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NH Rev Stat § 637:10-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 637 - Theft|Section 637:10-c - Organized Retail Crime Enterprise.

    637:10-c Organized Retail Crime Enterprise. –||A person is guilty of a class B felony, and a class A felony for a second or subsequent offense, if he or she conspires with one or more persons to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct of theft as defined in RSA 637:3-a, II or RSA 637:10-b. A conviction under this section shall not merge with the conviction for any offense that is the object of the conspiracy.|||Source. 2010, 239:13, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 637:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 637 - Theft|Section 637:11 - Penalties.

    637:11 Penalties. –||I. Theft constitutes a class A felony if:||(a) The value of the property or services exceeds $1,500, or||(b) The property stolen is a firearm, or||(c) The actor is armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the theft, except that if the deadly weapon is a firearm, he shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g.||II. Theft constitutes a class B felony if:||(a) The value of the property or services is more than $1,000 but not more than $1,500, or||(b) The actor has been twice before convicted of theft of property or services, as a felony or class A misdemeanor, or||(c) The theft constitutes a violation of RSA 637:5, II(a) or (b), or||(d) The property or services stolen are from 3 separate business establishments within a 72-hour period, or||(e) The property is stolen with intent to resell or distribute. It would be prima facie evidence that the offense constitutes theft with intent to resell or distribute when the theft consists of goods or merchandise in quantities that would not normally be purchased for personal use or consumption, or||(f) The property received in violation of RSA 637:7 consists of goods or merchandise in quantities that would not normally be purchased for personal use or consumption, or||(g) The actor has twice before been convicted of offenses under RSA 637:3-a, II and the present and prior convictions were based on offenses committed within a 36-month period.||III. Theft constitutes a misdemeanor if the value of the property or services does not exceed $1,000.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1977, 187:2. 1979, 266:1. 1990, 95:6. 1992, 269:14, 22, II. 2001, 174:2. 2010, 239:3, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:1 - Forgery.

    638:1 Forgery. –||I. A person is guilty of forgery if, with purpose to defraud anyone, or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, he:||(a) Alters any writing of another without his authority or utters any such altered writing; or||(b) Makes, completes, executes, authenticates, issues, transfers, publishes or otherwise utters any writing so that it purports to be the act of another, or purports to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case, or to be a copy of an original when no such original existed.||II. As used in this section, "writing" includes printing or any other method of recording information, checks, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks, and other symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification.||III. Forgery is a class B felony if the writing is or purports to be:||(a) A security, revenue stamp, or any other instrument issued by a government, or any agency thereof; or||(b) A check, an issue of stocks, bonds, or any other instrument representing an interest in or a claim against property, or a pecuniary interest in or claim against any person or enterprise.||III-a. Forgery is a class A misdemeanor if the writing is or purports to be a fake or counterfeit certificate of insurance.||IV. All other forgery is a class B misdemeanor.||V. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he knowingly possesses any writing that is a forgery under this section or any device for making any such writing. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this paragraph that the possession was without an intent to defraud.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:15, eff. July 1, 1992. 2019, 281:1, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:2 - Fraudulent Handling of Recordable Writings.

    638:2 Fraudulent Handling of Recordable Writings. –||A person is guilty of a class B felony if, with a purpose to deceive or injure anyone, he falsifies, destroys, removes or conceals any will, deed, mortgage, security instrument or other writing for which the law provides public recording.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:3 - Tampering With Public or Private Records.

    638:3 Tampering With Public or Private Records. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, knowing he has no privilege to do so, he falsifies, destroys, removes or conceals any writing or record, public or private, with a purpose to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:5 - Fraudulent Use of Credit Card.

    638:5 Fraudulent Use of Credit Card. –||I. A person is guilty of fraudulent use of a credit card if he uses a credit card for the purpose of obtaining property or services with knowledge that:||(a) The card is stolen; or||(b) The card has been revoked or cancelled; or||(c) For any other reason his use of the card is unauthorized by either the issuer or the person to whom the credit card is issued.||II. "Credit card" means a writing or other evidence of an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer.||III. (a) Fraudulent use of a credit card is:||(1) A class A felony if:||(A) Property or services are obtained which exceed the value of $1,500; or||(B) The defendant has 2 or more prior convictions under this section, the present and prior convictions were based on offenses committed within a 12-month period, and the aggregate amount of the property or services obtained by the defendant as part of those offenses exceeds $1,500;||(2) A class B felony if:||(A) Property or services are obtained which exceed the value of $1,000 but are not more than the value of $1,500; or||(B) The defendant has 2 or more prior convictions under this section, the present and prior convictions were based on offenses committed within a 12-month period, and the aggregate amount of the property or services obtained by the defendant as part of those offenses exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $1,500; and||(3) A misdemeanor in all other cases.||(b) The value shall be determined according to the provisions of RSA 637:2, V.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 265:2. 2010, 239:5, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:5-a - Fraudulent Communications Paraphernalia.

