New Hampshire Superior Courts

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The New Hampshire Superior Courts have jurisdiction over several types of cases. There is a superior court in each of the ten counties, with the exception of Hillsborough County, which has two.[1][2]

Jurisdiction

The superior courts hear the following types of cases:

  • Negligence, contracts, real property rights and other civil matters where claim for damages totals at least $1,500 and at least one party requests a jury trial
  • Cases involving a claim for damages over $25,000
  • Felonies
  • Misdemeanor appeals from the circuit courts
  • Petitions for injunctive relief[1]

Courts

  • Belknap Superior Court
located in Laconia[3]
  • Carroll Superior Court
located in Ossipee[4]
  • Cheshire Superior Court
located in Ossipee[5]
  • Coos Superior Court
located in Lancaster[6]
  • Grafton Superior Court
located in North Haverhill[7]
  • Hillsborough Superior Court
located in Nashua[8]
  • Merrimack Superior Court
located in Concord[9]
  • Rockingham Superior Court
located in Brentwood[10]
  • Strafford Superior Court
located in Dover[11]
  • Sullivan Superior Court
located in Newport[12]

Justices

[13]

Senior justices

[13]

Retired justices

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "About the Superior Court," accessed March 31, 2014
  2. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Find Your Court, Superior Court," accessed March 31, 2014
  3. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Belknap Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  4. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Carroll Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  5. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Cheshire Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  6. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Coos Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  7. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Grafton Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  8. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Hillsborough Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  9. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Merrimack Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  10. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Rockingham Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  11. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Strafford Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  12. ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Sullivan Superior Court," accessed August 8, 2014
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Justices - Superior Court," accessed March 28, 2023

New Hampshire courts

Federal courts:

First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Hampshire • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Hampshire

State courts:

New Hampshire Supreme Court • New Hampshire Superior Courts • New Hampshire Circuit Courts • New Hampshire Probate Courts • New Hampshire District Court • New Hampshire Family Division

State resources:

Courts in New Hampshire • New Hampshire judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Hampshire

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