New Hampshire Statutes
§ 556:5 — Suit Within One Year
New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 556 SUITS BY AND AGAINST ADMINISTRATORS
No suit shall be maintained against an administrator for any cause of action against the deceased, unless it is begun within one year next after the original grant of administration, exclusive of the time such administration may have been suspended, except in cases where he has retained estate in his hands for the payment of the claim by order of the judge, and cases provided for by RSA 556:7 and RSA 556:28.
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Legislative History
RS 161:5. CS 170:5. GS 179:5. GL 198:5. PS 191:4. 1899, 2:2. PL 302:5. RL 355:5. RSA 556:5. 1959, 114:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1960.
Nearby Sections
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§ 556:10
Pending Actions§ 556:11
New Action§ 556:13
Limitation of Recovery§ 556:14
Distribution of Damages§ 556:15
Survival of Other Actions§ 556:16
Real Actions§ 556:17
Real Actions Pending§ 556:18
Appeals§ 556:19
Action by Interested Person§ 556:2
Notice of Claim§ 556:20
Administrator's Death, Etc§ 556:21
Joint Demands§ 556:22
Actions Between Administrators