New Hampshire Revised Statutes 166:20 – Liens on Real Property
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 166:20
- County assisted person: means an individual who is eligible for and receiving old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or nursing home care in an intermediate care facility. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 166:1
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
The amount of money spent by a county to support a county assisted person under this chapter shall, except for just cause, be made a lien on any real estate owned by the county assisted person. The liens are effective during the lifetime of the county assisted person, or until enforced as provided in this chapter, or until released by the county commissioners. The county commissioners, in their discretion, may file a notice of the lien or an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien with the register of deeds of the county in which the county assisted person owns real property. A notice of lien which contains the owner’s name and a description of the real property sufficient to identify it is a valid lien on the property. The register of deeds shall keep a suitable record of such notices without charging any fee therefor, and he shall enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien upon written request of the county commissioners, without fee.