New Hampshire Revised Statutes 554:9 – Property Not to be Sold
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I. Personal property specifically bequeathed shall not be sold, if not needed for the payment of debts; and any property may be reserved at the sale, unless so needed, for the benefit or upon the request of the heirs or legatees, and the administrator shall be discharged by delivery thereof to the persons entitled thereto.
II. At any time after the appointment of the administrator, without petition to the court, a single motor vehicle registered in this state in the decedent‘s name, if used for family purposes, may be transferred by the administrator to a legatee or heir, if not needed for the payment of debts.
II. At any time after the appointment of the administrator, without petition to the court, a single motor vehicle registered in this state in the decedent‘s name, if used for family purposes, may be transferred by the administrator to a legatee or heir, if not needed for the payment of debts.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 554:9
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- 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