New Hampshire Statutes
§ 641:5 — Tampering With Witnesses and Informants
New Hampshire § 641:5
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 641:5 (2026).
Text
A person is guilty of a class B felony if: I. Believing that an official proceeding, as defined in RSA 641:1, II, or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he attempts to induce or otherwise cause a person to:
(a)Testify or inform falsely; or
(b)Withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; or
(c)Elude legal process summoning him to provide evidence; or
(d)Absent himself from any proceeding or investigation to which he has been summoned; or
II. He commits any unlawful act in retaliation for anything done by another in his capacity as witness or informant; or
III. He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of his doing any of the things specified in paragraph I.
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Legislative History
1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
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