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NH Rev Stat § 616:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 616 - Pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures|Section 616:5 - Powers of Selectmen.

    616:5 Powers of Selectmen. –||Whenever a penalty or forfeiture or any part thereof is given to a town, the selectmen may sue therefor in the name of the town, shall defray the expenses of the action and may remit the penalty or forfeiture.|||Source. RS 211:11. CS 224:11. GS 248:12. GL 266:12. PS 257:12. PL 371:5. RL 431:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 616:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 616 - Pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures|Section 616:6 - Computation of Time, etc.

    616:6 Computation of Time, etc. –||Whenever a fine or penalty is imposed for neglect for any period of time, the neglect may be alleged to have begun at any specified time and shall be reckoned from the time so alleged; but no suit or prosecution in such case shall be begun against a town or town officers until 20 days after notice in writing of the intention to begin it, nor then, if, within that time, the duty is performed.|||Source. RS 211:3. CS 224:3. GS 248:7. GL 266:7. PS 257:7. PL 371:6. RL 431:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 616:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 616 - Pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures|Section 616:7 - Disqualification of Justice.

    616:7 Disqualification of Justice. –||In actions for the recovery of a penalty before a justice, it shall be no cause of exception that the justice resides or has property within the town in which the offense was committed, nor that the penalty or any part thereof may belong to the town.|||Source. RS 211:6. CS 224:6. GS 248:8. GL 266:8. PS 257:8. PL 371:7. RL 431:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 616:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 616 - Pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures|Section 616:8 - General Issue.

    616:8 General Issue. –||In any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and under it give any special matter in evidence.|||Source. RS 211:7. CS 224:7. GS 248:9. GL 266:9. PS 257:9. PL 371:8. RL 431:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 616:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 616 - Pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures|Section 616:9 - Limitation of Action.

    616:9 Limitation of Action. –||All suits or prosecutions founded upon any penal statute for penalties or forfeitures shall be brought within 2 years after the commission of the offense, unless otherwise specially provided. This section shall apply only to suits or prosecutions brought under this chapter.|||Source. RS 211:9, 10. CS 224:9. GS 248:10. GL 266:10. PS 257:10. PL 371:9. RL 431:9. RSA 616:9. 1990, 191:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:1 - Seizure.

    617:1 Seizure. –||Whenever personal property is forfeited for violation of law, any officer or person by law authorized to seize the same may take and retain it until he shall deliver it to a proper officer having a warrant to detain it.|||Source. RS 212:1. CS 225:1. GS 249:1. GL 267:1. PS 258:1. PL 372:1. RL 432:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:1-a - Criminal Forfeiture; Property Subject to Forfeiture.

    617:1-a Criminal Forfeiture;  Property Subject to Forfeiture. –||I. Subsequent to a criminal conviction pursuant to a statute that authorizes forfeiture, including but not limited to RSA 318-B:17-b, the court may order the person convicted to forfeit:||(a) Property the person derived from the commission of the crime;||(b) Property directly traceable to property derived from the commission of the crime; and||(c) Instrumentalities the person used in the commission of the crime.||II. When a conviction or agreement of the parties is not possible due to the person's death, incompetence, unavailability, or not being within the jurisdiction of the court, or the person to be charged cannot be identified, forfeiture proceedings may be commenced.||III. Property may be forfeited if the state establishes that the property is forfeitable by clear and convincing evidence.||IV. Nothing in this section shall prevent property from being forfeited by plea agreement approved by the presiding criminal court or other agreement of the parties.||V. At the request of any party, the civil portion of the forfeiture proceeding may be stayed by the court.|||Source. 2016, 329:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:2 - Libel.

    617:2 Libel. –||The person making or directing a seizure pursuant to RSA 617:1 shall, without unnecessary delay, file a libel before a district court or a municipal court in towns and cities in which there is such court if the property does not exceed in value $500, and in other cases in the office of the clerk of the superior court, stating the cause and praying for a decree of forfeiture.|||Source. RS 212:2. CS 225:2. GS 249:2. GL 267:2. PS 258:2. PL 372:2. RL 432:2. 1951, 224:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:3 - Warrant.

