We are pleased to welcome Liz Nolin to the Alfano Law Office team. For more information on Attorney Nolin, please visit her biography under About Us. … [Read more...]
Alfano Law Office to Sponsor January 2015 CIBOR Event
Alfano Law Office, PLLC to host the CIBOR Statewide Marketing Meeting on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. … [Read more...]
How to Read a Property Tax Card
Every parcel of real estate in the State of New Hampshire has an assessor’s record. Commonly, we would know that record as a ‘Property Card’, ‘Assessor’s Card’, or a ‘Tax Card’. Before the Internet changed everyone’s life, you could go to the Assessing Office in any municipality and see the actual card for any property. The paper was a heavy … [Read more...]
Some Ideas on Using Trusts
With the recent changes to federal estate tax law, common strategies for minimizing the amount the government taxes the property you transfer to your family have changed. Increasingly, reducing capital gains taxes on your most valuable assets may be more important than minimizing the property subject to the federal estate tax. For this reason, … [Read more...]
Paul speaks before the RE Section of NHBA
Paul Alfano spoke before the Real Property Law Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 on determining who owns the feet "underneath" public highways. Click here to sign up for our New Hampshire Property Tax Alert … [Read more...]
Paul attends the 2014 NAPTA annual meeting in Las Vegas
This year's 2014 NAPTA annual conference took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from September 28-29, 2014. Paul Alfano attended as New Hampshire's representative. Some key takeaways: Repositioned properties Following the market downturn, properties formerly occupied by malls, drugstores, and manufacturing plants, among other property … [Read more...]
Paul speaks at seminar for NH Law Librarian’s Association
In June 2014, Paul Alfano spoke before the New Hampshire Law Librarian’s Association on the creation and termination of public roads. The seminar was a follow-up to the one Paul gave to the Superior and Supreme Court law clerks in the fall. For more information, visit our road law page or contact Paul directly. … [Read more...]
Paul speaks before Supreme and Superior court law clerks
In November 2013, Paul spoke before the New Hampshire Supreme and Superior Court law clerks on the creation and termination of highways (public rights of way). The law clerks are an elite group of young attorneys chosen to assist New Hampshire judges in legal research projects. Paul's remarks also addressed the controversial subjects of "paper … [Read more...]
Appeal to BTLA or Superior Court? That is the Question.
By: Paul Alfano Published on the New Hampshire Bar Association web site on June 21, 2013. There are still a couple of months left for taxpayers to decide where to appeal unfavorable decisions of 2012 tax abatement requests. Taxpayers have until Sept. 1 to appeal to the New Hampshire Board of Tax and Land Appeals (BTLA) or the superior court, … [Read more...]
Municipal & Governmental Law: Appeal to BTLA or Superior Court? That is the Question
Originally published in New Hampshire Bar Association News - June 21, 2013 By: Paul Alfano There are still a couple of months left for taxpayers to decide where to appeal unfavorable decisions of 2012 tax abatement requests. Taxpayers have until Sept. 1 to appeal to the New Hampshire Board of Tax and Land Appeals (BTLA) or the superior court, … [Read more...]
Property Tax Round-Up – 2011
Published on the New Hampshire Bar Association web site on February 17, 2012. Both the General Court and Supreme Court were active in 2011. Here is a summary of key developments. Court Decisions In Appeal of City of Lebanon, 161 N.H. 463 (2011), the Supreme Court addressed who qualifies as an "aggrieved party" where real estate is subject to a … [Read more...]
State Registration of Condominiums
Residential Condominiums All residential condominiums containing more than ten units must be registered with the Consumer Protection Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Justice, otherwise known as the Attorney General. No declarant (the person or entity creating the condominium) may offer or dispose of a unit until the phase in which the … [Read more...]
Alfano Law Office Database of Municipal Road Records
In 2005, we sent letters to dozens of New Hampshire municipalities asking where they kept their road records. Over seventy-five municipalities responded, and their information is listed here. Please note this information may be dated, but it least gives you a place to start your research. TOWN OF ACWORTH: Years 1858-1972: Board of Selectmen's … [Read more...]
Legislative Alerts
Impact On Your Real Estate Business Each year over a thousand new bills are introduced in the New Hampshire legislature, and hundreds of them could impact your real estate business in either a negative or positive way. Bills affecting property taxes, business taxes, tenants' rights, hazardous waste, shoreline protection, planning board procedures, … [Read more...]
Lot Consolidation – The New Battleground
When it comes to real estate, most of us feel the rub between personal freedom and the need to govern ourselves. While we resent noisy neighbors and appreciate laws giving us the power to respond (through proper channels, of course), we may think our loud friends are hilarious (and everyone else should, too!). Land use controls, such as zoning … [Read more...]
Real Property Law: Lot Consolidation – the New Battleground
Originally published in New Hampshire Bar Association News – May 13, 2011 By: Paul Alfano The regulation of real estate offers a great example of the rub between personal freedom and providing for the good of the whole, and few better flash points exist than ordinances mandating the merger of contiguous, nonconforming lots. A person may think he … [Read more...]
So Where is All the Land-Locked Land?
There is a conspiracy of carelessness in New Hampshire, and it is costing people money. Property owners throw around the term “land-locked” thinking their land has no access. What most of them do not realize is that while their land may have no written access, either by deed, easement or court decree, it probably has actual access. In fact, land … [Read more...]
Road Acceptance – A Proposal
Road "acceptance" is a common enough term, but what exactly does it mean? Does it mean a municipality has the obligation to maintain the road in question, or does it simply mean the public has the right to use the road? And what is required for an acceptance to occur? This distinction can be confusing. Fortunately, the Supreme Court tackled … [Read more...]