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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 563:4

Co-Owners with Right of Survivorship; Requirement of Survival by 120 Hours

Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

The act spans §§ 563–563 (11 sections).

Source. 1998, 1:1, eff

Except as provided in RSA 563:6, if:

I. It is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of 2 co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, 1/2 of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and 1/2 as if the other had survived by 120 hours; and

II. There are more than 2 co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.

Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.