If the grantor or lessor shall refuse to acknowledge a deed or lease, proof of its due execution may be made in the manner provided in RSA 477:12, but, if the grantor or lessor is a resident of this state, notice of the time and place of proving the same, signed by a justice, shall be delivered to him or left at his abode 14 days prior to such time. Every unacknowledged deed proved agreeably to this section or RSA 477:12 shall be as effectual as if duly acknowledged.
RSA 477:13
RS 130:10. CS 136:10. GS 121:10. GL 135:10. PS 137:10. PL 213 :13. RL 259:13. RSA 477:13. 1981, 303:2, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.