New Hampshire Statutes
§ 553:3 — Preference
New Hampshire § 553:3
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title LVIPROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Ch. 553ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR APPOINTMENT
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 553:3 (2026).
Text
No person shall be appointed to administer an estate until the several persons previously entitled thereto shall have either voluntarily renounced the trust in writing, or neglected, for thirty days after the decease of the person upon whose estate administration is to be granted, to apply for administration.
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Legislative History
RS 158:5. CS 167:5. GS 176:5. GL 195:5. PS 188:5. PL 299:3. RL 352:3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 553:1
Administrator Defined§ 553:1-a
Death Record Required§ 553:13
Bond§ 553:17
Intermeddling, Etc§ 553:19
Presumption of Death§ 553:2
Right to Administer§ 553:20
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New Hampshire § 553:3, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/553/553%3A3.