and upon due notice and hearing, may make such order or decree as appears to the judge to be proper.
Source.
1947, 264:7. RL 349:1-a.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:3 - Service of Citation.

550:3 Service of Citation. –
Service of citation under the preceding section shall be sufficient if made by registered mail, return receipt requested, at the address of record of the fiduciary. Any expenses incidental to carrying out the provisions of this or the preceding section shall be charged against the estate, and may, in the discretion of the judge of probate, be deducted from any fee or other compensation due the fiduciary.
Source.
1947, 264:7. RL 349:1-b.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:4 - Cases Requiring No Notice.

550:4 Cases Requiring No Notice. –
The probate court may, at the discretion of the judge, proceed without notice in the following cases:
I. In the probate of wills in common form.
II. In the appointment of the person entitled to such trust, or of the person by him nominated, as administrator.
III. In the appointment of appraisers of estates.
IV. In licensing the sale of personal estate.
V. In licensing the sale of real estate whenever the heirs at law or devisees consent thereto in writing, or it is of less than five hundred dollars in value.
VI. In the appointment of commissioners of insolvent estates.
VII. In the appointment of guardians of minors.
VIII. In granting allowances to widows.
IX. In the assignment of the homestead right.
X. In making orders for suits upon probate bonds.
XI. In changing the names of persons who reside in the county and who apply therefor.
XII. In the appointment of trustees named in wills.
XIII. In licensing the mortgage of real estate pursuant to RSA 554:30-35.
XIV. In allowing the payment of a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for the perpetual care of a cemetery lot and the monuments thereon where the decedent is buried.
XV. When an accounting is filed by a guardian who is a parent of or a person standing in loco parentis to a minor having his home with such guardian.
Source.
RS 155:1. 1843, 34:14. CS 164:1. GS 173:2. GL 192:2. PS 185:2. PL 296:2. RL 349:2. RSA 550:4. 1957, 167:2. 1963, 165:1, 2. 1971, 179:13, 14. 1997, 100:10, 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:5 - Citation to Parties Interested.

550:5 Citation to Parties Interested. –
In all cases in which notice is required a citation shall be issued, or an order of notice made to the parties interested, to appear at the court at a day and place therein appointed, that they may be heard if they see cause.
Source.
RS 155:2. CS 164:2. GS 173:3. GL 192:3. PS 185:3. PL 296:3. RL 349:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:6 - Service.

550:6 Service. –
Every citation or order of court to an individual, requiring him to perform a particular duty, shall be served by giving to him in person or leaving at his abode a certified copy thereof, if he resides in this state, twelve days at least before the day of hearing.
Source.
RS 155:3. CS 164:3. GS 173:4. GL 192:4. 1881, 20:1. PS 185:4. PL 296:4. RL 349:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:7 - Service Outside the State, Etc.

550:7 Service Outside the State, Etc. –
Every citation or order of notice to a person residing out of the state, or to the widow, heirs, devisees, legatees, creditors or persons interested in an estate, in general terms, to be present at a proceeding relative to the estate, shall be served by giving to each person to whom it is directed or leaving at his abode, twelve days at least before the day appointed for such proceedings, a certified copy of the citation or order of notice or by publication.
Source.
RS 155:4. CS 164:4. GS 173:5. GL 192:5. 1881, 20:1. PS 185:5. PL 296:5. RL 349:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:8 - Additional Notice.

550:8 Additional Notice. –
In addition to the notice prescribed in the preceding sections, the judge may order personal notice, or notice sent by mail, to any person interested, or notice by publication in a newspaper printed elsewhere, as he shall deem proper in the case.
Source.
RS 155:5. CS 164:5. GS 173:6. GL 192:6. PS 185:6. PL 296:6. RL 349:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:9 - Exceptions; Other Notice.

