STATE: NEW HAMPSHIRE

Interest Rate

• Judgment: 2007 – 6.8% (changes every year on the 1st of January)

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (IN YEARS)

• Open Account: 3
• For Goods: 4
• Written Contract: 3
• Domestic Judgment: 20
• Foreign Judgment: 20

BAD CHECK LAWS (CIVIL PENALTY)

Amount due, interest, court costs, reasonable attorney’s fees & $10 per business day (max. $500). If statutory notice is sent. (RSA 544-B)

GENERAL GARNISHMENT EXEMPTIONS

50 x fed. min. hourly wage. All future wage are exempt so that the court cannot issue an onging order.