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Section 478:1 – Duties.

    478:1 Duties. – The register of deeds shall carefully keep in the office provided by the county at all times, except when he may be required by a court to produce them as evidence or when the same may be removed for the purposes of repair, all books, records, files and papers belonging thereto, […]

Section 478:1-a – Recording of Plats.

    478:1-a Recording of Plats. – I. No register of deeds shall file or record a plat of a subdivision, or a plat prepared for the purpose of showing existing property lines, if such plat has not been prepared and certified by a licensed land surveyor, since July 1, 1981, or by a registered land […]

Section 478:10 – Creditors; Mortgagees.

    478:10 Creditors; Mortgagees. – The names of the creditors in any proceeding for foreclosure and the names of the original mortgagees, if they appear by the proceedings, shall be entered, as such, in the index of grantees; and the names of the debtor, defendant and original mortgagors, if they appear, shall be entered in […]

Section 478:11 – Parties Unknown.

    478:11 Parties Unknown. – If the name of the person whose property or estate is conveyed in either of the cases aforesaid does not appear, or if the name of the original mortgagor or mortgagee of property foreclosed does not appear, the grantors or mortgagors shall be referred to as unknown in the index […]

Section 478:13 – Office Hours.

    478:13 Office Hours. – Every register shall keep his or her office open daily except Sundays and state holidays. It may be closed on Saturday if not incompatible with public business; provided, however, that the register may keep his or her office open on Saturday mornings in the custody of a single custodian whenever […]

Section 478:14 – Copies of Conveyances for Tax Purposes.

    478:14 Copies of Conveyances for Tax Purposes. – Every register shall, upon request, in an acceptable media, send copies of all deeds, mortgages, and other conveyances of real estate which have been recorded in the registry during the preceding 3 months to the selectmen of each town and to the assessors of each city […]

Section 478:16 – Penalty for Neglect of Duty.

    478:16 Penalty for Neglect of Duty. – If the register shall neglect any duty imposed by this chapter, he shall forfeit $20 to be recovered by an action of debt in the name of the treasurer for the use of the county, and shall also be liable to an action on his bond. Source. […]

Section 478:17-g – Recording Fees and Surcharge.

    478:17-g Recording Fees and Surcharge. – Unless otherwise specified, the register of deeds in each county shall be entitled to the following fees and shall collect the land and community heritage investment program surcharge as follows: I. The charge for recording each document shall be $10 for the first recorded page plus $4 for […]

Section 478:17-i – Distribution.

    478:17-i Distribution. – Each register of deeds shall pay over once a month to his county treasurer, for use of the county, all fees received by him as such register and all charges paid to him for services arising out of or because of his office, including but not limited to payments for duties […]