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NH Rev Stat § 644:8-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:8-e - Willful Interference With Organizations or Projects Involving Animals or With Animal Facilities.

    644:8-e Willful Interference With Organizations or Projects Involving Animals or With Animal Facilities. –||I. Whoever willfully causes bodily injury or willfully interferes with any property, including animals or records, used by any organization or project involving animals, or with any animal facility shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.||II. Whoever in the course of a violation of paragraph I causes serious bodily injury to another individual or economic loss in excess of $10,000 shall be guilty of a class B felony, and may be subject to an order of restitution pursuant to RSA 651:63.||III. For the purposes of this section:||(a) "An organization or project involving animals" means:||(1) A commercial or academic enterprise that uses animals for food or fiber production, agriculture, research, education, or testing.||(2) Any lawful competitive animal event, including but not limited to conformation shows or obedience trials, field trials, agility events, hunts, sled races, or training activities.||(3) Any fair or similar event intended to advance the agricultural arts and sciences.||(b) "Animal facilities" means any vehicle, building, structure, research facility, or premises where an animal is kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred or offered for sale.||(c) "Economic loss" means "economic loss" as defined in RSA 651:62, III.||IV. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict any constitutional, statutory, regulatory or common law right.|||Source. 1993, 170:1, eff. May 24, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:8-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:8-f - Transporting Dogs in Pickup Trucks.

    644:8-f Transporting Dogs in Pickup Trucks. –||I. No person driving a pickup truck shall transport any dog in the back of the vehicle on a public way, unless the space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a height of at least 46 inches extending vertically from the floor, the dog is cross tethered to the vehicle, the dog is protected by a secured container or cage, or the dog is otherwise protected, in a manner which will prevent the dog from being thrown or from falling or jumping from the vehicle.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, this section shall not apply to the following:||(a) A dog being used by a farmer or farm employee while actually engaged in farming activities requiring the services of a dog; or||(b) A hunting dog being used at a hunting site or between hunting sites by a licensed hunter who is in possession of all applicable licenses and permits for the species being pursued during the legal season for such activity.||III. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1996, 191:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:8-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:8-g - Bestiality.

    644:8-g Bestiality. –||I. A person commits bestiality by knowingly committing any of the following acts:||(a) Engaging in sexual contact or sexual penetration with an animal for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.||(b) Offering or accepting the offer of an animal for consideration with the intent that it be subject to sexual contact or sexual penetration by a human.||(c) Photographing or filming or distributing such photographs or films, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, of a person engaged in sexual contact or sexual penetration with an animal.||II. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B felony for a second or subsequent offense.||III. In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall order that the convicted person:||(a) Submit to a psychological assessment and participate in appropriate counseling at the convicted person's own expense.||(b) Reimburse an animal shelter for any reasonable costs incurred for the care and maintenance of any animal that was taken to the animal shelter as a result of conduct proscribed by this section.||(c) Shall not own, harbor, exercise control over, or reside in the same household with any animal for a period of time deemed reasonable by the court.||IV. This section shall not apply to:||(a) Accepted veterinary medical practices.||(b) Insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation.||(c) Accepted animal husbandry practices that provide care for animals.||V. In this section:||(a) "Animal" means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive.||(b) "Sexual contact" means any act between a person or an animal involving direct physical contact between the genitals or anus of one and the mouth, anus, or other part of the body of the other, or direct physical contact between the genitals of one and the genitals of the other, where such contact can be reasonably construed for the purpose of the person's sexual arousal or gratification.||(c) "Sexual penetration" means any intrusion, however, slight, of any part of the person's or animal's body into the body of the other, or any object manipulated by the person into the body of the animal, where such penetration can be reasonably construed for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.|||Source. 2016, 321:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:10 - Repealed by 1975, 385:4, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.

    644:10 Repealed by 1975, 385:4, eff. Aug. 6, 1975. –|
NH Rev Stat § 644:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:11 - Criminal Defamation.

    644:11 Criminal Defamation. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely communicates to any person, orally or in writing, any information which he knows to be false and knows will tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.||II. As used in this section "public" includes any professional or social group of which the victim of the defamation is a member.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:17, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:12 - Emergency Calls.

    644:12 Emergency Calls. –||A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely refuses to yield the use of a telephone party line upon being informed that it is needed for any call to summon fire, police or medical assistance; to invoke or operate the civil defense system; or otherwise to deal with an immediate threat to life or health.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:18, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:13 - Unauthorized Use of Firearms.

