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§ 553:17 — Intermeddling, Etc

New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 553 ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR APPOINTMENT·Subdivision Bond of Administrator; Notice, Etc.
If any person unlawfully intermeddles with, embezzles, alienates, wastes or destroys any of the personal estate of a deceased person he shall be liable to actions of the creditors and others aggrieved, as executor in his own wrong, to double the value of such estate.

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Legislative History

RS 158:15. CS 167:15. GS 176:15. GL 195:15. PS 188:16. PL 299:17. RL 352:17.

Nearby Sections

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§ 553:1
Administrator Defined
§ 553:1-a
Death Record Required
§ 553:10
Revocation of Administration for Cause
§ 553:11
Revocation of Administration by Consent
§ 553:12
Resignation of Executor or Administrator
§ 553:12-a
Nomination of Person to Represent Unborn or Unascertained Interests
§ 553:13
Bond
§ 553:14
Repealed by 2005, 252:9, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2006
§ 553:15
Repealed by 2005, 252:9, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2006
§ 553:16
Publication of Notice of Appointment
§ 553:17
Intermeddling, Etc
§ 553:18
Administration of Estate of Person Presumed Dead
§ 553:19
Presumption of Death
§ 553:2
Right to Administer
§ 553:20
Appointment
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