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NH Rev Stat § 169-B:31-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:31-c - Dispositions and Case Closure in Certain Cases.

    169-B:31-c Dispositions and Case Closure in Certain Cases. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court shall close all cases other than those involving serious violent offenses no later than 2 years after the date of adjudication. This section shall not apply if, with the assistance of counsel, the minor consents to continued jurisdiction.||II. In this section, "serious violent offenses" mean first degree murder, second degree murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide under RSA 630:3, II, first degree assault, second degree assault, except when the allegation is a violation of RSA 631:2, I(d), felonious sexual assault, aggravated felonious sexual assault, kidnapping, criminal restraint, robbery punishable as a class A felony, burglary while armed or involving the infliction of bodily harm under RSA 635:1, II, or arson punishable as a felony.|||Source. 2017, 156:162, eff. June 28, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:32 - Limitations of Authority Conferred.

    169-B:32 Limitations of Authority Conferred. –||This chapter shall not be construed as applying to persons 16 years of age or over who are charged with the violation of a motor vehicle law, an aeronautics law, a law relating to navigation or boats, a fish and game law, a law relating to title XIII, a law relating to fireworks under RSA 160-B or RSA 160-C, any town or municipal ordinance which provides for a penalty not exceeding $100 plus the penalty assessment, and shall not be construed as applying to any minor charged with the violation of any law relating to the possession, sale, or distribution of tobacco products to or by a person under 21 years of age. However, if incarceration takes place at any stage in proceedings on such violations, incarceration shall be only in a juvenile facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1981, 563:2. 1992, 18:5; 44:7. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 308:64; 310:171. 1999, 348:15, eff. Jan. 21, 2000. 2019, 346:105, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2020, 37:115, eff. July 29, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:33 - Religious Preference.

    169-B:33 Religious Preference. –||The court and officials, in placing minors, shall, as far as practicable, place them in the care and custody of some individual holding the same religious beliefs as the minor or the parents of said minor, or with some association which is controlled by persons of like religious faith. No minor under the supervision of any state institution shall be denied the free exercise of the minor's own religion or the religion of the parents, whether living or dead, nor the liberty of worshipping God according thereto.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1995, 302:21, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:34 - Court Sessions; Access to Information.

    169-B:34 Court Sessions;  Access to Information. –||I. (a) All juvenile cases shall be heard separately from the trial of criminal cases, and such hearing shall be held wherever possible in rooms not used for such trials. Only such persons as the parties, their witnesses, their counsel, the victim, a victim witness advocate or other person chosen by the victim, the county attorney, the attorney general and the representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties shall be admitted; provided, however, that if the witness is under 16 years of age, the witness' parent or other appropriate adult shall be permitted to be present during the witness' testimony. In those cases where the delinquent act complained of would constitute a felony if the act of an adult, the attorney general and the county attorney of the county in which the offense took place shall receive notice thereof by the court.||(b) For the purpose of this section, "victim" means a person who suffers direct physical, emotional, psychological, or economic harm as a result of the commission of a crime or delinquent act. "Victim" also includes the immediate family of any victim who is a minor or who is incompetent, or the immediate family of a homicide victim.||II. If the victim is unable to attend the hearing under paragraph I, the prosecution, upon request of the victim, may disclose to the victim information disclosed at the hearing.||III. At any time after the diversion or arraignment of a juvenile, the following information regarding the juvenile shall be disclosed to the victim, and may be disclosed to the victim's immediate family, upon the request of the victim or the victim's immediate family, by a law enforcement agency or the prosecution:||(a) Name.||(b) Age.||(c) Address.||(d) Gender.||(e) Offense charged.||(f) Custody status.||(g) Adjudicatory status and disposition.||IV. It shall be unlawful for a victim or any member of the victim's immediate family to disclose any confidential information to any person not authorized or entitled to access such confidential information. Any person who knowingly discloses such confidential information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||V. No minor who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to RSA 169-B:6 shall be held in or escorted through any part of a court facility that is occupied by the members of the public while the minor is in handcuffs, shackles, or other devices which would indicate that the minor is in law enforcement custody or subject to an order of confinement, unless no reasonable, alternative means of egress is available.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1985, 228:3. 1996, 294:1. 2003, 275:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003. 2017, 180:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:35 - Juvenile Case and Court Records.