    644:13 Unauthorized Use of Firearms. –||I. A person is guilty of a violation if, within the compact part of a town or city, such person fires or discharges any cannon, gun, pistol, or other firearm, except by written permission of the chief of police or governing body.||II. For the purposes of this section:||(a) "Blank ammunition" means a cartridge loaded with propellant and a wad, but no projectile.||(b) "Compact part" means the territory within a town or city comprised of the following:||(1) Any nonresidential, commercial building, including, but not limited to, industrial, educational, or medical buildings, plus a perimeter 300 feet wide around all such buildings without permission of the owner.||(2) Any park, playground, or other outdoor public gathering place designated by the legislative body of the city or town.||(3) Any contiguous area containing 6 or more buildings which are used as either part-time or permanent dwellings and the spaces between them where each such building is within 300 feet of at least one of the others, plus a perimeter 300 feet wide around all the buildings in such area.||III. Paragraph I shall not apply to the firing or discharge of a cannon, gun, pistol, or other firearm within the compact part of a town or city for the following events, provided that the person responsible for organizing the event notifies the police department and the fire department prior to the following events using blank ammunition:||(a) The celebration of, or practice for the celebration of, military events, military funerals, national holidays, or other military or veterans commemorations, conducted by United States armed forces personnel; or||(b) Military re-enactors registered with the secretary of state's office and who meet the requirements of the state fire code pursuant to RSA 153:5; or||(c) Funerals or commemorative events conducted by law enforcement agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services, or other public safety agencies, or official veterans organizations including but not limited to the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1991, 164:1. 1996, 161:1, 2. 2014, 264:1. 2015, 94:1, 2, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:14 - Selling Air Rifles or Paint Ball Guns to Young Persons.

    644:14 Selling Air Rifles or Paint Ball Guns to Young Persons. –||If any person shall sell, barter, rent, lend, or give an air rifle or paint ball gun to a person under the age of 18, without the written consent of the parent or guardian, as the case may be, such person shall be guilty of a violation. Air rifles and paint ball guns may be used in New Hampshire only in the home of the person under 18 under parental supervision or on an approved range under responsible adult supervision. Air rifles or paint ball guns may be possessed by a person under 18 only in his or her own home under parental supervision or on the way to or from an approved range that is under the supervision of a responsible adult such as an instructor in gun safety or marksmanship.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1999, 44:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:15 - Furnishing Arms to Persons Under 16.

    644:15 Furnishing Arms to Persons Under 16. –||I. Any person who shall sell, barter, hire, lend, or give to any person under the age of 16 years any cartridges or shotshells suitable for discharging in any rifle, pistol, revolver, or shotgun shall be guilty of a violation.||II. This section shall not apply to:||(a) Fathers, mothers, grandparents, or guardians of such children.||(b) Individuals instructing such children in the safe use of firearms during a supervised firearms training program, provided the child's parent or legal guardian has granted the child permission to participate in such program.||(c) Licensed hunters accompanying such children while lawfully taking wildlife.||(d) Individuals supervising such children using firearms during a lawful shooting event or activity.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 2006, 73:3, eff. April 28, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:16 - Exposing Poisons.

    644:16 Exposing Poisons. –||If any person shall in any way or place purposely expose an active poison or deadly substance for the destruction of any animal, or for any other purpose except the destruction of rats or other vermin in his own building or upon his crops, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:16-a - Sale or Use of Stink Bombs.

    644:16-a Sale or Use of Stink Bombs. –||I. In this section, "stink bomb" means any device designed for the primary purpose of giving off a noxious or offensive odor when used.||II. Any person who sells, barters, lends or gives to any person a stink bomb, and any person who uses a stink bomb in a public place shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1975, 294:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:16-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:16-b - Sale or Use of Smoke Bombs.

    644:16-b Sale or Use of Smoke Bombs. –||I. In this section, "smoke bomb" means any kind of device containing chemicals which when ignited gives off dense clouds of smoke; provided that this definition shall not include a toy smoke device, as defined by the American Pyrotechnics Association in APA Standard 87-1 (2001), section 3.1.1.7, that is sold or offered for sale by a person licensed to sell permissible fireworks pursuant to RSA 160-C.||II. With the exception of persons or groups, including law enforcement organizations, who use smoke bombs for training purposes or to protect property or lives, any person who sells, barters, lends or gives to any person a smoke bomb and any person who uses a smoke bomb in a public place shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1977, 402:1, eff. Sept. 3, 1977. 2017, 122:1, eff. June 16, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:17 - Repealed by 2009, 209:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

    644:17 Repealed by 2009, 209:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 644:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:17-a - Repealed by 1992, 106:4, eff. Oct. 31, 1992.

    644:17-a Repealed by 1992, 106:4, eff. Oct. 31, 1992. –|
NH Rev Stat § 644:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:18 - Facilitating a Drug or Underage Alcohol House Party.

