Title XLVIII, Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty

If a person having an unrecorded deed or other evidence of title of real estate in his possession neglects to record the same, or refuses to allow the same to be recorded, for the space of 30 days after being thereto requested in writing by a person having an interest in such est…

Every estate or interest in lands created or conveyed without an instrument in writing signed by the grantor or his attorney shall be deemed an estate at will only, and no estate or interest in lands shall be assigned, granted or surrendered except by writing signed as aforesaid …

When any instrument of writing shall have been on record in the office of the register of deeds in the proper county for the period of 10 years, and there is a defect in such instrument because it omitted to state any consideration therefor, because it was not acknowledged, becau…

No trust concerning lands, excepting such as may arise or result by implication of law, shall be created or declared unless by an instrument signed by the party creating the same or by his attorney.

Every conveyance or devise of real estate made to 2 or more persons shall be construed to create an estate in common and not in joint tenancy, unless it shall be expressed therein that the estate is to be holden by the grantees or devisees as joint tenants, or to them and the sur…

Joint heirs shall be deemed tenants in common.

Any public or private corporation authorized to hold real estate may convey the same by an agent appointed by vote for that purpose.

An alien resident in this state may take, purchase, hold, convey or devise real estate, and it may descend in the same manner as if he were a citizen.

Any right or claim of the state, by escheat or otherwise, to the estate of any resident alien is hereby discharged.

A conveyance made by a person having a limited interest in an estate, purporting to convey a greater interest than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture thereof, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which he could lawfully convey.

Any recorded restriction, order, covenant, or other interest in land held by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, shall be enforceable against any owner of the affected land or structure, including subsequent purchasers, heirs, or assignees, notwithstanding lack …

In this subdivision: I. "Company" or "development" means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, trust, venture, group, subgroup, or any other entity or organization, including its subsidiary or affiliate, that exists for profit-making purposes…

I. No foreign principal may acquire any permanent or temporary ownership or controlling interest in real property within the state of New Hampshire by any means, including but not limited to, purchase, grant, contract, eminent domain, or demise. II. No foreign principal may lease…

I. Acquisition of property in violation of RSA 477:22-c is a: (a) Class B felony, when committed by a natural person. (b) Class A felony, when committed by an entity defined in RSA 477:22-b, I. II. The attorney general's office may refer a violation of this section for prosecutio…

I. The department of justice may bring a forfeiture action according to this section against a person or entity who secured any ownership interest in real property in violation of this subdivision and who is convicted of an offense under RSA 477:22-d, I regarding that subject pro…

The attorney general shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to provisions of this subdivision that the attorney general determines require administrative rules.

For the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use of words in deeds of real estate, or interests therein, the statutory forms provided in this subdivision are authorized. Nothing in this subdivision shall be understood as preventing the use of other forms appropriate for the convey…

The word "grant" in a conveyance of real estate or any interest therein shall be a sufficient word of conveyance without the use of the words "give, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm" or the words "remise, release and forever quitclaim." No covenant shall be impli…

When a conveyance or devise of real estate is made to a grantee or devisee in trust or as trustee under a declaration of trust, such conveyance or devise shall vest in the grantee or devisee, as trustee, legal title with full power to convey the real estate in accordance with the…

I. In any conveyance of real property or any interest in real property in this state, if the grantee or one or more of the grantees is named as a trust, whether the trust is created under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction, and no trustee of that trust is named a…

In a conveyance of real estate or any interest therein, all rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances belonging to the granted estate or interest shall be deemed to be included in the conveyance, unless the contrary shall be stated in the deed, and it shall be unnecessary i…

A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenant on the part of the grantor, for himself or her…

A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself, or h…

A deed in substance following the form appended to this section, when duly executed and delivered, shall have the force and effect of a mortgage deed to the use of the mortgagee and his heirs, successors and assigns with the mortgage covenants and upon the statutory conditions an…

Every deed or other conveyance of real estate shall be signed by the party granting the same and acknowledged by the grantor before a justice, notary public or commissioner and shall show the mailing address of the grantee.

