RSA tit. LI, ch. 493 — TENURE OF JUDGES | New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (through the 2026 regular session) — New Hampshire

RSA 493:1 Record of Birth.

493:1. Record of Birth. No judge of any court shall exercise such office, perform any act therein, or receive any fee or salary therefor until he shall have deposited in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the record of his birth, attested by the clerk of the town in which he was born, or, if there is no such record, an affidavit, sworn to and subscribed by himself, stating, according to the best of his belief, the date and place of his birth. Source. RS 15:1. CS 15:1. GS 17:1. GL 18:1. PS 19:1. PL 18:1. RL 26:1.

RSA 493:2 Age Limitation.

493:2. Age Limitation. Whenever any judge shall attain the age of 70 years, the office held by him shall become vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled according to law. Source. Const. II, 78. RS 15:2. CS 15:2. GS 17:2. GL 18:2. PS 19:2. PL 18:2. RL 26:2.

RSA 493:3 Optional Retirement.

493:3. Optional Retirement. Any supreme or superior court judge, full-time district court judge, or full-time probate court judge who is eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of RSA 100-C may retire. The judge shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the judge's intention to retire to the chief justice of the supreme court or the administrative judge of the judge's court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. If a chief justice wishes to retire, the chief justice shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the chief justice's intention to retire to the senior associate justice of the chief justice's court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. If an administrative judge wishes to retire, the administrative judge shall give not less than 30 days' notice nor more than 90 days' notice of the administrative judge's intention to retire to the chief justice of the supreme court and to the governor and council and the board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan under RSA 100-C. Retirement shall be effective upon acceptance by the governor and council. The vacancy created by the retirement of a judge shall be filled according to law. Source. 1971, 210:1. 1975, 369:1. 2005, 292:1, eff. July 1, 2005.