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NH Rev Stat § 625:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:2 - Effective Date.

    625:2 Effective Date. –||I. This code shall take effect on November 1, 1973.||II. Prosecution for offenses committed prior to the effective date of this code shall be governed by the prior law, which is continued in effect for that purpose as if this code were not in force; provided, however, that in any such prosecution the court may, with the consent of the defendant, impose sentence under the provisions of this code.||III. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed prior to the effective date if any of the elements of the offense occurred prior thereto.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:3 - Construction of the Code.

    625:3 Construction of the Code. –||The rule that penal statutes are to be strictly construed does not apply to this code. All provisions of this code shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms and to promote justice.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:4 - Territorial Jurisdiction.

    625:4 Territorial Jurisdiction. –||I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may be convicted under the laws of this state for any offense committed by his own conduct or by the conduct of another for which he is legally accountable if:||(a) Either conduct which is an element of the offense or the result which is such an element occurs within this state; or||(b) Conduct occurring outside this state constitutes an attempt to commit an offense under the laws of this state and the purpose is that the offense take place within this state; or||(c) Conduct occurring outside this state would constitute a criminal conspiracy under the laws of this state, and an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy occurs within this state, and the object of the conspiracy is that an offense take place within this state; or||(d) Conduct occurring within this state would constitute complicity in the commission of, or an attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit an offense in another jurisdiction which is also an offense under the law of this state; or||(e) The offense consists of the omission to perform a duty imposed on a person by the law of this state regardless of where that person is when the omission occurs; or||(f) Jurisdiction is otherwise provided by law.||II. Subparagraph I(a) does not apply if:||(a) Causing a particular result or danger of causing that result is an element and the result occurs or is designed or likely to occur only in another jurisdiction where the conduct charged would not constitute an offense; or||(b) Causing a particular result is an element of an offense and the result is caused by conduct occurring outside the state which would not constitute an offense if the result had occurred there.||III. When the offense is homicide, either the death of the victim or the bodily impact causing death constitutes a "result" within the meaning of subparagraph I(a) and if the body of a homicide victim is found within this state, it is presumed that such result occurred within the state.||IV. This state includes the land and water and the air space above such land and water with respect to which the state has legislative jurisdiction.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:5 - Civil Actions.

    625:5 Civil Actions. –||This code does not bar, suspend, or otherwise affect any right or liability for damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action, regardless of whether the conduct involved in such civil action constitutes an offense defined in this code.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:6 - All Offenses Defined by Statute.

    625:6 All Offenses Defined by Statute. –||No conduct or omission constitutes an offense unless it is a crime or violation under this code or under another statute.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:7 - Application to Offenses Outside the Code.

    625:7 Application to Offenses Outside the Code. –||The provisions of RSA 625 through 629 are applicable to offenses defined outside this code unless the code otherwise provides.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:10 - Burden of Proof.

    625:10 Burden of Proof. –||No person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of such offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In the absence of such proof, the innocence of the defendant is assumed.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 625:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 625 - Preliminary|Section 625:11 - General Definitions.

    625:11 General Definitions. –||The following definitions apply to this code.||I. "Conduct" means an action or omission, and its accompanying state of mind, or, a series of acts or omissions.||II. "Person", "he", and "actor" include any natural person and, a corporation or an unincorporated association.||III. "Element of an offense" means such conduct, or such attendant circumstances, or such a result of conduct as:||(a) Is included in the definition of the offense; or||(b) Establishes the required kind of culpability; or||(c) Negatives an excuse or justification for such conduct; or||(d) Negatives a defense under the statute of limitations; or||(e) Establishes jurisdiction or venue.||IV. "Material element of an offense" means an element that does not relate exclusively to the statute of limitations, jurisdiction, venue or to any other matter similarly unrelated to (1) the harm sought to be prevented by the definition of the offense, or (2) any justification or excuse for the prescribed conduct.||V. "Deadly weapon" means any firearm, knife or other substance or thing which, in the manner it is used, intended to be used, or threatened to be used, is known to be capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.||VI. "Serious bodily injury" means any harm to the body which causes severe, permanent or protracted loss of or impairment to the health or of the function of any part of the body.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:1 - Requirement of a Voluntary Act.

    626:1 Requirement of a Voluntary Act. –||I. A person is not guilty of an offense unless his criminal liability is based on conduct that includes a voluntary act or the voluntary omission to perform an act of which he is physically capable.||II. Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procured or received the thing possessed or was aware of his control thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate his possession.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:2 - General Requirements of Culpability.

