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RSA 547:15 · If Disqualified to Sit

Title: LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter: 547 · JUDGES OF PROBATE AND THEIR JURISDICTION
Status: current
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547:15 If Disqualified to Sit. – If the judge disqualifies himself, by reason of a conflict of interest or otherwise, to sit in any case, he shall cause a record of the disqualification to be made and shall adjourn the case to another time and place. Upon the assignment of the administrative judge of the probate court, a full-time judge or, if he is unavailable, another judge shall have the power to make any decree or order which could have been made by the judge before whom the case was originally entered, had he not disqualified himself. Source. RS 152:11. CS 161:11. 1864, 2882:1. GS 170:10. GL 189:10. PS 182:14. PL 293:15. RL 346:15. RSA 547:15. 1981, 518:1. 1987, 384:6. 1992, 284:52, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

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Source. RS 152:11. CS 161:11. 1864, 2882:1. GS 170:10. GL 189:10. PS 182:14. PL 293:15. RL 346:15. RSA 547:15. 1981, 518:1. 1987, 384:6. 1992, 284:52, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

Source history

1864, 2882:1. GS 170:10. GL 189:10. PS 182:14. PL 293:15. RL 346:15. RSA 547:15
1981, 518:1
1987, 384:6
1992, 284:52, eff. Jan. 1, 1993
RS 152:11. CS 161:11

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2026 HB652 amend · effective 2026-01-01
. The circuit court shall have the jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred upon the former probate and district courts [and upon the former judicial branch family division] by RSA 547[,] and RSA 502-A[, and RSA 490-D]. 5 Circuit Court; Circuit Court Locations. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 490-F:4 to read as follows: 490-F:4 Circuit Court Locations. The judicial districts for the dist
2026 HB652-FN amend · effective 2026-01-01
. The circuit court shall have the jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred upon the former probate and district courts [and upon the former judicial branch family division] by RSA 547[,] and RSA 502-A[, and RSA 490-D]. 5 Circuit Court; Circuit Court Locations. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 490-F:4 to read as follows: 490-F:4 Circuit Court Locations. The judicial districts for the dist