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NH Rev Stat § 597:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:8 - Subsequent Bail.

    597:8 Subsequent Bail. –||A prisoner committed to jail pursuant to RSA 597:7 may at any time recognize agreeably to the order to recognize for his appearance, before a justice, and thereupon the justice shall issue his warrant for the discharge of the prisoner, and he shall be discharged from custody.|||Source. GS 240:8. GL 258:8. PS 252:17. PL 366:20. RL 425:20.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:9 - Copies, Subsequent Bail.

    597:9 Copies, Subsequent Bail. –||The justice issuing an order for the discharge of a prisoner shall file, in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county or judicial district thereof in which the offense is alleged to have been committed, true and attested copies of the application to the justice to take such recognizance, of the order made by the justice on the application, of the recognizance taken, and a note of the warrant of discharge issued by the justice.|||Source. GS 240:10. GL 258:10. PS 252:19. PL 366:21. RL 425:21. RSA 597:9. 1992, 284:74, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:10 - Copies, on Appeal.

    597:10 Copies, on Appeal. –||In case of appeal, the municipal and district courts shall cause true and attested copies of the complaint, other process, records and recognizances, together with any cash bail in the case, to be filed with the clerk of the superior court within 10 days after the date of such order for recognizance.|||Source. RS 222:4. CS 237:4. GS 240:9. GL 258:9. PS 252:18. 1911, 113:1. PL 366:22. 1937, 49:3. RL 425:22. RSA 597:10. 1957, 71:2. 1959, 19:1. 1965, 86:3, eff. July 10, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:11 - Repealed by 2015, 249:16, X, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

    597:11 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, X, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 597:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:12 - Penalty.

    597:12 Penalty. –||Whoever violates any provision of RSA 597:10 and 11 shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. RS 222:4. CS 237:4. GS 240:9. GL 258:9. PS 252:18. 1911, 113:1. PL 366:24. RL 425:24. RSA 597:12. 1973, 531:151, eff. at 11:59 P.M., Oct. 31, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:13 - Accepting Insufficient Bail, etc.

    597:13 Accepting Insufficient Bail, etc. –||If a justice knowingly accepts insufficient bail or fails to make return of his proceedings as required by law, he shall be liable to the same punishment as for aiding an escape in a like case; provided, that this section shall not apply to release on personal recognizance upon a finding by the justice that such release is proper under the circumstances of the case.|||Source. GS 240:11. GL 258:11. PS 252:20. PL 366:25. RL 425:25. RSA 597:13. 1969, 78:6, eff. June 3, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:14 - Minors.

    597:14 Minors. –||Minors and their sureties shall be bound by their recognizance in the same manner as if their principals were of full age.|||Source. GS 241:5. GL 259:5. PS 252:21. PL 366:26. RL 425:26. RSA 597:14. 1988, 110:7, eff. June 17, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:14-a - Repealed by 1988, 110:12, V, eff. June 17, 1988.

    597:14-a Repealed by 1988, 110:12, V, eff. June 17, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 597:14-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:14-b - Penalty for Offense Committed While on Release.

    597:14-b Penalty for Offense Committed While on Release. –||I. A person convicted of an offense while released pursuant to this chapter shall be sentenced, in addition to the sentence prescribed for the offense to:||(a) A maximum term of imprisonment of not more than 7 years if the offense is a felony; or||(b) A maximum term of imprisonment of not more than one year if the offense is a misdemeanor.||II. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment. Neither the penalty provided by this section or any prosecution under this section shall interfere with or prevent the forfeiture of any bail or the exercise by the court of its power to punish for contempt.|||Source. 1988, 110:8. 1989, 386:8, eff. June 5, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:15 - Superior Court.

    597:15 Superior Court. –||The superior court may appoint justices of the peace and quorum as commissioners authorized to fix and receive bail in criminal or civil cases as hereinafter provided. The superior court shall not appoint as a bail commissioner anyone whose appointment would present a conflict of interest or an appearance of bias in the carrying out of his or her duties as a bail commissioner.|||Source. 1895, 37:1. PL 366:27. RL 425:27. RSA 597:15. 1967, 302:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1967. 2007, 189:1, eff. June 18, 2007. 2013, 59:1, eff. June 6, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:15-a - Circuit Court.

