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NH Rev Stat § 611-B:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:20 - Report to County Attorney.

    611-B:20 Report to County Attorney. –||If, upon completion of a death investigation, the medical examiner is of the opinion that the death of the person was caused or occurred in any manner described in RSA 611-B:11, the medical examiner shall file a record of the case with the county attorney or the attorney general, in accordance with rules adopted by the chief medical examiner under RSA 541-A.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:21 - Autopsy and Investigative Reports.

    611-B:21 Autopsy and Investigative Reports. –||I. The medical examiner shall charge a reasonable fee for each autopsy report made available upon request. Such fee shall be credited to the medico-legal investigation fund established under RSA 611-B:28.||II. Homicide autopsy reports shall be made available only to the department of justice unless a written release is provided by the department of justice.||III. Except as provided otherwise by law and in rules adopted by the chief medical examiner pursuant to RSA 541-A, autopsy reports, investigative reports, and supporting documentation are confidential medical records and, as such, are exempt from the provisions of RSA 91-A. Copies of such documents may be made available to the next of kin, a law enforcement, prosecutorial, or other governmental agency involved in the investigation of the death, the decedent's treating physician, and a medical or scientific body or university or similar organization for educational or research purposes. Autopsy reports, investigative reports, and supporting documents shall not otherwise be released without the authorization of next of kin.||IV. For any autopsy conducted pursuant to RSA 126-A:5, V, a report of any autopsy requested by the commissioner of health and human services shall be provided to the commissioner's quality assurance program and any autopsy findings, test results, reports, or any other information pertaining to the autopsy shall be treated by the department of health and human services in accordance with the quality assurance program under RSA 126-A:4, IV. The copy of the report provided to the department under this section shall be privileged and confidential as provided in RSA 126-A:4, IV(b), except that the medical examiner may forward a copy of the report to the department of justice if the medical examiner finds that the cause of death may be attributable to criminal conduct, or may otherwise disclose the report in accordance with this statute.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:22 - Report to Bureau of Maternal and Child Health.

    611-B:22 Report to Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. –||In any case in which the deceased whose death is being investigated is a child whose death is determined to have been the result of sudden unexplained infant death, the supervising medical examiner shall file a record of the case with the bureau of maternal and child health, department of health and human services. The bureau shall not release this report to any person without the written permission of the supervising medical examiner. The bureau may inform the parents of the child of the disposition of the case in a letter, but shall not include any portion of the autopsy report.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:23 - Dental Examinations.

    611-B:23 Dental Examinations. –||In deaths investigated by a medical examiner, when the identity of a dead body cannot be established by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, the medical examiner shall have a qualified dentist, as determined by the supervising medical examiner, carry out a dental examination of the dead body. If the medical examiner with the aid of the dental examination and other sources of identification is still not able to establish the identity of the dead body, he or she shall prepare and forward the dental examination records to the division of state police on a form supplied by the division for that purpose.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:24 - Release of Body.

    611-B:24 Release of Body. –||The medical examiner, upon the completion of the investigation, shall release the dead body, upon their claim therefor, to one of the following persons:||I. The husband or wife, as the case may be.||II. The next of kin.||III. Any friend of the deceased.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:25 - Unclaimed Body.

    611-B:25 Unclaimed Body. –||If a dead body is unidentified or unclaimed for a period of not less than 48 hours following completion of the death investigation, the medical examiner shall release the body to the overseer of public welfare in the town or, in the case of an unincorporated place, to a county commissioner, who shall decently bury or cremate the body, or, with the consent of the commissioners or the overseer, it may be sent to the medical department of a medical school or university, to be used for the advancement of the science of anatomy and surgery, as provided for by law.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:26 - Death Record.

    611-B:26 Death Record. –||When the body is released pursuant to RSA 611-B:24 or RSA 611-B:25, the medical examiner shall provide to the person taking custody of the body a state of New Hampshire death certificate form with the pronouncing and certifying sections completed.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:27 - Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Accounts.

    611-B:27 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Accounts. –||I. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall be paid at the following rates: telephone consultations-$25; death investigations involving an external examination of the body-$140, plus mileage at the state rate; pre-cremation examinations conducted pursuant to RSA 325-A:18-$50.||II. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall submit all claims for telephone consultation fees, death investigation fees and expenses, and pre-cremation examination fees to the office of the chief medical examiner, which shall authorize such claims and submit them for payment to the state treasurer, chargeable to the medico-legal investigation fund established pursuant to RSA 611-B:28. On a monthly basis, the office of the chief medical examiner shall bill each of the counties for the services provided to that county by the assistant deputy medical examiners during the previous month, and any body transportation costs associated with the billed services, as provided under RSA 611-B:15, I. Services shall be billed at the following rates: telephone consultation-$25; death investigation-$140; travel expenses-the state mileage rate. The county treasurer shall submit payment to the state treasurer, for deposit in the medico-legal investigation fund.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. 2008, 197:3, eff. June 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:27-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:27-a - Autopsy Expenses.

    611-B:27-a Autopsy Expenses. –||I. All autopsy-related bills shall be submitted to the office of the chief medical examiner, which shall authorize them and submit them for payment to the state treasurer, chargeable to the medico-legal investigative fund established pursuant to RSA 611-B:28.||II. For purposes of this section, autopsy expenses shall include morgue costs, microscopic processes, toxicology, body transportation, x-ray costs, and other ancillary testing costs.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:28 - Medico-Legal Investigation Fund.

