Revision: Jan. 25, 2013, midnight
SB 96 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
09/03
SENATE BILL 96
AN ACT relative to vexatious litigants.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Rep. Rowe, Hills 22
This bill establishes certain requirements for persons who are determined by the court to be vexatious litigants.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0889
09/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to vexatious litigants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Frivolous Lawsuits; Vexatious Litigants. Amend RSA 507 by inserting after section 15 the following new section:
507:15-a Vexatious Litigants.
I. In this section, “vexatious litigant” means an individual who has been found by a judge to have filed 3 or more frivolous lawsuits which have had a final disposition and which the judge finds, by clear and convincing evidence, were initiated for the primary purpose of harassment.
II. The court may require a vexatious litigant to:
(a) Retain an attorney or other person of good character to represent him or her in all actions; or
(b) Post a cash or surety bond sufficient to cover all attorney fees and anticipated damages.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.