{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-4-405","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 564-B:4-405","heading":"Charitable Purposes; Enforcement.","body":"(a) A charitable trust may be created for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, governmental or municipal purposes, or other purposes the achievement of which is beneficial to the community.\n(b) If the terms of a charitable trust do not indicate a particular charitable purpose or beneficiary, the court may select one or more charitable purposes or beneficiaries. The selection must be consistent with the settlor's intention to the extent it can be ascertained.\n(c) The settlor of a charitable trust or the director of charitable trusts, among others, may maintain a proceeding to enforce the trust. In any such proceeding where the director of charitable trusts is not a party, the director of charitable trusts shall be joined as a necessary party.","path":["Title LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES","Chapter ARTICLE 4: CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUST"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/564-B/564-B-4-405.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:07:35Z","sha256":"0656e6fe59fe0fcd358f720e1148cf94eaa738d35140ead985a16174ec5c8983","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-4-404","next":"us-nh/rsa-564-b-4-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}