    617:3 Warrant. –||Upon the filing, before or after seizure, of a libel for a forfeiture, a warrant shall be issued to the proper officer, requiring him to take such property into his custody and to detain it until it is legally disposed of.|||Source. RS 212:3. CS 225:3. GS 249:3. GL 267:3. PS 258:3. PL 372:3. RL 432:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:4 - Notice.

    617:4 Notice. –||Notice of the libel shall be given to the owner, if known; otherwise, a notice shall be published to all persons interested, to appear at the time and place appointed for trial, and to show cause why a decree of forfeiture should not be passed.|||Source. RS 212:4. CS 225:4. GS 249:4. GL 267:4. PS 258:4. PL 372:4. RL 432:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:4-a - Innocent Owner.

    617:4-a Innocent Owner. –||In addition to any other remedy provided by law, any person claiming to be an innocent owner of property seized for purposes of forfeiture may petition the court, after 10 days from the date of seizure, for return of the property. No item or property interest shall be subject to forfeiture unless the alleged innocent owner thereof was a consenting party to the crime. This section shall not apply to property seized as evidence in a pending criminal investigation or prosecution.|||Source. 2016, 329:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:5 - Sale.

    617:5 Sale. –||If a person interested shall appear and claim the property, it may be sold by consent of the parties or upon examination and certificate of its perishable nature or of its being expensive to keep, as in case of sale of like property attached, unless it is provided by law that it shall be destroyed, or unless the court shall otherwise order.|||Source. RS 212:5. CS 225:5. GS 249:5. GL 267:5. PS 258:5. PL 372:5. RL 432:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:6 - Delivery to Claimant.

    617:6 Delivery to Claimant. –||If the claimant requests it, the property may be appraised and delivered to him in the same manner as property attached, upon his giving bond to pay to the persons entitled thereto the appraised value thereof, and costs, in case a decree of forfeiture is made.|||Source. RS 212:6. CS 225:6. GS 249:6. GL 267:6. PS 258:6. PL 372:6. RL 432:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:7 - Trial.

    617:7 Trial. –||The case may be tried by a jury, if in the superior court, upon the request of either party, otherwise by the court; and, the cause of forfeiture alleged being proved, the court or justice shall make a decree for the forfeiture and disposition of the property and a distribution of its proceeds according to law.|||Source. RS 212:7. CS 225:7. GS 249:7. GL 267:7. PS 258:7. PL 372:7. RL 432:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:8 - Costs.

    617:8 Costs. –||Costs may be awarded to the libelant if a reasonable cause for seizure appears, in which shall be included the necessary expenses of the seizure, detention and sale of the property; otherwise, reasonable costs and damages shall be awarded to the claimant.|||Source. RS 212:8. CS 225:8. GS 249:8. GL 267:8. PS 258:8. PL 372:8. RL 432:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:9 - Appeal.

    617:9 Appeal. –||An appeal may be claimed by either party from a decree made by a justice of a district court or municipal court in the same manner as in other civil actions, and like proceedings may be had therein as in the case of libels originally filed in the superior court.|||Source. RS 212:9. CS 225:9. GS 249:9. GL 267:9. PS 258:9. PL 372:9. RL 432:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:10 - Order for Destruction.

    617:10 Order for Destruction. –||The court, unless otherwise specially provided, may order that any property which has been forfeited shall be destroyed, whenever the public good requires it, and it may direct how and by whom it shall be done.|||Source. PS 258:10. PL 372:10. RL 432:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:11 - Disposition of Property and Proceeds.

    617:11 Disposition of Property and Proceeds. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at any time when unclaimed property or contraband held for evidentiary purposes is no longer needed for that purpose, the court may order the state to deliver any unclaimed property, other than currency, to the commissioner of the department of administrative services, to deliver any currency to the state treasurer, and to destroy any contraband within 30 days.||II. If the forfeiture is granted, the court may order the state to deliver any currency to the state treasurer and any other property to the commissioner of the department of administrative services within 30 days. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall dispose of the forfeited property at public auction.||III. Upon motion, the court may order that a portion of the currency seized or proceeds from public auction be used to pay reasonable nonpersonnel expenses of the seizure, storage, and maintenance of custody of any forfeited items.||IV. The auction proceeds and forfeited currency shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and shall be used first to pay all outstanding recorded liens on the forfeited property, then to comply with an order of the court to pay reasonable nonpersonnel expenses, with all remaining funds to be deposited into the drug forfeiture fund.|||Source. 2016, 329:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 617:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property|Section 617:12 - Report.

