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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:9 - Contributions.

103:9 Contributions. –
I. At the beginning of each year commencing on the first day of July the board of trustees shall certify to each employer other than the state the percentage rates of contribution due the system from each such employer, and shall assess upon each such employer such percentages of the earnable compensation of members in its employ, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer or other disbursing officer of each such employer to pay to the board of trustees such portion of the annual amount so assessed at such times and in such manner as the board of trustees may prescribe. Each such employer is hereby authorized to appropriate the sums necessary for the payment of such assessments.
II. The contributions of each employer for benefits under the retirement system on account of police members shall consist of a percentage of the earnable compensation of its members to be known as the "normal contribution"; and an additional amount to be known as the "accrued liability contribution"; provided that any employer, other than the state, shall pay 65 percent of such total contributions, and 35 percent thereof shall be paid by the state; and provided further that in case of police members employed by the state, the state shall pay both normal and accrued liability contributions.
Source.
1941, 166:8. RL 221:8. RSA 103:9. 1977, 528:5, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:10 - Normal Contribution Rate.

103:10 Normal Contribution Rate. –
The normal contribution rate shall be determined as the uniform and constant percentage of the annual salary of the average new permanent policeman entering the system which, if contributed on the basis of his salary throughout his entire period of active service would be sufficient, together with the assessment provided in RSA 103:7, to provide for the payment of any benefit payable on his account under this chapter. The accrued liability contribution shall be determined by the actuary as the amount necessary to liquidate the unfunded accrued liability as of June 30, 1968 over a period of 20 years from that date. The unfunded accrued liability is the amount of the total liabilities of the system which is not dischargeable by the funds in hand, the assessment and the normal contribution. After the determination of the unfunded accrued liability as of June 30, 1968, the normal contribution shall be determined after each actuarial valuation as the rate percent of the annual salary of each participating permanent policeman obtained by deducting from the total liabilities of the system the amount of the funds in hand, the present value of future assessments and the then current unfunded accrued liability and dividing the remainder by one percent of the present value of the future salaries of all permanent policemen who are then participating in the system.
Source.
1941, 166:9. RL 221:9. RSA 103:10. 1961, 191:2. 1963, 238:3. 1977, 528:6, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:11 - Administration of Retirement Fund.

103:11 Administration of Retirement Fund. –
I. All moneys collected by the board hereunder shall be forthwith remitted to the state treasurer who shall act as custodian of the retirement fund. Donations to the retirement fund may be accepted by the state treasurer. With the exception of such moneys as may be required for current disbursement, the state treasurer shall invest and reinvest the retirement funds in accordance with the laws governing the investments of savings banks, and further may invest and reinvest such funds in shares of cooperative banks and building and loan associations existing under the laws of this state and of federal savings and loan associations located in this state, and may make deposits in savings banks or trust companies existing under the laws of this state or in national banks located in this state. The fiscal year of the board shall begin July 1, unless otherwise established by the board.
II. Upon the receipt of an order from the board, it shall be the duty of the state treasurer to pay out of the retirement fund to such person as may be entitled thereto such benefits or compensation as the board may find due under the provisions hereof.
III. On or before the first day in August in each year, the state treasurer shall file with the secretary of the board a sworn statement exhibiting the financial condition of the retirement fund as of the thirtieth day of June of such year. Such statement shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board and shall be published with the report of the state treasurer. The accounts of the board and the books and accounts of the state treasurer shall be audited and examined annually at the time and in the manner prescribed for the annual audit of the accounts of the state treasurer.
Source.
1941, 166:10. RL 221:10. RSA 103:11. 1965, 115:4, eff. July 27, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:12 - Retirement.

103:12 Retirement. –
Any permanent policeman who accepts the provisions of this chapter may retire from active service after serving as a permanent policeman for a period of 25 continuous years or after reaching the age of 65 regardless of his period of service as a permanent policeman. Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions hereof who shall be dismissed from service after having served as a permanent policeman for a period of 25 continuous years, or after reaching the age of 65 regardless of his period of service as a permanent policeman, shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter. Upon retirement a permanent policeman shall no longer be obligated to pay assessments to the retirement fund. The board may, if it deems proper, in a case of a break in a policeman's continuous service of not more than 3 years, construe as a period of continuous service of such policeman, by adding his service before the break to his service after the break.
Source.
1941, 166:11. RL 221:11. RSA 103:12. 1957, 50:3; 189:2. 1961, 191:3. 1963, 238:4. 1971, 365:1. 1979, 420:7, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:13 - War Service.

