I. The register of deeds shall not accept a deed or instrument for filing and recording unless it recites the following information:
(a) The latest mailing address of the grantees named in the deed or instrument;

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 478:4-a

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9

(b) In the first sentence of the first description paragraph, the names of all municipalities in which the property is located;
(c) The name of each person signing the deed or instrument as a party to the transaction printed or typewritten under the signature.
II. All documents shall be suitable for reproduction as determined by the register of deeds, who shall provide document standards as amended and adopted by the New Hampshire registers of deeds. The standards and any amendments thereto shall include a statement of their effective date, and shall be posted in and distributed by all registries of deeds for at least 60 days prior to such effective date.