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RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

PROCEDURAL RULES

Rule 1. Official Publication and Notification of Rules.

Rule 2. Term and Sessions.


Rule 3. Definitions.

Rule 4. Types of Cases.

Rule 5. Docketing the Case: Filing the Record.


Rule 6. Form of Cases and Appendices.


Rule 7. Appeal from Trial Court Decision on the Merits.

Rule 7-A. Motion to Stay or for Remand.

Rule 8. Interlocutory Appeal From Ruling.


Rule 9. Interlocutory Transfer without Ruling.


Rule 10. Appeal from Administrative Agency.


Rule 11. Petition for Original Jurisdiction.


Rule 12. Requests for Confidentiality of Case Records; Access to Case Records. 


Rule 12-A. Post Verdict Settlement Conferences.


Rule 12-B. Scheduling Order: Prehearing Evaluation Conference.


Rule 12-C. Judicial Referee Panels.
[Repealed.]

Rule 12-D. Summary Procedures on Appeal.


Rule 13. The Record.


Rule 14. Transmittal of the Record.


Rule 15. Transcripts.


Rule 16. Briefs.


Rule 16-A. Plain Error.


Rule 17. Appendix to Brief.


Rule 18. Oral Argument.


Rule 19. Media Access to Court Proceedings.


Rule 20. Copy of Opinion; Nonprecedential Status of Orders.


Rule 21. Motions, Brief Memoranda, and Extensions of Time to File Briefs.


Rule 21A. Motions for Recusal.


Rule 21B.  Motions to Withdraw Criminal Appeals.

Rule 22. Motion for Rehearing or Reconsideration.


Rule 23. Taxation of Costs; Waiver; Attorney's Fees.


Rule 24. Mandate.


Rule 25. Summary Disposition.


Rule 26. Filing and Service.


Rule 27. Computation and Extension of Time.


Rule 28. Parties' Designation.


Rule 29. Substitution of Parties.


Rule 30. Amicus Curiae.


Rule 31. Cases in Which the State is Not a Party, But Which Involve the State's Interests.


Rule 32. Counsel in Criminal Cases.


Rule 32-A.  Counsel in Guardianship, Involuntary Admission, and Termination of Parental Rights Cases.

Rule 33. Nonmember of the New Hampshire Bar.

Rule 34. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law.

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Rule 35. Guidelines for the Utilization by Lawyers of the Services of Legal Assistants under the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct.

Rule 36. Appearances in Courts by Eligible Law Students and Graduates.


Rule 37. Attorney Discipline System.


Rule 37A. Rules and Procedures of Attorney Discipline System.


Rule 38. Code of Judicial Conduct.
[NOTE: Large File -- 219 KB]

Rule 38-A. Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.


Rule 39. Committee on Judicial Conduct.


Rule 39-A. Commission on Judicial Conduct.
[Repealed.]

Rule 40. Procedural Rules of Committee on Judicial Conduct.


Rule 41. Professional Associations.


Rule 42. Admission To The Bar; Committee On Character And Fitness.


Rule 42A. Non-payment Of Bar Dues.

Rule 42B.  Character and Fitness Standards.


Rule 42C. Temporary Practice by Foreign Lawyers.


Rule 43. State-Federal Judicial Council.


Rule 44. Prior Or Inconsistent Rules.


Rule 45. Continuing Judicial Education.


Rule 46. Law Clerk Code Of Conduct.


Rule 47. Counsel Fees And Expenses-Indigent Criminal Cases.


Rule 48. Counsel Fees and Expenses-Other Indigent Cases.


Rule 48-A. Guardians Ad Litem Fees-Indigent Cases.

Rule 48-B.  Mediator Fees

Rule 48-C.  Mileage Reimbursement

Rule 49. Fees In Supreme Court.

Rule 50. Trust Accounts.


Rule 50-A. Certification Requirement.


Appendix to Rule 50-A
 
[Appendix contains Interest on Trust Accounts Program Sign-up Form Information and Annual Trust Accounting Compliance Certificate]

Rule 51. Rule-Making Procedures.

Rule 52. Grand Jury Transcripts.


Rule 52-A. Multicounty Grand Juries.


Rule 53. New Hampshire Minimum Continuing Legal Education Requirement.


53.1. NHMCLE REQUIREMENT


53.2. Lawyers Subject To Requirement


53.3. Activities Qualifying For NHMCLE Credit


53.4. Sponsor Approval


53.5. Standards For Individual Course Or Activity Approval


53.6. Reporting And Certification For NHMCLE Credit


53.7. Sanctions And Appeal


53.8. NHMCLE Board

Rule 54. Administrative Judges And Administrative Council.

Rule 55. Public Protection Fund.

Rule 56. Performance Evaluation of Judges.

Rule 57.  Custody and Disposal of Exhibits in Trial Courts.

Rule 58.  New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program

58.1. Establishment of the NH Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP)

58.2. LAP Commission


58.3. Director of the Program


58.4. Volunteer Lawyers, Judges, and Law Students


58.5. Services


58.6. Referrals


58.7. Referrals from the Professional Conduct Committee, Committee on Judicial Conduct, Committee on Character and Fitness, and the Judiciary


58.8. Confidentiality


58.9. Duties and Responsibilities

58.10. Facility

FORMS

Some Supreme Court Forms, including Rule 7 Notice of Discretionary Appeal and Rule 7 Notice of Mandatory Appeal forms, are available on the Judicial Branch Website.  Please return to the Judicial Branch home page, click on "Supreme Court" in the menu on the left side of the page, and then click on "Forms" in the menu on the left side of that page.  To return to the Judicial Branch home page, click on return.


NOTE: The rules as published herein are subject to revisions promulgated from time to time by the New Hampshire Supreme Court and published in the New Hampshire Bar News. See Supreme Court Rules 1 and 51.

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