New Hampshire § 568:31 Priorities of Claims

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 568:31 — Priorities of Claims

New Hampshire § 568:31

Title LVIIINSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR CREDITORS

Ch. 568INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS

SubdivisionAccounts, Priorities, and Dividends

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 568:31 (2026).

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The following claims are entitled to priority, and shall be paid in full in the order named:

I.Debts due the United States and all taxes.

II.Wages due an operative, clerk or servant, not exceeding $50, for labor performed within 6 months prior to the beginning of the insolvency proceedings.

III.Taxable costs in any suit begun in good faith in which an attachment is dissolved by the insolvency proceedings.

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The following claims are entitled to priority, and shall be paid in full in the order named:
I. Debts due the United States and all taxes.
II. Wages due an operative, clerk or servant, not exceeding $50, for labor performed within 6 months prior to the beginning of the insolvency proceedings.
III. Taxable costs in any suit begun in good faith in which an attachment is dissolved by the insolvency proceedings.