Title XLVIII, Conveyances and Mortgages of Realty

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 cu…

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 in his coun…

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.

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 p…

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 under RS…

I. The provisions of this section shall apply in a county only after they have been approved by a majority vote of both the county commissioners and the county convention. II. (a) There is hereby established in the county treasury a register of deeds equipment account. If the cou…

Registers of deeds may appoint deputies to perform the duties of their offices in cases of sickness or the temporary absence of the officer making the appointment. The appointment shall be made in writing, shall be approved by the bondsmen of the officer appointing and by the cou…

The register of deeds may employ individuals to assist him in the performance of his official duties. The salaries of the assistants and any other expenses of the office of register of deeds shall be paid by the county.

When the register, by reason of sickness, absence, or other cause, is disabled from executing the duties of his office, his deputy shall execute the same until such disability is removed or a register is chosen in accordance with the provisions of RSA 661:9.

The register of deeds shall receive, file and record for the legal charges all original deeds and instruments brought for that purpose, and shall furnish certificates or copies thereof when required. All documents submitted for recording in each registry of deeds should be on mat…

I. The register of deeds shall not accept a deed or instrument for filing and recording unless it recites the following information: (a) The latest mailing address of the grantees named in the deed or instrument; (b) In the first sentence of the first description paragraph, the n…

I. The preparer of a document shall not include an individual's social security number, armed forces service number, credit card number, or deposit account numbers in a document that is prepared and presented for recording in the office of the register of deeds. This paragraph sh…

An individual aggrieved by a violation of RSA 478:4-b, I may bring against the preparer: I. An action to enjoin such violation. II. An action to recover actual monetary loss from such a violation, or to receive up to $1,000 in damages for each such violation, whichever is greater…

I. A person may not knowingly present for filing or cause to be presented for filing in a registry or other public office, any type of document that fraudulently purports to be a judgment or other document to memorialize or evidence an act, order, directive, or process of creatin…

Upon acceptance of any deed or instrument for recording, the register of deeds shall enter into the index of the grantors the names of the grantors-to-grantees and into the index of the grantees the names of the grantees-to-grantors.

The register of deeds may cause the indexes to be reproduced into indexes of grantors and grantees using an acceptable recording method.

The names of the debtors or defendants upon whose land any levy or extent shall be made, if the same is recorded, shall be entered as such in the index of grantors, and the names of the creditors or plaintiffs, as such, in the index of the grantees.

When the property of any person living or the estate of any person deceased is conveyed by any officer or other person by authority of law or otherwise, the names of the persons whose estate is so conveyed, if they appear in the instrument, and of the persons by whom the conveyan…

The names of all persons whose estates appear to be affected by any deed or decree of partition entered on such record shall be entered in the indexes of grantors and grantees.