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RSA 594:5 · Resisting Arrest

Title: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter: 594 · ARRESTS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Status: current
Official source linked: Yes

Official source

594:5 Resisting Arrest. –
If a person has reasonable ground to believe that he is being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer, it is his duty to submit to arrest and refrain from using force or any weapon in resisting it, regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest.
Source. 1941, 163:5. RL 423:24.

Source note

Source. 1941, 163:5. RL 423:24.

Source history

1941, 163:5. RL 423:24