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RSA 597:38-b · Collection of Forfeitures; Motor Vehicles

Title
LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter
597 · BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCES
Status
current
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597:38-b Collection of Forfeitures; Motor Vehicles. –

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I.

Whenever a party recognized to appear for any offense involving driving makes default and the recognizance is declared forfeited, the court shall send a notice of default to the division of motor vehicles. The division shall send a notice to the person owing the recognizance, demanding payment within 30 days and stating that failure to make payment within the 30-day period shall result in suspension of such person's driver's license or driving privilege until such time as the person provides proof to the department of safety that he has paid the amount of the forfeited recognizance to the court.

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II.

Payments of the forfeited recognizance under paragraph I shall be sent to the department of safety and deposited into a special fund, known as the default bench warrant fund, established in RSA 263:56-d to pay the costs of state, county and local law enforcement officials who make arrests pursuant to bench warrants issued for persons improperly at large for driving-related offenses and to pay the cost of breath analyzer machines. Source. 1991, 366:1. 1998, 288:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Discharge of Prisoner Unable to Procure Bail

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Source note

Source. 1991, 366:1. 1998, 288:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Discharge of Prisoner Unable to Procure Bail

Source history

  • 1991, 366:1
  • 1998, 288:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Discharge of Prisoner Unable to Procure Bail

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  • 2026 HB1509 reference · effective 2027-01-01

    JUDICIAL IMMUNITY 490-L:1 Limitation of Judicial Immunity. I. Any judge or other member of the judiciary who sits in a judicial capacity and makes determinations pursuant to RSA 597 regarding the release of criminal defendants pending trial may be held liable for civil negligence if all of the following are met: (a) The criminal defendant being released pursuant to RSA 597 is being released: (

  • 2026 HB1509-FN reference · effective 2027-01-01

    JUDICIAL IMMUNITY 490-L:1 Limitation of Judicial Immunity. I. Any judge or other member of the judiciary who sits in a judicial capacity and makes determinations pursuant to RSA 597 regarding the release of criminal defendants pending trial may be held liable for civil negligence if all of the following are met: (a) The criminal defendant being released pursuant to RSA 597 is being released: (