550:9 Exceptions;  Other Notice. –
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no publication or service of any petition, motion, pleading, or other proceeding, shall be required as to any party or person who has filed, or for whom there has been filed, in the probate registry, an appearance in writing, and notice shall be sufficient if a copy of such petition, motion, or other proceeding, together with notice of the time and place of hearing, shall be mailed to such party or person, or the attorney of record for such party or person, at the address specified in the appearance.
Source.
1947, 140:1. RL 349:6-a.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:10 - Publication of Notice in Newspaper.

550:10 Publication of Notice in Newspaper. –
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever notice is required to be published in a newspaper by any provision of this title, the register of probate shall cause such notice to be published 2 weeks successively in a newspaper which circulates in the town or city in which the person whose estate is involved last resided, or in the county whose court has jurisdiction, or otherwise as ordered by the judge.
II. The register of probate may select the newspaper for publication, provided only that it is a newspaper in the English language, unless the judge shall otherwise order. The register may publish a notice in a newspaper in other than the English language, provided that he also publishes the same notice in a newspaper in the English language at the same time. The first such publication shall be at least 2 weeks before the day or thing of which notice is given and the second publication shall be at least 7 days before the day or thing of which notice is given, unless otherwise ordered by the judge.
III. The register of probate may publish in one notice the necessary information pertaining to more than one estate, provided, however, that each separate subject matter such as the appointment of a fiduciary, a hearing on an account, a hearing on a license to sell real estate, or any other designated subject matter shall have a specific designation within each such notice.
IV. Prior to such publication, the fiduciary of the estate concerned shall advance and pay to the register of probate the cost of such publication as determined by the register, and a fee to the register as established by the supreme court under RSA 490:27. The fiduciary shall be allowed said sums so paid to the register in his account.
Source.
1851, 1119:1. CS 164:6. GS 173:7. 1877, 35:1. GL 192:7. PS 185:7. PL 296:7. RL 349:7. RSA 550:10. 1967, 429:1. 1979, 337:1. 1981, 310:5, eff. Sept. 14, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:11 - Accounts; Notice to Beneficiaries.

550:11 Accounts;  Notice to Beneficiaries. –
I. In this section, "fiduciary" means any:
(a) Executor;
(b) Administrator, including voluntary administrator, special administrator, administrator with will annexed, and administrator de bonis non; or
(c) Trustee.
II. Whenever any fiduciary files an account in the probate court, the fiduciary shall contemporaneously forward the following to all persons beneficially interested as defined in RSA 550:12, and all parties appearing of record:
(a) A copy of the account; and
(b) A notice that the account may be approved unless a written objection, containing the specific factual or legal basis for the objection, is filed within 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court. This notice requirement is waived if all assents are filed pursuant to paragraph IV.
III. The fiduciary shall certify to the probate court that the requirements of paragraph II have been complied with.
IV. If the fiduciary files, pursuant to RSA 550:13, assents to the account from all persons beneficially interested as defined in RSA 550:12, and all parties appearing of record, the account may be approved earlier than 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court, at the discretion of the court.
Source.
1947, 264:6, par. 8. RL 349:8. RSA 550:11. 1971, 256:1. 1991, 190:2. 1998, 155:6, eff. July 8, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:12 - Person Beneficially Interested Defined.

550:12 Person Beneficially Interested Defined. –
A person is beneficially interested if the person is:
I. An heir or distributee of an intestate estate;
II. A residuary legatee under a will;
III. A specific legatee under a will, but has not received the legacy;
IV. A beneficiary having a vested interest in a trust;
V. The attorney general in estates involving charitable trusts;
VI. A ward, or a minor under guardianship who is 14 years of age or older;
VII. An heir, or legatee under a will of a deceased ward;
VIII. A creditor who is known to the fiduciary and has not been paid; or
IX. The trustee of a trust which is a beneficiary of the estate.
Source.
1947, 264:6, par. 9. RL 349:9. RSA 550:12. 1977, 597:1. 1979, 291:1. 1998, 155:7. 2003, 82:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 550 - Citations and Notice › Section 550:13 - Dispensation of Citation and Notice.

