{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-10-1010","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 564-B:10-1010","heading":"Limitation on Personal Liability of Trustee.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.\n(b) A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a trust, or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property, including liability for violation of environmental law, only if the trustee is personally at fault.\n(c) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort committed in the course of administering a trust, may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.","path":["Title LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES","Chapter ARTICLE 10: LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEE"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/564-B/564-B-10-1010.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:07:35Z","sha256":"a33f64259b087a8ed2166d04fef27cd96d90e9f3544718dad15914ab261a1e19","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-10-1009","next":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-10-1011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}