New Hampshire § 508-A:3 Action in Another Place by Agreement

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 508-A:3 — Action in Another Place by Agreement

New Hampshire § 508-A:3

Title LIIACTIONS, PROCESS, AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

Ch. 508-AUNIFORM MODEL CHOICE OF FORUM ACT

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 508-A:3 (2026).

Text

If the parties have agreed in writing that an action on a controversy shall be brought only in another state and it is brought in a court of this state, the court will dismiss or stay the action, as appropriate, unless:

I.The court is required by statute to entertain the action;

II.The plaintiff cannot secure effective relief in the other state, for reasons other than delay in bringing the action;

III.The other state would be a substantially less convenient place for the trial of the action than this state;

IV.The agreement as to the place of the action was obtained by misrepresentation, duress, the abuse of economic power, or other unconscionable means; or

V.It would for some other reason be unfair or unreasonable to enforce the agreement.

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If the parties have agreed in writing that an action on a controversy shall be brought only in another state and it is brought in a court of this state, the court will dismiss or stay the action, as appropriate, unless:
I. The court is required by statute to entertain the action;
II. The plaintiff cannot secure effective relief in the other state, for reasons other than delay in bringing the action;
III. The other state would be a substantially less convenient place for the trial of the action than this state;
IV. The agreement as to the place of the action was obtained by misrepresentation, duress, the abuse of economic power, or other unconscionable means; or
V. It would for some other reason be unfair or unreasonable to enforce the agreement.