550:13 Dispensation of Citation and Notice. –
The citation and notice required to be given to any person in any proceeding may be dispensed with upon written assent by such person to such proceeding or upon his written waiver of such citation and notice. A duly appointed guardian ad litem may give assent or waive citation or notice as aforesaid.
Source.
1953, 97:1. RSA 550:13. 1963, 165:3. 1967, 429:2, eff. Sept. 5, 1967.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:1 - Testators.

551:1 Testators. –
Every person of the age of eighteen years and married persons under that age, of sane mind, may devise and dispose of their property, real and personal, and of any right or interest they may have in any property, by their last will in writing.
Source.
RS 156:1. CS 158:11; 165:1. GS 164:12; 174:1. GL 183:11; 193:1. PS 186:1. 1923, 10:1. PL 297:1. RL 350:1. 1943, 93:1, eff. March 30, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:2 - Requirements.

551:2 Requirements. –
I. To be valid, a will or codicil to a will shall:
(a) Be made by a testator qualifying under RSA 551:1; and
(b) Be in writing; and
(c) Be signed by the testator, or by some person at his or her express direction in his or her presence; and
(d) Be signed by 2 or more credible witnesses, who shall, at the request of the testator and in the testator's presence, attest to the testator's signature.
II. No seal shall be required. These requirements shall apply to all wills executed on or after January 1, 1993.
III. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, a person attesting a will or codicil as a witness shall be deemed in the presence of the testator if the witness, the testator, the other witness or witnesses, as the case may be, and a notarial officer who is (1) the attorney, licensed to practice law in New Hampshire and in good standing, who drafted the will or codicil; (2) another attorney, licensed to practice law in New Hampshire and in good standing, under the drafting attorney's supervision; or (3) a paralegal under the supervision of either such attorney, can communicate simultaneously by sight and sound through an electronic device or process at the time all of them sign the will or codicil, which may be signed in multiple counterparts. A witness need not be physically present within the state of New Hampshire at the time the witness attests to the testator's signature.
(b) Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to allow an electronic will or codicil. This paragraph shall apply only to wills executed on or after March 23, 2020.
Source.
RS 156:6. 1848, 726:1. CS 165:6. GS 174:6. GL 193:6. 1887, 64:1, 2. PS 186:2. PL 297:2. RL 350:2. 1943, 93:2. RSA 551:2. 1983, 255:1. 1985, 200:1. 1992, 284:60, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. 2020, 17:12, eff. July 17, 2020. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 11, eff. Aug. 10, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:2-a - Self-Proved Wills.

551:2-a Self-Proved Wills. –
I. To qualify as self-proved, the signatures of the testator and witnesses shall be followed by a sworn acknowledgment made before a notary public or justice of the peace or other official authorized to administer oaths in the place of execution, as follows:
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this __________ (day) by ___ , the testator; ___ and ___ , the witnesses, who under oath do swear as follows:
1. The testator signed the instrument as the testator's will or expressly directed another to sign for the testator.
2. This was the testator's free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed in the will.
3. Each witness signed at the request of the testator, in the testator's presence, and in the presence of the other witness.
4. To the best of my knowledge, at the time of the signing the testator was at least 18 years of age, or if under 18 years was a married person, and was of sane mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
__________________
Signature
__________________
Official Capacity
II. Any will meeting the requirements of RSA 551-A shall also qualify as self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.
Source.
1983, 255:2. 1985, 200:2. 1999, 100:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:3 - Interested Witness.

551:3 Interested Witness. –
Any beneficial device or legacy made or given in a will to a subscribing witness thereto or to the wife or husband of such a witness shall be void unless there be 2 other subscribing witnesses, and such subscribing witness shall be a competent witness thereto; but a provision therein for the payment of a debt shall not be void nor disqualify the creditor as a witness thereto.
Source.
RS 156:8. CS 165:8. GS 174:8. GL 193:8. PS 186:3. 1911, 3:1. PL 297:3. RL 350:3. RSA 551:3. 1983, 255:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:4 - Corporate Beneficiary.

