Bill Text: NH HB1384 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 56 [HB1384 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1384-Introduced.html
HB 1384 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2004
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1384
AN ACT clarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abel, Graf. 13; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1; Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the power of a commissioner of deeds to administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, and acknowledge instruments in the same manner as a justice of the peace.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2004
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT clarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commissioners of Deeds; Powers. Amend RSA 455:14 to read as follows:
455:14 Powers. Such commissioner of deeds may, [both] within [and without] this state, exercise any of the following powers, in the same manner and with the same effect as a justice of the peace of this state may do within the state: administer oaths, issue subpoenas, take depositions and affidavits to be used in this state and notify parties of the time and place thereof, and take the acknowledgment of deeds or instruments to be used or recorded in this state[, in the same manner and with the same effect as a justice of the peace of this state may do within the state].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
