592-A:1 Superior Court. – The superior court has jurisdiction of all criminal cases and proceedings; but it may dismiss a prosecution originally begun therein which is within the jurisdiction of a circuit court. Source. RS 172:4. 1855, 1659:9. GS 234:1. GL 252:1. PS 248:1. PL 362:1. RL 421:1. RSA 592:1. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. […]
592-A:10 Other Returns. – In other cases than those provided for in RSA 592-A:9, the warrant shall require the offender to be brought before the justice of the peace issuing it if the offense is one over which he has jurisdiction, or to a district or municipal court or some justice of the peace […]
592-A:11 Summons for Witnesses. – In any warrant the officer may be required to summon the persons therein named as witnesses to attend the trial. Source. GS 234:13. GL 252:13. PS 248:13. PL 362:12. RL 421:12. RSA 592:12. 1957, 244:8, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
592-A:12 Witnesses in Criminal Cases. – Any person who attends any court for the state in criminal cases pursuant to subpoena shall sign a witness log, which shall be available in the office of the clerk of court, on which the individual shall provide the following information: name, mailing address, and the name of […]
592-A:13 No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers. – No sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal, chief of police or other police officer who receives a salary or who is to be otherwise compensated as a law enforcement officer in connection with the same criminal case by the state, county, city or town shall be […]
592-A:13-a Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee. – Notwithstanding the witness fees payable pursuant to RSA 592-A:13 to an off duty police officer, when such an officer is employed by a town or city of 50,000 or more population, he may receive from his town or city, in lieu of the witness fee so […]
592-A:14 Summons for Defendant. – Upon complaint for an offense of which a district or municipal court has final jurisdiction, the justice to whom the complaint is made, if he shall deem an arrest unnecessary, may issue a summons requiring the party to appear at a certain time and place to answer to the […]
592-A:15 Default. – If a party, being summoned by delivering to him an attested copy of the summons as provided in RSA 592-A:14, shall not appear, the justice may then issue a warrant as provided in RSA 592-A:8. Such party shall be in contempt of court for failing to attend after being so summoned […]
592-A:16 Judgment Against Parent. – A warrant against a minor may require the parent or guardian of the minor to be summoned to attend the examination or trial, by delivering to him an attested copy of the warrant and of the complaint, if annexed thereto, and the parent or guardian, being so summoned, may […]
592-A:2-b Jury Trial. – Trial by jury shall not be afforded in the superior court for any violation as defined in RSA 625:9, except upon being subject to the imposition of a civil penalty which aggregates the total fines and penalties for a violation to an amount in excess of $1,500, in which case […]
592-A:3 Plea of Guilty in District or Municipal Court. – A justice of a district or municipal court may render final judgment and sentence in any case where the punishment is a fine of $100 or of some specific sum less than $100, or imprisonment for a period of not more than 6 months, […]
592-A:4 Repealed by 2015, 249:16, II, eff. Oct. 1, 2017. –
[RSA 592-A:4-a effective January 1, 2024.] 592-A:4-a Binding Over by Justice. – A justice of the circuit court district division may cause to be apprehended and committed to jail or bound over with sufficient sureties to the superior court all persons charged with offenses committed or triable in the county exceeding the justice’s jurisdiction […]
592-A:5 Justice of the Peace Throughout the State. – A justice of the peace throughout the state may issue his warrant for any offense committed in any county, which may be directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the state. […]
592-A:6 Powers of District and Municipal Courts. – District and municipal courts have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and have jurisdiction as provided in RSA 502-A:11 and 14 and RSA 502:18. Source. CS 185:1. GS 234:8. GL 252:8. PS 248:7. PL 362:7. RL 421:7. RSA 592:7. […]
592-A:7 Complaints. – I. (a) Criminal proceedings before a circuit court shall be begun by complaint, signed and under oath, addressed to such court, briefly setting forth, by name or description, the party accused and the offense charged, provided that a complaint filed by a police officer, as defined in RSA 106-L:2, I for […]
592-A:8 Warrants. – A justice of the peace or justice of the circuit court, upon such complaint when signed under oath, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to […]
592-A:9 When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court. – If such warrant is issued by a district or municipal court, or by a justice within the town in which a district or municipal court is established, for any offense committed in such town or district, it shall be made returnable before the district […]
