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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:7 - Authorization for Interception of Telecommunications or Oral Communications.

570-A:7 Authorization for Interception of Telecommunications or Oral Communications. –
The attorney general, deputy attorney general, or a county attorney, upon the written approval of the attorney general or deputy attorney general, may apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing or approving the interception of telecommunications or oral communications, and such judge may grant, in conformity with RSA 570-A:9, an order authorizing or approving the interception of telecommunications or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offenses as to which the application is made, when such interception may provide, or has provided, evidence of the commission of organized crime, as defined in RSA 570-A:1, XI, or evidence of the commission of the offenses of homicide, kidnapping, gambling, theft as defined in RSA 637, corrupt practices as defined in RSA 640, child sexual abuse images under RSA 649-A, computer pornography and child exploitation under RSA 649-B, criminal conduct in violation of the securities law, as defined in RSA 421-B:5-501, RSA 421-B:5-502, RSA 421-B:5-502-A, RSA 421-B:5-505, RSA 421-B:5-506, and RSA 421-B:5-508, criminal conduct in violation of the security takeover disclosure laws, as defined in RSA 421-A:3, 421-A:7, 421-A:8, 421-A:11, and 421-A:13, robbery as defined in RSA 636:1, arson as defined in RSA 634:1, hindering apprehension or prosecution as defined in RSA 642:3, tampering with witnesses and informants as defined in RSA 641:5, aggravated felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:2, felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:3, escape as defined in RSA 642:6, bail jumping as defined in RSA 642:8, insurance fraud as defined in RSA 638:20, dealing in narcotic drugs, marijuana, or other dangerous drugs, hazardous waste violations under RSA 147-A:4, I, or any conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
Source.
1969, 403:1. 1985, 263:3. 1988, 25:4. 1990, 191:1. 1995, 280:10, III. 1998, 361:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. 2001, 224:10, eff. Sept. 9, 2001. 2015, 273:19, eff. Jan. 1, 2016. 2017, 91:6, eff. Aug. 6, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:8 - Authorization for Disclosure and Use of Intercepted Telecommunications or Oral Communications.

570-A:8 Authorization for Disclosure and Use of Intercepted Telecommunications or Oral Communications. –
I. Any law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose such contents to another law enforcement officer to the extent that such disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure.
II. Any law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom may use such contents to the extent such use is appropriate to the proper performance of the officer's official duties.
III. Any person who has received, by any means authorized by this chapter, any information concerning a telecommunication or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may disclose the contents of that communication or such derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminal proceeding in any court of the United States or of any state or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.
IV. No otherwise privileged telecommunication or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.
V. When a law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting telecommunications or oral communications in the manner authorized herein, intercepts telecommunications or oral communications relating to offenses other than those specified in the order of authorization or approval, the contents thereof, and evidence derived therefrom, may be disclosed or used as provided in paragraphs I and II. Such contents and any evidence derived therefrom may be used under paragraph III, when authorized or approved by a judge of competent jurisdiction where such judge finds on subsequent application that the contents were otherwise intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such application shall be made as soon as practicable.
Source.
1969, 403:1. 1995, 280:3, 10, I, III, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:9-a - Repealed by 1988, 25:7, II, eff. July 1, 1988.

570-A:9-a Repealed by 1988, 25:7, II, eff. July 1, 1988. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:9-b - Use of Interpreters.

570-A:9-b Use of Interpreters. –
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an investigative or law enforcement officer supervising an interception under this chapter in which the intercepted communication is in a code or foreign language may utilize the assistance and participation of a qualified interpreter to translate the language being used into English. Such interpreter, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take an oath that he or she will make a true interpretation in an understandable manner to the best of his or her skill and judgment.
Source.
2008, 361:13, eff. July 11, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:10 - Reports Concerning Intercepted Telecommunications or Oral Communications.

