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RSA 135-E:21 · Escape

Title
X: PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter
135-E · INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS
Status
current
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135-E:21 Escape. –

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I.

A person who escapes or attempts to escape from lawful custody pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a class A felony.

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II.

If a person escapes while in custody pursuant to this chapter, the department shall immediately notify the victim and the county attorney or attorney general that filed the petition for civil commitment. The parole board shall be immediately notified of an escape if the escapee has an active or pending term of parole, conditional release, or other postprison release supervision that is administered by the parole board. Source. 2006, 327:21. 2007, 337:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

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Source note

Source. 2006, 327:21. 2007, 337:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

Source history

  • 2006, 327:21
  • 2007, 337:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2008

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    ition to be entered in the NICS Indices. When a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, or incompetent to stand trial and found by the court to be a danger to himself or herself or others pursuant to RSA 135-E or 135:17-a, as provided in this section, the department of safety shall promptly cause that disposition to be entered in the NICS Indices, in accordance with paragraph II. II. The court or the department of s