103:13 War Service. –
In case of a break in a policeman's continuous service by reason of military or federal law enforcement service directly attributable to war, the board shall construe as a period of continuous service the total service of such policeman before the break, his military or federal law enforcement service and his service after the break.
Source.
1945, 17:1, eff. Feb. 13, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:14 - Retirement Benefits.

103:14 Retirement Benefits. –
Any permanent policeman who retires or is dismissed from service as provided in RSA 103:12 and who shall have complied with all the provisions hereof and with the rules and regulations of the board shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund, for each year during the remainder of his life, a sum equal to
1/2 of his annual salary for the 3 highest years preceding his retirement, as determined by the board, but in no event shall this sum be less than $1,200; provided, however, that in the case of a policeman employed by a city having a population of more than 34,000 inhabitants, such sum shall be equal to
1/2 of the assessed part of his average annual salary for the 3 years preceding his retirement; and further provided, that if at the time of his retirement he shall have served as a permanent policeman for a period of less than 25 continuous years, such sum as computed above shall be reduced pro rata in the proportion which the actual number of completed years of continuous service bears to 25. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, an appropriate adjustment, as determined by the board under rules uniformly applicable to all policemen similarly situated, shall be made in the sum otherwise payable to the policemen if at the time subsequent to July 1, 1953 or subsequent to the date of his accepting these provisions, if later, the rate of assessment upon the assessable part of his annual salary has been less than 5-
3/4 percent or if at any time subsequent to July 1, 1961 or the date of such acceptance, if later, the rate of assessment has been less than 6-
85/100 percent of his annual salary. Retirement benefits shall be paid in equal monthly installments on the first business day of each calendar month.
Source.
1941, 166:12. RL 221:12. 1953, 112:3. RSA 103:14. 1957, 50:4; 189:3. 1961, 191:4. 1963, 238:5. 1967, 405:11. 1971, 511:3, eff. July 1, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:14-c - Supplementary Allowances; Municipal Policemen.

103:14-c Supplementary Allowances;  Municipal Policemen. –
Any municipal police beneficiary who retired prior to July 1, 1961 and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his allowance increased by 18 percent. If the beneficiary of a retired member who retired prior to July 1, 1961 and elected an option providing for a survivor annuity is in receipt of such survivor annuity on January 1, 1974, the beneficiary shall be paid beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter but not beyond the month of December, 1974, an increased retirement allowance which shall be the same proportion of the increased retirement allowance the member would have been entitled to receive, if any, prior to any optional modification, had he been living on January 1, 1974, as the survivor annuity bears to the full allowance prior to optional modification by such former retired member at retirement. When the increased retirement allowance of any one beneficiary shall be ascertained under the terms of the above-mentioned provisions, the difference between said increased retirement allowance and the retirement allowance said beneficiary is then receiving as of December 31, 1973 shall be multiplied by 2 and the said sum shall be paid to said beneficiary in 12 monthly installments during the period from January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the regular retirement allowance of any beneficiary. The payment of the additional retirement allowances payable hereunder shall be contingent on the payment by the state of the additional amounts required to meet the current disbursements of such additional retirement allowances.
Source.
1974, 35:8, I, eff. April 15, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:14-d - Supplementary Cost of Living Allowances; Municipal Police.