570-A:10 Reports Concerning Intercepted Telecommunications or Oral Communications. –
I. Within 30 days after the expiration of an order, or each extension thereof, entered under RSA 570-A:9, or the denial of an order approving an interception, the issuing or denying judge shall report to the administrative office of the United States Courts:
(a) The fact that an order or extension was applied for;
(b) The kind of order or extension applied for;
(c) The fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied;
(d) The period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;
(e) The offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order;
(f) The identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application; and
(g) The nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted.
II. In January of each year, each county attorney shall report to the attorney general who shall report, in turn, to the administrative office of the United States Courts:
(a) The information required by subparagraphs I(a) through (g) with respect to each application for an order or extension made during the preceding calendar year;
(b) A general description of the interceptions made under such order or extension, including: (1) The approximate nature and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted, (2) The approximate nature and frequency of other communications intercepted, (3) The approximate number of persons whose communications were intercepted, and (4) The approximate nature, amount, and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions;
(c) The number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under such order or extension, and the offenses for which arrests were made;
(d) The number of trials resulting from such interceptions;
(e) The number of motions to suppress made with respect to such interceptions, and the number granted or denied;
(f) The number of convictions resulting from such interceptions and the offenses for which the convictions were obtained and a general assessment of the importance of the interceptions; and
(g) The information required by subparagraphs (b) through (f) of this paragraph with respect to orders or extensions obtained in a preceding calendar year.
III. On or before December 1 of each odd numbered year, the attorney general shall include in the report required by RSA 7:37, a report concerning the number of applications for orders authorizing or approving the interception of telecommunications or oral communications and the number of orders and extensions granted or denied during the preceding 2 years.
Source.
1969, 403:1. 1995, 280:8, 10, III, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-A - Wiretapping and Eavesdropping › Section 570-A:11 - Recovery of Civil Damages Authorized.

570-A:11 Recovery of Civil Damages Authorized. –
Any person whose telecommunication or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, or uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose or use such communications, and be entitled to recover from any such person: (a) actual damages but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is higher; (b) punitive damages; and (c) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. Good faith reliance on a court order or on a representation made by the attorney general, deputy attorney general or a county attorney shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought under this chapter.
Source.
1969, 403:1. 1995, 280:10, I, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:1 - Definitions.

570-B:1 Definitions. –
As used in this chapter:
I. "Telecommunication" has the meaning set forth in RSA 570-A:1.
II. "Judge of competent jurisdiction" means a judge of the superior court.
III. "Pen register" means a device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which such device is attached, but such term does not include any device used by a provider or customer of a telecommunication service for billing, or recording as an incident to billing, for communications services provided by such provider or any device used by a provider or customer of a telecommunication service for cost accounting or other like purposes in the ordinary course of its business.
IV. "Trap and trace device" means a device which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a telecommunication was transmitted.
Source.
1988, 25:5. 1995, 280:10, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:2 - General Prohibition on Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices.

570-B:2 General Prohibition on Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person is guilty of an offense if he installs or uses a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under this chapter.
II. The offense is a misdemeanor if the violation of this chapter is a first offense. If the violation of this chapter is a second or subsequent offense, the person shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
1988, 25:5, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:3 - Exceptions.

570-B:3 Exceptions. –
The prohibition of RSA 570-B:2, I does not apply with respect to the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device by a provider of telecommunication service:
I. Relating to the operation, maintenance, and testing of a telecommunication service or to the protection of the rights of or property of such provider, or to the protection of users of that service from abuse of service or unlawful use of service; or
II. To record the fact that a telecommunication was initiated or completed in order to protect such provider, another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the telecommunication, or a user of that service, from fraudulent, unlawful, or abusive use of that service; or
III. Where the consent of the user of that service has been obtained.
Source.
1988, 25:5. 1995, 280:10, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:4 - Application for an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.

570-B:4 Application for an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device. –
I. The attorney general or the deputy attorney general may make an application to the superior court for an order or an extension of an order under RSA 570-B:5, authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device under this chapter, in writing under oath or equivalent affirmation to a court of competent jurisdiction.
II. An application under this chapter shall include:
(a) The identity of the attorney for the state making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation; and
(b) A certification by the applicant that the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by that agency.
Source.
1988, 25:5, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:5 - Issuance of an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.

