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RSA 551:3 · Interested Witness

Title
LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter
551 · WILLS
Status
current
Official source linked
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551:3 Interested Witness. – Any beneficial device or legacy made or given in a will to a subscribing witness thereto or to the wife or husband of such a witness shall be void unless there be 2 other subscribing witnesses, and such subscribing witness shall be a competent witness thereto; but a provision therein for the payment of a debt shall not be void nor disqualify the creditor as a witness thereto. Source. RS 156:8. CS 165:8. GS 174:8. GL 193:8. PS 186:3. 1911, 3:1. PL 297:3. RL 350:3. RSA 551:3. 1983, 255:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

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Source. RS 156:8. CS 165:8. GS 174:8. GL 193:8. PS 186:3. 1911, 3:1. PL 297:3. RL 350:3. RSA 551:3. 1983, 255:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

Source history

  • 1911, 3:1. PL 297:3. RL 350:3. RSA 551:3
  • 1983, 255:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1983
  • RS 156:8. CS 165:8. GS 174:8. GL 193:8. PS 186:3

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