New Hampshire § 637:10-a Use or Possession of Theft Detection Shielding Devices and Theft Detection Device Removers

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 637:10-a — Use or Possession of Theft Detection Shielding Devices and Theft Detection Device Removers

New Hampshire § 637:10-a

Title LXIICRIMINAL CODE

Ch. 637THEFT

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 637:10-a (2026).

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I. A person commits unlawful use of a theft detection shielding device when he or she engages in the following acts:

(a)Knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or distributes a laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor.

(b)Knowingly possesses any laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor, with the intent to commit a theft. II. A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection device remover when he or she knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow the removal of any theft detection device from any mer

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I. A person commits unlawful use of a theft detection shielding device when he or she engages in the following acts:
(a) Knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or distributes a laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor.
(b) Knowingly possesses any laminated or coated bag or device specially designed, marketed, and intended to be used to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor, with the intent to commit a theft.
II. A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection device remover when he or she knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow the removal of any theft detection device from any merchandise, with the intent to use such tool to remove the detection device from the merchandise without the permission of the merchant or person owning or holding said merchandise.
III. Persons convicted of either the use or possession of theft detection shielding devices or theft detection device removers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.