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New Hampshire court costs guide

Filing for divorce in New Hampshire costs Unverified in court filing fees. This guide covers the verified filing fees for divorce, name change, general civil cases, and probate in New Hampshire — every figure from the official schedule or statute named at the foot of the page.

New Hampshire at a glanceFigure
CourtCircuit Court — Family & Probate Divisions
Divorce filing feeUnverified — New Hampshire court fees are set by the Supreme Court under RSA 490:26-a and published by the Judicial Branch, but we could not open and read an official Judicial Branch fee schedule. Secondary sources converge on figures around $280, but that is not citable under our official-sources rule, so we print no number: confirm with the clerk.
Name change filing feeUnverified — the name-change fee sits in the Circuit Court Probate Division rules and was not read on an official page.
Name-change publicationNot required — Not required — RSA 547:3-i: the probate court may grant a name-change petition and 'may proceed with or without notice, in accordance with RSA 550:4.' The statute imposes no newspaper-publication requirement (service is required only for incarcerated, supervised, registered-offender, and certain convicted petitioners).
General civil filing feeUnverified — see the divorce note above.
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Divorce filing fees

Unverified — New Hampshire court fees are set by the Supreme Court under RSA 490:26-a and published by the Judicial Branch, but we could not open and read an official Judicial Branch fee schedule. Secondary sources converge on figures around $280, but that is not citable under our official-sources rule, so we print no number: confirm with the clerk.

See the national picture — including the states where the fee is set county by county — in our divorce filing cost guide.

Name change: fee and publication

Unverified — the name-change fee sits in the Circuit Court Probate Division rules and was not read on an official page.

Publication: Not required — RSA 547:3-i: the probate court may grant a name-change petition and 'may proceed with or without notice, in accordance with RSA 550:4.' The statute imposes no newspaper-publication requirement (service is required only for incarcerated, supervised, registered-offender, and certain convicted petitioners).

Publication is the step readers most often get wrong, because the rule changed recently in several states. The full state-by-state picture is in our name change cost guide.

General civil filing fees

Unverified — see the divorce note above.

Probate court costs

No probate filing figure for New Hampshire appears on the official schedules we read — in many states probate fees are set at county level (a register of wills or probate court fee schedule) rather than statewide. Confirm the current fee with the probate court where the estate will be filed. Our probate cost guide explains the cost layers every estate pays.

How filing works in New Hampshire

  1. Prepare the petition or complaint for the Circuit Court — Family & Probate Divisions — most New Hampshire courts publish the forms on their self-help pages.
  2. File with the clerk and pay the filing fee above. Keep the stamped copy; it is your proof of filing.
  3. Arrange service of process on the other party where the case requires it (divorce and general civil cases do; a name change usually does not).
  4. Complete any publication the rules require — for a New Hampshire name change: not required.
  5. Attend the hearing or, in uncontested matters, submit the proposed decree for the judge's signature.

Worked total: what a divorce filing costs

Because the filing fee itself is not a single statewide figure in New Hampshire, a worked total would be a made-up number — we don't publish those. Budget the county filing fee from the note above, plus $50–$100 for service of process if the other party must be served, and confirm the filing fee with the clerk before you file.

Sources: RSA 547:3-i — New Hampshire General Court. Researched October 2026 — confirm current figures with the court clerk.

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