551:4 Corporate Beneficiary. –
No will nor any part thereof shall be holden invalid, nor any witness thereto incompetent, by reason of any or all of the witnesses being, at the time of the execution or of the probate thereof, members of a corporation to which a devise or legacy is therein given.
Source.
1865, 4089:1. GS 174:9. GL 193:9. PS 186:4. PL 297:4. RL 350:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:5 - Will Made Outside the State.

551:5 Will Made Outside the State. –
I. A will made out of this state, and valid according to the laws of the state or country where it was executed, may be proved and allowed in this state, and shall thereupon be as effective as it would have been if executed according to the laws of this state.
II. A will made out of this state, and self-proved according to the laws of the state or country where it was executed, is self-proved in this state and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.
Source.
1883, 106:1. PS 186:5. PL 297:5. RL 350:5. 1999, 100:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:6 - Devise of Real Estate.

551:6 Devise of Real Estate. –
Every devise of real estate shall be holden to pass all the estate of the devisor therein, unless it shall appear that it was his intention to pass a less estate.
Source.
RS 156:4. CS 165:4. GS 174:4. GL 193:4. PS 186:6. PL 297:6. RL 350:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:7 - After-Acquired Property.

551:7 After-Acquired Property. –
Any estate, right or interest in real property acquired by the testator after making his will, shall pass thereby, if such shall appear to have been his intention.
Source.
RS 156:2. CS 165:2. GS 174:2. GL 193:1, 2. PS 186:7. PL 297:7. RL 350:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:8 - Limited Estate.

551:8 Limited Estate. –
No express devise of an estate for life or other limited estate shall be enlarged or construed to pass any greater estate, by reason of any devise to the heirs or issue of such person.
Source.
RS 156:5. CS 165:5. GS 174:5. GL 193:5. PS 186:8. PL 297:8. RL 350:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:9 - Disseizin.

551:9 Disseizin. –
No devise or bequest of any property shall be defeated by a disseizin or wrongful dispossession thereof by any other person.
Source.
RS 156:3. CS 165:3. GS 174:3. GL 193:3. PS 186:9. PL 297:9. RL 350:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:12 - Heirs of Legatee.

551:12 Heirs of Legatee. –
The heirs in the descending line of a legatee or devisee, deceased before the testator, shall take the estate bequeathed or devised, in the same manner the legatee or devisee would have taken it if he had survived.
Source.
RS 156:11. CS 165:11. GS 174:12. GL 193:12. PS 186:12. PL 297:12. RL 350:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:14 - Implied.

551:14 Implied. –
The preceding section shall not control or affect any revocation of a will, implied by law, from any change in the circumstances of the testator, or his family, devisees, legatees or estate, occurring between the time of making the will and the death of the testator.
Source.
RS 156:14. CS 165:14. GS 174:15. GL 193:15. PS 186:15. PL 297:14. RL 350:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:15 - Nuncupative Will.

551:15 Nuncupative Will. –
A soldier in actual military service, or a mariner or seaman when at sea, may dispose of his movables and personal estate as he might heretofore have done.
Source.
RS 156:7. 1848, 726:1. CS 165:7, 16. GS 174:7. GL 193:7. PS 186:16. PL 297:15. RL 350:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:16 - Validity.

551:16 Validity. –
No nuncupative will shall be valid where the personal estate bequeathed exceeds in value one hundred dollars, unless declared in the presence of three witnesses who were requested by the testator to bear witness thereto, in his last sickness and in his usual dwelling, except when he was taken sick from home and died before his return; nor unless a memorandum thereof was reduced to writing within six days, and presented for probate within six months from the making thereof.
Source.
RS 156:15. CS 165:15. GS 174:16. GL 193:16. PS 186:17. PL 297:16. RL 350:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:17 - Donatio Causa Mortis.