    597:15-a Circuit Court. –||The circuit court may appoint justices of the peace and quorum as commissioners authorized to fix and receive bail and other fines and fees as authorized by law in criminal or civil cases as hereinafter provided. The circuit court shall not appoint as a bail commissioner anyone whose appointment would present a conflict of interest or an appearance of bias in the carrying out of his or her duties as a bail commissioner.|||Source. 1963, 331:9. 1985, 341:9. 1998, 288:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. 2008, 105:1, eff. May 28, 2008. 2013, 59:2, eff. June 6, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:15-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:15-b - Repealed by 2013, 59:4, I, eff. June 6, 2013.

    597:15-b Repealed by 2013, 59:4, I, eff. June 6, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 597:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:16 - Repealed by 2013, 59:4, II, eff. June 6, 2013.

    597:16 Repealed by 2013, 59:4, II, eff. June 6, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 597:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:17 - Term and Identification Card.

    597:17 Term and Identification Card. –||I. Bail commissioners shall be commissioned for 5 years and continue in office until their successors shall have qualified.||II. The administrative judge of the superior court or the circuit court shall issue an identification card to each qualified bail commissioner in the state.|||Source. 1895, 37:2. PL 366:28. RL 425:28. 2020, 12:12, eff. July 16, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:18 - Powers.

    597:18 Powers. –||On application of a person who is arrested for a bailable offense, at any time before his arraignment therefor, any commissioner may fix the amount of and receive bail in the same manner as the court might do, except in cases provided for by RSA 597:4.|||Source. 1895, 37:3. PL 366:29. RL 425:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:18-a - Educational Requirements for Bail Commissioners.

    597:18-a Educational Requirements for Bail Commissioners. –||I. During September or October of each year, a justice of the superior court, under the direction of the administrative judge of the superior court, and a justice from the circuit court, under the direction of the administrative judge of the circuit court, shall hold a meeting with all bail commissioners under the jurisdiction of such courts. This meeting shall be for the purpose of educating bail commissioners on the laws concerning their powers and duties.||II. The administrative judges of the superior and circuit courts shall jointly develop an education program to ensure that bail commissioners have current information regarding the status of the laws affecting bail commissioners and the powers and duties of bail commissioners.||III. A copy of all laws concerning bail commissioners and a copy of the latest edition of the Bail Commissioner's Handbook shall be provided to each bail commissioner at this annual meeting.|||Source. 1995, 61:2, eff. July 8, 1995. 2020, 12:13, eff. July 16, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:19 - Returns.

    597:19 Returns. –||Every recognizance taken by a commissioner shall be certified and returned to the clerk of the court before which the party is bound to appear, on or before the day of the sitting thereof.|||Source. 1895, 37:4. PL 366:30. RL 425:30.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:20 - Fees.

    597:20 Fees. –||The bail commissioners in such cases shall be entitled to a fee of $40. However, clerks of court or members of their staffs who are bail commissioners shall be entitled to collect such fee only when called while not on active duty. In jurisdictions where the bail commissioner is a full-time salaried police officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police employee, or anyone else authorized to execute police powers, such person shall not receive the fee established in this section, but instead such amount shall be remitted to the town or city in which the district court is situated. If the defendant is indigent, the fee shall be waived.|||Source. 1895, 37:5. 1905, 9:1. 1921, 83:1. PL 366:31. RL 425:31. 1949, 135:1. RSA 597:20. 1965, 195:1. 1969, 215:1. 1971, 112:1. 1981, 139:1. 1989, 150:1. 1995, 61:1, eff. July 1, 1995. 2001, 154:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2001. 2008, 117:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2008. 2019, 143:5, eff. June 25, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:21 - Bail on Sunday.

    597:21 Bail on Sunday. –||Persons arrested on Sunday, or on the evening or afternoon preceding, may be admitted to bail on that day when in the opinion of the commissioner an application for that purpose appears to be proper.|||Source. 1895, 37:6. PL 366:32. RL 425:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:22 - Recognizances After Arrest.

    597:22 Recognizances After Arrest. –||Any police officer may detain any person who he deems to be a necessary witness to a crime; provided, however, within 24 hours, including Sundays and holidays, he shall be brought before a justice of the superior court who may, upon the showing that the testimony of said person is necessary in any court, release the person on personal recognizance or take the recognizance of the witness in such sum as the justice may deem reasonable for his appearance before the court.|||Source. RS 222:5. CS 237:5. GS 240:16. GL 258:16. PS 252:22. PL 366:33. RL 425:33. RSA 597:22. 1959, 159:1. 1965, 86:5. 1969, 78:7. 1975, 407:1, eff. Aug. 15, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:23 - Commitment in Default of Recognizance.

