CHAPTER 50
SB 355 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 355
AN ACT relative to name changes for criminal offenders.
This bill clarifies revisions made in 1999, 160, which established certain conditions which must be met for the probate court to grant a petition for a name change for a person who is incarcerated, on probation or parole, or required to register as a sexual offender or an offender against children.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2668
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to name changes for criminal offenders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
50:1 Change of Name. RSA 547:3-i is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
547:3-i Change of Name.
I. The probate court may grant the petition of any person to change the name of that person or the name of another person. The court shall not require the petitioner to obtain consents to the name change. The court may proceed with or without notice, in accordance with RSA 550:4.
II. Before the probate court may grant a change of name for a person who is incarcerated, or on probation or parole, or for a person who is required, pursuant to RSA 651-B, to register as a sexual offender or an offender against children and who is no longer subject to supervision by the department of corrections, the petitioner shall make a compelling showing that a name change is necessary. For a person who is incarcerated, or on probation or parole, the petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on the department of corrections. For a person who is required to register as a sexual offender or an offender against children and who is no longer subject to supervision by the department of corrections, the petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on the department of safety.
50:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
(Approved: April 7, 2000)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2001)