551:17 Donatio Causa Mortis. –
No gift in expectation of death, often called donatio causa mortis, shall be valid, unless the actual delivery of the property to the donee shall be proved by two indifferent witnesses, upon petition of the donee to the judge to establish such gift, filed within sixty days after the decease of the donor.
Source.
GS 174:17. GL 193:17. PS 186:18. PL 297:17. RL 350:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551 - Wills › Section 551:18 - to 551:21 Repealed by 1977, 274:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.

551:18 to 551:21 Repealed by 1977, 274:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:1 - Definitions.

551-A:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "International will" means a will executed in conformity with RSA 551-A:2 through RSA 551-A:5.
II. "Authorized person" and "person authorized to act in connection with international wills" mean a person who by RSA 551-A:9, or by the laws of the United States including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:2 - International Will; Validity.

551-A:2 International Will;  Validity. –
I. A will shall be valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of this chapter.
II. The invalidity of the will as an international will shall not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.
III. This chapter shall not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by 2 or more persons in one instrument.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:3 - International Will; Requirements.

551-A:3 International Will;  Requirements. –
I. The will shall be made in writing. It need not be written by a testator. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.
II. The testator shall declare in the presence of 2 witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is the testator's will and that the testator knows the contents thereof. The testator need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents of the will.
III. In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the testator shall sign the will or, if the testator has previously signed it, shall acknowledge his or her signature.
IV. When the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his or her signature does not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his or her inability to sign and the authorized person makes note thereof on the will. In these cases, it is permissible for any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the direction of the testator to sign the testator's name for the testator, if the authorized person makes note of this also on the will, but it is not required that any person sign the testator's name.
V. The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:4 - International Will; Other Points of Form.

551-A:4 International Will;  Other Points of Form. –
I. The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet will be signed by the testator or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the person signing on his or her behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet shall be numbered.
II. The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.
III. The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the testator's will. If so and at the express request of the testator the place where he or she intends to have his or her will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in RSA 551-A:5.
IV. A will executed in compliance with RSA 551-A:3 shall not be invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:5 - International Will; Certificate.

551-A:5 International Will;  Certificate. –
The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by such authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been complied with. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:
CERTIFICATE
I, __________ (name, address, and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills
Certify that on __________ (date) at __________
(place)
(testator) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses
(a) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth)
(b) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth) has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he or she knows the contents thereof.
I furthermore certify that:
(a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses;
(1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his or her signature previously affixed.
* (2) following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign his or her will for the following reason __________ , I have mentioned this declaration on the will
* and the signature has been affixed by __________ (name and address)
(b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;
*each page of the will has been signed by __________ and numbered;
(d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;
(e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;
* (f) the testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his or her will:
__________
PLACE OF EXECUTION
DATE
SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL
* To be completed if appropriate
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:6 - International Will; Effect of Certificate.

551-A:6 International Will;  Effect of Certificate. –
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate of the authorized person shall be conclusive of the formal validity of the instrument as a will under this chapter. The absence or irregularity of a certificate shall not affect validity of a will under this chapter.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:7 - International Will; Revocation.

551-A:7 International Will;  Revocation. –
The international will shall be subject to the ordinary rules of revocation of wills.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:8 - Source and Construction.

551-A:8 Source and Construction. –
RSA 551-A:1 through RSA 551-A:7 derive from Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying this chapter, regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:9 - Persons Authorized to Act in Relation to International Will; Eligibility; Recognition by Authorizing Agency.

551-A:9 Persons Authorized to Act in Relation to International Will;  Eligibility;  Recognition by Authorizing Agency. –
Individuals who have been admitted to practice law before the courts of this state and who are in good standing as active law practitioners in this state, are hereby declared to be authorized persons in relation to international wills.
Source.
1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act › Section 551-A:10 - Self-Proved Will.

551-A:10 Self-Proved Will. –
Any will meeting the requirements of this chapter is self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.
Source.
1999, 100:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:1 - Requirement.