103:14-d Supplementary Cost of Living Allowances;  Municipal Police. –
Any municipal police beneficiary who retired between July 1, 1961 and January 1, 1968 and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his allowance increased by 11 percent. If the beneficiary of a retired member who retired after July 1, 1961 and elected an option providing for a survivor annuity is in receipt of such survivor annuity on January 1, 1974, the beneficiary shall be paid beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, an increased retirement allowance which shall be the same proportion of the increased retirement allowance the member would have been entitled to receive, if any, prior to any optional modification, had he been living on January 1, 1974, as the survivor annuity bears to the full allowance prior to optional modification by such former retired member at retirement. When the increased retirement allowance of any one beneficiary shall be ascertained under the terms of the above-mentioned provisions, the difference between said increased retirement allowance and the retirement allowance said beneficiary is then receiving as of December 31, 1973 shall be multiplied by 2 and the said sum shall be paid to said beneficiary in 12 monthly installments during the period from January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the regular retirement allowance of any beneficiary, or any other supplementary allowance of any beneficiary. The payment of the additional retirement allowance payable hereunder shall be contingent on the payment by the state of the additional amounts required to meet the current disbursements of such additional retirement allowances.
Source.
1974, 35:8, I, eff. April 15, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:14-f - Supplementary Allowances; State Policemen.

103:14-f Supplementary Allowances;  State Policemen. –
Any state police beneficiary who retired prior to September 1, 1973, and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his allowance increased by 5 percent. If the beneficiary of a retired member who retired after January 1, 1968 and elected an option providing for a survivor annuity is in receipt of such survivor annuity on January 1, 1974, the beneficiary shall be paid beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter but not beyond the month of December, 1974, an increased retirement allowance which shall be the same proportion of the increased retirement allowance the member would have been entitled to receive, if any, prior to any optional modification, had he been living on January 1, 1974, as the survivor annuity bears to the full allowance prior to optional modification by such former retired member at retirement. When the increased retirement allowance of any one beneficiary shall be ascertained under the terms of the above-mentioned provisions, the difference between said increased retirement allowance and the retirement allowance said beneficiary is then receiving as of December 31, 1973 shall be multiplied by 2 and the said sums shall be paid to said beneficiary in 12 monthly installments during the period from January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the regular retirement allowance of any beneficiary. The payment of the additional retirement allowance payable hereunder shall be contingent on the payment by the state of the additional amounts required to meet the current disbursements of such additional retirement allowances.
Source.
1974, 35:10, I, eff. April 5, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:15-a - Temporary Assignment to Another Department; Compensation.

103:15-a Temporary Assignment to Another Department;  Compensation. –
Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions of this chapter who is, at the time of his death or disability, working for some other than his own police department or a component of the state or federal government on a temporary assignment shall be compensated as though he was working for his own department and shall receive the same benefits that would have accrued to him if he had been working for his own department, provided that the policeman was working with the knowledge and approval of his commanding officer, police chief, selectmen, or city or town manager. This section shall apply to any permanent policeman working under cover, on emergency duty or in a training capacity. In the event such temporary assignment should exceed 10 working days, it shall be the obligation of the receiving agency of the assignee to insure that all member and employer contributions as required by RSA 103 are properly transmitted to the New Hampshire retirement system.
Source.
1977, 389:1, eff. Sept. 3, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:16 - Resignation, Dismissal and Reinstatement.

103:16 Resignation, Dismissal and Reinstatement. –
Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions hereof who shall resign or be dismissed from service before becoming eligible for retirement and the estate or designated beneficiary of any such permanent policeman who may die before becoming eligible for retirement, not as the result of an injury received in line of duty, shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund all payments made thereto by him, without interest, and minus a fixed charge as the board may prescribe. Upon resignation or dismissal from service a permanent policeman shall no longer be obligated to pay assessments to the retirement fund. Any permanent policeman, resigned or dismissed from service as aforesaid may, if he thereafter reenters service as a permanent policeman, be reinstated to the benefits hereunder upon payment to the board of all assessments which might have been assessed against him from the date of his original acceptance hereof to his resignation or dismissal and upon reinstatement he shall thereafter make the payments to the retirement fund prescribed by the board under RSA 103:7.
Source.
1941, 166:14. RL 221:14. RSA 103:16. 1963, 238:7, eff. July 1, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:17 - Compensation Upon Death After Retirement.

103:17 Compensation Upon Death After Retirement. –
The estate or designated beneficiary of any permanent policeman who shall die after having retired under the provisions of RSA 103:14 or 15 shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund any excess of the total payments made thereto by him, without interest, over the aggregate retirement allowance payments received by him prior to his death. In addition, a lump sum equal to $3,600 shall be payable, except in the case of a former policeman who was employed by a city having a population of more than 34,000 inhabitants, in which case the lump sum shall not exceed the amount of the assessed part of his annual salary at retirement.
Source.
1953, 112:5. RSA 103:17. 1961, 191:6. 1963, 238:8, eff. July 1, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:18 - Exemption of Payments and Benefits; Assignability.

