Section 551:11 – Share of Unnamed Child.
[RSA 551:11 repealed by 2022, 261:2, effective January 1, 2023.] 551:11 Share of Unnamed Child. – If the property not devised nor bequeathed shall be insufficient to satisfy the just share of such child, after allowing advancements received by him, the same shall be made up in just proportion from the property devised or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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. […]
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) […]