570-B:5 Issuance of an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device. –
I. Upon an application made under RSA 570-B:4, the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device within the state if the court finds that the attorney general or deputy attorney general has certified to the court that the information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.
II. An order issued under this section shall specify:
(a) The identity, if known, of the person to whom is leased or in whose name is listed the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached;
(b) The identity, if known, of the person who is the subject of the criminal investigation;
(c) The number and, if known, physical location of the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached and, in the case of a trap and trace device, the geographic limits of the trap and trace order; and
(d) A statement of the offense to which the information likely to be obtained by the pen register or trap and trace device relates; and shall direct, upon the request of the applicant, the furnishing of information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device.
III. (a) An order issued under this section shall authorize the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device for a period not to exceed 60 days.
(b) Extensions of such an order may be granted, but only upon an application for an order under RSA 570-B:4 and upon the judicial finding required by RSA 570-B:5. The period of extension shall be for a period not to exceed 60 days.
IV. An order authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device shall direct that:
(a) The application and order be sealed until otherwise ordered by the court; and
(b) The person owning or leasing the line to which the pen register or a trap and trace device is attached, or who has been ordered by the court to provide assistance to the applicant, not disclose the existence of the pen register or trap and trace device or the existence of the investigation to the listed subscriber, or to any other person, unless or until otherwise ordered by the court.
Source.
1988, 25:5, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:6 - Assistance in Installation and Use of a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.

570-B:6 Assistance in Installation and Use of a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device. –
I. Upon the request of an attorney for the state or an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to install and use a pen register under this chapter, a provider of telecommunication service, landlord, custodian, or other person shall furnish such investigative or law enforcement officer forthwith all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that the person so ordered by the court accords the party with respect to whom the installation and use is to take place, if such assistance is directed by a court order as provided in RSA 570-B:5, II.
II. Upon the request of an attorney for the state or an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to receive the results of a trap and trace device under this chapter, a provider of telecommunication service, landlord, custodian, or other person shall install such device forthwith on the appropriate line and shall furnish such investigative or law enforcement officer all additional information, facilities, and technical assistance including installation and operation of the device unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that the person so ordered by the court accords the party with respect to whom the installation and use is to take place, if such installation and assistance is directed by a court order as provided in RSA 570-B:5, II. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the results of the trap and trace device shall be furnished to the officer of a law enforcement agency designated in the court order, at reasonable intervals during regular business hours for the duration of the order.
III. A provider of a telecommunication service, landlord, custodian, or other person who furnishes facilities or technical assistance pursuant to this section shall be reasonably compensated for such reasonable expenses incurred in providing such facilities and assistance.
IV. No cause of action shall lie in any court against any provider of a telecommunication service, its officers, employees, agents, or other specified persons for providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with the terms of the court order under this chapter.
V. A good faith reliance on a court order or a legislative authorization is a complete defense against any civil or criminal action brought under this chapter or any other law.
Source.
1988, 25:5. 1995, 280:10, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 570-B - Pen Register, Trap and Trace Devices › Section 570-B:7 - Reports Concerning Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices.

570-B:7 Reports Concerning Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices. –
On or before December 1 of each odd numbered year, the attorney general shall include in the report required of him by RSA 7:37, a report concerning the number of pen register orders and orders for trap and trace devices applied for by the department of justice.
Source.
1988, 25:5, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-B - Exposing Minors to Harmful Materials › Section 571-B:1 - Definitions.

571-B:1 Definitions. –
As used in this chapter:
I. "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form of sexual conduct, when it:
(a) Predominantly appeals to the prurient interest of minors in sex, that is, an interest in lewdness or lascivious thoughts;
(b) Depicts or describes sexual conduct in a manner so explicit as to be patently offensive to contemporary adult standards, in the county within which any offense set forth in this chapter was committed, with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
(c) Lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
II. "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry, or both, as to:
(a) The character and content of any material described herein which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant, and
(b) The age of the minor; provided, however, that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonably bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor.
III. "Minor" means any person under the age of 18 years.
IV. "Sexual conduct" means human masturbation, sexual intercourse, actual or simulated, normal or perverted, or any touching of the genitals, pubic areas or buttocks of the human male or female, or the breasts of the female, whether alone or between members of same or opposite sex or between humans and animals, any depiction or representation of excretory functions, any lewd exhibitions of the genitals, flagellation or torture in the context of a sexual relationship. Sexual intercourse is simulated when it depicts sexual intercourse which give the appearance of the consummation of sexual intercourse, normal or perverted.
Source.
1969, 252:1. 1976, 46:1. 1977, 123:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-B - Exposing Minors to Harmful Materials › Section 571-B:2 - Offenses.

