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title: "RSA 21-B Common Law Rule Abrogated"
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# RSA 21-B Common Law Rule Abrogated

## 21-B:1 Age of Majority Changed. {#sec_21-B-1}

The common law rule that a person is a minor to the age of 21 is hereby abrogated. A person who has reached his eighteenth birthday is hereby declared to be of majority for all purposes, except as prohibited by the constitution of New Hampshire and of the United States.
Source. 1973, 72:73, eff. June 3, 1973.

## 21-B:2 Recognition of Emancipation Decrees From Other States. {#sec_21-B-2}

A person who is under the age of 18 years, but who has documentation which supports a claim that he has been emancipated in accordance with the laws of the state in which he previously had been residing, shall be considered to be emancipated in the state of New Hampshire.
Source. 1990, 201:1, eff. June 26, 1990.