New Hampshire Statutes
§ 534:17 — Time
New Hampshire § 534:17
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 534:17 (2026).
Text
If no time is specified for the return, but the writ is returnable immediately, the return shall be made within three days after the service, unless the prisoner is to be brought more than twenty miles, in which case the return shall be made within so many days more as will be equal to one day for every ten miles of such further distance.
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Legislative History
RS 202:17. CS 215:17. GS 224:17. GL 243:17. PS 239:17. PL 350:17. RL 406:17.
Nearby Sections
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§ 534:1
Right§ 534:10
How Returnable§ 534:11
When Issued by Justice§ 534:12
Mode of Return§ 534:13
Security; Expenses§ 534:14
Service§ 534:15
Return of Service§ 534:16
Return of Writ§ 534:17
Time§ 534:18
Place§ 534:19
Adjourning to Court§ 534:2
Limitation on§ 534:20
Orders§ 534:21
Hearing§ 534:22
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New Hampshire § 534:17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/534/534%3A17.