    597:23 Commitment in Default of Recognizance. –||Whenever a witness, upon being ordered by a superior court justice to recognize, neglects or refuses to do so, the justice may issue a warrant and cause such witness to be committed to jail until he complies with the order.|||Source. RS 222:6. CS 237:6. GS 240:17. GL 258:17. PS 252:23. PL 366:34. RL 425:34. RSA 597:23. 1959, 159:2. 1965, 86:6. 1975, 407:2, eff. Aug. 15, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:24 - To the State; Sureties.

    597:24 To the State;  Sureties. –||Recognizance shall be taken in the name of the state, and with sufficient sureties, unless, in proper cases, the recognizance of the party shall be deemed by the superior court to be sufficient.|||Source. RS 211:17. CS 224:17. GS 241:2. GL 259:2. PS 252:24. PL 366:35. RL 425:35.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:25 - Condition.

    597:25 Condition. –||Recognizances may be taken with condition to attend the court or before the justice at the next term, from term to term, at a fixed day to which the case may be continued, or from day to day, there to wait and abide the order of the court, and not to depart without leave until discharged by order of court.|||Source. GS 241:3. GL 259:3. PS 252:25. PL 366:36. RL 425:36.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:26 - Variations.

    597:26 Variations. –||Recognizances may be taken in any other form which the court, considering the circumstances of the case, may direct or allow.|||Source. GS 241:4. GL 259:4. PS 252:26. PL 366:37. RL 425:37. RSA 597:26. 1967, 132:38, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:27 - Surrender, in Court.

    597:27 Surrender, in Court. –||A surety for the appearance of a party or witness may be discharged by order of the superior court from further liability upon surrendering the party in open court, during the pendency of the original cause and before trial, on payment of the costs of any proceeding against them, and the principal shall be committed unless again recognized.|||Source. RS 201:6. CS 214:6. GS 241:6. GL 259:6. PS 252:27. PL 366:38. RL 425:38. RSA 597:27. 1969, 78:8, eff. June 3, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:28 - Surrender, to Jailer.

    597:28 Surrender, to Jailer. –||Sureties may be discharged before forfeiture of the recognizance by committing the principal to the jail of the county, by leaving with the jailer a certified copy of the order to recognize and of the names of the bail, and a certificate of the bail thereon that they have committed the principal in discharge of their liability as bail, and by giving written notice thereof to the attorney general or county attorney.|||Source. RS 201:4. CS 214:4. GS 241:7. GL 259:7. PS 252:28. PL 366:39. RL 425:39. RSA 597:28. 1967, 132:39, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:29 - Jailer's Authority; New Bail.

    597:29 Jailer's Authority;  New Bail. –||The copies and certificates provided for in RSA 597:28 shall be sufficient authority for the keeper of the jail to detain the party committed until he shall be discharged by due order of law; and the accused may be again recognized with sureties, agreeably to the original order of the court requiring such recognizance.|||Source. GS 241:8. GL 259:8. PS 252:29. PL 366:40. RL 425:40. RSA 597:29. 1967, 132:40, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:30 - Excusing Surrender.

    597:30 Excusing Surrender. –||When the sureties in a recognizance, without their fault, are prevented from surrendering their principal by an act of God or of the government of the state or of the United States, or by sentence of law, the superior court, on petition and notice thereof to the county commissioners and state's counsel, may discharge them on such terms as may be deemed just.|||Source. GS 241:12. GL 259:12. PS 252:30. PL 366:41. RL 425:41.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:31 - Declaration of Forfeiture.

    597:31 Declaration of Forfeiture. –||If any party recognized to appear makes default, the recognizance shall be declared forfeited, and the state may cause proceedings to be had immediately for the recovery of such forfeiture.|||Source. 1865, 4077:3, 4. GS 241:9. GL 259:9. 1889, 27:1. PS 252:31. PL 366:42. RL 425:42. RSA 597:31. 1959, 12:1. 1988, 110:9. 1989, 386:9, eff. June 5, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:32 - Striking Off Default.

    597:32 Striking Off Default. –||Any court, for good cause, may strike off a default upon a recognizance or order it to be struck off at a future day, upon a substantial compliance with the condition.|||Source. GS 241:10. GL 259:10. 1889, 27:2. PS 252:32. PL 366:43. RL 425:43.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:33 - Judgment.

