Part 1 — .2
9.6 General Judicial Matters Jurisdiction
jurisdiction:
(a) for the purposes of Part 4,
(i) to hear and adjudicate on any claim or counterclaim
(A) for debt, whether payable in money or otherwise, if
the amount claimed or counterclaimed, as the case
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may be, exclusive of interest payable under an Act or
by agreement on the amount claimed, does not
exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations,
(A.1) for unjust enrichment, including a claim or
counterclaim for the recovery of the value of services
provided or goods supplied, if the amount claimed or
counterclaimed, as the case may be, does not exceed
the amount prescribed by the regulations,
(B) for damages, including damages for breach of
contract, if the amount claimed or counterclaimed, as
the case may be, exclusive of interest payable under
an Act or by agreement on the amount claimed, does
not exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations,
(C) for a determination of the title to and the right of
possession of personal property, and for the delivery
of personal property if the value of the personal
property does not exceed the amount prescribed by
the regulations, and
(D) for specific performance or rescission of a contract if
the value of the rights in issue does not exceed the
amount prescribed by the regulations;
(ii) to grant an equitable reme dy in respect of a claim or
counterclaim referred to in subclause (i);
(b) where provided for or directed under any enactment, and
subject to that enactment, to hear and adjudicate on any
matter, provide any relief, carry out any duty or perform any
function assigned to the Court under that enactment or in
respect of which the Court is empowered to undertake or
provide under that enactment;
(c) for the purposes of the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act
and the Residential Tenancies Act, without limiting the
jurisdiction of the Court provided for under those Acts, to
grant
(i) an order terminating a tenancy;
(ii) an order for the recovery of possession of premises;
(iii) an order to vacate premises.
(2) The Court does not have jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate on
a claim or counterclaim
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(a) in which the title to land is brought into question,
(b) in which the validity of any devise, bequest or limitation is
disputed,
(c) for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, defamation,
criminal conversation or breach of promise of marriage,
(d) against a judge, justice of the peace or peace officer for
anything done by that person while executing the duties of
that office, or
(e) by a local authority or school board for the recovery of
taxes, other than taxes imposed in respect of the occupancy
of or an interest in land that is itself exempt from taxation.
(3) Where an amount is prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of subsection (1), that amount applies with respect
(a) to civil claims filed, or
(b) subject to clause (a), to matters that arose,
after the prescribed amount came into effect.
(4) If the claim of a plaintiff or the counterclaim of a defendant
exceeds the amount prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1),
the plaintiff or the defendant, as the case may be, may abandon that
part of the claim or counterclaim that is in excess by filing a notice
to that effect with the Court.
(5) Subject to section 56(4), where a notice is filed under
subsection (4), the person forfeits the excess and is not entitled to
recover it in the Court of Justice or in any other court.
RSA 2000 c16(Supp) s6;2008 c32 s1;2015 c12 s6;AR 75/2023