HB212: relative to possessory actions against tenants.

HB 212 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0644

05/03

HOUSE BILL 212

AN ACT relative to possessory actions against tenants.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sorg, Graf 3

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill provides the procedure for a lessor, owner, or purchaser at a mortgage foreclosure sale to terminate the tenancy or otherwise recover possession of a property.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0644

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to possessory actions against tenants.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Possessory Action Against Tenants. RSA 540:12 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

540:12 Possessory Actions.

I. The lessor of any tenement or real estate may recover possession thereof from a lessee after the service of an eviction notice as prescribed in this chapter.

II. The owner of any tenement or real estate may recover possession thereof from an occupant other than a lessee by an action of ejectment pursuant to RSA 509:6.

III. The purchaser at a mortgage foreclosure sale of any tenement or real estate may recover possession thereof from the mortgagor by filing with the court a certified copy of the recorded foreclosure deed, upon which a writ of possession shall be issued forthwith without notice to the mortgagor.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.