Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 12:27 p.m.
HB 185 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0396
05/03
HOUSE BILL 185
AN ACT relative to the powers of commissioners of deeds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abel, Graf. 13
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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This 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: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0396
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the powers of commissioners of deeds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commissioners of Deeds; Powers. Amend RSA 455:14 to read as follows:
455:14 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].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.