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NH Rev Stat § 592-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:4 - Repealed by 2015, 249:16, II, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

    592-A:4 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, II, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:5 - Justice of the Peace Throughout the State.

    592-A:5 Justice of the Peace Throughout the State. –||A justice of the peace throughout the state may issue his warrant for any offense committed in any county, which may be directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the state.|||Source. RS 222:17. CS 237:17. GS 234:6. GL 252:6. PS 248:6. PL 362:6. RL 421:6. RSA 592:6. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:6 - Powers of District and Municipal Courts.

    592-A:6 Powers of District and Municipal Courts. –||District and municipal courts have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and have jurisdiction as provided in RSA 502-A:11 and 14 and RSA 502:18.|||Source. CS 185:1. GS 234:8. GL 252:8. PS 248:7. PL 362:7. RL 421:7. RSA 592:7. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:7 - Complaints.

    592-A:7 Complaints. –||I. (a) Criminal proceedings before a circuit court shall be begun by complaint, signed and under oath, addressed to such court, briefly setting forth, by name or description, the party accused and the offense charged, provided that a complaint filed by a police officer, as defined in RSA 106-L:2, I for a violation-level offense or a class B misdemeanor shall not require an oath. All complaints filed by a police officer shall include the officer's signature and printed name and notice that making a false statement on the complaint may result in criminal prosecution.||(b) Any signature required under this section may be by means of electronic signature pursuant to RSA 294-E.||II. The description of the accused may include an identifiable ridge skin impression or a DNA profile. A complaint that contains only an identifiable ridge skin impression or DNA profile, and that alleges one or more of the following offenses shall, upon its filing, toll the applicable statute of limitations under RSA 625:8:||(a) Capital murder under RSA 630:1.||(b) First degree murder under RSA 630:1-a.||(c) Second degree murder under RSA 630:1-b.||(d) Manslaughter under RSA 630:2.||(e) Negligent homicide under RSA 630:3.||(f) First degree assault under RSA 631:1.||(g) Second degree assault under RSA 631:2.||(h) Aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:2.||(i) Felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:3.||(j) Kidnapping under RSA 633:1.||(k) Arson under RSA 634:1, I-III.||(l) Robbery under RSA 636:1.|||Source. RS 113:16; 222:10. CS 119:18; 287:10. GS 234:9. GL 252:9. PS 248:9. PL 362:8. RL 421:8. RSA 592:8. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 2003, 158:1, eff. June 17, 2003. 2004, 12:1, eff. June 4, 2004. 2011, 217:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. 2014, 193:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2014. 2017, 206:22, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:8 - Warrants.

    592-A:8 Warrants. –||A justice of the peace or justice of the circuit court, upon such complaint when signed under oath, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the county.|||Source. RS 222:3, 10, 17. CS 237:3, 10. GL 252:10. PS 248:10. PL 362:9. RL 421:9. RSA 592:9. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 2011, 217:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:9 - When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court.

    592-A:9 When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court. –||If such warrant is issued by a district or municipal court, or by a justice within the town in which a district or municipal court is established, for any offense committed in such town or district, it shall be made returnable before the district or municipal court, and not elsewhere.|||Source. CS 185:4. GS 234:11. GL 252:11. 1885, 81:14. PS 248:11. PL 362:10. RL 421:10. RSA 592:10. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:10 - Other Returns.

    592-A:10 Other Returns. –||In other cases than those provided for in RSA 592-A:9, the warrant shall require the offender to be brought before the justice of the peace issuing it if the offense is one over which he has jurisdiction, or to a district or municipal court or some justice of the peace especially designated for trial or examination.|||Source. GS 234:12. GL 252:12. PS 248:12. PL 362:11. RL 421:11. RSA 592:11. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:11 - Summons for Witnesses.

    592-A:11 Summons for Witnesses. –||In any warrant the officer may be required to summon the persons therein named as witnesses to attend the trial.|||Source. GS 234:13. GL 252:13. PS 248:13. PL 362:12. RL 421:12. RSA 592:12. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:12 - Witnesses in Criminal Cases.

