N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:5

Current through Chapter 7 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 641:5 - Tampering With Witnesses and Informants

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.

RSA 641:5

1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.