Every deed or other conveyance of real estate and every court order or other instrument which affects title to any interest in real estate, except probate records and tax liens which are by law exempt from recording, shall be recorded at length in the registry of deeds for the co…

I. This section applies only to legal future interests in real property created by deed, will, or power of appointment and not to any beneficial interests created by or through trusts. This section shall not apply to rights of forfeiture or re-entry held by lessors or mortgagees,…

A deed in substance following the form appended to this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself or he…

Where a mortgage is foreclosed under a statutory power of sale, the mortgagee may give a deed to the purchaser, whether the purchaser be a stranger or the mortgagee, in the following form: __________ of __________ County, __________ State of __________ , holder of a mortgage from…

The affidavit required by RSA 479:26 may be in the following form: ___ , grantor in the foregoing deed, on my oath say ___ that the principal and interest (the obligation to __________ ) secured by the mortgage referred to in the foregoing deed was not paid or tendered or perform…

Any error in or omission of the mailing address of the grantee or mortgagee in the deed, mortgage or other conveyance required by any provision of this chapter shall not affect in any way the validity or effectiveness of such deed, mortgage or other conveyance of real estate.

No owner or occupier of a milldam or other water power shall acquire by prescription any right against the state or the public to impede or in any way injure navigation, the passage of fish or any other public easement in any of the waters of the state.

No person shall acquire by prescription a right to any part of a town house, schoolhouse or church lot, or of any public ground by fencing or otherwise inclosing the same or in any way occupying it adversely for any length of time.

The conveyance of standing trees apart from the land on which they stand shall not cause the same to become personal property, but such trees shall remain real estate until actually severed from the land.

I. After August 29, 1969, any conveyance of standing trees which includes therein a stipulation requiring that the trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date shall render the deed conditional, and failure by the purchaser to remove said trees within the stipulate…

I. Any conveyance of standing trees made prior to August 29, 1969, which includes therein a stipulation requiring that the trees be removed within a certain time or by a certain date, but which does not include therein any terms to the effect that the right to the trees shall rev…

No deed of bargain and sale, mortgage or other conveyance of standing trees, or any lease of the same for more than 7 years from the making thereof shall be valid to hold standing trees against any person but the grantor and his heirs only unless acknowledged and recorded as prov…

Whenever standing trees have been mortgaged as real estate or are covered by a mortgage of the land on which they stand, the mortgagee may indorse upon said mortgage a consent that the trees may be cut, which consent shall be recorded in the registry of deeds.

After execution of the mortgage provided for in RSA 477:37, both parties to the mortgage may then execute and attach thereto the affidavit required by law to be attached to mortgages of personal property; said mortgage, consent and affidavit may then be recorded with the proper t…

When real estate is subject to a contingent or vested remainder, executory devise or power of appointment, the superior court for the county in which said real estate is situated may, upon petition of any person who has an estate in possession, remainder or reversion in such real…

Acknowledgments may be taken outside the United States before an ambassador, minister, envoy or charge d'affaires of the United States in the country to which he is accredited, or before any consular officer of the United States, a notary public, or a commissioner or other agent …

I. Prior to the execution of any contract for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property which includes a building, the seller, or seller's agent, shall provide the following notification to the buyer. The buyer shall acknowledge receipt of this notification by signin…

Any person seeking to obtain approval for a subsurface sewage disposal system shall meet the requirements set forth in RSA 485-A:29 and 30.

I. Prior to the execution of any contract for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property which includes a building, the seller shall disclose the following information to the buyer. The buyer shall acknowledge receipt of this disclosure by signing a copy of such discl…

I. Prior to or during the preparation of an offer for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property to be used or proposed to be used for a one to 4 family dwelling, the seller shall disclose, in writing, the following information to the buyer. The buyer shall acknowledg…

I. (a) The owner of real property, or any agent of such owner, shall not be required to disclose information to a buyer regarding that such real property was a site of a homicide, other felony, or a suicide, unless the buyer requests such information of the owner or agent and the…