571-B:2 Offenses. –
I. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give, sell, loan or otherwise provide, with or without monetary consideration, to a minor:
(a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body which depicts sexual conduct and which is harmful to minors, or
(b) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in RSA 571-B:2, I(a), or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.
II. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit, for or without monetary consideration, to a minor or knowingly to sell to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor, for or without monetary consideration, to premises whereon there is exhibited a motion picture, show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts or describes sexual conduct and which is harmful to minors.
Source.
199, 252:1. 1976, 46:2, eff. June 1, 1976.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-B - Exposing Minors to Harmful Materials › Section 571-B:3 - Penalty.

571-B:3 Penalty. –
A person convicted of any violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
1969, 252:1. 1977, 588:9, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-B - Exposing Minors to Harmful Materials › Section 571-B:4 - Preliminary Hearing.

571-B:4 Preliminary Hearing. –
I. No recognized or established school, museum, public library or governmental agency, nor any person acting as an employee or agent of such institution, shall be arrested, charged or indicted for any violation of a provision of this chapter until such time as the material involved has first been the subject of an adversary hearing wherein such institution or person is made a defendant, and, after such material is declared by the court to be harmful to minors, such institution or person continues to engage in the conduct prohibited by this chapter. The sole issue at the hearing shall be whether the material is harmful to minors.
II. The adversary hearing prescribed in paragraph I of this section may be initiated only by complaint of the county attorney or the attorney general. Hearing on the complaint shall be held in the superior court of the county in which the alleged violation occurs. Notice of the complaint and of the hearing shall be given by registered mail or personal service. The notice shall state the nature of the violation, the date, place and time of the hearing, and the right to present and cross examine witnesses. In addition to the defendant, any other interested party may appear at the hearing in opposition to the complaint and may present and cross examine witnesses. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "interested party" includes but is not limited to the manufacturer of the material alleged to be harmful to minors.
III. The state or any defendant may appeal from a judgment. Such appeal shall not stay the judgment. Any defendant engaging in conduct prohibited by this chapter subsequent to notice of the judgment finding the material to be harmful to minors shall be subject to criminal prosecution notwithstanding the appeal from the judgment.
Source.
1979, 397:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-C - Responsibility to Minors › Section 571-C:1 - Minor Blood Donors.

571-C:1 Minor Blood Donors. –
I. Any minor of sound mind who has attained the age of 17 years or any married minor regardless of age may donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the necessity of obtaining the consent of any parent, guardian, or any other person having the care and custody of such minor.
II. Any minor of sound mind who has attained the age of 16 may donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program if the minor provides written consent from the minor's parent, guardian, or any other person having the care and custody of such minor.
Source.
1971, 82:1. RSA 571:24-a. 1973, 532:25. 1975, 58:1, eff. June 6, 1975. 2009, 3:1, eff. April 13, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 571-C - Responsibility to Minors › Section 571-C:2 - Intoxicating Beverages at Interscholastic Athletic Contests.

571-C:2 Intoxicating Beverages at Interscholastic Athletic Contests. –
No person shall drink or have in his possession any intoxicating beverage while in attendance, as a spectator or otherwise, at any place where a school interscholastic athletic contest is being conducted. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
1971, 141:1. RSA 570:24-a. 1973, 532:25, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:1 - to 585:6 Repealed by 1974, 34:12, eff. April 15, 1974.

585:1 to 585:6 Repealed by 1974, 34:12, eff. April 15, 1974. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:8 - to 585:11 Repealed by 1973, 370:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:8 to 585:11 Repealed by 1973, 370:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:12 - to 585:14 Repealed by 1997, 99, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

585:12 to 585:14 Repealed by 1997, 99, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:19, 585:20 - Repealed by 1973, 370:12, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:19, 585:20 Repealed by 1973, 370:12, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:21 - to 585:23 Repealed by 1973, 370:13, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:21 to 585:23 Repealed by 1973, 370:13, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:24, 585:25 - Repealed by 1973, 370:14, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:24, 585:25 Repealed by 1973, 370:14, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:26 - Repealed by 1973, 370:18, I, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:26 Repealed by 1973, 370:18, I, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:27 - Repealed by 1973, 370:18, II, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:27 Repealed by 1973, 370:18, II, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LVIII - Public Justice › Chapter 585 - Homicide and Offenses Against the Person › Section 585:28 - Repealed by 1973, 370:18, III, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

585:28 Repealed by 1973, 370:18, III, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:1 - Superior Court.

