New Hampshire § 135-C:62 Custody and Transportation

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 135-C:62 — Custody and Transportation

New Hampshire § 135-C:62

Title XPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 135-CNEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM

SubdivisionMiscellaneous

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 135-C:62 (2026).

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I. Except as provided in RSA 135-C:29, any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary emergency admission; involuntary admission, or temporary revocation of a conditional discharge under RSA 135-C in the following circumstances:

(a)Upon completion of an involuntary emergency admission certificate in accordance with RSA 135-C:28, I;

(b)Upon issuance by a justice of the peace of an order for a compulsory mental examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:28, II;

(c)Upon a finding of probable cause at an involuntary emergency admission hearing held pursuant to RSA 135-C:31;

(d)Upon issuance of an order for involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 135-C:45;

(e)Upon issuance of an order for an examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:51, II;

(f)Upon a

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I. Except as provided in RSA 135-C:29, any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary emergency admission; involuntary admission, or temporary revocation of a conditional discharge under RSA 135-C in the following circumstances:
(a) Upon completion of an involuntary emergency admission certificate in accordance with RSA 135-C:28, I;
(b) Upon issuance by a justice of the peace of an order for a compulsory mental examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:28, II;
(c) Upon a finding of probable cause at an involuntary emergency admission hearing held pursuant to RSA 135-C:31;
(d) Upon issuance of an order for involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 135-C:45;
(e) Upon issuance of an order for an examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:51, II;
(f) Upon a determination by a psychiatrist at a county mental health program to revoke a conditional discharge temporarily pursuant to RSA 135-C:51, III; or
(g) As necessary to ensure the presence of the person at hearings or examinations conducted under this chapter, to effect a transfer between receiving facilities, or to carry out any other lawful order of a court.
II. A law enforcement officer shall also transport any persons taken into custody to the appropriate receiving facility, court, place of examination, or other location.