    597:33 Judgment. –||The superior court may render judgment for the whole amount of any forfeited recognizance and interest and costs, or for such part thereof as, after hearing counsel, the court may think proper, according to any special circumstances in evidence affecting the case or the party liable.|||Source. 1865, 4075:2. GS 241:11. GL 259:11. PS 252:33. PL 366:44. RL 425:44. RSA 597:33. 1983, 383:61, eff. July 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:34 - Venue.

    597:34 Venue. –||Actions upon recognizances may be brought and tried in the county or judicial district thereof in which they were taken, unless the court shall order the venue to be changed.|||Source. RS 211:17. CS 224:17. GS 241:14. GL 259:14. PS 252:34. PL 366:45. RL 425:45. RSA 597:34. 1992, 284:76, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:35 - Defective Records, etc.

    597:35 Defective Records, etc. –||No action on a recognizance shall be defeated, nor judgment thereon be arrested, for any omission to record a default at the proper term, nor for any defect in the form of recognizance or of the scire facias, but the court may order the record of process to be amended to conform to the facts, without costs.|||Source. GS 241:15. GL 259:15. PS 252:35. PL 366:46. RL 425:46.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:36 - Declaration.

    597:36 Declaration. –||In actions brought upon recognizances taken in criminal prosecutions, it shall be sufficient to set forth in the writ the substance of the recognizance and the time and place at which the same was declared forfeited, without setting forth the complaint or indictment or any subsequent proceedings thereon.|||Source. 1865, 4075:1. GS 241:17. GL 259:17. PS 252:36. PL 366:47. RL 425:47.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:37 - Bench Warrants.

    597:37 Bench Warrants. –||Any court may issue a warrant for the arrest of a person under recognizance to appear before the court who fails to appear according to the condition thereof or of any person who, being party to a criminal proceeding, is, by escape or otherwise, improperly at large.|||Source. GS 241:16. GL 259:16. PS 252:37. PL 366:48. RL 425:48. RSA 597:37. 1967, 132:41, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:38 - Forfeit of Recognizance.

    597:38 Forfeit of Recognizance. –||If a recognizance is forfeited and paid in any case in which, if the recognizor had been convicted, any sum might have been due and payable to the complainant or to any other person, the superior court may ascertain the amount and may order it to be paid from the state treasury.|||Source. RS 211:16. CS 224:16. GS 245:3. GL 263:3. PS 261:3. PL 375:3. RL 435:3. RSA 597:38. 1983, 383:62, eff. July 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:38-a - Default Fees.

    597:38-a Default Fees. –||I. Whenever a party recognized to appear for any offense defaults, the court may impose an administrative processing fee in the amount of $50 in addition to any other fine or penalty assessment.||II. The administrative processing fee provided for in paragraph I shall be retained by the court.|||Source. 1991, 347:7, eff. July 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:38-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:38-b - Collection of Forfeitures; Motor Vehicles.

    597:38-b Collection of Forfeitures;  Motor Vehicles. –||I. Whenever a party recognized to appear for any offense involving driving makes default and the recognizance is declared forfeited, the court shall send a notice of default to the division of motor vehicles. The division shall send a notice to the person owing the recognizance, demanding payment within 30 days and stating that failure to make payment within the 30-day period shall result in suspension of such person's driver's license or driving privilege until such time as the person provides proof to the department of safety that he has paid the amount of the forfeited recognizance to the court.||II. Payments of the forfeited recognizance under paragraph I shall be sent to the department of safety and deposited into a special fund, known as the default bench warrant fund, established in RSA 263:56-d to pay the costs of state, county and local law enforcement officials who make arrests pursuant to bench warrants issued for persons improperly at large for driving-related offenses and to pay the cost of breath analyzer machines.|||Source. 1991, 366:1. 1998, 288:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 597:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 597 - Bail and Recognizances|Section 597:39 - Procedure.

    597:39 Procedure. –||The court, upon petition and notice to the county attorney, prosecutor or party interested, may order the discharge of any person imprisoned for inability to find sureties in a recognizance, upon such terms as may be deemed just.|||Source. 1858, 2118:1. GS 241:13. GL 259:13. PS 252:38. PL 366:49. RL 425:49. RSA 597:39. 1967, 132:42, eff. July 18, 1967.|