    626:2 General Requirements of Culpability. –||I. A person is guilty of murder, a felony, or a misdemeanor only if he acts purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently, as the law may require, with respect to each material element of the offense. He may be guilty of a violation without regard to such culpability. When the law defining an offense prescribes the kind of culpability that is sufficient for its commission, without distinguishing among the material elements thereof, such culpability shall apply to all the material elements, unless a contrary purpose plainly appears.||II. The following are culpable mental states:||(a) "Purposely." A person acts purposely with respect to a material element of an offense when his conscious object is to cause the result or engage in the conduct that comprises the element.||(b) "Knowingly." A person acts knowingly with respect to conduct or to a circumstance that is a material element of an offense when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstances exist.||(c) "Recklessly." A person acts recklessly with respect to a material element of an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from his conduct. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that, considering the circumstances known to him, its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the conduct that a law-abiding person would observe in the situation. A person who creates such a risk but is unaware thereof solely by reason of having voluntarily engaged in intoxication or hypnosis also acts recklessly with respect thereto.||(d) "Negligently." A person acts negligently with respect to a material element of an offense when he fails to become aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from his conduct. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that his failure to become aware of it constitutes a gross deviation from the conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.||III. When the law provides that negligence suffices to establish an element of an offense, such element is also established if the person acts purposely, knowingly or recklessly. When recklessness suffices, the element is also established if the person acts purposely or knowingly. When acting knowingly suffices, the element is also established if a person acts purposely.||IV. A requirement that an offense be committed wilfully is satisfied if the person acts knowingly with respect to the material elements of the offense, unless a purpose to impose further requirements appears.||V. Neither knowledge nor recklessness nor negligence as to whether conduct constitutes an offense or as to the existence or meaning of the law defining the offense is an element of such offense, unless the law so provides.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1973, 370:29, 30, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:3 - Effect of Ignorance or Mistake.

    626:3 Effect of Ignorance or Mistake. –||I. A person is not relieved of criminal liability because he acts under a mistaken belief of fact unless:||(a) The mistake negatives the culpable mental state required for commission of the offense; or||(b) The statute defining the offense expressly provides that such mistake is a defense; or||(c) Such mistake supports a defense of justification as defined in RSA 627.||II. A person is not relieved of criminal liability because he acts under a mistaken belief that his conduct does not, as a matter of law, constitute an offense unless his belief is founded upon a statement of the law contained in a statute or other enactment, or an administrative order or grant of permission, or a judicial decision of a state or federal court, or a written interpretation of the law relating to the offense officially made by a public servant, agency or body legally empowered with authority to administer, enforce or interpret such law. The defendant must prove a defense arising under this subsection by a preponderance of evidence.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:4 - Intoxication.

    626:4 Intoxication. –||Intoxication is not, as such, a defense. The defendant may, however, introduce evidence of intoxication whenever it is relevant to negate an element of the offense charged, and it shall be taken into consideration in determining whether such element has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:5 - Entrapment.

    626:5 Entrapment. –||It is an affirmative defense that the actor committed the offense because he was induced or encouraged to do so by a law enforcement official or by a person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement official, for the purpose of obtaining evidence against him and when the methods used to obtain such evidence were such as to create a substantial risk that the offense would be committed by a person not otherwise disposed to commit it. However, conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:6 - Consent.

    626:6 Consent. –||I. The consent of the victim to conduct constituting an offense is a defense if such consent negatives an element of the offense or precludes the harm sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense.||II. When conduct constitutes an offense because it causes or threatens bodily harm, consent to the conduct is a defense if the bodily harm is not serious; or the harm is a reasonably foreseeable hazard of lawful activity.||III. Consent is no defense if it is given by a person legally incompetent to authorize the conduct or by one who, by reason of immaturity, insanity, intoxication or use of drugs is unable and known by the actor to be unable to exercise a reasonable judgment as to the harm involved.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 626:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 626 - General Principles|Section 626:7 - Defenses; Affirmative Defenses and Presumptions.

    626:7 Defenses;  Affirmative Defenses and Presumptions. –||I. When evidence is admitted on a matter declared by this code to be:||(a) A defense, the state must disprove such defense beyond a reasonable doubt; or||(b) An affirmative defense, the defendant has the burden of establishing such defense by a preponderance of the evidence.||II. When this code establishes a presumption with respect to any fact which is an element of an offense, it has the following consequences:||(a) When there is evidence of the facts which give rise to the presumption, the issue of the existence of the presumed fact must be submitted to the jury, unless the court is satisfied that the evidence as a whole clearly negatives the presumed fact; and||(b) When the issue of the existence of the presumed fact is submitted to the jury, the court shall charge that while the presumed fact must, on all the evidence, be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the law declares that the jury may regard the facts giving rise to the presumption as sufficient evidence of the presumed fact.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:1 - General Rule.

    627:1 General Rule. –||Conduct which is justifiable under this chapter constitutes a defense to any offense. The fact that such conduct is justifiable shall constitute a complete defense to any civil action based on such conduct.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 429:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:1-a - Civil Immunity.

