Section 502-A:3 District Court Justices; How Appointed; Tenure. - New Hampshire Statutes

Each district shall consist of a justice and a special justice appointed and commissioned by the governor and council, as prescribed by the constitution. Each such justice shall be a learned, able and discreet person specially qualified by training and experience for the performance of his duties. Justices and special justices shall be chosen from qualified persons who are also members of the bar of New Hampshire. The tenure of office of the persons serving as justices and special justices of the municipal courts constituted and established as district courts by 1963, 331 shall not be affected hereby, but such justices and special justices shall continue in office as justices or special justices of their respective districts.

Source. 1963, 331:1. 1983, 383:70, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.