New Hampshire Statutes
§ 564-B:4-405 — Charitable Purposes; Enforcement
New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 564-B NEW HAMPSHIRE TRUST CODE·Subdivision ARTICLE 4CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUST
(a)A charitable trust may be created for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, governmental or municipal purposes, or other purposes the achievement of which is beneficial to the community.
(b)If the terms of a charitable trust do not indicate a particular charitable purpose or beneficiary, the court may select one or more charitable purposes or beneficiaries. The selection must be consistent with the settlor's intention to the extent it can be ascertained.
(c)The settlor of a charitable trust or the director of charitable trusts, among others, may maintain a proceeding to enforce the trust. In any such proceeding where the director of charitable trusts is not a party, the director of charitable trusts shall be joined as a necessary pa
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Legislative History
2004, 130:1. 2006, 320:52, eff. Aug. 19, 2006.
Nearby Sections
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§ 564-B:1-101
Short Title§ 564-B:1-102
Scope§ 564-B:1-103
Definitions§ 564-B:1-104
Knowledge§ 564-B:1-105
Default and Mandatory Rules§ 564-B:1-106
Common Law of Trusts; Principles of Equity§ 564-B:1-107
Governing Law§ 564-B:1-108
Principal Place of Administration§ 564-B:1-109
Methods and Waiver of Notice§ 564-B:1-110
Others Treated as Qualified Beneficiaries§ 564-B:1-111
Nonjudicial Settlement Agreements§ 564-B:1-111A
Nonjudicial Dispute Resolution§ 564-B:1-112
Rules of Construction§ 564-B:1-113
Precatory Language§ 564-B:10-1001
Remedies for Breach of Trust