    627:1-a Civil Immunity. –||A person who uses force in self-protection or in the protection of other persons pursuant to RSA 627:4, in the protection of premises and property pursuant to RSA 627:7 and 627:8, in law enforcement pursuant to RSA 627:5, or in the care or welfare of a minor pursuant to RSA 627:6, is justified in using such force and shall be immune from civil liability for personal injuries sustained by a perpetrator which were caused by the acts or omissions of the person as a result of the use of force. In a civil action initiated by or on behalf of a perpetrator against the person, the court shall award the person reasonable attorney's fees, and costs, including but not limited to, expert witness fees, court costs, and compensation for loss of income.|||Source. 2011, 268:3, eff. Nov. 13, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:2 - Public Duty.

    627:2 Public Duty. –||I. Any conduct, other than the use of physical force under circumstances specifically dealt with in other sections of this chapter, is justifiable when it is authorized by law, including laws defining functions of public servants or the assistance to be rendered public servants in the performance of their duties; laws governing the execution of legal process or of military duty; and judgments or orders of courts or other tribunals.||II. The justification afforded by this section to public servants is not precluded by the fact that the law, order or process was defective provided it appeared valid on its face or, as to persons assisting public servants, by the fact that the public servant to whom assistance was rendered exceeded his legal authority or that there was a defect of jurisdiction in the legal process or decree of the court or tribunal, provided the actor believed the public servant to be engaged in the performance of his duties or that the legal process or court decree was competent.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:3 - Competing Harms.

    627:3 Competing Harms. –||I. Conduct which the actor believes to be necessary to avoid harm to himself or another is justifiable if the desirability and urgency of avoiding such harm outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the harm sought to be prevented by the statute defining the offense charged. The desirability and urgency of such conduct may not rest upon considerations pertaining to the morality and advisability of such statute, either in its general or particular application.||II. When the actor was reckless or negligent in bringing about the circumstances requiring a choice of harms or in appraising the necessity of his conduct, the justification provided in paragraph I does not apply in a prosecution for any offense for which recklessness or negligence, as the case may be, suffices to establish criminal liability.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:4 - Physical Force in Defense of a Person.

    627:4 Physical Force in Defense of a Person. –||I. A person is justified in using non-deadly force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the imminent use of unlawful, non-deadly force by such other person, and he may use a degree of such force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for such purpose. However, such force is not justifiable if:||(a) With a purpose to cause physical harm to another person, he provoked the use of unlawful, non-deadly force by such other person; or||(b) He was the initial aggressor, unless after such aggression he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to such other person his intent to do so, but the latter notwithstanding continues the use or threat of unlawful, non-deadly force; or||(c) The force involved was the product of a combat by agreement not authorized by law.||II. A person is justified in using deadly force upon another person when he reasonably believes that such other person:||(a) Is about to use unlawful, deadly force against the actor or a third person;||(b) Is likely to use any unlawful force against a person present while committing or attempting to commit a burglary;||(c) Is committing or about to commit kidnapping or a forcible sex offense; or||(d) Is likely to use any unlawful force in the commission of a felony against the actor within such actor's dwelling or its curtilage.||II-a. A person who responds to a threat which would be considered by a reasonable person as likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to the person or to another by displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense with the intent to warn away the person making the threat shall not have committed a criminal act.||III. A person is not justified in using deadly force on another to defend himself or herself or a third person from deadly force by the other if he or she knows that he or she and the third person can, with complete safety:||(a) Retreat from the encounter, except that he or she is not required to retreat if he or she is within his or her dwelling, its curtilage, or anywhere he or she has a right to be, and was not the initial aggressor; or||(b) Surrender property to a person asserting a claim of right thereto; or||(c) Comply with a demand that he or she abstain from performing an act which he or she is not obliged to perform; nor is the use of deadly force justifiable when, with the purpose of causing death or serious bodily harm, the person has provoked the use of force against himself or herself in the same encounter; or||(d) If he or she is a law enforcement officer or a private person assisting the officer at the officer's direction and was acting pursuant to RSA 627:5, the person need not retreat.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1981, 347:1, 2. 2010, 361:1. 2011, 268:1, eff. Nov. 13, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:7 - Use of Force in Defense of Premises.

    627:7 Use of Force in Defense of Premises. –||A person in possession or control of premises or a person who is licensed or privileged to be thereon is justified in using non-deadly force upon another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to prevent or terminate the commission of a criminal trespass by such other in or upon such premises, but he may use deadly force under such circumstances only in defense of a person as prescribed in RSA 627:4 or when he reasonably believes it necessary to prevent an attempt by the trespasser to commit arson.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:8 - Use of Force in Property Offenses.

    627:8 Use of Force in Property Offenses. –||A person is justified in using force upon another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to prevent what is or reasonably appears to be an unlawful taking of his property, or criminal mischief, or to retake his property immediately following its taking; but he may use deadly force under such circumstances only in defense of a person as prescribed in RSA 627:4.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|