592-A:1 Superior Court. –
The superior court has jurisdiction of all criminal cases and proceedings; but it may dismiss a prosecution originally begun therein which is within the jurisdiction of a circuit court.
Source.
RS 172:4. 1855, 1659:9. GS 234:1. GL 252:1. PS 248:1. PL 362:1. RL 421:1. RSA 592:1. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 2015, 249:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:2 - Appeals to Superior Court.

592-A:2 Appeals to Superior Court. –
The superior court has jurisdiction of all appeals in criminal cases from district or municipal courts.
Source.
RS 172:5. 1859, 2211:3. GS 234:3. GL 252:3. PS 248:2. PL 362:1. RL 421:2. RSA 592:2. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:2-a - Repealed by 1973, 264:2, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

592-A:2-a Repealed by 1973, 264:2, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:2-b - Jury Trial.

592-A:2-b Jury Trial. –
Trial by jury shall not be afforded in the superior court for any violation as defined in RSA 625:9, except upon being subject to the imposition of a civil penalty which aggregates the total fines and penalties for a violation to an amount in excess of $1,500, in which case an appeal may be taken in the same manner as is provided for class A misdemeanor convictions under RSA 599:1.
Source.
1973, 264:3. 1988, 19:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. 1997, 277:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:3 - Plea of Guilty in District or Municipal Court.

592-A:3 Plea of Guilty in District or Municipal Court. –
A justice of a district or municipal court may render final judgment and sentence in any case where the punishment is a fine of $100 or of some specific sum less than $100, or imprisonment for a period of not more than 6 months, or is both such fine and imprisonment, if the accused pleads guilty or nolo contendere or files a writing by which he elects a trial by the justice and waives the right of appeal.
Source.
1860, 2366:1. GS 234:7. GL 252:7. PS 248:4. PL 362:4. RL 421:4. RSA 592:4. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:4 - Repealed by 2015, 249:16, II, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

592-A:4 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, II, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:4-a - Binding Over by Justice.

592-A:4-a Binding Over by Justice. –
A justice of the circuit court district division may cause to be apprehended and committed to jail or bound over with sufficient sureties to the superior court all persons charged with offenses committed or triable in the county exceeding the justice's jurisdiction to try and any directly related misdemeanor or violation level offenses.
Source.
2022, 268:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:5 - Justice of the Peace Throughout the State.

592-A:5 Justice of the Peace Throughout the State. –
A justice of the peace throughout the state may issue his warrant for any offense committed in any county, which may be directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the state.
Source.
RS 222:17. CS 237:17. GS 234:6. GL 252:6. PS 248:6. PL 362:6. RL 421:6. RSA 592:6. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:6 - Powers of District and Municipal Courts.

592-A:6 Powers of District and Municipal Courts. –
District and municipal courts have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and have jurisdiction as provided in RSA 502-A:11 and 14 and RSA 502:18.
Source.
CS 185:1. GS 234:8. GL 252:8. PS 248:7. PL 362:7. RL 421:7. RSA 592:7. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:7 - Complaints.

592-A:7 Complaints. –
I. (a) Criminal proceedings before a circuit court shall be begun by complaint, signed and under oath, addressed to such court, briefly setting forth, by name or description, the party accused and the offense charged, provided that a complaint filed by a police officer, as defined in RSA 106-L:2, I for a violation-level offense or a class B misdemeanor shall not require an oath. All complaints filed by a police officer shall include the officer's signature and printed name and notice that making a false statement on the complaint may result in criminal prosecution.
(b) Any signature required under this section may be by means of electronic signature pursuant to RSA 294-E.
II. The description of the accused may include an identifiable ridge skin impression or a DNA profile. A complaint that contains only an identifiable ridge skin impression or DNA profile, and that alleges one or more of the following offenses shall, upon its filing, toll the applicable statute of limitations under RSA 625:8:
(a) Capital murder under RSA 630:1.
(b) First degree murder under RSA 630:1-a.
(c) Second degree murder under RSA 630:1-b.
(d) Manslaughter under RSA 630:2.
(e) Negligent homicide under RSA 630:3.
(f) First degree assault under RSA 631:1.
(g) Second degree assault under RSA 631:2.
(h) Aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:2.
(i) Felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:3.
(j) Kidnapping under RSA 633:1.
(k) Arson under RSA 634:1, I-III.
(l) Robbery under RSA 636:1.
Source.
RS 113:16; 222:10. CS 119:18; 287:10. GS 234:9. GL 252:9. PS 248:9. PL 362:8. RL 421:8. RSA 592:8. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 2003, 158:1, eff. June 17, 2003. 2004, 12:1, eff. June 4, 2004. 2011, 217:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. 2014, 193:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2014. 2017, 206:22, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:8 - Warrants.

