613:1 Definitions. – I. "Witness" as used in this chapter shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution, or proceeding. II. The word "state" shall include any territory of the United States and District of Columbia. III. The word […]
613:2 Summoning Witness in This State to Testify in Another State. – I. If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in this state certifies under the seal of such court that there is […]
613:2-a Alternative Procedure to Compel the Attendance of a Witness to a Contiguous State. – A justice of the peace, upon receipt of a certificate of the clerk of a court of record in any jurisdiction contiguous to the state of New Hampshire that a criminal prosecution is pending in such court, and that […]
613:3 Witness From Another State Summoned to Testify in This State. – I. If a person in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this state is a material […]
613:3-a Alternative Procedure to Secure the Attendance of a Witness From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. – I. In order to secure the attendance of a witness residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the clerk of a court of record, upon application by the state or counsel for a defendant stating that a criminal prosecution […]
613:4 Exemption from Arrest and Service of Process. – I. If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this state he shall not while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, […]
613:5 Uniformity of Interpretation. – This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it. Source. 1937, 65:5. RL 438:5.
613:6 Constitutionality. – If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions hereof are declared to […]
