AnalysisNew Hampshire’s Uniform Law on Notarial Acts already authorizes a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any state court or a justice of the peace to perform notarial acts. Through this new law, marital masters – officers appointed by the Superior Court to handle domestic cases and issue advisory orders in proceedings over which the Court has jurisdiction – now enjoy automatic powers to perform notarial acts, as do registers and deputy registers of probate. Registers of probate are elected to their position within the probate court.
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