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RSA 508:2 · Real Actions

Title: LII: ACTIONS, PROCESS, AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
Chapter: 508 · LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Status: current
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508:2 Real Actions. –

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No action for the recovery of real estate shall be brought after 20 years from the time the right to recover first accrued to the party claiming it or to some persons under whom the party claims.

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No action for the recovery of real estate pursuant to rights based on a possibility of reverter, right of re-entry, or executory interest shall be brought after 5 years from the time the right to recover possession or the right of re-entry first accrued to the party claiming it or to some persons under whom the party claims. Source. RS 181:1. CS 192:1. GS 202:1. GL 221:1. PS 217:1. PL 329:1. RL 385:1. 2008, 228:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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Source. RS 181:1. CS 192:1. GS 202:1. GL 221:1. PS 217:1. PL 329:1. RL 385:1. 2008, 228:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Source history

2008, 228:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009
RS 181:1. CS 192:1. GS 202:1. GL 221:1. PS 217:1. PL 329:1. RL 385:1

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2026 HB1276 amend · effective 2027-01-01
f a companion animal. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Liability for Death of a Companion Animal. Amend RSA 508 by inserting after section 22 the following new section: 508:23 Liability for Death of a Companion Animal. I. A person shall be liable for up to $5,000 in non-economic damages to the owner of a companion animal u

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