103:18 Exemption of Payments and Benefits;  Assignability. –
The payments made by permanent policemen to the board and the benefits or compensation received hereunder shall be exempt from taxation, attachment, and the operation of laws relating to insolvency or bankruptcy. No assignment of benefits or compensation due hereunder shall be valid unless approved by the board.
Source.
1941, 166:15. RL 221:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:18-a - Authorized Deductions.

103:18-a Authorized Deductions. –
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter any member of the policemen's retirement system who makes application for benefits under this chapter and who was at the time a member of an insurance or hospitalization group plan for which payroll deductions are authorized, may request that the monthly premium for such service be deducted from the monthly retirement benefit which he is to receive, and in such case said deduction shall be made from the sums due the member. Provided, further, that deductions from retirement benefits shall be made, if requested by retired policemen receiving such benefits, who transfer an existing direct pay membership or subscribe as a new member for such plan, if permitted by regulations of such plan.
Source.
1963, 58:1, eff. July 6, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:18-b - Benefit Assignments, Etc.

103:18-b Benefit Assignments, Etc. –
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, benefits or compensation due hereunder shall be subject to any attachment, assignment, and execution to the same extent as such rights under private retirement systems. No approval from the board shall be required for such assignments.
Source.
1977, 465:2, eff. Sept. 10, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:19 - Transfer Authorized.

103:19 Transfer Authorized. –
Any permanent policeman who is a member of the state employees' retirement system on July 1, 1957, and who is eligible for membership in the policemen's retirement system, hereinbefore set forth, may elect within 3 months after said date to transfer his membership from the state employees' retirement system to the policemen's retirement system in accordance with the provisions of RSA 100:21 to 27, relative to transfers of membership between state retirement systems, anything in said subdivision to the contrary notwithstanding.
Source.
1957, 49:1, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:20 - Transfer of Reserves.

103:20 Transfer of Reserves. –
Upon transfer of membership of a permanent policeman from the state employees' retirement system to the policemen's retirement system under the provisions of this subdivision, in addition to the transfer of his accumulated contributions under the provisions of RSA 100:23, the reserve for benefits accrued under the state employees' retirement system provided by the employer's contributions on account of his service rendered prior to the date of such transfer, actuarially computed, shall be transferred from the state employees' retirement system to the policemen's retirement system.
Source.
1957, 49:1, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 103 - Policemen's Retirement System › Section 103:21 - Benefits.

103:21 Benefits. –
Any provision of RSA 100:24 notwithstanding any permanent policeman whose membership has been transferred from the state employees' retirement system to the policemen's retirement system in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision shall thereafter be eligible for such benefits as are provided under this chapter, as hereinabove amended, as if he had accepted the provisions of said chapter at the time of becoming a member of the state employees' retirement system.
Source.
1957, 49:1, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:1 - Record of Birth.

104:1 Record of Birth. –
No sheriff of any county shall exercise such office, or perform any act therein, or receive any fee or salary therefor, until he shall have deposited in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the record of his birth, attested by the clerk of the town in which he was born, or, if there is no such record, an affidavit, sworn to and subscribed by himself, stating, according to the best of his belief, the date and place of his birth.
Source.
RS 15:1. CS 15:1. GS 17:1. GL 18:1. PS 19:1. PL 18:1. RL 26:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:2 - Age Limitation.

104:2 Age Limitation. –
Whenever any sheriff shall attain the age of 70 years, the office held by him shall become vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled according to law.
Source.
Const. II, 78. RS 15:2. CS 15:2. GS 17:2. GL 18:2. PS 19:2. PL 18:2. RL 26:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3 - Deputies; Appointment.

