New Hampshire Revised Statutes 554:19 – Priority of Charges
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I. The administrator of an estate shall make payment of the claims in the following order:
(a) Costs and expenses of administration of the estate.
(b) Reasonable and necessary funeral, burial, and cremation expenses.
(c) Debts and taxes with preference under federal law.
(d) Claims made for financial and/or medical assistance provided to the deceased by the department of health and human services, debts collected by the state pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:34, and charges pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 166:19. The department of health and human services may distribute claims made in the following order: first, that assistance funded entirely by moneys from the general fund; and second, that assistance funded by a combination of state and federal funds.
(e) Just debts of the deceased.
(f) Legacies given by the will of the deceased or distribution to heirs according to law.
II. No preference shall be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class.
III. No creditor of a lower class shall receive any payment until all those of the preceding class shall have been fully paid.
(a) Costs and expenses of administration of the estate.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 554:19
- 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
- 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
(b) Reasonable and necessary funeral, burial, and cremation expenses.
(c) Debts and taxes with preference under federal law.
(d) Claims made for financial and/or medical assistance provided to the deceased by the department of health and human services, debts collected by the state pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:34, and charges pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 166:19. The department of health and human services may distribute claims made in the following order: first, that assistance funded entirely by moneys from the general fund; and second, that assistance funded by a combination of state and federal funds.
(e) Just debts of the deceased.
(f) Legacies given by the will of the deceased or distribution to heirs according to law.
II. No preference shall be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class.
III. No creditor of a lower class shall receive any payment until all those of the preceding class shall have been fully paid.