    592-A:12 Witnesses in Criminal Cases. –||Any person who attends any court for the state in criminal cases pursuant to subpoena shall sign a witness log, which shall be available in the office of the clerk of court, on which the individual shall provide the following information: name, mailing address, and the name of the case for which the person was subpoenaed. The prosecuting agency shall review the log each day and certify that each individual appeared as indicated on the log.|||Source. 1951, 163, par. 12-a. RSA 592:13. 1957, 244:8. 1959, 20:1. 1979, 316:1. 1983, 383:59. 1993, 190:17. 1994, 273:3, eff. June 6, 1994. 2014, 188:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2019, 346:152, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:13 - No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers.

    592-A:13 No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers. –||No sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal, chief of police or other police officer who receives a salary or who is to be otherwise compensated as a law enforcement officer in connection with the same criminal case by the state, county, city or town shall be paid any fee for testifying as a witness in a criminal case, except that any police officer who is on vacation, furlough or on time off who attends as a witness in a criminal case pending in any municipal, district or superior court shall, upon order of the court, be paid a witness fee in accordance with RSA 592-A:12 for each day of such attendance; provided, however, towns and cities may pay supplemental witness fees if deemed desirable.|||Source. 1951, 163:16, par. 12-b. RSA 592:14. 1957, 244:8. 1971, 473:1. 1973, 499:1. 1974, 29:4, eff. June 1, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:13-a - Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee.

    592-A:13-a Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee. –||Notwithstanding the witness fees payable pursuant to RSA 592-A:13 to an off duty police officer, when such an officer is employed by a town or city of 50,000 or more population, he may receive from his town or city, in lieu of the witness fee so provided, the regular rate of pay that he would be entitled to if he were on duty. The provisions of this section shall apply only when such officer is required to appear in the superior court as a witness in a criminal case.|||Source. 1971, 473:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1972.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:14 - Summons for Defendant.

    592-A:14 Summons for Defendant. –||Upon complaint for an offense of which a district or municipal court has final jurisdiction, the justice to whom the complaint is made, if he shall deem an arrest unnecessary, may issue a summons requiring the party to appear at a certain time and place to answer to the complaint.|||Source. RS 113:17, 18. CS 119:19, 20. GS 234:15. GL 252:14. PS 248:14. PL 362:13. 1933, 95:1. RL 421:13. RSA 592:15. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:15 - Default.

    592-A:15 Default. –||If a party, being summoned by delivering to him an attested copy of the summons as provided in RSA 592-A:14, shall not appear, the justice may then issue a warrant as provided in RSA 592-A:8. Such party shall be in contempt of court for failing to attend after being so summoned and may be fined not more than $100.|||Source. RS 113:17, 18. CS 119:19, 20. GS 234:15. GL 252:14. PS 248:14. PL 362:14. 1933, 35:2. RL 421:14. RSA 592:16. 1957, 244:8. 1977, 588:46. 1983, 225:1, eff. Aug. 15, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally|Section 592-A:16 - Judgment Against Parent.

    592-A:16 Judgment Against Parent. –||A warrant against a minor may require the parent or guardian of the minor to be summoned to attend the examination or trial, by delivering to him an attested copy of the warrant and of the complaint, if annexed thereto, and the parent or guardian, being so summoned, may be adjudged to pay the fine imposed, and execution may issue against him therefor.|||Source. RS 113:20. CS 119:22. GS 234:16. GL 252:15. PS 248:15. PL 362:15. RL 421:15. RSA 592:17. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:1 - Jurisdiction.

    592-B:1 Jurisdiction. –||The superior court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over felony complaints and misdemeanors and violation level charges that are directly related to those felonies. The superior court shall also have jurisdiction over de novo appeals of class A misdemeanors pursuant to RSA 599:1.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:2 - Implementation Plan.