104:3 Deputies;  Appointment. –
A sheriff may appoint so many deputies as he thinks proper, by deputation in writing, under his hand and seal, and not otherwise, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. The deputation and certificate of oath thereon shall be recorded at length by the clerk of the superior court in a book kept for that purpose, and no deputy shall act as such until the record is made.
Source.
RS 178:5. CS 189:5. GS 197:1. GL 216:1. PS 212:1. PL 324:1. RL 380:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-a - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XVIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

104:3-a Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XVIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-b - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

104:3-b Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-c - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

104:3-c Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-d - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXI, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

104:3-d Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXI, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-e - Appointment of Deputy Sheriffs.

104:3-e Appointment of Deputy Sheriffs. –
In any county in which the county convention establishes the office of deputy sheriff the sheriff may appoint such number of deputy sheriffs, including a chief deputy sheriff, within the limits of the funds that may be appropriated for this purpose. In addition, he may appoint such special deputy sheriffs as he shall from time to time require. Such special deputy sheriffs shall receive as compensation for their services the fees as provided in RSA 104:31.
Source.
1973, 436:2. 1987, 223:2, eff. July 17, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:3-f - Compensation for Deputy Sheriffs in Hillsborough County.

104:3-f Compensation for Deputy Sheriffs in Hillsborough County. –
In Hillsborough county, all deputy sheriffs shall turn over to the county treasurer all fees and mileage charges collected. The county delegation shall appropriate, not less than annually, sufficient funds to compensate said deputy sheriffs.
Source.
1983, 329:1. 1987, 223:2, eff. July 17, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:4 - Special Deputy.

104:4 Special Deputy. –
A sheriff may appoint a special deputy for the service and return of any process, by warrant indorsed thereon, in the manner heretofore practiced.
Source.
RS 178:6, 8. CS 189:6, 8. GS 197:2. GL 216:2. PS 212:2. PL 324:2. RL 380:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:5 - Duties.

104:5 Duties. –
I. The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies shall serve and execute all writs and other precepts directed to the sheriff's department and issued from lawful authority.
II. The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies and bailiffs shall perform the duties of crier of the court.
III. The sheriff's bailiffs shall provide adequate security in all state courts, except the supreme court.
IV. The sheriff's bailiffs shall comply with such background investigation checks, physical and mental standards, and training appropriate to their duties as the police standards and training council may require. The council shall consult with the New Hampshire Sheriffs Association and the administrative office of the courts prior to adopting these standards.
Source.
RS 178:9. CS 189:9. GS 197:3. GL 216:3. PS 212:3. PL 324:3. RL 380:3. RSA 104:5. 1998, 297:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:6 - Powers.

104:6 Powers. –
I. Sheriffs and their deputies shall have throughout the state the same power and authority to serve criminal or civil processes, investigate crimes and to pursue and apprehend criminals that they have in their respective counties.
II. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, sheriffs and their deputies shall have authority to enforce civil orders issued by any court.
Source.
1911, 147:1. PL 324:4. RL 380:4. 2007, 321:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:7 - Interest in Suit.

104:7 Interest in Suit. –
When the sheriff is a party or related to either party, or interested in the suit, bill in equity, or other process, the writ or other process in such action may be served by the sheriff or deputy sheriff of any other county or by his own deputy; and the sheriff may serve writs or other process upon his own deputies, and the official bond of the sheriff's deputies shall protect him, the same as in other cases where he is not a party, and the bond of the sheriff shall protect his deputies on whom he may serve process. But nothing in this section shall prevent a sheriff or his deputy from serving process or levying execution himself in any case in which he is plaintiff by virtue of a receiptor given to him.
Source.
RS 179:3. CS 190:3. GS 197:4. GL 216:4. PS 212:4. 1905, 52:2. 1917, 51:1. PL 324:5. 1937, 19:1. RL 380:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:8 - Limitation.

104:8 Limitation. –
No sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable is disqualified to serve a writ or other precept in which a town or other corporation is a party by reason of his being a citizen of the town or a member of the corporation.
Source.
1844, 140. CS 189:32. GS 197:6. GL 216:6. PS 212:6. 1903, 134:15. 1905, 52:2. PL 324:6. RL 380:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:9 - Constables.

