RSA 563-B:11 · Delivery or Filing

563-B:11 Delivery or Filing. –

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(a)

In this section, "beneficiary designation" means an instrument, other than an instrument creating a trust, naming the beneficiary of:

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(1)

An annuity or insurance policy;

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(2)

An account with a designation for payment on death;

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(3)

A security registered in beneficiary form;

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(4)

A pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or other employment-related benefit plan; or

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(5)

Any other non-probate transfer at death.

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(b)

Subject to subsections (c) through (l), delivery of a disclaimer may be effected by personal delivery, first-class mail, or any other method likely to result in its receipt.

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(c)

In the case of an interest created under the law of intestate succession or an interest created by will, other than an interest in a testamentary trust:

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(1)

A disclaimer must be delivered to the administrator of the decedent's estate; or

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(2)

If no administrator is then serving, it must be filed with a court having jurisdiction to appoint the administrator.

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(d)

In the case of an interest in a testamentary trust:

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(1)

A disclaimer must be delivered to the trustee then serving, or if no trustee is then serving, to the administrator of the decedent's estate; or

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(2)

If no administrator is then serving, it must be filed with a court having jurisdiction to enforce the trust.

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(e)

In the case of an interest in an inter vivos trust:

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(1)

A disclaimer must be delivered to the trustee then serving;

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(2)

If no trustee is then serving, it must be filed with a court having jurisdiction to enforce the trust; or

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(3)

If the disclaimer is made before the time the instrument creating the trust becomes irrevocable, it must be delivered to the settlor of a revocable trust or the transferor of the interest.

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(f)

In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation which is disclaimed before the designation becomes irrevocable, the disclaimer must be delivered to the person making the beneficiary designation.

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(g)

In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation which is disclaimed after the designation becomes irrevocable:

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(1)

The disclaimer of an interest in personal property must be delivered to the person obligated to distribute the interest; and

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(2)

An attested copy of the disclaimer of an interest in real property must be recorded in the office of registry of deeds of the county where the real property that is the subject of the disclaimer is located.

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(h)

In the case of a disclaimer by a surviving holder of jointly held property, the disclaimer must be delivered to the person to whom the disclaimed interest passes.

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(i)

In the case of a disclaimer by an object or taker in default of exercise of a power of appointment at any time after the power was created:

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(1)

The disclaimer must be delivered to the holder of the power or to the fiduciary acting under the instrument that created the power; or

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(2)

If no fiduciary is then serving, it must be filed with a court having authority to appoint the fiduciary.

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(j)

In the case of a disclaimer by an appointee of a nonfiduciary power of appointment:

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(1)

The disclaimer must be delivered to the holder, the administrator of the holder's estate, or to the fiduciary under the instrument that created the power; or

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(2)

If no fiduciary is then serving, it must be filed with a court having authority to appoint the fiduciary.

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(k)

In the case of a disclaimer by a fiduciary of a power over a trust or estate, the disclaimer must be delivered as provided in subsection (c), (d), or (e), as if the power disclaimed were an interest in property.

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(l)

In the case of a disclaimer of a power by an agent, the disclaimer must be delivered to the principal or the principal's representative.

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(m)

Notwithstanding any right to disclaim an interest in property as provided for in this chapter, a person who has been devised real estate by testamentary instrument, or inherited under the laws of intestacy, may waive his or her rights to the property pursuant to RSA 554:18-b. Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 10, 2021. ARTICLE 12 When Disclaimer Barred or Limited

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