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RSA 595-A:1 · Issuance of Search Warrants; Purposes

Title
LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter
595-A · SEARCH WARRANTS
Status
current
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595-A:1 Issuance of Search Warrants; Purposes. – A search warrant authorized by this chapter may be issued by any justice, associate justice or special justice of the municipal, district or superior courts to search for and seize any property which is:

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Stolen, embezzled or fraudulently obtained;

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II.

Designed or intended for use or which is or has been used as the means of committing a criminal offense;

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Contraband; or

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IV.

Evidence of the crime to which the probable cause upon which the search warrant is issued relates. Source. 1969, 317:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.

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Source note

Source. 1969, 317:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.

Source history

  • 1969, 317:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969

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  • 2026 HB1216 amend · effective 2027-01-01

    ment searches of houses or other property. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Search Warrants; Informed Consent. Amend RSA 595-A:10 to read as follows: 595-A:10 Informed Consent Exception for Real Property and Motor Vehicles. I. A law enforcement officer may legally conduct a search of a person's home or any other real property, or a person's mo

  • 2026 HB1436 reference

    umed to belong to its creator by rules of accession. IV. For purposes of article 19 of the New Hampshire constitution, the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and RSA 595-A, a digital document or record, whether stored locally on a device or in a cloud server subject to contractual protections against disclosure, shall be presumed the person's “papers” or “effects,” and is protected from u

  • 2026 HB1436-FN reference

    umed to belong to its creator by rules of accession. IV. For purposes of article 19 of the New Hampshire constitution, the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and RSA 595-A, a digital document or record, whether stored locally on a device or in a cloud server subject to contractual protections against disclosure, shall be presumed the person's “papers” or “effects,” and is protected from u

  • 2026 HB1642 reference · effective 2026-09-20

    fficer serving the order shall file the original receipt with the court and shall ensure that his or her law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt. V. Notwithstanding RSA 595-A, upon the sworn statement or testimony of any person alleging that the respondent has failed to comply with the surrender required by any order issued under this chapter, the court shall determine whether probable cause

  • 2026 HB1642-FN reference · effective 2026-09-20

    fficer serving the order shall file the original receipt with the court and shall ensure that his or her law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt. V. Notwithstanding RSA 595-A, upon the sworn statement or testimony of any person alleging that the respondent has failed to comply with the surrender required by any order issued under this chapter, the court shall determine whether probable cause

  • 2026 HB206 add · effective 2026-01-01

    Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Short Title. This act may be known and cited to as the "New Hampshire Private Lands Protection Act". 2 New Section; Warrantless Searches. Amend RSA 595-A by inserting after section 10 the following new section: 595-A:11 Warrantless Searches. I. For purposes of this section: (a) “Government agent” means any state or local law enforcement agent, or any other pers

  • 2026 HB206-FN amend · effective 2026-01-01

    General Court convened: 1 Short Title. This act may be known and cited to as the "New Hampshire Private Lands Protection Act". 2 New Section; Warrantless Searches. Amend RSA 595-A by inserting after section 10 the following new section: 595-A:11 Warrantless Searches. I. For purposes of this section: (a) “Government agent” means any state or local law enforcement agent, or any other person

  • 2026 SB555 reference · effective 2026-09-20

    fficer serving the order shall file the original receipt with the court and shall ensure that his or her law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt. V. Notwithstanding RSA 595-A, upon the sworn statement or testimony of any person alleging that the respondent has failed to comply with the surrender required by any order issued under this chapter, the court shall determine whether probable cause

  • 2026 SB555-FN reference · effective 2026-09-20

    fficer serving the order shall file the original receipt with the court and shall ensure that his or her law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt. V. Notwithstanding RSA 595-A, upon the sworn statement or testimony of any person alleging that the respondent has failed to comply with the surrender required by any order issued under this chapter, the court shall determine whether probable cause

  • 2025 HB162 amend

    sent for law enforcement searches of houses or other property. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Search Warrants; Informed Consent Exceptions Expanded. Amend RSA 595-A:10 to read as follows: 595-A:10 Informed Consent Exception for [Motor Vehicles] Searches of Houses and Other Property. I. A law enforcement officer may legally conduct a search of a person's home or any other pro

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