    592-B:2 Implementation Plan. –||I. Beginning January 1, 2016, the felonies first project shall become effective in the Cheshire county and Strafford county superior courts. Beginning July 1, 2016, the felonies first project shall become effective in Belknap county superior court.||II. This chapter shall take effect in the remaining superior courts as of the date set forth in an order issued by the supreme court. The remaining superior courts shall be added to the project in approximately the following order:||(a) Merrimack county superior court.||(b) Carroll county superior court.||(c) Hillsborough county superior court-northern district and Hillsborough county superior court-southern district. The municipalities included in each district shall be as listed in RSA 496:1.||(d) Grafton county superior court and Coos county superior court.||(e) Rockingham county superior court and Sullivan county superior court.||III. All felony and any directly related misdemeanor or violation level offenses alleged to have occurred on or after the effective date of this chapter in the county in which the offense allegedly occurred shall be filed in the superior court. All felony and any directly related misdemeanor or violation level offenses alleged to have occurred prior to the effective date of this chapter in the applicable county shall be filed under the law as it existed at the time of the alleged offense.||IV. The supreme court shall adopt rules and issue orders to effectuate the purposes of the felonies first project.||V. During the implementation of the felonies first project, this chapter shall supersede any statutory references to the filing of felony charges in circuit court district division or other statutes that are inconsistent with this chapter.||VI. Prior to the implementation of this chapter in counties other than Cheshire county, Strafford county, and Belknap county, the judicial council shall issue a report on the implementation of this chapter to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the senate and house judiciary committees. The judicial council shall survey the municipalities and counties affected by the felonies first project in order to obtain cost and effectiveness opinions. The judicial council shall evaluate the number of probable cause hearings requested, waived, denied, and held, and the final disposition of each probable cause hearing held. The judicial council shall also evaluate the number of discovery depositions requested, denied, and approved. Beginning July 1, 2017 and ending in January 2020, the judicial council shall issue an annual report on its recommendations and the implementation of this chapter to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the senate and house judiciary committees.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2017 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:3 - Commencement of Criminal Proceeding.

    592-B:3 Commencement of Criminal Proceeding. –||I. Criminal proceedings in superior court shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint by the attorney general, county attorney or the county attorney's designee, or by indictment by the grand jury. If a complaint is filed, the accused shall subsequently be indicted by a grand jury or waive grand jury indictment pursuant to RSA 601:2 for the case to proceed.||II. The complaint shall be addressed to the court and shall set forth by name or description the party accused and the offense charged. The description of an accused may include an identifiable ridge skin impression or a DNA profile. A complaint that contains only an identifiable ridge skin impression or DNA profile, and that alleges one or more of the following offenses shall, upon its filing, toll the applicable statute of limitations under RSA 625:8 for:||(a) Capital murder under RSA 630:1.||(b) First degree murder under RSA 630:1-a.||(c) Second degree murder under RSA 630:1-b.||(d) Manslaughter under RSA 630:2.||(e) Negligent homicide under RSA 630:3.||(f) First degree assault under RSA 631:1.||(g) Second degree assault under RSA 631:2.||(h) Aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:2.||(i) Felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:3.||(j) Kidnapping under RSA 633:1.||(k) Arson under RSA 634:1, I-III.||(l) Robbery under RSA 636:1.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:4 - Warrants.

    592-B:4 Warrants. –||A justice of the peace or justice of the superior or circuit court, upon such complaint or indictment, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the county.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:5 - When Warrants Returnable to Superior Court.

    592-B:5 When Warrants Returnable to Superior Court. –||If such warrant is issued, it shall be made returnable before the superior court having jurisdiction over the case and not elsewhere.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:6 - Discovery.

