HB 1384 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2004
\t05/03
HOUSE BILL\t1384
AN ACT\tclarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Abel, Graf. 13; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1; Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5
COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill clarifies the power of a commissioner of deeds to administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, and acknowledge instruments in the same manner as a justice of the peace.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2004
\t05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\tclarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Commissioners of Deeds; Powers. Amend RSA 455:14 to read as follows:
\t455:14 Powers. Such commissioner of deeds may, [both] within [and without] this state, exercise any of the following powers, in the same manner and with the same effect as a justice of the peace of this state may do within the state: administer oaths, issue subpoenas, take depositions and affidavits to be used in this state and notify parties of the time and place thereof, and take the acknowledgment of deeds or instruments to be used or recorded in this state[, in the same manner and with the same effect as a justice of the peace of this state may do within the state].
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.