508:22 Liability Limited for Winter Maintenance. – I. No commercial applicator as defined in RSA 489-C:1, II and certified under RSA 489-C:2, or his or her employer or principal, or an owner, occupant, or lessee of land whose premises is maintained by a commercial applicator certified under RSA 489-C:2, whether by contract with the […]
508:3 Disabilities. – If the person first entitled to bring an action for recovery of real estate is an infant or mentally incompetent at the time the right accrues, the action may be brought within 5 years after such disability is removed. Source. RS 181:2. CS 192:2. GS 202:2. GL 221:2. PS 217:2. PL […]
508:4 Personal Actions. – I. Except as otherwise provided by law, all personal actions, except actions for slander or libel, may be brought only within 3 years of the act or omission complained of, except that when the injury and its causal relationship to the act or omission were not discovered and could not […]
508:4-a Repealed by 1965, 241:3, eff. Aug. 31, 1965. –
508:4-b Damages From Construction. – I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all actions to recover damages for injury to property, injury to the person, wrongful death or economic loss arising out of any deficiency in the creation of an improvement to real property, including without limitation the design, labor, materials, engineering, planning, […]
508:4-c Elimination of Ad Damnum Clause. – In any personal action, the declaration or other affirmative pleading shall not specify or allege the amount of damages claimed, but shall, instead, state that the damages claimed are within any minimum or maximum jurisdictional limits of the court to which the pleading is addressed. Source. 1985, […]
508:4-d Damages Recoverable for Non-Economic Loss. – I. In any action for personal injury, the damages awarded may include compensation for non-economic loss, including pain and suffering and such other elements of damage which are recognized by law and which are not objectively verifiable monetary losses. However, damages for non-economic loss shall in no […]
508:4-e Attorneys’ Fees for Services. – I. Contingent fee agreements between attorney and client shall be governed by Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.5 as it may be amended by the supreme court from time to time and by any other rules regarding fees which are adopted or amended by the court. II. No […]
508:4-f Bidders on Construction Contracts. – Any person, firm, association or corporation which suffers damages as a result of a competitive bid for a project involving the construction, repair, remodeling, alteration, conversion, modernization, improvement, rehabilitation, replacement, or renovation of a building or structure not being awarded due to another person, firm, association or corporation […]
508:4-g Actions Based on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses. – A person, alleging to have been subjected to any offense under RSA 632-A or an offense under RSA 639:2 may commence a personal action at any time. Source. 2005, 283:1. 2008, 193:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. 2020, 24:11, eff. Sept. 18, 2020.
508:4-h State as Plaintiff. – I. Except as otherwise provided by law, all personal actions or civil enforcement actions in which the state is a plaintiff shall be brought within 3 years of the date when the plaintiff agency, department, authority, or official possessed actual knowledge of the act, omission, or violation complained of, […]
508:5 Specialties. – Actions of debt upon judgments, recognizances, and contracts under seal may be brought within 20 years after the cause of action accrued, and not afterward. Source. RS 181:5. CS 192:5. GS 202:4. GL 221:4. PS 217:4. PL 329:4. RL 385:4.
508:6 Mortgage Notes. – Actions upon notes secured by a mortgage of real estate may be brought so long as the plaintiff is entitled to bring an action upon the mortgage. Source. RS 181:6. CS 192:6. GS 202:5. GL 221:5. PS 217:5. PL 329:5. RL 385:5.
508:7 Writs of Error. – Writs of error may be sued out within 3 years after judgment and not afterward, unless allowed by the court for sufficient cause, upon petition and notice. Source. RS 181:7. CS 192:7. GS 202:6. GL 221:6. PS 217:6. PL 329:6. RL 385:6.
508:8 Disabilities. – An infant or mentally incompetent person may bring a personal action within 2 years after such disability is removed. Source. RS 181:8. CS 192:8. GS 202:7. GL 221:7. PS 217:7. PL 329:7. RL 385:7.
508:9 Defendant’s Absence. – If the defendant in a personal action was absent from and residing out of the state at the time the cause of action accrued, or afterward, the time of such absence shall be excluded in computing the time limited for bringing the action. Source. RS 181:9. CS 192:9. GS 202:8. […]