592-A:8 Warrants. –
A justice of the peace or justice of the circuit court, upon such complaint when signed under oath, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the county.
Source.
RS 222:3, 10, 17. CS 237:3, 10. GL 252:10. PS 248:10. PL 362:9. RL 421:9. RSA 592:9. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 2011, 217:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:9 - When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court.

592-A:9 When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court. –
If such warrant is issued by a district or municipal court, or by a justice within the town in which a district or municipal court is established, for any offense committed in such town or district, it shall be made returnable before the district or municipal court, and not elsewhere.
Source.
CS 185:4. GS 234:11. GL 252:11. 1885, 81:14. PS 248:11. PL 362:10. RL 421:10. RSA 592:10. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:10 - Other Returns.

592-A:10 Other Returns. –
In other cases than those provided for in RSA 592-A:9, the warrant shall require the offender to be brought before the justice of the peace issuing it if the offense is one over which he has jurisdiction, or to a district or municipal court or some justice of the peace especially designated for trial or examination.
Source.
GS 234:12. GL 252:12. PS 248:12. PL 362:11. RL 421:11. RSA 592:11. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:11 - Summons for Witnesses.

592-A:11 Summons for Witnesses. –
In any warrant the officer may be required to summon the persons therein named as witnesses to attend the trial.
Source.
GS 234:13. GL 252:13. PS 248:13. PL 362:12. RL 421:12. RSA 592:12. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:12 - Witnesses in Criminal Cases.

592-A:12 Witnesses in Criminal Cases. –
Any person who attends any court for the state in criminal cases pursuant to subpoena shall sign a witness log, which shall be available in the office of the clerk of court, on which the individual shall provide the following information: name, mailing address, and the name of the case for which the person was subpoenaed. The prosecuting agency shall review the log each day and certify that each individual appeared as indicated on the log.
Source.
1951, 163, par. 12-a. RSA 592:13. 1957, 244:8. 1959, 20:1. 1979, 316:1. 1983, 383:59. 1993, 190:17. 1994, 273:3, eff. June 6, 1994. 2014, 188:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2019, 346:152, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:13 - No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers.

592-A:13 No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers. –
No sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal, chief of police or other police officer who receives a salary or who is to be otherwise compensated as a law enforcement officer in connection with the same criminal case by the state, county, city or town shall be paid any fee for testifying as a witness in a criminal case, except that any police officer who is on vacation, furlough or on time off who attends as a witness in a criminal case pending in any municipal, district or superior court shall, upon order of the court, be paid a witness fee in accordance with RSA 592-A:12 for each day of such attendance; provided, however, towns and cities may pay supplemental witness fees if deemed desirable.
Source.
1951, 163:16, par. 12-b. RSA 592:14. 1957, 244:8. 1971, 473:1. 1973, 499:1. 1974, 29:4, eff. June 1, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:13-a - Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee.

592-A:13-a Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee. –
Notwithstanding the witness fees payable pursuant to RSA 592-A:13 to an off duty police officer, when such an officer is employed by a town or city of 50,000 or more population, he may receive from his town or city, in lieu of the witness fee so provided, the regular rate of pay that he would be entitled to if he were on duty. The provisions of this section shall apply only when such officer is required to appear in the superior court as a witness in a criminal case.
Source.
1971, 473:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:14 - Summons for Defendant.