    617:12 Report. –||I. The attorney general, no later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, shall post a report on the department of justice website detailing state forfeiture activity, for the preceding fiscal year, including the type, approximate value, and disposition of the property seized, and the amount of any proceeds received or expended at the state and local levels. The report shall provide a categorized accounting of all proceeds expended. Summary data on seizures, forfeitures, and expenditures of forfeiture proceeds shall be provided by the law enforcement agency in disaggregated form to the attorney general.||II. The attorney general may include proposed legislative recommendations to improve policies to ensure that seizures and forfeitures are undertaken and reported in a manner that is fair to crime victims, innocent property owners, secured interest holders, citizens, and law enforcement officers.|||Source. 2018, 231:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:1 - Imposition; Definition of Fine.

    618:1 Imposition;  Definition of Fine. –||I. Fines are imposed by the sentence of a court of criminal jurisdiction in a prosecution begun by indictment or information, or upon complaint before a justice of a municipal court.||II. In this chapter, "fine" means a fine, a penalty assessment, or an administrative fee imposed for a default on a court appearance or a default of payment of a fine.|||Source. GS 250:1. GL 268:1. PS 256:1. PL 370:1. RL 430:1. RSA 618:1. 1957, 244:40, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 1998, 353:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:2 - For Whose Use.

    618:2 For Whose Use. –||Unless otherwise specially provided, all fines and forfeitures imposed by a municipal court shall be for the use of the town in which the court is established, and all other fines and forfeitures shall be for the use of the county within which the offense was committed.|||Source. RS 211:13. CS 224:13. GS 250:7. 1868, 17:1. 1874, 48:1. GL 268:7. PS 256:2. PL 370:2. RL 430:2. RSA 618:2. 1957, 244:41, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:3 - Fines, to Whom Paid.

    618:3 Fines, to Whom Paid. –||No fines or other money belonging to a county shall be paid to the county attorney; but when imposed or recovered in the superior court they shall be paid to the clerk of court or to the sheriff having a precept therefor.|||Source. 1861, 2486:2. GS 271:11. GL 289:11. PS 256:16. PL 370:16. RL 430:16. 1951, 163:11, eff. July 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:3-a - Payment of Fines.

    618:3-a Payment of Fines. –||All fines, except parking fines or except as otherwise specifically provided by law, shall be paid to the clerk of the court imposing the fine.|||Source. 1957, 166:2, eff. Aug. 5, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:4 - Paying Over to County.

    618:4 Paying Over to County. –||Every justice of a municipal court shall pay over to the town or county to which any fine or forfeiture accrues every such fine or forfeiture received by him within 6 months after the receipt of the same. Upon default thereof, he shall forfeit double the amount of such fine or forfeiture.|||Source. RS 222:11. 1859, 2237:1, 2. GS 24:11. GL 25:11. PS 256:3. PL 370:3. RL 430:3. RSA 618:4. 1957, 244:42, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:5 - Paying Over by County.

    618:5 Paying Over by County. –||If any fine appropriated to the use of any town or person or for any particular use is paid into the county treasury, the county commissioners, upon application, shall draw their order upon the county treasurer for the same, in favor of the party so entitled.|||Source. GS 250:8. GL 25:12; 268:8. PS 256:4. PL 370:4. RL 430:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:6 - Place of Committal.

    618:6 Place of Committal. –||Any person sentenced to pay a fine shall be ordered to be imprisoned until sentence is performed, or he or she is otherwise legally discharged, in the county correctional facility in which the crime was committed. This section shall not be construed as authorizing the confinement of any juvenile under the age of 17 years in a county correctional facility for the nonpayment of a fine.|||Source. 1861, 2510. GS 250:4. GL 268:4. PS 256:7. PL 370:7. RL 430:7. 1951, 163:4. RSA 618:6. 1963, 213:2. 1965, 256:10. 1979, 150:2. 1988, 89:33, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:7 - Execution.

    618:7 Execution. –||A writ of execution may be issued for any fine in a criminal case, notwithstanding the respondent may be committed or detained in a county correctional facility for nonpayment thereof, and if the fine is collected upon the execution, the convict shall not be further detained on account thereof.|||Source. GS 250:5. GL 268:5. PS 256:8. PL 370:8. RL 430:8. 1951, 163:5. RSA 618:7. 1988, 89:34, eff. June 17, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:8 - At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance.

