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HB1468: relative to seizure of personal property.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- George Lambert House · Hills 27
- Andrew Manuse House · Rock 5
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Housing and property
Official links
HB 1468 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
12-2383
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1468
AN ACT relative to seizure of personal property.
ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the police from seizing personal property without a warrant.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2383
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to seizure of personal property.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Seizure of Personal Property. Amend RSA 594:10 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. At no time shall a police officer who does not have a search warrant seize any personal property of a subject who is not under arrest.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.