554:22 Care of Lots. – Executors, administrators and trustees may pay, upon the order of the judge, to a cemetery corporation or to the city or town in which the decedent has a burial place, a reasonable sum of money for the perpetual care of the lot, in which their decedent is buried, and […]
554:23 Amount Allowed. – The judge shall determine, after notice to all parties in interest, to whom the same shall be paid and the amount thereof, if any, and such sum shall be allowed in the accounts of such executor, administrator or trustee. Source. 1911, 32:1. 1917, 65:1. PL 300:23. RL 353:23.
554:24 Oath on Claims. – All claims against an estate shall, if required by the administrator, be exhibited under oath, as follows: I do solemnly swear that, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above is a true statement of my claim against the estate of . . . , late […]
554:25 Account. – The account of the administrator, or the schedules filed therewith, shall contain an itemized account of every sum of money received and paid out by the administrator, with the date thereof and a statement of the source from which it was received or of the consideration for which it was paid. […]
554:26 Filing Accounts. – Every administrator and executor shall file in the probate office an annual account of administration, unless upon petition he is excused by the judge of probate; but in no event shall he be excused for a period longer than three years. Before giving notice to settle his final account, he […]
554:26-a Notice to Fiduciaries. – I. A fiduciary appointed by the probate court shall file, as required by law, an inventory within 90 days after the date of appointment, or an account of administration within one year after the date of appointment. If a fiduciary fails to file an inventory within 30 days after […]
554:27 Attendance Excused. – Any person appointed as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian by the probate court, who shall hold an appointment to the same office from a court in another state or territory of competent jurisdiction at least equivalent to that of probate courts in this state, or who shall be a non-resident […]
554:28 License to Foreign Executor, Etc. – Whenever an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, duly appointed and acting as such in another state or country, represents a person who owned or is entitled to personal property in this state, he may make petition to the probate court in the county where the property is […]
554:29 Conditions of License. – Such license shall not be granted until the expiration of six months after the death of the testator or intestate, nor unless it shall appear: I. That there is no executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, appointed under the laws of this state, entitled to the property; II. That such […]
554:3 Repealed by 2013, 67:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. –
554:30 Mortgage of Real Estate. – The judge, on application of the administrator or executor, with the assent of the heirs or devisees or, if minors or under disability, their guardians or conservators, may grant a license to mortgage the real estate of any person deceased, when the personal property shall be insufficient to […]
554:31 Petition. – The petition for such license to mortgage shall recite the limits of the principal amount, the interest rate, and the term of the note to secure the mortgage, and said note and mortgage shall be executed by the administrator or executor, and said heirs or devisees, or if minors, their guardians […]
554:32 License. – The license shall include the homestead rights and other rights therein, upon consent in writing by the widow or widower of the decedent. Source. 1957, 167:1. 1971, 179:16, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.
554:33 Issuance of License. – No such license shall issue later than two years after the date of the appointment of the administrator or executor, and no license shall be available to sustain a mortgage made by the administrator or executor, under said license unless made within ninety days from the granting thereof. Source. […]
554:34 Proceeds. – The proceeds of such mortgage under license shall be accounted for to the probate court in accordance with the provisions of this title and on approval of the final account, the administrator or executor shall be discharged from liability for said note and mortgage. The executor or administrator shall notify the […]
554:35 Foreign Executor. – Upon application made by any administrator or executor appointed in another state, whose intestate or testator owned lands in this state, to the judge for the county in which the lands lie, upon compliance with RSA 554:29, a license may be granted said administrator or executor to mortgage such lands […]
554:4 Articles Not Assets. – The wearing apparel of the widow and her ornaments, according to the estate of her husband, and the wearing apparel, Bibles and school books of the minor children, are their property, and shall not be regarded as assets, or be the subject of bequest by the husband. Source. RS […]
554:5 Articles Not to be Inventoried. – The wearing apparel, Bibles, family pictures, photographs, albums and any other personal trinkets of sentimental rather than intrinsic value belonging to the deceased leaving a widow, husband, children or heirs surviving, shall not be inventoried or accounted for, but shall be delivered by the administrator to the […]
554:6 Accountability for Assets. – All assets, though not inventoried, shall be accounted for, and the administrator charged therewith in the account of administration. Source. RS 159:4. CS 168:4. GS 177:4. GL 196:4. PS 189:4. PL 300:6. RL 353:6.
554:7 Accountability for Chattels. – All goods and chattels shall be accounted for at the appraised value, unless sold at auction or private sale; and the administrator conducting the sale with fidelity and impartiality shall be credited with the loss, or charged with the gain, upon the sale. Source. RS 159:5. CS 168:5. GS […]
