New Hampshire Probate Forms Finder

Important Notes

• -New Hampshire publishes one statewide set of 230 probate forms, numbered NHJB-####-P for paper and NHJB-####-Pe for e-filing, used by the Circuit Court, Probate Division in all 10 counties
• -Not every form has both a paper and an e-file version, and where both exist they are not always the same document; check the court's own description before assuming a -Pe is just the -P filed electronically
• -Filing fees are set statewide by Circuit Court Probate Division Rule 169 and are identical in every county. The Petition for Estate Administration costs $150 at a gross estate value of $10,000 or less, $205 from $10,001 to $25,000, and $305 above $25,000
• -The $55 publication charge and the $30 electronic filing surcharge are already inside the petition fee. Adding them separately double-counts, and no estate of $10,000 or less needs publication at all (RSA 553:16)
• -New Hampshire has NO small estate affidavit and NO dollar-threshold small estate route; waiver of administration and summary administration are qualified by relationship and consent
• -New Hampshire says administrator, not personal representative, and one word covers both roles (RSA 553:1)
• -You file with the Circuit Court, Probate Division, never with a Register of Probate. The Register of Deeds is a different and fully active county office that handles land records
• -The original will must reach the Probate Division within 30 days of the death, and neglecting that forfeits $20 for each month of delay (RSA 552:2, RSA 552:3, RSA 552:4)
• -The inventory is due within 90 days of appointment (RSA 554:1) and the first account within one year (RSA 554:26)
• -Creditor deadlines run from the ORIGINAL GRANT of administration: exhibit within 6 months (RSA 556:3), no suit in the first 6 months (RSA 556:1), suit begun within one year (RSA 556:5)
• -New Hampshire has a real-property transfer on death deed under RSA 563-D, but the deed is VOID unless it is recorded before the owner's death AND within 60 days of execution (RSA 563-D:9, IV)
• -New Hampshire offers NO transfer on death designation on a vehicle title; RSA 261:17 passes a married owner's family-purpose vehicle to the surviving spouse automatically instead
• -New Hampshire levies neither an estate tax nor an inheritance tax, but the question still appears on the summary administration paperwork