Title LIII, Proceedings in Court

All acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.

The tests shall be made by experts qualified as examiners of blood, tissue types and/or genetic markers who shall be appointed by the court. The experts may be called by the court as witnesses to testify to their findings and, if called, shall be subject to cross-examination by t…

The compensation of each expert witness appointed by the court shall be fixed at a reasonable amount. It shall be paid as the court shall order. The court may order that it be paid by the parties in such proportions and at such times as it shall prescribe, or that the proportion …

I. Tests taken pursuant to RSA 522:1 shall have the following effect: (a) If the court finds that the conclusion of all the experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the tests, is that the alleged father is not the parent of the child, the question of paternity shall be re…

I. Evidence relating to paternity may include, but is not limited to: (a) An expert's opinion concerning the time of conception. (b) Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception. (c) Medical, scientific, or genetic eviden…

The presumption of legitimacy of a child born during wedlock is overcome if the court finds that the conclusions of all the experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the tests, show that the husband is not the father of the child.

This chapter shall apply to criminal cases subject to the following limitations and provisions: (a) An order for the tests shall be made only upon application of a party or on the court's initiative; (b) the compensation of the experts shall be paid by the county under order of c…

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

If any part of this chapter is declared invalid the remaining portion shall continue in full force and effect and shall be construed as being the entire act.

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Act on Blood Tests to Determine Paternity.

A written finding of presumed death, made by the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and P.L. 408, Ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th C…

An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by an officer or employee of the United States authori…

For the purposes of RSA 523:1 and RSA 523:2 hereof any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described in said sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed a…

In this chapter, "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

In the absence of a demand prior to the institution of suit, in any action on a debt or account stated or where liquidated damages are sought, interest shall commence to run from the time of the institution of suit. This statute shall be inapplicable where the party to be charged…

In all other civil proceedings at law or in equity in which a verdict is rendered or a finding is made for pecuniary damages to any party, whether for personal injuries, for wrongful death, for consequential damages, for damage to property, business or reputation, for any other t…

Upon a general verdict of a jury, or upon a decision by the court, that a party shall recover only a sum certain or costs or that all relief shall be denied, the clerk, unless the court otherwise orders, shall forthwith, sign, and enter the judgment upon motion of the prevailing …

Any person who holds a note secured by a mortgage, or partially secured by a mortgage, shall have the right to bring suit upon the note without losing the security upon the mortgaged property, and a suit upon the note and a suit to foreclose the mortgage may be maintained at the …

In suits on judgments rendered in the courts of the Dominion of Canada or any province thereof, said judgments shall be given such faith and credit as is given in the courts of the Dominion of Canada or any province thereof to the judgments rendered in the courts of New Hampshire…

All property in this state of a judgment debtor where the judgment is in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax assessed on benefits received from a pension or other retirement plan, or with respect to income earned by an employee at the Portsmouth Naval Sh…

I. A judgment entered by any court in this state may be secured against real estate by recording or re-recording, at any time during the duration of the judgment, a certified copy of the judgment, along with an affidavit in accordance with paragraph II, with the registry of deeds…

A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district or superior court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment o…

Any person against whom an action is brought for the recovery of real estate may, with the plea, file a brief statement, setting forth that such person and the persons under whom such person makes the claim have been in the actual peaceable possession of such real estate, under a…

The jury, if they find a verdict for the plaintiff, shall determine whether the lands have been so possessed and improved, and the amount of the increased value thereof, after allowing for any waste or injury the same may have sustained.

I. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor. II. Promptly upon the fi…

If a judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, it shall be conditional upon the plaintiff's payment of the amount of the increased value of the real estate. The payment shall be made within one year of the verdict to the clerk of court for the use of the defendant. If the condition…

I. If the judgment debtor shows the district or superior court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for …

Fees for filing a foreign judgment shall be set in accordance with RSA 490:26-a.

In actions for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture, in a recognizance in a civil case, or in an obligation or contract under seal, the court shall render judgment for such amount as is equitably due, or as will indemnify the plaintiff for the damages sustained by the breach o…

If the penalty or forfeiture is designed to secure the performance of several things to be done at different times, or as security to or for the use of several persons, judgment shall be rendered for the whole of the penalty or forfeiture, and the court shall award execution for …

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under this chapter remains unimpaired.

I. Whenever judgment is rendered against any person in this state, the court in which the judgment is rendered shall either at the time of rendition of the judgment inquire of the defendant as to the defendant's ability to pay the judgment in full or, upon petition of the plainti…

The plaintiff or the plaintiff's administrator, and any other persons interested, may, from time to time, have scire facias upon such judgment, and execution shall be awarded them for any further sums which may be equitably due.

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

A judgment in an action on a mortgage shall be conditional upon payment of the sum due, as determined by the court, by the mortgagor or person holding the mortgagor's right, to the mortgagee or person holding the mortgagee's right. The payment shall be made within 2 months after …

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

The court may allow a copy of a note or other instrument to be filed in a suit for the purpose of rendering judgment thereon.

Funds appropriated to New Hampshire Legal Assistance for the purposes of civil legal assistance shall be used to enable the state to fund civil legal services to low-income persons in the state.

Funds appropriated to New Hampshire Legal Assistance shall be used to provide civil legal services to low-income persons in the state. These civil legal services shall include services related to such issues as housing, social security and other government benefits, health care, …

A new trial may be granted in any case when through accident, mistake or misfortune justice has not been done and a further hearing would be equitable.

In such case a petition may be presented to the superior court in the county where the judgment was rendered, by any person interested, setting forth the reasons for such new trial, and such notice shall be given to the adverse party or his attorney as the court may order.

Costs may be allowed to either party upon such petition, and the new trial may be granted upon such terms as the court may deem just.

I. A new trial shall not be granted unless the petition is filed within 3 years after the rendition of the judgment complained of, or the failure of the suit. II. The time limit in paragraph I shall not apply if: (a) The petitioner seeks a new trial in a criminal case that result…

Whenever a new trial is granted the action shall be brought forward on the docket of the court, and shall be tried as if no judgment had been rendered therein.

Execution on the original judgment shall not be stayed by reason of a new trial; but the court, on motion, may order a stay of execution upon such terms as it thinks fit.