County Commissioners:
The Board of Commissioners duties are mandated by NH Statue RSA 28. The Commissioners are part-time elected officials responsible for overall supervision of County Departments, buildings and land, and oversight. Commissioner salaries are set in each respective county.

County Attorney:
New Hampshire RSA 7:6 and 7:34 mandate the County Attorney to serve as the Attorney General’s representative in [each] County, with the objective of enforcing the criminal laws of the State. The County Attorney and the Assistant County Attorneys also try to make themselves available to address many community and law enforcement groups on a variety of subjects, including: Motor Vehicle Offenses; Workings of the Criminal Justice System; Child Abuse; Sexual Assault; Drug Offenses; Motor Vehicle Offenses; and many other topics of interest and concern to the community. The County Attorney’s Office also offers training on various law enforcement topics to the police
departments within the County.

County Sheriff:
There are 10 elected Sheriffs – one for each county. Sheriffs work to strengthen the professional law enforcement services their offices provide to the people of New Hampshire. New Hampshire Sheriffs’ authority comes from Part 2 Article 71 of the NH State Constitution
and NH RSA 104:6. All NH Sheriffs are elected every 2 years and are the chief law enforcement officers in their county.

County Treasurer
The County Treasurer is charged with collecting the county property tax from municipalities, overseeing financial accounts, and investing county funds. New Hampshire residents all pay a county portion of their property taxes to their local government.

Register of Deeds
The Registry of Deeds records, maintains and preserves in an archival format all documents related to real estate and property:
Some examples are: Deeds, Survey Plans, Powers of Attorney, Mortgages, Town Tax Liens, State of NH Liens, Federal IRS Liens, Writs of Attachment, Association Liens , Releases of Discharges of the Various Liens.

Register of Probate
Elected in title only, enshrined in the state Constitution as an elected position along with other county officials. The Register has no office, no phone, no desk, no computer, and no real duties any longer.