What each source establishes
The New Hampshire guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.
Simplified-procedure rule
New Hampshire Legislature · 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2021. · Verified August 9, 2026
Section 553:33 553:33 Summary Administration. I. This section shall apply to all estates, testate and intestate, other than those estates governed by RSA 553:32. II. Summary administration is available to expedite the closing of an estate when further court supervision of the administration of the estate is no longer necessary. The approval of a motion for summary administration by the court will eliminate the requirement of filing a final account and receipts for the balance of the estate. All other documents required by statute shall be filed. In those estates in which there is federal estate tax liability, the court shall not require the administrator to file a closing letter from the Internal Revenue Service. An administrator may file a motion for summary administration to close an estate not less than 6 months after the date of appointment of the administrator.
What was published from this source
NH N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 553:32-:33
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Court cost rule
New Hampshire Judicial Branch · 07/01/2025 · Verified August 9, 2026
Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,000 or less ..................... $150.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,001 to $25,000 ............ $205.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value more than $25,000 ................. $305.00
What this means: The statewide estate-administration filing fee is set by the New Hampshire Supreme Court's fee schedule (Probate Division Rule 169) under RSA 490:26-a, not by a dollar figure in the RSA text. The HTML fee pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official PDF schedule returns the fee table verbatim and is the pinned source. Fees are tiered by estate value: $150 / $205 / $305.
What was published from this source
NH N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a
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Creditor deadline rule
New Hampshire Legislature · 1959, 114:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1960. · Verified August 9, 2026
556:1 No Action Within Six Months, Etc. No action shall be sustained against an administrator if begun within six months after the original grant of administration, nor unless the demand has been exhibited to the administrator and payment has been demanded. Source. RS 161:1. CS 170:1. GS 179:1. GL 198:1. PS 191:1. PL 302:1. RL 355:1. RSA 556:1. 1959, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1960. Section 556:2 556:2 Notice of Claim. A notice sent to the administrator or his agent by registered mail, setting forth the nature and amount of the claim and a demand for payment, shall be deemed a sufficient exhibition and demand. Source. 1919, 69:1. PL 302:2. RL 355:2. Section 556:3 556:3 Exhibition of Demand; Time.
What was published from this source
NH N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7
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Court and venue rule
New Hampshire Legislature · 2022, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024. · Verified August 9, 2026
490-F:3 490-F:3 Circuit Court Divisions. The circuit court shall consist of 3 divisions: a probate division, a district division, and a family division. 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, RSA 502-A, and RSA 490-D. Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2011. Section 490-F:3-a 490-F:3-a District Division; Criminal Cases. Notwithstanding the jurisdictional provisions of RSA 592-B:1, the circuit court - district division shall have jurisdiction to arraign defendants charged with felony offenses and to hold a preliminary examination to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the offense was committed and the defendant committed the offense, and if so, to be bound over to the superior court for further proceedings.
What was published from this source
NH N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 490-F:3-:4
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