I. In the event of the death of an employee, wages due him by an employer not in excess of $300 may upon proper demand be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to descendants: In accordance with the laws of intestacy for the state of New Hampshire.
II. Payments under paragraph I shall be a release and discharge of the employer to the amount of such payment.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 275:47

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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