    638:5-a Fraudulent Communications Paraphernalia. –||I. As used in this section, "fraudulent communications paraphernalia" means any device used or intended for use in obtaining any toll telecommunication or cable television service from a company providing either service by rearranging, tampering with, or making any unauthorized connection to any telephone or cable television instrument, equipment or facility of such company in order to avoid the payment, in whole or in part, of the lawful charge for such communication service or to conceal from any such company or any lawful authority, the existence or place of origin or termination of any such service.||II. Any person who wilfully creates, offers, or transfers to another any fraudulent communications paraphernalia or information for creating or using such paraphernalia shall be guilty of a class B felony.||III. Any person who wilfully possesses any fraudulent communications paraphernalia or information for creating or using such paraphernalia shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||IV. Any person who communicates or causes to be communicated the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent credit card issued by a company providing telecommunication services or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance of such credit cards, or any method, scheme, instruction or information on how to fraudulently avoid payment for telecommunication services, with the intent that such number or coding system or information be used to fraudulently avoid the payment of any lawful charges imposed by such company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||V. Any fraudulent communications paraphernalia prohibited under this section may be seized under warrant or incident to a lawful arrest, and, upon conviction of a person for violation of this section, such paraphernalia may be destroyed as contraband by such officers, agents or other persons as shall be designated for that purpose by the attorney general.|||Source. 1981, 458:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:6 - Deceptive Business Practices.

    638:6 Deceptive Business Practices. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, in the course of business, he:||(a) Uses or possesses for use, a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or||(b) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; or||(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure; or||(d) Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities. "Adulterated" means varying from the standard of composition or quality prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. "Mislabeled" means varying from the standard of truth or disclosure in labeling prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage; or||(e) Makes a false or misleading statement in any advertisement addressed to the public or to a substantial segment thereof for the purpose of promoting the purchase or sale of property or services.||II. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant's conduct was not knowing or reckless.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:16, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:6-a - Dealing in Counterfeit Recordings.

    638:6-a Dealing in Counterfeit Recordings. –||I. As used in this section, "original recording" means any article on which sounds or images, or both, have been recorded with the authorization of the holder of the copyright for the material recorded. "Counterfeit recording" means any article on which sounds or images, or both, have been copied from an original recording, without the authorization of the holder of the copyright for the material recorded.||II. Any person who sells or rents counterfeit recordings, or possesses counterfeit recordings for the purpose of sale or rental, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a class B felony if any other person. Each individual counterfeit recording shall constitute a separate offense.||III. Possession of 5 or more duplicate copies or 20 or more individual copies of counterfeit recordings shall create a rebuttable presumption that such recordings are intended for sale or distribution in violation of this section.|||Source. 1995, 175:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:7 - Commercial Bribery.

    638:7 Commercial Bribery. –||I. A person is guilty of commercial bribery when, without the consent of employer or principal, contrary to the best interests of the employer or principal:||(a) He confers, offers, or agrees to confer upon the employee, agent or fiduciary of such employer or principal, any benefit with the purpose of influencing the conduct of the employee, agent or fiduciary in relation to his employer's or principal's affairs; or||(b) He, as an employee, agent or fiduciary of such employer or principal, solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will influence his conduct in relation to his employer's or principal's affairs: provided that this section does not apply to inducements made or accepted solely for the purpose of causing a change in employment by an employee, agent or fiduciary.||II. A person is also guilty of commercial bribery if he holds himself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal or criticism of goods or services and he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit to influence his selection, appraisal or criticism.||III. (a) Commercial bribery is:||(1) A class A felony if the value of the benefit referred to in paragraphs I and II is more than $1,500;||(2) A class B felony if the value of the benefit referred to in paragraphs I and II is more than $1,000, but is not more than $1,500; and||(3) A misdemeanor in all other cases.||(b) The value shall be determined according to the provisions of RSA 637:2, V.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 265:3-5. 2010, 239:6, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:8 - Sports Bribery.

    638:8 Sports Bribery. –||I. A person is guilty of sports bribery if:||(a) With a purpose to influence any participant or prospective participant not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon or threatens any injury to such participant or prospective participant; or||(b) With a purpose to influence an official in a publicly exhibited contest to perform his duties improperly, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon or threatens any injury to such official; or||(c) With a purpose to influence the outcome of a publicly exhibited contest, he tampers with any person, animal or thing contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern such a contest; or||(d) He knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, the giving of which would be criminal under subparagraph I(a) or (b).||II. (a) Sports bribery is:||(1) A class A felony if the benefit referred to in subparagraphs I(a), (b) or (d), or the value of the benefit gained or to be gained from influencing the outcome of a contest as referred to in subparagraph I(c), exceeds $1,500 or if the injury threatened in subparagraphs I(a) or (b) is a serious bodily injury;||(2) A class B felony in all other cases.||(b) The value shall be determined according to the provisions of RSA 637:2, V.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 265:6. 2010, 239:7, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:9 - Fraud on Creditors.

    638:9 Fraud on Creditors. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:||I. He destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with a purpose to hinder enforcement of that interest; or||II. Knowing that proceedings have been or are about to be instituted for the appointment of a person entitled to administer property for the benefit of creditors, he||(a) Destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with any property with a purpose to defeat or obstruct the claim of any creditor, or otherwise to obstruct the operation of any law relating to administration of property for the benefit of creditors; or||(b) Presents to any creditor or to an assignee for the benefit of creditors, orally or in writing, any statement relating to the debtor's estate, knowing that a material part of such statement is false.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:10 - Frauds on Depositors.

