New Hampshire § 610:1 Offer of Reward

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 610:1 — Offer of Reward

New Hampshire § 610:1

Title LIXPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 610REWARDS AND COMPENSATIONS TO PROSECUTORS

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 610:1 (2026).

Text

The county commissioners of any county, the city council of a city and the selectmen of a town are authorized, whenever in their opinion the public good requires it, to offer and pay from the treasury of such county, city or town a suitable reward, not exceeding $300 in any one case, to any person who shall, in consequence of such offer, apprehend and secure any person or persons charged with having committed a capital or other high crime.

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The county commissioners of any county, the city council of a city and the selectmen of a town are authorized, whenever in their opinion the public good requires it, to offer and pay from the treasury of such county, city or town a suitable reward, not exceeding $300 in any one case, to any person who shall, in consequence of such offer, apprehend and secure any person or persons charged with having committed a capital or other high crime.

Legislative History

1848, 735. CS 236:1. GS 245:1. GL 263:1. PS 261:1. 1911, 143:1. PL 375:1. RL 435:1.

Nearby Sections

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Offer of Reward

§ 610:2

Compensation for Service

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