104:9 Constables. –
Constables shall serve and return writs and other civil precepts to them directed wherein the amount demanded in damages does not exceed $75, and no others, and shall have similar powers and be subject to similar liabilities in relation thereto as sheriffs.
Source.
RS 179:5. CS 190:5. GS 197:5. 1875, 9:1. GL 216:5. PS 212:5. 1917, 136:1. PL 324:7. RL 380:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:10 - Neglect of Duty.

104:10 Neglect of Duty. –
If any such officer refuses or neglects to serve a legal precept to him directed and delivered for service, his fees therefor being first tendered, or without such tender in criminal cases when the precept is indorsed by the attorney general or solicitor, or by the clerk by order of court, he shall forfeit $50 to any person aggrieved thereby who shall sue therefor within 3 months.
Source.
RS 178:10. CS 189:10. GS 197:7. GL 216:7. PS 212:7. PL 324:8. RL 380:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:11 - Liability for Fees.

104:11 Liability for Fees. –
No attorney shall be personally liable to any sheriff, or other officer authorized to serve process, for his fees or expenses incurred in the service of any writ or other process placed in his hands for service, except upon an express contract to pay the fees and expenses thereon. But said officer shall have a right of action against the person suing out such process.
Source.
1899, 20:1. PL 324:9. RL 380:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:12 - Requiring Aid.

104:12 Requiring Aid. –
An officer having authority to serve process or make an arrest may require suitable aid in the execution of his office. Any person who neglects or refuses to give such aid when so required shall be fined not more than $20.
Source.
RS 178:12. CS 189:12. GS 197:8. GL 216:8. PS 212:8. PL 324:10. RL 380:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:13 - Completing Business.

104:13 Completing Business. –
Upon the resignation, removal from office or expiration of the term of office of a sheriff, he shall execute all precepts in his hands, complete all official business previously committed to him and deliver to his successor all prisoners in his custody.
Source.
RS 178:13. CS 189:13. GS 197:9. GL 216:9. PS 212:9. PL 324:11. RL 380:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:14 - Vacancy, Power of Deputies.

104:14 Vacancy, Power of Deputies. –
Whenever a vacancy happens in the office of sheriff, the deputies in office shall continue to execute all official business previously committed to such sheriff, in the name of the late sheriff until another is appointed and qualified, and until they have completed all business previously entrusted to them.
Source.
RS 178:14. CS 189:14. GS 197:10. GL 216:10. PS 212:10. PL 324:12. RL 380:12. RSA 104:14. 1988, 89:12, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:15 - Liabilities for Defaults and Misfeasances.

104:15 Liabilities for Defaults and Misfeasances. –
The defaults and misfeasances of such deputies during such time shall be deemed a breach of their respective bonds to the sheriff who has ceased to hold office.
Source.
RS 178:16. CS 189:16. GS 197:12. GL 216:12. PS 212:11. PL 324:13. RL 380:13. RSA 104:15. 1988, 89:13, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:16 - Remedies.

104:16 Remedies. –
The executor or administrator of a deceased sheriff shall have like remedy for such defaults and misfeasances as the sheriff would have if in office.
Source.
RS 178:16. CS 189:16. GS 197:12. GL 216:12. PS 212:11. PL 324:14. RL 380:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:17 - Accountability to County.

104:17 Accountability to County. –
The sheriff is accountable to the county commissioners for money in his hands belonging to or for the use of the county, and for fines, forfeitures and costs, for which warrants or other process are issued to him by the clerk, unless he satisfies the commissioners that the same have not been and cannot be collected.
Source.
RS 178:24. CS 189:24. 1865, 4077:7. GS 197:13. GL 216:13. PS 212:12. PL 324:15. RL 380:15.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:18 - Forfeiture.

104:18 Forfeiture. –
A sheriff who fails to pay to the county treasurer any money received by him for the county, immediately on receipt thereof, or the amount of any fine, forfeiture or costs, immediately after he has voluntarily or negligently suffered a prisoner liable therefor to escape, shall forfeit treble the amount thereof, with double costs of suit, to be recovered by the treasurer for the use of the county, and he may be removed from office by the superior court.
Source.
RS 178:25. CS 189:25. GS 197:14. GL 216:14. PS 212:13. PL 324:16. RL 380:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:19 - List of Processes.

