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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates » Title 553 - Administrators and Their Appointment

Section 553:25 – Appointment.

    553:25 Appointment. – Every resident administrator who removes from the state or who goes out of the state with the intention of being absent more than a year, and every resident of another state who is appointed administrator within this state, shall forthwith appoint some person residing in this state as his agent, to […]

Section 553:26 – Notice.

    553:26 Notice. – Whenever a resident of another state is appointed administrator he shall insert in the notice of his appointment the name and post office address of the agent so appointed by him. Source. PS 188:24. PL 299:26. RL 352:26.

Section 553:27 – Vacancy.

    553:27 Vacancy. – If an agent removes from the state, or becomes incapacitated to act, or there is a vacancy in the agency from any cause, the administrator shall immediately appoint another agent in like manner. Source. PS 188:25. PL 299:27. RL 352:27.

Section 553:29 – Service on Agent.

    553:29 Service on Agent. – The presentation of a claim against the estate to such agent and the service of legal process against the estate upon him shall have the same effect as if presented to or served upon the administrator in person, within this state. Source. PS 188:27. PL 299:29. RL 352:29.

Section 553:3 – Preference.

    553:3 Preference. – No person shall be appointed to administer an estate until the several persons previously entitled thereto shall have either voluntarily renounced the trust in writing, or neglected, for thirty days after the decease of the person upon whose estate administration is to be granted, to apply for administration. Source. RS 158:5. […]

Section 553:30 – Authorization to Continue Business.

    553:30 Authorization to Continue Business. – Upon a showing of advantage to the estate the probate court may authorize the executor, administrator or special administrator to continue any business of the decedent for the benefit of the estate, but if the decedent died testate and his estate is solvent the decree shall be subject […]

Section 553:32 – Waiver of Administration.

    553:32 Waiver of Administration. – I. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall be no requirement for an inventory of the estate, no requirement for a bond, and no requirement for an accounting for assets in any of the following circumstances: (1) Whenever a decedent dies testate and an individual is named in […]

Section 553:33 – Summary Administration.

    553:33 Summary Administration. – I. This section shall apply to all estates, testate and intestate, other than those estates governed by RSA 553:32. II. Summary administration is available to expedite the closing of an estate when further court supervision of the administration of the estate is no longer necessary. The approval of a motion […]

Section 553:4 – Age, Etc.

    553:4 Age, Etc. – No person not of full age, or deemed by the judge unsuitable, shall be appointed to administer an estate. Source. RS 158:3. CS 167:3. GS 176:3. GL 195:3. PS 188:3. PL 299:4. RL 352:4.

Section 553:5 – Nonresident.

    553:5 Nonresident. – No person not an inhabitant of this state shall be so appointed by reason of a right to such trust, unless other circumstances, in the opinion of the judge, render the same proper. Source. RS 158:4. CS 167:4. GS 176:4. GL 195:4. PS 188:4. PL 299:5. RL 352:5.

Section 553:6 – Minor Executor.

    553:6 Minor Executor. – If a minor, appointed executor, comes of age and requests it, administration on the estate not before administered shall be granted to him; and the administration before granted shall be revoked unless it was granted to a co-executor, in which case the minor shall be a joint executor. Source. RS […]

Section 553:7 – De Bonis Non.

    553:7 De Bonis Non. – I. If the administration on an estate becomes vacant by death, extinguishment, or revocation the probate court may grant administration on the estate not before administered to such person as the probate judge may think proper, having due regard to the rule prescribed in RSA 553:2. II. If the […]

Section 553:8 – Executor of Executor.

    553:8 Executor of Executor. – The executor of an executor shall not, in consequence thereof, become the executor of the first testator. Source. RS 158:8. CS 167:8. GS 176:8. GL 195:8. PS 188:8. PL 299:8. RL 352:8.

Section 553:9 – Marriage.

    553:9 Marriage. – If an executrix or administratrix marries, her husband shall not thereby become executor or administrator in her right; but she may continue to exercise the trust as before. Source. RS 158:9. CS 167:9. GS 176:9. GL 195:9. PS 188:9. PL 299:9. RL 352:9.