A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when the person knowingly or purposely physically interferes with a person recognized to be a law enforcement official, including a probation or parole officer, seeking to effect an arrest or detention of the person or another regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the act of resisting arrest or detention causes serious bodily injury, as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, to another person. Verbal protestations alone shall not constitute resisting arrest or detention.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 642:2
Resisting Arrest or Detention
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Most recently applied in Chasrick Heredia v. Michael Roscoe et al. (November 2021)
Source. 1971, 518:1. 1983, 347:2. 1992, 85:1. 1995, 237:3. 2007, 191:1, eff
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Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.