104:19 List of Processes. –
At each term of the superior court the sheriff shall deliver to the county commissioners a list of the warrants or other process for fines, forfeitures or costs, delivered to him by the clerk before the term, and then uncollected without fault on his part, and shall return them to the clerk for renewal. For any neglect to deliver such list or to return such warrants or other process he shall forfeit $50.
Source.
1865, 4077:7, 8. GS 197:15. GL 216:15. PS 212:14. PL 324:17. RL 380:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:20 - Account.

104:20 Account. –
The sheriff shall, once in each year, submit to the county commissioners, at a term of the superior court, a statement in detail of all services of himself or of his deputies for which the county is chargeable, and such amount shall be allowed thereon as is just. No such account shall be allowed unless presented within one year after the service was performed.
Source.
RS 178:26. CS 189:26. GS 197:16. 1873, 31:1. GL 216:16. PS 212:15. PL 324:18. RL 380:18.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:21 - Liability to Creditor.

104:21 Liability to Creditor. –
Any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable who refuses or neglects, on demand, to pay to an execution creditor any money received by him on the execution for the creditor, shall pay 5 times the lawful interest thereon for the time he detains it after demand.
Source.
RS 178:11. CS 189:11. GS 197:17. GL 216:17. PS 212:16. 1903, 134:15. 1905, 52:2. PL 324:19. RL 380:19.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:22 - Trusteed Funds.

104:22 Trusteed Funds. –
Whenever an officer is trusteed for such money, and refuses to pay the same to the creditor upon his tendering to the officer a bond, with sufficient sureties, to repay so much thereof as may be held by the trustee process, with costs, the officer shall be liable for interest thereon from the time of tendering the bond.
Source.
1845, 232. CS 189:33. GS 197:18. GL 216:18. PS 212:17. PL 324:20. RL 380:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:23 - Execution Against Sheriff.

104:23 Execution Against Sheriff. –
Whenever judgment is rendered against a sheriff execution may issue against his estate, but not against his body; and when he ceases to hold the office execution may issue against his body as in other like cases.
Source.
RS 178:17. CS 189:17. GS 197:19. GL 216:19. PS 212:18. PL 324:21. RL 380:21.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:24 - Non-payment of.

104:24 Non-payment of. –
When an execution against the estate of a sheriff is returned unsatisfied the creditor may give notice thereof to such sheriff, and, if the execution, with the costs of such notice, is not paid within 40 days after the notice is given, the court shall remove him from office.
Source.
RS 178:18. CS 189:18. GS 197:20. GL 216:20. PS 212:29. PL 324:22. RL 380:22.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:25 - Not To Be Attorney.

104:25 Not To Be Attorney. –
No sheriff or deputy sheriff, police officer, constable or city marshal shall appear in any court or before a justice as attorney for any party in a civil proceeding or for a respondent in any criminal proceeding.
Source.
RS 178:27. CS 189:27. GS 196:21. 1875, 30:1. GL 216:21. PS 212:20. PL 324:23. RL 380:23. RSA 104:25. 1957, 166:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:26 - Process Made by, Void.

104:26 Process Made by, Void. –
Any writ, declaration, plea, complaint and warrant or other process made by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, constable or city marshal for another person shall be void.
Source.
RS 178:27. CS 189:27. GS 197:21. 1875, 30:1. GL 216:21. PS 212:20. PL 324:24. RL 380:24.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:27 - Deputy, Discharge.

104:27 Deputy, Discharge. –
A sheriff may discharge from office any of his deputies, by writing under his hand and seal, which shall be served by another deputy by reading the same or giving an attested copy thereof to the deputy so discharged; and such discharge, with a certificate of the service thereof, shall be recorded in the manner prescribed for recording deputations.
Source.
RS 178:7. CS 189:7. GS 197:22. GL 216:22. PS 212:21. PL 324:25. RL 380:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:28 - Liability for Deputy's Conduct.

104:28 Liability for Deputy's Conduct. –
The sheriff is liable for the official conduct of his deputies respectively. If a deputy is discharged, the sheriff's liability shall continue until the discharge and certificate of service thereof are recorded.
Source.
RS 178:8. CS 189:8. GS 197:23. GL 216:23. PS 212:22. PL 324:26. RL 380:26.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:28-a - False Personation.

