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Make your New Hampshire healthcare directive.

Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in New Hampshire. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.

New Hampshire healthcare directive requirements

Witnesses required2 witnesses
NotarizationEither 2 qualified witnesses OR acknowledgment before a notary public or justice of the peace (RSA 137-J:14, I)
Official formAdvance Directive

How it works

  1. 1

    Answer a few questions

    About your care preferences and who you want making decisions.

  2. 2

    Download your healthcare directive

    A complete, personalized document, formatted for New Hampshire.

  3. 3

    Sign and share

    Sign with Either 2 qualified witnesses OR acknowledgment before a notary public or justice of the peace (RSA 137-J:14, I). Give a copy to your healthcare agent and your doctor.

What governs a New Hampshire directive

New Hampshire's healthcare-directive statute is at N.H. Rev. Stat. §137-J:1 et seq.. The official form is the Advance Directive. Your directive is valid the moment it's signed under your state's witness and notary rules above; it only takes effect if your physician determines you can't make or communicate decisions yourself.

Who can witness your New Hampshire directive

Neither witness may be the agent or surrogate, the principal's spouse or heir at law, or a person entitled to any part of the estate; nor the attending practitioner or a person acting under the attending practitioner's direction. No more than one witness may be the principal's health or residential care provider or such provider's employee. (RSA 137-J:14, I(a))

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