    592-B:6 Discovery. –||I. Prior to indictment, the accused shall have the same rights to discovery and deposition as the accused has subsequent to indictment, provided that all judicial proceedings with respect thereto shall be within the jurisdiction of the superior court, and notice of petition and hearing shall be given to the county attorney, or to the attorney general if the attorney general shall have entered the case.||II. For incarcerated defendants, the state shall provide or make available to defense counsel, or directly to the defendant if he or she is not represented by an attorney, copies of all discovery in its possession, no more than 10 calendar days after the arraignment of the defendant, unless otherwise ordered by the court. For non-incarcerated defendants, the state shall provide or make available to defense counsel, or directly to the defendant if he or she is not represented by an attorney, copies of all discovery in its possession, no more than 20 calendar days after the arraignment of the defendant, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The state may request an extension of the discovery deadlines for complex case types.||III. The court may, upon motion, authorize the delay of the provision of discovery materials to the defense. Under such circumstances, the court shall make findings in support of its order and shall set a new date for the provision of such materials to the defense.||IV. If the court has determined that discovery has not been provided pursuant to the timeline established in paragraph II or III, and the defendant has not been indicted, the court shall schedule a probable cause hearing without unreasonable delay as a matter of right.||V. The state shall have a continuing obligation to provide discovery to defendants as it becomes available.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:7 - Probable Cause.

    592-B:7 Probable Cause. –||I. A defendant may challenge probable cause during the period from arrest to indictment by motion requesting a probable cause hearing under the following conditions:||(a) A complaint has been filed in superior court;||(b) The defendant has not been indicted by the grand jury; and||(c) The defendant asserts a claim that a material element of the charge is without factual basis or that the charge is legally insufficient to constitute a felony offense.||II. Upon review of the motion, the court shall determine whether a hearing is necessary to assist the court in its determination of probable cause. The court shall not unreasonably deny a request for a hearing. If a hearing is scheduled, it shall be held as soon as the court docket permits, but in any event within 10 days of the filing of the motion if the defendant is incarcerated and within 20 days of the filing of the motion if the defendant is not incarcerated.||III. If an arrest is supported by an affidavit that was filed under seal, and the affidavit remains under seal at the time of the request for a probable cause hearing, a hearing shall be scheduled.||IV. If a hearing is held, the state shall bear the burden of proving there is probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and that the person charged has committed it. At the hearing, the defendant may call witnesses, cross-examine witnesses, and present evidence.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:8 - Dispositional Conference.

    592-B:8 Dispositional Conference. –||Upon entry of a plea of not guilty, the case shall be scheduled for a dispositional conference in accordance with superior court rules.|||Source. 2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 592-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court|Section 592-B:9 - Drug Courts or Alternative Drug Offender Programs.

    592-B:9 Drug Courts or Alternative Drug Offender Programs. –||I. (a) In any county that has implemented or which will implement the felonies first project established in this chapter within one year of commencing operation of a drug court or alternative drug offender program, the judicial branch shall fund and operate an approved drug court or alternative drug offender program separate from the statewide drug offender grant program established in RSA 490-G, and at no cost to the county.||(b) Before the judicial branch funds and operates a drug court or alternative drug offender program in any county under subparagraph (a), the county shall have first applied for a federal grant for the purpose of establishing a program. A county shall be required to apply for a federal grant only once. Any county that applied for a federal grant before the effective date of this section shall not be required to apply again. In the event the county is awarded a federal grant, or any other grant from a nonprofit organization, designed to fund a drug court or alternative drug offender program, the judicial branch shall fund and operate a drug court or alternative drug offender program only after the federal or other nonprofit grant has expired. If the county does not receive a federal or other nonprofit grant for which it applied, the drug court or alternative drug offender program shall commence operation.||(c) The cost of the drug court or alternative drug offender program shall not exceed $490,000 per judicial district in a large county, $300,000 in a medium county, and $200,000 in a small county, based on the number of court filings in each judicial district and subject to annual review by the chief justice of the superior court.||II. A county in which the judicial branch is funding and operating an approved drug court or alternative drug offender program separate from the statewide drug offender grant program established in RSA 490-G:4 shall not be eligible to receive funds under the statewide drug offender grant program.|||Source. 2016, 264:3, eff. June 15, 2016.|