104:28-a False Personation. –
Any person who knowingly and falsely assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, or privileges incident to the office of sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police officer, police officer of any city or town, or any other law enforcement officer or investigator employed by any state, country or political subdivision of a state or country, or who wears or displays without authority any uniform, badge, or other identification by which such sheriff, officer, or investigator is lawfully identified, and with the intent to be recognized as such, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
RS 217:17. CS 231:17. GS 259:17. GL 277:18. PS 280:18. PL 394:18. RL 457:21. RSA 587:22. 1973, 532:23. 1981, 394:1. 1987, 214:1. 2008, 225:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:29 - Repealed by 1982, 10:1, eff. Mar. 2, 1982.

104:29 Repealed by 1982, 10:1, eff. Mar. 2, 1982. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:30 - Clerk Hire.

104:30 Clerk Hire. –
The sheriff of Hillsborough county shall employ such clerk hire as he deems necessary. The salaries of said clerk or clerks shall be paid by the county, provided, however, that the amount of salaries so paid shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the county delegation for said clerk hire.
Source.
1945, 118:1. 1947, 171:1. 1951, 129:1, eff. May 29, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:31-a - Reports.

104:31-a Reports. –
The chief deputy, all deputy sheriffs and special deputy sheriffs of Strafford county shall report annually to the sheriff the number of civil writs and other processes served, and said reports shall include the total amounts collected in fees and mileage charges. Such annual reports shall be incorporated into the sheriff's annual report to the county commissioners.
Source.
1971, 514:8, eff. July 6, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:32 - Nominal Attachment, Etc.

104:32 Nominal Attachment, Etc. –
In case of a nominal attachment of personal property, or of an attachment of real estate, or of funds or property in the hands of a trustee under process of foreign attachment, the officer shall not tax any fee, or make any charge for the attachment.
Source.
1866, 4248:5. GS 272:15. GL 290:15. PS 287:17. PL 324:29. RL 380:29.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:33 - Indorsement of Fees.

104:33 Indorsement of Fees. –
The fees of every sheriff and deputy sheriff, upon a writ, process or execution by him served, shall be indorsed thereon.
Source.
RS 229:15. CS 245:15. GS 272:16. GL 290:16. PS 287:18. PL 324:30. RL 380:30.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 104 - Sheriffs and Constables › Section 104:34 - Fees of Constables.

104:34 Fees of Constables. –
Constables shall be entitled to the same fees as sheriffs in like cases.
Source.
RS 229:19. CS 245:19. GS 272:20. GL 290:20. PS 287:19. 1905, 52:8. PL 324:31. RL 380:31.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 105 - Police Officers and Watchmen › Section 105:1 - Appointment.

105:1 Appointment. –
The selectmen of a town, when they deem it necessary, may appoint special police officers who shall continue in office during the pleasure of the selectmen, or until their successors are chosen or appointed. The selectmen may designate one of the police officers as chief of police or superintendent and as such officer the chief of police or superintendent shall exercise authority over and supervise or superintend other police officers, watchmen, or constables appointed under the provisions of this chapter, and said police officers, watchmen, or constables shall be accountable and responsible to said chief of police or superintendent. The designation as chief of police by the selectmen may be in the form of a contract specifying that the authority of the designee ceases on the date stated in the contract, regardless of whether a successor has been designated. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude or prevent a town from electing constables or police officers at an annual town meeting pursuant to the provisions of RSA 41:47.
Source.
1852, 1226:1. CS 120:1. GS 235:1. GL 253:1, 3. PS 249:1. 1897, 73:1. PL 363:1. RL 422:1. RSA 105:1. 1957, 206:1, eff. July 2, 1957. 2015, 59:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2015. 2023, 52:1, eff. July 31, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers › Chapter 105 - Police Officers and Watchmen › Section 105:2 - Form.

105:2 Form. –
Such appointment shall be made in writing, under the hands of the selectmen, and recorded, with a certificate of the oath of office thereon, by the town clerk.
Source.
RS 114:2, 3. GS 235:4. GL 253:3. PS 249:2. PL 363:2. RL 422:2.