    611-B:28 Medico-Legal Investigation Fund. –||I. There is established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing fund to be known as the medico-legal investigation fund, which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. The medico-legal investigation fund is established to receive all fees paid to the state related to medico-legal investigations and reports, to receive autopsy expenses paid to the state, to pay autopsy expenses authorized by the office of the chief medical examiner, fees due to assistant deputy medical examiners for investigations conducted, related administrative salaries, and the costs of recruitment, training, administration, and supervision of assistant deputy medical examiners.||II. The treasurer shall deposit in the medico-legal investigation fund all fees collected by the department of justice, office of the chief medical examiner pursuant to RSA 611-B. The treasurer shall also deposit in the medico-legal investigation fund such other funds received under state or federal law, or donated to the state by private parties, for the purposes related to medico-legal investigations, the recruitment, training, administration, and supervision of assistant deputy medical examiners, and related technology projects and improvements, and the treasurer shall credit any interest or income earned on moneys on deposit to the fund.||III. The attorney general is authorized to accept, budget, and expend moneys in the medico-legal investigation fund received from any party without the approval of the governor and council for the purposes of paying fees due by law to assistant deputy medical examiners, and for recruitment, training, administration, and supervision of assistant deputy medical examiners, administrative support costs, and related information technology.||IV. All moneys in the medico-legal investigation fund shall be continually appropriated to the department of justice and shall not lapse.||V. The treasurer, upon approval of the attorney general, shall pay assistant deputy medical examiners fees to which they are entitled by law, the expenses of recruiting, training, administering, and supervising assistant deputy medical examiners, administrative support costs, and the expenses of related information technology.||VI. The attorney general shall include the medico-legal investigation fund in the department budget submitted pursuant to RSA 9:4.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:29 - Dental Records.

    611-B:29 Dental Records. –||If a person reported missing has not been found within 30 days, the county sheriff, chief of police of a city or town, medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority initiating or conducting the investigation for the missing person shall request the family or next of kin of the missing person to give them written consent to contact and request from the dentist of the missing person the person's dental records. The dental records of the missing person shall be forwarded to the division of state police on a form supplied by the division for that purpose.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:30 - Identification by Scoring Probabilities.

    611-B:30 Identification by Scoring Probabilities. –||The division of state police shall act as a repository or computer center, or both, for the dental examination records and dental records filed with it under this chapter. The division shall compare the dental examination records filed pursuant to RSA 611-B:29 with the dental records filed pursuant to RSA 611-B:23 and shall determine which scoring probabilities are the highest for purposes of identification, and shall submit the information to the agency that prepared and forwarded the dental examination records. The division files shall be made available to any law enforcement agency attempting to locate a missing person.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 611-B:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 611-B - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner|Section 611-B:31 - Destruction of Records.

    611-B:31 Destruction of Records. –||If a person reported missing has been found, the county sheriff, chief of police of a city or town, medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority shall report the fact to the division of state police. After receiving the report, the division shall erase or destroy the dental records with respect to the person, which are maintained pursuant to this subdivision.|||Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:1 - Definitions.

    612:1 Definitions. –||Where appearing in this chapter, the term "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. The term "executive authority" includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. The term "state," referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:2 - Fugitives From Justice; Duty of Governor.

    612:2 Fugitives From Justice;  Duty of Governor. –||Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:3 - Form of Demand.

    612:3 Form of Demand. –||No demand for the extradition of a person charged with a crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor, unless in writing alleging, except in cases arising under RSA 612:6, that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime and that thereafter he fled from the state, and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found, by information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime, by a copy of an affidavit made before a magistrate there, together with a copy of any warrant which was issued thereupon, or by a copy of a judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof, together with a statement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of his bail, probation, or parole. The indictment, information, or affidavit made before the magistrate must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state, and the copy of indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction, or sentence must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:4 - Governor May Investigate Case.

    612:4 Governor May Investigate Case. –||When a demand shall be made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with a crime, the governor may call upon the attorney general or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded and whether he ought to be surrendered.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:5 - Extradition of Persons Imprisoned or Awaiting Trial in Another State or Who Have Left the Demanding State Under Compulsion.

    612:5 Extradition of Persons Imprisoned or Awaiting Trial in Another State or Who Have Left the Demanding State Under Compulsion. –||When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or of his term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated. The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state who is charged in the manner provided in RSA 612:23 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:5-a - Violation of Terms of Release; Presigned Waiver of Extradition.

    612:5-a Violation of Terms of Release;  Presigned Waiver of Extradition. –||Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a law enforcement agency shall deliver a person in custody to the accredited agent or agents of a demanding state without the governor's warrant provided that:||I. Such person is alleged to have broken the terms of his probation, parole, bail or any other release of the demanding state; and||II. The law enforcement agency has received from the demanding state an authenticated copy of a prior waiver of extradition signed by such person as a term of his probation, parole, bail or any other release of the demanding state. The copy shall contain photographs, fingerprints or other evidence properly identifying such person as the person who signed the waiver.|||Source. 1993, 121:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:6 - Extradition of Persons Not Present in Demanding State at Time of Commission of Crime.

    612:6 Extradition of Persons Not Present in Demanding State at Time of Commission of Crime. –||The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state in the manner provided in RSA 612:3 with committing an act in this state or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, and the provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime and has not fled therefrom.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:7 - Issue of Governor's Warrant of Arrest; Its Recitals.

    612:7 Issue of Governor's Warrant of Arrest;  Its Recitals. –||If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal and shall be directed to any peace officer or other person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:8 - Manner and Place of Execution.

    612:8 Manner and Place of Execution. –||The warrant issued pursuant to RSA 612:7 shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom it is directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be found within the state, to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused, subject to the provisions hereof, to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 612:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 612 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Law|Section 612:9 - Authority of Arresting Officer.

    612:9 Authority of Arresting Officer. –||Every peace officer or other person empowered to make an arrest pursuant to RSA 612:8 shall have the same authority to command assistance in arresting the accused as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.|||Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:9.|