502-A:1 Judicial Districts. – A comprehensive system of judicial districts, each with a district court, is hereby organized, constituted and established as follows: Rockingham County I. PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT. The Portsmouth district shall consist of the city of Portsmouth and the towns of Newington, Greenland, Rye, and New Castle. The district court for the district […]
502-A:1-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(7), eff. July 1, 2011. –
502-A:10 Repealed by 1983, 383:78, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –
502-A:11 Criminal Cases; District Courts. – Each district court shall have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and shall have original jurisdiction, subject to appeal, of all crimes and offenses committed within the confines of the district in which such court is located which are punishable by […]
502-A:11-a Local Regulation Enforcement. – I. The district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction, subject to appeal, of the prosecution of any violation of a local ordinance, code, or regulation properly adopted pursuant to enabling statutes to the extent that such violation, by statute or by local ordinance, code, or regulation: (a) Is characterized as […]
502-A:12 Appeals From Sentence. – I. A person sentenced by a district court for a class A misdemeanor after trial or after proceedings pursuant to District Court Rule 2.14 may appeal therefrom to the superior court for a jury trial as provided in RSA 599, except in cases in district courts served by regional […]
502-A:12-a Repealed by 2011, 88:29(21), eff. July 1, 2011. –
502-A:13 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, I, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –
[RSA 502-A:13-a effective January 1, 2024.] 502-A:13-a Binding Over by Circuit Court District Division. – Each circuit court district division shall have jurisdiction to commit to jail, or bind over with sufficient sureties to the superior court, all persons charged with offenses exceeding its jurisdiction to try, and any directly related misdemeanor or violation […]
502-A:14 Civil Causes. – I. Exclusive Jurisdiction. All district courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction of civil cases in which the damages claimed do not exceed $1,500, the title to real estate is not involved and the plaintiff or defendant resides within the district. In all such actions as herein provided the parties […]
502-A:15 Jury Trial. – In cases in which the damages claimed exceed $1,500 or the title to real estate is involved, if the defendant, upon the entry of any action for damages under RSA 502-A:14, II or II-a, within 7 days of the return date of the action or within such additional time as […]
502-A:16 Venue in Civil Causes. – Actions shall be returnable to the district court of the judicial district where either plaintiff or defendant resides; except that actions arising under RSA 540, relative to actions against tenants, may also be returnable in the judicial district in which the real property in question is located. For […]
502-A:16-a Change of Venue in Possessory Actions Regarding Residential Property. – Venue in possessory actions concerning residential property brought pursuant to RSA 540 which are initiated in a judicial district other than that in which the defendant resides may be transferred as follows: I. In cases based on grounds other than nonpayment of rent, […]
502-A:17 Attachments and Executions. – Attachments and levies of execution on personal property and real estate may be made in civil causes in said district courts as provided in RSA 511, 528 and 529. Source. 1963, 331:1, eff. July 1, 1964.
502-A:17-a Transfers to Supreme Court. – In any criminal case or civil cause in any district court, questions of law may be transferred to the supreme court in the same manner as that from the superior court under RSA 491:17; provided that the district court justice hearing the case to be transferred shall, if […]
502-A:18 Repealed by 2006, 267:3, II, eff. June 9, 2006. –
502-A:18-a Repealed by 2006, 267:3, III, eff. June 9, 2006. –
502-A:19 Repealed by 1965, 137:3, eff. Aug. 10, 1965. –
502-A:19-a Repealed by 2006, 267:3, IV, eff. June 9, 2006. –
502-A:19-b Pleas by Mail; Procedure. – In any case in which a defendant may, pursuant to RSA 149-M:17, II, RSA 206:34, RSA 262:44, RSA 270:11-a, or RSA 227-G:5-a, enter a plea by mail in a district or municipal court, the following procedure shall be followed: I. Such defendant shall receive, in addition to his […]
