Every title insurance company shall have the following powers:
I. To do the business defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 416-A:2, II of this chapter.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 416-A:7

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Title insurance: means insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested therein against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens, encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to said property. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 416-A:2

II. To own, manage, and maintain sets of abstract books and, subject to the provisions of this chapter, make, compile, and sell abstracts of title to real estate.
III. To acquire by purchase or otherwise, and to hold, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of real estate and personal property, or any interest therein, either within or without the state and to loan or borrow money upon such real estate or personal property.