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RSA 640:3 · Improper Influence

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
640 · CORRUPT PRACTICES
Status
current
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640:3 Improper Influence. –

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I.

A person is guilty of a class B felony if he:

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(a)

Threatens any harm to a public servant, party official or voter with the purpose of influencing his action, decision, opinion, recommendation, nomination, vote or other exercise of discretion; or

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(b)

Privately addresses to any public servant who has or will have an official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding any representation, argument or other communication with the purpose of influencing that discretion on the basis of considerations other than those authorized by law; or

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(c)

Being a public servant or party official, fails to report to a law enforcement officer conduct designed to influence him in violation of subparagraph (a) or (b) hereof.

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II.

"Harm" means any disadvantage or injury, to person or property or pecuniary interest, including disadvantage or injury to any other person or entity in whose welfare the public servant, party official, or voter is interested, provided that harm shall not be construed to include the exercise of any conduct protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or any provision of the federal or state constitutions. Source. 1971, 518:1. 2006, 43:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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Source note

Source. 1971, 518:1. 2006, 43:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

Source history

  • 1971, 518:1
  • 2006, 43:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007

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Bill relationships

  • 2026 HB1423 amend · effective 2027-01-01

    advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Improper Influence. Amend RSA 640:3 to read as follows: 640:3 Improper Influence. I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if he: (a) Threatens any harm to a public servant, party official or voter, or immediate family member of a public servant,

  • 2026 HB1423-FN amend · effective 2027-01-01

    advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Improper Influence. Amend RSA 640:3 to read as follows: 640:3 Improper Influence. I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if he: (a) Threatens any harm to a public servant, party official or voter, or immediate family member of a public servant,

  • 2025 HB75 reference

    f 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 in RSA 421-B:5-501, RSA 421-B:5-502, RSA

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