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Reviewed 15 September 2013  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

New Hampshire Court Decisions

Supreme Court (N.H.) U.S. District Court (D.N.H.) * —————  * Not yet freely available.

New Hampshire Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (N.H. Const.)

2. Bills and Resolutions
   Bills and resolutions for the current session and past sessions back through 1989 can be accessed through a search function. See also the New Hampshire General Court [Legislature] web site.

3. Laws of the State of New Hampshire (N.H. Laws)
   This link provides a list of all chaptered bills (with links to bill texts) from the current (or most recently completed) legislative session. Chaptered bills from earlier sessions back through 1989 can be accessed through a search form. For a list of all chaptered bills from a particular year (with links to bill texts), on that form: enter the "Session Year" then select the "Chapter #" radio button and click the "Submit" button.

4. New Hampshire Revised Statutes (N.H. Rev. Stat.)
   The page linked here includes a text-search function as well as lists of sections affected by legislation back through 1999. See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Selected tax laws and regulations … [Dep't of Revenue Admin.]

New Hampshire Rules of Procedure and Practice

Rules of Procedure • Court Rules
Rules of Evidence (N.H. Evid. R.) ————— Supreme Court Rules (N.H. S. Ct. R.) Superior Court Rules (N.H. Super. Ct. R.)     —Administrative Rules Family Division Rules (N.H. Fam. Div. R.) Probate Court Rules (N.H. Prob. Ct. R.) District and Municipal Court Rules (N.H. Dist. & Mun. Ct. R.) ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D.N.H. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D.N.H. Bankr. R.)
1. Rules of Practice
   Rules of Professional Conduct
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Administrative Orders and Bulletins … These embody discrete rules and rule changes.
   Supreme Court Superior Court Probate Court
   ¶ Criminal procedure rules

   Case Guidelines for Conduct of Criminal Proceedings

   Model Charge: Burden of Proof, Presumption of Innocence, Reasonable Doubt
   ¶ Guardian ad litem rules

   Guidelines for Guardians ad Litem

   System-wide Guardian ad Litem Application, Certification and Practice
   ¶ Miscellaneous rules

   Statutory Requirements and Guidelines for the Processing and Disposition of Abuse and Neglect Cases in the District Courts

   Rule for Merrimack County Pilot Program to Permit Judicial Challenges by Parties in Non-Criminal Cases

   Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records

New Hampshire Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   1. New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules (N.H. Code Admin. R.)
      See also a specific agency’s web site for rules promulgated by the agency. Links to such web sites are accessible below.
      New Hampshire Rulemaking Register (N.H. Rulemaking Reg.)
      2011 Issues 2010 Issues 2009 Issues 2008 Issues 2007 Issues 2006 Issues 2005 Issues 2004 Issues 2003 Issues 2002 Issues 2001 Issues 2000 Issues 1999 Issues 1998 Issues

2. Opinions • Decisions • Orders • Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. N.H. Att’y Gen.)

New Hampshire Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Claremont <4> Concord <4> Derry <3> Franklin <3> Hillsborough <3> Hudson <3> Keene <4> Lebanon <3> Manchester <2> Merrimack <3> Nashua <4> Pembroke <3> Wolfeboro <3>     
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

New Hampshire Law-Related Periodicals

1. IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review (IDEA) … [Univ. of New Hampshire Sch. of Law] — Formerly titled IDEA: Journal of Law and Technology (until 2002).
2. University of New Hampshire Law Review (U.N.H. L. Rev.) Formerly titled Pierce Law Review (until 2010).

Other New Hampshire Commentary

1. Doing Business in New Hampshire. Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, P.A. … [Lex Mundi]

2. Selling the Private Business. Alan L. Reische, Esq. / Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, P.A.

New Hampshire Law-Related Topical Web Sites

New Hampshire Court Information

Web Sites
See also a state courts directory.
Judicial Branch Superior Court District Court Probate Court ————— U.S. Bankruptcy Court

New Hampshire Forms

1. Court Forms
   1. Superior Court — Domestic Relations Forms
   2. Probate Court — Forms
   3. U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Forms and Schedules

2. Revenue Administration Department — Tax Forms and Publications

3. Business Entity Forms …[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other New Hampshire Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Court [Legislature] Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Public Defender ————— Revenue Administration Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]
Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations
New Hampshire Bar Association New Hampshire Association for Justice [formerly Trial Lawyers Association] New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
1. Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education
   Admission to the New Hampshire Bar … [New Hampshire Judicial Branch]
   University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center, until 2010)

2. Consulate General of Canada in Boston … Canadian consular services for New Hampshire residents.

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
New Hampshire Law Library University of New Hampshire School of Law
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. New Hampshire Bar Association
   Public Information Pamphlets
   Selecting, Hiring and Working With a Lawyer
   Do You Have a Dispute With an Attorney?
   What to Expect From Your Lawyer

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for New Hampshire Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of New Hampshire law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in New Hampshire.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Community Legal Services, Inc. … This is “a reduced fee service for New Hampshire legal services consumers.”
   2. New Hampshire Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.