    169-B:35 Juvenile Case and Court Records. –||I. All case records, as defined in RSA 170-G:8-a, relative to delinquency, shall be confidential and access shall be provided pursuant to RSA 170-G:8-a.||II. Court records of proceedings under this chapter, except for those court records under RSA 169-B:36, II, shall be kept in books and files separate from all other court records. Such records shall be withheld from public inspection but shall be open to inspection by officers of the institution where the minor is committed, juvenile probation and parole officers, a parent, a guardian, a custodian, the minor's attorney, the relevant county, and others entrusted with the corrective treatment of the minor. Additional access to court records may be granted by court order or upon the written consent of the minor. Once a delinquent reaches 21 years of age, all court records and individual institutional records, including police records, shall be closed and placed in an inactive file.||III. Notwithstanding paragraphs I and II:||(a) Police officers and prosecutors involved in the investigation and prosecution of criminal acts shall be authorized to access police records concerning juvenile delinquency, including the files of persons who at the time of the inquiry are over the age of 18, and to utilize for the purposes of investigation and prosecution of criminal cases police investigative files on acts of juvenile delinquency, including information from police reports, exemplars, and forensic investigations.||(b) Prosecutors involved in the prosecution of criminal acts shall be authorized to access police records concerning juvenile delinquency or records of adjudications of delinquency, including the files of persons who at the time of the inquiry are over the age of 18, if the prosecutor has reason to believe that the individual may be a witness in a criminal case. The prosecutor may disclose the existence of an adjudication for juvenile delinquency only when such disclosure is constitutionally required or after the court having jurisdiction over the criminal prosecution orders its disclosure.||(c) [Repealed.]||(d) Pursuant to RSA 651-B, the department of safety shall disclose registration information to law enforcement agencies for juveniles if the court has found that the juvenile is required to register as a sexual offender or offender against children. In no event shall any juvenile required to register be listed on the list of sexual offenders and offenders against children made available to the public pursuant to RSA 651-B:7.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1987, 402:14. 1993, 266:1; 355:2. 1995, 308:109, 110. 1999, 219:2. 2000, 294:10. 2001, 286:21, I. 2006, 327:25, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2014, 215:13, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:36 - Penalty for Disclosure of Juvenile Records.

    169-B:36 Penalty for Disclosure of Juvenile Records. –||I. It shall be unlawful for any person to disclose court records or any part thereof to persons other than those persons entitled to access under RSA 169-B:35, except by court order. Any person who knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This prohibition shall not be construed to prevent publication as provided in RSA 169-B:37.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, in cases involving a violent crime as defined in RSA 169-B:35-a and when the petition is found to be true, the following information may be disclosed by the court clerk after the adjudicatory hearing:||(a) The name and address of the juvenile charged.||(b) The specific offense found by the court to be true.||(c) The custody status of the juvenile.||(d) The final disposition ordered by the court.||Information provided in subparagraphs (c) and (d) shall not identify the name or address of private providers of residential or other services to the juvenile.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1993, 355:3. 1995, 308:111, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:37 - Publication of Delinquency Restricted.

    169-B:37 Publication of Delinquency Restricted. –||I. It shall be unlawful for any newspaper to publish, or any radio or television station to broadcast or make public the name or address or any other particular information serving to identify any juvenile arrested, without the express permission of the court; and it shall be unlawful for any newspaper to publish, or any radio or television station to make public, any of the proceedings of any juvenile court. Nothing in this section or RSA 169-B:35 and RSA 169-B:36 shall be construed to prevent publication without using the name of the delinquent of information which shall be furnished by the court about the disposition of a case when the delinquent act would constitute a felony if it were the act of an adult.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the police, with the written approval of the county attorney or the attorney general, may release to the news media the name and photograph of the juvenile if:||(a) The juvenile has escaped from court-ordered custody; and||(b) The juvenile has not been apprehended and there is good cause to believe the juvenile presents a serious danger to the juvenile or to public safety.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1996, 294:6, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:38 - Penalty for Forbidden Publication.

    169-B:38 Penalty for Forbidden Publication. –||The publisher of any newspaper or the manager, owner or person in control of a radio or television station or agent or employee of any of the above who violates any provision of RSA 169-B:37 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:39 - Repealed by 1989, 285:12, eff. July 28, 1989.

    169-B:39 Repealed by 1989, 285:12, eff. July 28, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:40 - Liability for Expenses Incurred.

    169-B:40 Liability for Expenses Incurred. –||I. (a) Whenever an order creating liability for expenses is issued by the court under this chapter, any expenses incurred for services, placements, and programs the providers of which are certified pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, XVIII, shall be payable by the department of health and human services.||(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to expenses incurred for special education and related services, or to expenses incurred for evaluation, care, and treatment of the minor at the Philbrook center, or to expenses incurred for the cost of accompanied transportation.||(c) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), the department shall have the right to require parents or other people responsible for the minor's support and necessities to assign to the state any insurance benefits that may be available to pay for a mental health evaluation under RSA 169-B:21.||(d) Liability for placement expenses for any court ordered placement of any minor mother under this chapter shall include liability for placement expenses for the child or children of such minor mother if the minor mother and child or children are placed at the same facility.||II. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department of health and human services shall not be responsible for the payment of the cost of assigned counsel for any party under this chapter.||III. The office of reimbursements acting on behalf of Laconia developmental services and the New Hampshire hospital is authorized to compromise or reduce any expense to be charged to the state.|||Source. 1979, 361:2; 434:81. 1981, 555:1. 1982, 25:2. 1983, 458:4. 1985, 96:6; 380:37. 1987, 402:29, 30. 1988, 107:5; 153:1, 4. 1989, 75:1; 229:1; 286:1. 1990, 3:46; 203:1. 1991, 265:2. 1993, 266:2. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 220:2; 302:22; 308:60, 63, 112; 310:123, 171, 175, 182. 1996, 286:13, 16. 1997, 305:1. 2007, 263:20. 2008, 274:33. 2009, 144:33, 36, eff. July 1, 2009. 2018, 55:1, 4, eff. July 14, 2018. 2020, 26:19, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:41 - Intentional Contribution to Delinquency.