552:1 Requirement. –
No will shall be effectual to pass either real or personal estate unless duly proved and allowed in the court of probate; and the probate of a will devising real estate shall be conclusive as to its due execution, as in case of a will of personal estate.
Source.
RS 157:1. CS 166:1. GS 175:1. GL 194:1. PS 187:1. PL 298:1. RL 351:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:2 - Delivery of Will.

552:2 Delivery of Will. –
Every person having the custody of a will shall, within 30 days after he has knowledge of the decease of the testator, deliver it to the court of probate, or to the person named therein as executor.
Source.
RS 157:2. CS 166:2. GS 175:2. GL 194:2. 1883, 61:5. PS 187:2. PL 298:2. RL 351:2. RSA 552:2. 1977, 274:2, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:3 - Duty of Executor.

552:3 Duty of Executor. –
The person named as executor of a will shall, within 30 days after the decease of the testator, or within 30 days after the person has knowledge of being so named, whichever is later, file the will in the probate court. If the estate contains any assets, the named executor shall cause the will to be proved or shall file a written refusal to accept the trust. If the estate contains no assets, the named executor shall provide a certificate of death for the decedent and shall file the will with no administration.
Source.
RS 157:3. CS 166:3. GS 175:3. GL 194:3. PS 187:3. PL 298:3. RL 351:3. 1999, 100:7. 2001, 195:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:4 - Forfeit for Neglect.

552:4 Forfeit for Neglect. –
Any person who shall neglect any duty required by RSA 552:2 and 552:3 shall, unless he gives an excuse satisfactory to the court of probate, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each month he shall so neglect after said thirty days, to be recovered by any person having an interest in the will.
Source.
RS 157:4. CS 166:4. GS 175:4. GL 194:4. PS 187:4. PL 298:4. RL 351:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:5 - Neglect After Citation.

552:5 Neglect After Citation. –
If a person having in his custody a will neglects to deliver it to the court of probate, after being duly cited for that purpose, he may be imprisoned by warrant issued by the court until he shall deliver it.
Source.
RS 157:5. CS 166:5. GS 175:5. GL 194:5. PS 187:5. PL 298:5. RL 351:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:5-a - Names of Heirs.

552:5-a Names of Heirs. –
The executor named in the will or any person presenting the will for probate shall, with his petition for appointment, file a list of the names of the surviving spouse and known heirs at law of the testator, their relationships, and their addresses, if known.
Source.
1959, 70:1, eff. June 22, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:5-b - Self-Proved Will.

552:5-b Self-Proved Will. –
Any will meeting the requirements of RSA 551:2-a, RSA 551:5, II, or RSA 551-A:10 is self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.
Source.
1985, 200:3. 1999, 100:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:6 - Proof, Common Form.

552:6 Proof, Common Form. –
If the probate of a will is not contested the judge may allow and approve it in common form, upon the testimony of one of the subscribing witnesses, though the others are living and within process of the court, or upon the assent of the surviving spouse, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and, in the case of an unnamed charitable interest, the assent of the director of charitable trusts, without the need for a witness to appear.
Source.
RS 157:6. CS 166:6. GS 175:6. GL 194:6. PS 187:6. PL 298:6. RL 351:6. RS 552:6. 1983, 255:4. 1985, 200:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2013, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:6-a - Repealed by 1985, 200:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

552:6-a Repealed by 1985, 200:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:6-b - Repealed by 1985, 200:5, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

552:6-b Repealed by 1985, 200:5, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:7 - Proof, Solemn Form; Issues to Court.

552:7 Proof, Solemn Form;  Issues to Court. –
Any party interested may have the probate of a will which has been proved without notice re-examined, and the will proved in solemn form before the court of probate at any time within 6 months of such probate. Any issue related to the execution of a will, testamentary capacity, or fraud, duress, or undue influence shall be tried to the court of probate, and any party interested may request the same within 6 months of such probate.
Source.
RS 157:7. CS 166:7. GS 175:7. GL 194:7. PS 187:7. PL 298:7. RL 351:7. RSA 552:7. 1959, 114:9. 1975, 395:9. 1992, 284:61, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:8 - Petition and Hearing.

