Section 384:33 Lost Passbooks and Lost Certificates. - New Hampshire Statutes

When a passbook, issued by any corporation as defined by RSA 384:1 or mutual savings bank or guaranty savings bank, has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the person in whose name it was issued, or his legal representative, may submit to the institution a signed affidavit setting forth the circumstances in which the passbook was lost, stolen or destroyed and make written application to such institution for payment of the amount of the deposit represented by said book or for the issuance of a duplicate book therefor. The institution shall pay the amount due on said book or issue a duplicate book therefor unless the institution has received written notice of an adverse claim to the deposit; and upon such payment or delivery of a new book, all liability of the institution on account of the original book shall cease. The provisions of this section shall apply to certificates of deposit issued by such institutions and to the various types of certificates of co-operative banks or building and loan associations, except certificates of deposit or other certificates which are negotiable instruments; and shall also apply to passbooks and those certificates hereinabove described, issued by an institution which subsequently merged in, consolidated with, or transferred its deposit liability to, another institution.

Source. 1905, 45:1, 2. 1915, 25:1, 2. 1923, 73:1. PL 261:45, 46. RL 309:32, 33. RSA 386:31, 32. 1961, 136:2. 1977, 360:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1977.