New Hampshire Revised Statutes 528:20 – Information as to Shares; Liability
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 528:20
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The officer of every corporation having the care of the records or accounts of the shares or interests of the corporators therein shall, on request and on the exhibition of a writ of attachment or execution against any person interested in the corporation, give to the officer having the writ a certificate of the number of his shares or amount of his interest therein, with the numbers of the shares or other description by which they are distinguished. If he shall neglect or refuse to give such certificate, or shall wilfully give a false certificate, he shall be liable to pay to the creditor the whole amount of his demand against the debtor, to be recovered by an action of debt.