New Hampshire Revised Statutes

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 490-F:2 (2026)

Circuit Court; General

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    490-F:2 Circuit Court; General. – The circuit court shall be a court of record with statewide jurisdiction. Each circuit court location shall have the authority to hear all cases within the subject matter jurisdiction of the circuit court. Subject to part 1, article 17 of the New Hampshire constitution, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the reassignment of cases within the circuit court as justice or efficiency requires in the discretion of the administrative judge of the circuit court.

Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2017–2024 · leading case: In Re Search Warrant for Records From AT & T, 165 A.3d 711 (N.H. 2017).
In Re Search Warrant for Records From AT & T, 165 A.3d 711 (N.H. 2017). · cites it 6× “" RSA 490-F:2 (Supp. 2016). We now turn to the parties' arguments.”
In re Guardianship of D.E. (N.H. 2023). · cites it 3× “” RSA 490-F:2 (Supp. 2022). Thus, any circuit court location has authority over proceedings under RSA 135-C:34-54 (2021), so long as “the person sought to be admitted resides or is detained” within any county in New Hampshire.”
Amanda Colburn v. Nicholas Saykaly & a. (N.H. 2020). · cites it 2× “Because the circuit court, its divisions, and its jurisdiction, are created by statute, see RSA 490-F:2, :3 (Supp. 2019), we look to the relevant statutes to answer the question presented by this appeal.”
Petition to Invalidate Second Amendment of Trust of Geraldine L. Keith; Kyle Keith, Tr. v. Clayton Keith, Jr. - Geraldine L. Keith Rev. Trust, Petition for Equitable Relief & Writ of Possession (N.H. 2024). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to RSA 490-F:2, “[e]ach circuit court location shall have the authority to hear all cases within the subject matter jurisdiction of the circuit court.”
Mary Jane Re v. Glenn Moir (N.H. 2021). · cites it 2× “After 2011, however, the judicial branch family division became the former judicial branch family division, and the reference in RSA 490-F:2 to the “judicial branch family division” is now deemed to be to the “New Hampshire circuit court.”
State of New Hampshire v. Jeffrey Brock (N.H. 2020). “See RSA 490-F:2 (providing that “[e]ach circuit court location shall have the authority to hear all cases within the subject matter jurisdiction of the circuit court”), :3 (granting the circuit court “the jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred upon the former .”
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