552:8 Petition and Hearing. –
A petition for that purpose may be presented to the judge, and notice thereof shall be given to the executor, personally, if practicable, and shall be published. If, upon hearing and re-examination, the probate shall not be confirmed, the will and probate shall be void.
Source.
RS 157:8. CS 166:8. GS 175:8. GL 194:8. PS 187:8. PL 298:8. RL 351:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:9 - Right of Minors, Etc.

552:9 Right of Minors, Etc. –
A minor, insane person or person out of the United States, or their legal representatives, may have the probate of a will proved without notice re-examined at any time within one year after the removal of the disability.
Source.
RS 157:9. CS 166:9. GS 175:9. GL 194:9. PS 187:9. PL 298:9. RL 351:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:10 - Failure to Present.

552:10 Failure to Present. –
If a will filed in the probate office shall not be presented for probate by the executor, or by a person interested therein, the judge, on application of the widow or an heir of the deceased, and due notice, may approve and allow or disallow it; and the decree so made shall be of the same force as if made on application of the executor, or of a person interested in the will.
Source.
RS 157:10. CS 166:10. GS 175:10. GL 194:10. PS 187:10. PL 298:10. RL 351:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:11 - Appointment of Guardians, Etc.

552:11 Appointment of Guardians, Etc. –
No decree approving and allowing or disallowing a will shall be made in solemn form until guardians have been appointed for all minors and others interested therein who are incapacitated to take care of their estates, and until agents have been appointed by the judge for all persons interested who reside out of the state or are unknown.
Source.
RS 157:11. CS 166:11. GS 175:11. GL 194:11. PS 187:11. PL 298:11. RL 351:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:12 - If Witness Becomes Incompetent or Unavailable.

552:12 If Witness Becomes Incompetent or Unavailable. –
If the attesting witnesses, after the execution of a will, become incompetent from any cause, or if the court determines that the testimony of such witnesses is unavailable under the circumstances, the will may be proved and allowed upon other satisfactory evidence.
Source.
RS 157:12. CS 166:12. GS 175:12. GL 194:12. PS 187:12. PL 298:12. RL 351:12. 1945, 13:1, eff. Feb. 13, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:13 - Foreign Will.

552:13 Foreign Will. –
A duly authenticated copy of a will made out of this state, which has been proved and allowed by a court of probate or by a court of similar powers in one of the United States, or in a foreign country, and a duly authenticated copy of the probate of such will, upon the written application of a party in interest, and upon such citation and notice as the court shall order, may, by a decree of the court of probate, be filed and recorded in the probate office; and thereupon the will shall have the same effect as if executed with the formalities required by the laws of this state and duly proved and allowed.
Source.
RS 157:13. CS 166:13. GS 175:13. 1868, 1:50. GL 194:13. 1883, 106:1. PS 187:13. PL 298:13. RL 351:13.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:14 - Petition to File Foreign Will.

552:14 Petition to File Foreign Will. –
The executor, or any person interested, may produce such copies to the judge of any county in which there is estate on which the same may operate, and may in writing request the same to be filed and recorded; and if, upon due notice, no sufficient objection is made such copies shall be decreed to be so filed and recorded.
Source.
RS 157:14. CS 166:14. GS 175:14. GL 194:14. PS 187:14. PL 298:14. RL 351:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:15 - Notice to Legatees and Heirs at Law.

552:15 Notice to Legatees and Heirs at Law. –
Every executor shall, within sixty days after his appointment, notify each legatee specifically named in the will of the fact that such legatee appears to be interested therein, and shall notify the surviving spouse and heirs at law, if known, that the will has been proved, and shall, within ninety days after his appointment, certify to the judge that notice as herein required has been given, stating in what manner and to whom.
Source.
1915, 76:1. PL 298:15. RL 351:15. RSA 552:15. 1959, 70:2, eff. June 22, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:16 - Form of Service.