    644:18 Facilitating a Drug or Underage Alcohol House Party. –||I. A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if such person owns or has control of the occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage, where a drug or underage alcohol house party is held and such person knowingly commits an overt act in furtherance of the occurrence of the drug or underage alcohol house party knowing persons under the age of 21 possess or intend to consume alcoholic beverages or use controlled drugs at such drug or underage alcohol house party.||II. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if a person gives timely notice to a law enforcement official of the occurrence of the drug or underage alcohol house party or engages in other conduct designed to prevent the occurrence of such party, or takes action to terminate such party once underway.||III. In this section, "drug or underage alcohol house party" means a gathering of 5 or more people under the age of 21 at any occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage, who are unrelated to the person who owns such occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage or has control thereof, where at least one person under the age of 21 unlawfully possesses or consumes an alcoholic beverage or controlled drug. "Occupied structure" has the same meaning as in RSA 635:1, and "dwelling" and "curtilage" have the same meaning as in RSA 627:9.||IV. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of alcoholic beverages at legally protected religious observances or activities, or to those persons using a controlled drug under a physician's care where the use of the drug is consistent with the directions of a physician.|||Source. 2004, 25:1, eff. April 14, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:19 - Unauthorized Recording in a Motion Picture Theater.

    644:19 Unauthorized Recording in a Motion Picture Theater. –||I. In this section:||(a) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed.||(b) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense.||II. Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater, while a motion picture is being exhibited and without the written consent of the motion picture theater owner, commits a crime punishable as provided in paragraph III.||III. Unauthorized operation of a recording device shall be a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B felony for a second or subsequent offense.||IV. This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent, of the local, state, or federal government or a duly authorized private investigator, from operating any audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater, as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities.||V. This section does not apply to a person who operates the audiovisual recording function of a device in a retail establishment solely to demonstrate the use of that device for sales purposes.||VI. Nothing in this section prevents prosecution, instead of prosecution pursuant to this section, under any provision of law providing for a greater penalty.|||Source. 2005, 70:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:20 - Criminal Street Gang; Solicitation.

    644:20 Criminal Street Gang;  Solicitation. –||Any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another individual to become a member of, remain in, or actively participate in what the person knows to be a criminal street gang, as defined in RSA 651:6, I-a(c), shall be guilty of a class A felony.|||Source. 2008, 379:3, eff. Mar. 31, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 644:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses|Section 644:21 - Searches of Portable Electronic Devices.

    644:21 Searches of Portable Electronic Devices. –||I. Definitions. In this section:||(a) "Government entity" means a federal, state, county, or local government agency, including but not limited to a law enforcement agency or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, or an individual acting or purporting to act for, or on behalf of, a federal, state, county, or local government agency. "Government entity" shall not apply to a federal government agency to the extent that federal statute preempts state statute.||(b) "Information" includes any information concerning the substance or meaning or purported substance or meaning of a communication, including without limitation the name and address of the sender and receiver and the time, date, location, and duration of the communication.||(c) "Portable electronic device" means any portable device that is capable of creating, receiving, accessing, or storing electronic data or communications, including but not limited to cellular telephones.||II. No information contained in a portable electronic device shall be subject to search by a government entity, including a search incident to a lawful arrest or for inventory purposes, except pursuant to a warrant signed by a judge and based on probable cause, or pursuant to a legally-recognized exception to the warrant requirement. A portable electronic device searched pursuant to this paragraph shall be returned to its owner as expeditiously as possible.||III. Evidence obtained in violation of this section shall not be admissible in a criminal, civil, administrative, or other proceeding, except as proof of a violation of this section.||IV. A person injured by a government entity as a result of a violation of this section may file civil suit against the government entity.|||Source. 2014, 184:1, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 644-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644-A - Electronic Device Location Information|Section 644-A:1 - Definitions.

    644-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Electronic communication service" means a service that provides users the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications.||II. "Electronic device" means a device that enables access to or use of an electronic communication service, remote computing service, or location information service, including without limitation a cellular telephone.||III. "Government entity" means a federal, state, or local agency, including but not limited to a law enforcement agency or any other investigative entity, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, or an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of a federal, state, or local agency. "Government entity" shall not apply to a federal government agency to the extent that federal statute preempts such application.||IV. "Individual" means a natural person.||V. "Location information" means information concerning the location of an electronic device, including both the current location and any prior location of the device that, in whole or in part, is generated, derived from, or obtained by the operation of an electronic device.||VI. "Location information service" means a global positioning service or other mapping or directional information service.||VII. "Owner" means the individual or person having the legal title, claim, or right to an electronic device.||VIII. "Person" means a corporation, trust, estate, partnership, limited liability company, association, firm, or any other legal entity.||IX. "Remote computing service" means computer storage or processing services provided by means of an electronic communication service.||X. "User" means an individual, person, or government entity that uses an electronic device.|||Source. 2015, 262:1, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 644-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 644-A - Electronic Device Location Information|Section 644-A:2 - Warrant Required for Acquisition of Location Information.

    644-A:2 Warrant Required for Acquisition of Location Information. –||I. Except as provided in this chapter, a government entity shall not obtain location information from an electronic device without a warrant issued by a judge based on probable cause and on a case-by-case basis.||II. No government entity shall place, locate, or install an electronic device on the person or property of another, or obtain location information from such an electronic device, without a warrant issued by a judge based on probable cause and on a case-by-case basis.|||Source. 2015, 262:1, eff. July 1, 2015.|