New Hampshire Statutes

§ 21-B:1 — Age of Majority Changed

New Hampshire § 21-B:1
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title ITHE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Ch. 21-BCOMMON LAW RULE ABROGATED

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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 21-B:1 (2026).

Text

The common law rule that a person is a minor to the age of 21 is hereby abrogated. A person who has reached his eighteenth birthday is hereby declared to be of majority for all purposes, except as prohibited by the constitution of New Hampshire and of the United States.

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Legislative History

1973, 72:73, eff. June 3, 1973.

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