552:16 Form of Service. –
The notice shall be in form prescribed by the probate court, and shall be delivered by such executor to such legatee, surviving spouse and heirs at law in person or by sending the same by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known place of residence or place of business of such legatee, surviving spouse and heirs at law. When the legatee is a corporation, association or institution notice shall be given to the president or treasurer thereof.
Source.
1915, 76:1. PL 298:16. RL 351:16. RSA 552:16. 1959, 70:3, eff. June 22, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 552 - Probate of Wills › Section 552:17 - By Mail.

552:17 By Mail. –
If such legatee shall not be living, or such corporation, association or institution shall have discontinued business, notice by mail as herein required shall be sufficient.
Source.
1915, 76:1. PL 298:17. RL 351:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:1 - Administrator Defined.

553:1 Administrator Defined. –
The word administrator may include every person to whom the administration of an estate or the execution of a will may be granted.
Source.
RS 158:1. CS 167:1. GS 176:1. GL 195:1. PS 188:1. PL 299:1. RL 352:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:1-a - Death Record Required.

553:1-a Death Record Required. –
No administrator of the estate of any deceased person shall be appointed until a certified copy of the death record of the decedent has been filed with the probate court, provided this requirement may be waived by the judge upon petition.
Source.
1995, 277:18. 1997, 325:20, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:2 - Right to Administer.

553:2 Right to Administer. –
Administration of the estate of any person deceased shall be granted:
I. To the executor named in his will.
II. To the widow, husband or any of the next of kin, or to such suitable person as they or any of them may nominate.
III. To one of the devisees or creditors.
IV. To such other person as the judge may think proper.
Source.
RS 158:2. CS 167:2. GS 176:2. GL 195:2. PS 188:2. 1919, 34:1. PL 299:2. RL 352:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:3 - Preference.

553:3 Preference. –
No person shall be appointed to administer an estate until the several persons previously entitled thereto shall have either voluntarily renounced the trust in writing, or neglected, for thirty days after the decease of the person upon whose estate administration is to be granted, to apply for administration.
Source.
RS 158:5. CS 167:5. GS 176:5. GL 195:5. PS 188:5. PL 299:3. RL 352:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:4 - Age, Etc.

553:4 Age, Etc. –
No person not of full age, or deemed by the judge unsuitable, shall be appointed to administer an estate.
Source.
RS 158:3. CS 167:3. GS 176:3. GL 195:3. PS 188:3. PL 299:4. RL 352:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:5 - Nonresident.

553:5 Nonresident. –
No person not an inhabitant of this state shall be so appointed by reason of a right to such trust, unless other circumstances, in the opinion of the judge, render the same proper.
Source.
RS 158:4. CS 167:4. GS 176:4. GL 195:4. PS 188:4. PL 299:5. RL 352:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:6 - Minor Executor.

553:6 Minor Executor. –
If a minor, appointed executor, comes of age and requests it, administration on the estate not before administered shall be granted to him; and the administration before granted shall be revoked unless it was granted to a co-executor, in which case the minor shall be a joint executor.
Source.
RS 158:6. CS 167:6. GS 176:6. GL 195:6. PS 188:6. PL 299:6. RL 352:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates › Chapter 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment › Section 553:7 - De Bonis Non.

553:7 De Bonis Non. –
I. If the administration on an estate becomes vacant by death, extinguishment, or revocation the probate court may grant administration on the estate not before administered to such person as the probate judge may think proper, having due regard to the rule prescribed in RSA 553:2.
II. If the administration on an estate under RSA 553:32 becomes vacant by death, extinguishment, or revocation, the probate court may, in its discretion, require any administrator de bonis non to furnish an inventory of the estate, bond, or an accounting for assets before the completion of the administration.
Source.
RS 158:7. CS 167:7. GS 176:7. GL 195:7. PS 188:7. PL 299:7. RL 352:7. RSA 553:7. 1997, 45:2. 2001, 195:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.