New Hampshire § 612:14 Arrest Without a Warrant

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 612:14 — Arrest Without a Warrant

New Hampshire § 612:14

Title LIXPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 612UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION LAW

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 612:14 (2026).

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The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him, under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in RSA 612:13, and, thereafter, his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.

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The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him, under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in RSA 612:13, and, thereafter, his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.