HB 1233 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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2000 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 1233
This bill establishes that simple interest on judgments shall be imposed from the date of the writ or the filing of the petition to the date of judgment.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to interest on judgments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Interest From Date of Writ. Amend RSA 524:1-b to read as follows:
524:1-b Interest from Date of Writ. In all other civil proceedings at law or in equity in which a verdict is rendered or a finding is made for pecuniary damages to any party, whether for personal injuries, for wrongful death, for consequential damages, for damage to property, business or reputation, for any other type of loss for which damages are recognized, there shall be added forthwith by the clerk of court to the amount of damages interest thereon from the date of the writ or the filing of the petition to the date of [such verdict or finding] judgment even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or findings beyond the maximum liability imposed by law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.