    618:8 At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance. –||Any person sentenced conditionally to pay a fine or to be imprisoned for a term shall be discharged at the expiration of the term, and may be discharged at any time on payment of the balance of the fine, after deducting $150 for each day such person has been imprisoned under the sentence.|||Source. GS 250:6. GL 268:6. PS 256:10. PL 370:10. RL 430:10. 1951, 163:6. RSA 618:8. 1967, 295:2. 1987, 81:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2016, 105:1, eff. May 19, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:9 - Committal for Nonpayment; Term.

    618:9 Committal for Nonpayment;  Term. –||Whenever a person is committed to a county correctional facility in default of payment of a fine imposed by a justice of a superior court or a district court, he or she shall be discharged from custody by the superintendent thereof at the expiration of a number of days after the date of his or her commitment equal to one day for each $150 of the fine so imposed. The superintendent shall keep a record of all discharges made under the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1883, 96:1. PS 256:11. PL 370:11. RL 430:11. 1951, 163:7. 1953, 80:1. RSA 618:9. 1957, 244:43. 1967, 295:3. 1987, 81:2. 1988, 89:35, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2014, 204:42, eff. July 11, 2014. 2016, 105:1, eff. May 19, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:10 - Petition for Discharge.

    618:10 Petition for Discharge. –||Whenever a person under conviction for a criminal offense and confined in a county correctional facility is unable to pay the fine, the superior court, upon petition of the prisoner or the superintendent and satisfactory proof of such inability, may order the prisoner to be discharged upon such terms as they may think proper.|||Source. RS 226:12. 1846, 351. CS 241:12. GS 250:9. 1872, 80:1. GL 268:9. PS 256:12. PL 370:12. RL 430:12. 1951, 163:8. RSA 618:10. 1957, 244:44. 1988, 89:36, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:11 - Procedure for Discharge.

    618:11 Procedure for Discharge. –||No discharge shall be granted pursuant to RSA 618:10 unless the petition shall be approved by the county attorney, or it shall appear to the court that the county attorney has been served with a copy of the petition, and that notice has been given to him of the time and place when and where the petition is to be presented to the court at least 10 days before the hearing upon the petition, and the petition, evidence and order of the court shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court.|||Source. 1863, 2723. GS 250:10. 1872, 30:2. GL 268:10. PS 256:13. PL 370:13. RL 430:13. RSA 618:11. 1957, 244:45, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:12 - Discharge by Selectmen.

    618:12 Discharge by Selectmen. –||Any person convicted of an offense against the police of towns or against a bylaw of a town may, upon petition and proof of inability to pay the fine, be discharged by the selectmen, and the town shall be liable for prison charges if the prisoner is unable to pay them.|||Source. RS 114:9. CS 120:11. GS 250:11. GL 268:11. PS 256:14. PL 370:14. RL 430:14. 1951, 163:9, eff. July 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:13 - Effect.

    618:13 Effect. –||In neither of the cases specified in RSA 618:10 and 12 shall a fine be released by the discharge of the prisoner, but a writ of execution therefor against the goods or estate of the prisoner may be at any time issued, upon request of the county commissioners or selectmen, without a writ of scire facias.|||Source. GS 250:12. GL 268:12. PS 256:15. PL 370:15. RL 430:15. 1951, 163:10, eff. July 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:14 - Costs.

    618:14 Costs. –||Except as otherwise provided by statute, the assessment of any costs against respondents in criminal cases is hereby forbidden; provided, however, that costs involving transportation of prisoners up to the time of court arraignment may be assessed against respondents, in the discretion of the superior court.|||Source. 1951, 163:1. RSA 618:14. 1992, 39:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 618:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LX - Correction and Punishment|Title 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges|Section 618:15 - Liability for Costs.

    618:15 Liability for Costs. –||All legal costs attending the arrest, examination or conveyance of an offender, except when directed or approved in writing by the counsel of the state or county commissioners, shall be paid by the complainant.|||Source. RS 222:21. CS 237:21. GS 250:13. 1876, 10:1. GL 268:13. PS 256:9. PL 370:9. RL 430:9.|