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RSA 642:2 · Resisting Arrest or Detention

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
642 · OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Status
current
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642:2 Resisting Arrest or Detention. – A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when the person knowingly or purposely physically interferes with a person recognized to be a law enforcement official, including a probation or parole officer, seeking to effect an arrest or detention of the person or another regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the act of resisting arrest or detention causes serious bodily injury, as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, to another person. Verbal protestations alone shall not constitute resisting arrest or detention. Source. 1971, 518:1. 1983, 347:2. 1992, 85:1. 1995, 237:3. 2007, 191:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

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Source. 1971, 518:1. 1983, 347:2. 1992, 85:1. 1995, 237:3. 2007, 191:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

Source history

  • 1971, 518:1
  • 1983, 347:2
  • 1992, 85:1
  • 1995, 237:3
  • 2007, 191:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008

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  • 2025 HB188 add

    ve to contempt of the general court. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Obstructing Governmental Operations; Contempt of the General Court. Amend RSA 642 by inserting after section 10 the following new section: 642:11 Contempt of the General Court. I. Criminal offense established. Any person who, without just cause, knowingly fails to comply with a subpoena dul

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