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Section 491:22-c – Availability of Remedy.

    491:22-c Availability of Remedy. – The remedy of declaratory judgment to determine the coverage of a liability insurance policy under RSA 491:22, 22-a, and 22-b shall also be available in the United States district court for the district of New Hampshire when that court may properly adjudicate the matter under the laws of the […]

Section 491:24 – Civil Suits Against Municipal Officials.

    491:24 Civil Suits Against Municipal Officials. – I. Whenever a municipal official or individual member of a municipal board or agency, who is subject to good faith immunity under the provisions of RSA 31:104 or the common law of New Hampshire, is sued personally for money damages and the plaintiff alleges injury or damage […]

Section 491:25 – Arrest Warrants; Copies Transmitted to State Police.

    491:25 Arrest Warrants; Copies Transmitted to State Police. – A copy of each arrest warrant issued by a court shall be transmitted by computer to the division of state police. The state police shall make information regarding the warrant available to the arresting police department and all local police departments and sheriffs. In the […]

Section 491:3 – Assignment From Supreme Court.

    491:3 Assignment From Supreme Court. – When the business of the superior court or circuit court requires it, and upon request of the chief justice of the superior court or the administrative judge of the circuit court, the chief or senior associate justice of the supreme court may, if not inconsistent with the proper […]

Section 491:3-a – Assignment of Judges.

    491:3-a Assignment of Judges. – After assessing caseload needs and requirements and consulting with the chief justice of the superior court or administrative judge of the circuit court, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign any superior court justice to hear cases in the circuit court. Source. 1997, 131:1, eff. Aug. 8, […]

Section 491:4 – Disqualification in Supreme Court.

    491:4 Disqualification in Supreme Court. – No justice of the supreme court thus presiding or acting in the superior court shall sit in the supreme court in cases transferred thereto by him except cases transferred upon agreed statements of facts, or upon referees’, auditors’, or commissioners’ reports on which he made no ruling, unless […]

Section 491:5 – Expenses of Assigned Justices.

    491:5 Expenses of Assigned Justices. – The expenses of a justice of the supreme court while acting in the superior court shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the justices of the superior court. Source. 1913, 141:1. PL 316:4. RL 370:4.

Section 491:6 – Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.

    491:6 Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. – The chief justice of the superior court shall appoint an administrative assistant who shall serve at his pleasure. The administrative assistant shall serve as fiscal officer of the superior court and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the chief justice and shall […]

Section 491:6-a – Superior Court Justices and Marital Masters; Expenses.

    491:6-a Superior Court Justices and Marital Masters; Expenses. – The justices and marital masters shall be entitled to receive their actual personal expenses when absent from their assigned court in the performance of their official duties. The justices and marital masters shall not be reimbursed for mileage to commute from the justice’s or marital […]

Section 491:7 – Jurisdiction.

    491:7 Jurisdiction. – The superior court shall take cognizance of civil actions and pleas, real, personal, and mixed, according to the course of the common law, except such actions as are required to be brought in the family division under RSA 490-D, district courts under RSA 502-A, or the probate courts under RSA 547; […]

Section 491:7-a – Business and Commercial Dispute Docket.

    491:7-a Business and Commercial Dispute Docket. – I. Without limiting the jurisdiction vested in any court in the state, and subject to the appointment of a presiding justice by the governor with the consent of the executive council as provided in this section, the supreme court may establish by court order not inconsistent with […]

Section 491:8 – Actions Against State.

    491:8 Actions Against State. – The superior court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment against the state of New Hampshire founded upon any express or implied contract with the state, including specific performance and other equitable remedies that are not limited to money damages. Any action brought under this section shall be instituted by […]

Section 491:8-a – Motions for Summary Judgment.

    491:8-a Motions for Summary Judgment. – I. A party seeking to recover upon a claim, counterclaim, or crossclaim, or to obtain a declaratory judgment, may, at any time after the defendant has appeared, move for summary judgment in his favor upon all or any part thereof. A party against whom a claim, counterclaim, or […]