    169-B:41 Intentional Contribution to Delinquency. –||I. Any parent or guardian or person having custody or control of a minor, or anyone else, who shall knowingly encourage, aid, cause, or abet, or connive at, or has knowingly or willfully done any act to produce, promote, or contribute to the delinquency of such minor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The court may release such person on probation, subject to such orders as it may make concerning future conduct tending to produce or contribute to such delinquency, or it may suspend sentence, or before trial, with such person's consent, it may allow the person to enter into a recognizance, in such penal sum as the court may fix, conditioned for the promotion of the future welfare of the minor, and the case may be placed on file.||II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any parent, guardian or person having custody or control of a minor, or anyone else, who shall knowingly or wilfully, encourage, aid, cause or abet, or connive at, or has knowingly done any act to produce, promote or contribute to the utilization of a minor in any acts of sexual conduct, as defined in RSA 650:1, VI, in order to create obscene material, as defined in RSA 650:1, IV, of the minor engaged in such conduct, shall be guilty of:||(a) A class B felony if such person has had no prior convictions in this state or another state for the conduct described in this paragraph;||(b) A class A felony if such person has had one or more prior convictions in this state or another state for the conduct described in this paragraph.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1983, 448:4. 1995, 302:23, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:42 - Procedure.

    169-B:42 Procedure. –||If any minor is found more than once to be delinquent by the court as provided in RSA 169-B:41, the court may, upon complaint of the county attorney or any other person, or upon its own motion, issue a warrant commanding any parent, guardian or person having custody or control of the minor found to be delinquent to be brought before the same court in which the findings of delinquency was made.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:43 - Court Orders.

    169-B:43 Court Orders. –||The court, upon a complaint issued under RSA 169-B:42, may proceed under that section and, in addition, if the court finds, after a hearing, that the parent, guardian, or person having custody or control of the minor has failed to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such minor to prevent the minor from becoming guilty of juvenile delinquency as defined by statute, or from becoming adjudged by the court to be in need of the care and protection of the state as defined by statute, it may make such order specifying future conduct as is designed to reasonably prevent the reoccurrence of delinquency and to promote the future welfare of the minor. Such order shall remain in effect for a period of not more than one year to be specified by the court, and said order may be extended or renewed by the court. Before issuing any such order, the court shall advise such parent, guardian, or other person of the right to have the reasonableness of the order immediately reviewed; and, in this connection, the superior court is vested with jurisdiction to summarily determine the reasonableness of any question of law or fact relating to such written specifications and to make such further orders upon review thereof as justice may require.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1995, 302:24, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:44 - Civil Action for Compensation.

    169-B:44 Civil Action for Compensation. –||Nothing in this chapter shall bar civil action to recover damages for the negligence of a person having custody or control of a minor who causes injury to property or persons.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:45 - Vandalism by Minors.

    169-B:45 Vandalism by Minors. –||I. For purposes of this section, "vandalism" has the same meaning as "criminal mischief" in RSA 634:2.||II. The court shall, when appropriate, order any child who is found to have committed vandalism of private property to write a formal apology to the victim or victims of such vandalism.||III. The court shall, when appropriate, order any child who is found to have committed vandalism of public property to write a report on the history and significance of that property to the community or on another topic, as determined by the court.||IV. The court shall also order, when appropriate, any child who is found to have committed vandalism to contribute to the restoration of the property or to the restitution to the victim or victims of such vandalism by payment in money, by property repairs, by service to the injured party, or by service to the community.||V. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court may order the parent or legal guardian of any child found to have committed vandalism, to submit restitution to the victim or victims of such vandalism by payment in money if the child is in the custody of and residing with such parent or guardian, and if the court finds that the vandalism was a direct result of the parent or legal guardian having neglected to exercise reasonable supervision and control of the child's conduct. For the purposes of this section, liability for compensation shall be limited to $10,000.||VI. If the person violates the court's order to submit restitution under this section, such person shall be guilty of contempt.||VII. The court may permit payments under this section to be made in installments, up to 7 years, to be administered by the court.|||Source. 1979, 450:1. 1995, 302:25. 1996, 225:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:46 - Publication Permitted.

    169-B:46 Publication Permitted. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 169-B:36 and 169-B:37, there shall be no restriction on the publishing or broadcasting of the name or address of any child found to have committed vandalism under RSA 169-B:45, or any child who is adjudicated to have committed a second or subsequent offense for the possession with intent to distribute any controlled drug, as defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI, and who is at least 12 years of age at the time of such offense, or the name or address of the parent or guardian.|||Source. 1979, 450:1. 1989, 174:1. 1995, 302:26, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:47 - Severability.

    169-B:47 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:1 - Short Title.

    169-C:1 Short Title. –||This chapter shall be known as the Child Protection Act.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|