New Hampshire Statutes
§ 554:9 — Property Not to be Sold
New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 554 INVENTORY, ACCOUNTS, AND DEALING WITH ASSETS
I.Personal property specifically bequeathed shall not be sold, if not needed for the payment of debts; and any property may be reserved at the sale, unless so needed, for the benefit or upon the request of the heirs or legatees, and the administrator shall be discharged by delivery thereof to the persons entitled thereto.
II.At any time after the appointment of the administrator, without petition to the court, a single motor vehicle registered in this state in the decedent's name, if used for family purposes, may be transferred by the administrator to a legatee or heir, if not needed for the payment of debts.
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Legislative History
RS 159:6. CS 168:6. GS 177:6. GL 196:6. PS 189:7. PL 300:9. RL 353:9. 2005, 252:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Nearby Sections
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§ 554:1
Inventory§ 554:10
Transfer to Heirs§ 554:11
Debts Due Estate§ 554:12
Compromise§ 554:13
Sale of Accounts§ 554:14
Administrator's Debt§ 554:14-a
Record of Decedent's Real Estate§ 554:15
Duties as to Real Estate§ 554:16
Redemption of Property§ 554:17
Sale of Real Estate§ 554:18
Real Estate Purchased, Etc§ 554:19
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