(a) This chapter applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.
(b) Without precluding other means for establishing that this chapter applies to a specific trust, this chapter applies to a trust to the extent that the terms of the trust provide that this state‘s laws govern the trust’s validity, interpretation, or administration.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 564-B:1-102

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(c) Unless otherwise provided under the terms of the trust, New Hampshire law shall apply to the administrative matters of a trust that has its principal place of administration within this state.
(d) This chapter shall not limit the authority of the director of charitable trusts or the department of health and human services as otherwise provided by statute or common law.