592-A:14 Summons for Defendant. –
Upon complaint for an offense of which a district or municipal court has final jurisdiction, the justice to whom the complaint is made, if he shall deem an arrest unnecessary, may issue a summons requiring the party to appear at a certain time and place to answer to the complaint.
Source.
RS 113:17, 18. CS 119:19, 20. GS 234:15. GL 252:14. PS 248:14. PL 362:13. 1933, 95:1. RL 421:13. RSA 592:15. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:15 - Default.

592-A:15 Default. –
If a party, being summoned by delivering to him an attested copy of the summons as provided in RSA 592-A:14, shall not appear, the justice may then issue a warrant as provided in RSA 592-A:8. Such party shall be in contempt of court for failing to attend after being so summoned and may be fined not more than $100.
Source.
RS 113:17, 18. CS 119:19, 20. GS 234:15. GL 252:14. PS 248:14. PL 362:14. 1933, 35:2. RL 421:14. RSA 592:16. 1957, 244:8. 1977, 588:46. 1983, 225:1, eff. Aug. 15, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-A - Jurisdiction and Procedure Generally › Section 592-A:16 - Judgment Against Parent.

592-A:16 Judgment Against Parent. –
A warrant against a minor may require the parent or guardian of the minor to be summoned to attend the examination or trial, by delivering to him an attested copy of the warrant and of the complaint, if annexed thereto, and the parent or guardian, being so summoned, may be adjudged to pay the fine imposed, and execution may issue against him therefor.
Source.
RS 113:20. CS 119:22. GS 234:16. GL 252:15. PS 248:15. PL 362:15. RL 421:15. RSA 592:17. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:1 - Jurisdiction.

592-B:1 Jurisdiction. –
The superior court shall have jurisdiction over felony complaints and misdemeanors and violation level charges that are directly related to those felonies. The superior court shall also have jurisdiction over de novo appeals of class A misdemeanors pursuant to RSA 599:1.
Source.
2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017. 2022, 268:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:2 - Repealed by 2022, 268:13, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.

592-B:2 Repealed by 2022, 268:13, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2024. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:3 - Commencement of Criminal Proceeding.

592-B:3 Commencement of Criminal Proceeding. –
I. Unless otherwise provided for in law, criminal proceedings in superior court shall be commenced by the receipt of a complaint from the circuit court having found probable cause to bind over a defendant. If a complaint is received from the circuit court or is filed, the accused shall subsequently be indicted by a grand jury or waive grand jury indictment pursuant to RSA 601:2 for the case to proceed.
II. The complaint shall set forth by name or description the party accused and the offense charged. The description of an accused may include an identifiable ridge skin impression or a DNA profile. A complaint that contains only an identifiable ridge skin impression or DNA profile, and that alleges one or more of the following offenses shall, upon its filing, toll the applicable statute of limitations under RSA 625:8 for:
(a) Capital murder under RSA 630:1.
(b) First degree murder under RSA 630:1-a.
(c) Second degree murder under RSA 630:1-b.
(d) Manslaughter under RSA 630:2.
(e) Negligent homicide under RSA 630:3.
(f) First degree assault under RSA 631:1.
(g) Second degree assault under RSA 631:2.
(h) Aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:2.
(i) Felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A:3.
(j) Kidnapping under RSA 633:1.
(k) Arson under RSA 634:1, I-III.
(l) Robbery under RSA 636:1.
Source.
2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017. 2022, 268:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:4 - Warrants.

592-B:4 Warrants. –
A justice of the peace or justice of the superior or circuit court, upon such complaint or indictment, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the county.
Source.
2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:5 - When Warrants Returnable to Superior Court.

592-B:5 When Warrants Returnable to Superior Court. –
If such warrant is issued, it shall be made returnable before the superior court having jurisdiction over the case and not elsewhere.
Source.
2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:6 - Repealed by 2022, 268:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.

592-B:6 Repealed by 2022, 268:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2024. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:7 - Repealed by 2022, 268:13, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.

592-B:7 Repealed by 2022, 268:13, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2024. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases › Chapter 592-B - Criminal Procedure in Superior Court › Section 592-B:8 - Dispositional Conference.

592-B:8 Dispositional Conference. –
Upon entry of a plea of not guilty, the case shall be scheduled for a dispositional conference in accordance with superior court rules.
Source.
2015, 249:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016, July 1, 2016 and Oct. 1, 2017.