    638:10 Frauds on Depositors. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:||I. As an officer, manager, or other person participating in the direction of a financial institution, as defined in RSA 637:10, IV(a), he receives or permits receipt of a deposit or other investment knowing that the institution is or is about to become unable, from any cause, to pay its obligations in the ordinary course of business; and||II. He knows that the person making the payment to the institution is unaware of such present or prospective inability.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:11 - Misapplication of Property.

    638:11 Misapplication of Property. –||I. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he deals with property that has been entrusted to him as a fiduciary, or property of the government or of a financial institution, in a manner which he knows is a violation of his duty and which involves substantial risk of loss to the owner or to a person for whose benefit the property was entrusted.||II. As used in this section, "fiduciary" includes any person carrying on fiduciary functions on behalf of a corporation or other organization which is a fiduciary. "Government" and "financial institution" have the meanings given in RSA 637:10, IV. "Property" has the meaning given in RSA 637:2, I.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:12 - Fraudulent Execution of Documents.

    638:12 Fraudulent Execution of Documents. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, by deception or threat, he causes another to sign or execute any instrument which affects or is likely to affect the pecuniary interest of any person.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:13 - Use and Possession of Slugs.

    638:13 Use and Possession of Slugs. –||I. A person is guilty of a violation if:||(a) With a purpose to defraud the supplier of property or a service offered or sold by means of a coin machine, he inserts, deposits or uses a slug in that machine; or||(b) He makes, possesses, or disposes of a slug with the purpose of enabling a person to use it fraudulently in a coin machine.||II. As used in this section, "coin machine" means any mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed to receive a coin or bill of a certain denomination, or a token made for the purpose; and in return for the insertion or deposit thereof, automatically to offer, provide, assist in providing or permit the acquisition of property or a public or private service. "Slug" means any object which, by virtue of its size, shape or other quality, is capable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine as an improper substitute for a genuine coin, bill or token.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1990, 60:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:14 - Unlawful Simulation of Legal Process.

    638:14 Unlawful Simulation of  Legal Process. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, with a purpose to procure the compliance of another with a request made by such person, knowingly sends, mails or delivers to such person a notice or other writing which has no judicial or other sanction, but which in its format or appearance simulates a summons, complaint, court order or process, including, but not limited to, lien, indictment, warrant, injunction, writ, notice, pleading, subpoena, or order, or an insignia, seal or printed form of a federal, state or local government or an instrumentality thereof, or is otherwise calculated to induce a belief that it does have a judicial or other official sanction.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 2003, 168:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:15 - Fraud on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.

    638:15 Fraud on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program. –||I. A person is guilty of fraud on the women, infants, and children program if he is a vendor who embezzles, purposely misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud or theft any funds, assets, or property provided under RSA 132:12-a or if he receives, conceals, or retains such funds, assets, or property for his own use, knowing them to have been embezzled, purposely misapplied, stolen, or obtained by fraud or theft.||II. Fraud on the women, infants, and children program is:||(a) A class A felony where the value of the funds, assets, or property exceeds $1,500;||(b) A class B felony where the value of the funds, assets, or property exceeds $500, but is not more than $1,500;||(c) A misdemeanor in all other cases.||III. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he is a participant who:||(a) By a purposely false statement or misrepresentation or by impersonation or other purposely fraudulent act or device attempts to obtain or obtains funds under RSA 132:12-a to which he is not entitled.||(b) Purposely and knowingly aids or abets any person, by a purposely false statement or misrepresentation or by impersonation or other purposely fraudulent act or device, to attempt to obtain or obtain funds under RSA 132:12-a to which the person is not entitled.||(c) Purposely fails to disclose the receipt of property, wages, income, or resources or any change in circumstances that would affect his eligibility for assistance under RSA 132:12-a, to obtain funds or assistance to which he is not entitled.|||Source. 1981, 307:4. 2010, 239:8, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 638:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 638 - Fraud|Section 638:15-a - False Academic Documentation.

    638:15-a False Academic Documentation. –||I. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly does any of the following:||(a) Falsely creates, alters, or assists in the false creation or alteration of an academic degree.||(b) Solicits from another the false creation or alteration of an academic degree.||(c) Uses, offers, or presents as authentic a falsely created or altered academic degree.||(d) Sells, gives, purchases, or obtains, or assists in the selling, giving, purchasing, or obtaining of a false academic degree.||(e) Makes a false written representation relating to the person's academic degree, or makes a false written representation that the person has received an academic degree from a specific secondary, postsecondary, or professional institution, or governmental program, in the application for:||(1) Employment.||(2) Admission to any educational program.||(3) An award, honor, or other recognition.||(4) The issuance of an academic degree to the person himself or herself.||II. In this section, "academic degree" means a diploma, certificate, license, academic transcript, or other document which signifies or purports to signify the completion of the academic requirements of a secondary, postsecondary, professional, or governmental program of study.|||Source. 2001, 46:1, eff. June 8, 2001.|