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RSA 637:3-a · Willful Concealment

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
637 · THEFT
Status
current
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637:3-a Willful Concealment. –

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I.

A person is guilty of willful concealment if, without authority, he or she willfully conceals the goods or merchandise of any store while still upon the premises of such store. Goods or merchandise found concealed upon the person shall be prima facie evidence of willful concealment. Notwithstanding RSA 637:11, willful concealment shall be a misdemeanor.

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II.

A person commits theft if, with the purpose to deprive a merchant of goods or merchandise, he or she knowingly:

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(a)

Removes goods or merchandise from the premises of a merchant; or

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(b)

Alters, transfers, or removes any price marking affixed to goods or merchandise; or

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(c)

Causes the cash register or other sales recording device to reflect less than the merchant's stated or advertised price for the goods or merchandise; or

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(d)

Transfers goods or merchandise from the container in which such goods or merchandise were intended to be sold to another container. Source. 2009, 209:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

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Source note

Source. 2009, 209:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Source history

  • 2009, 209:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010

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  • 2026 HB1670 amend

    Prosecutions may be brought in any county where any part of the enterprise activity occurred. 2 New Section; Leader or Kingpin of an Organized Retail Crime Enterprise. Amend RSA 637 by inserting after section 10-d the following new section: 637:10-e Leader or Kingpin of an Organized Retail Crime Enterprise. I. Definitions. (a) "Organized retail crime enterprise" means 2 or more persons

  • 2026 HB1670-FN amend

    Prosecutions may be brought in any county where any part of the enterprise activity occurred. 2 New Section; Leader or Kingpin of an Organized Retail Crime Enterprise. Amend RSA 637 by inserting after section 10-d the following new section: 637:10-e Leader or Kingpin of an Organized Retail Crime Enterprise. I. Definitions. (a) "Organized retail crime enterprise" means 2 or more persons

  • 2025 HB75 reference

    may provide, or has provided, evidence of the commission of organized crime, as defined in RSA 570-A:1, XI, or evidence of the commission of the offenses of homicide, kidnapping, gambling, theft as defined in RSA 637, corrupt practices as defined in RSA 640, child sexual abuse images under RSA 649-A, computer pornography and child exploitation under RSA 649-B, criminal conduct in violation of the securities law, as defined

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