Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 594:21-a

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Arrest: is the taking of a person into custody in order that he may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 594:1
  • Officer: or "peace officer" is any sheriff or deputy sheriff, mayor or city marshal, constable, police officer or watchman, member of the national guard acting under orders while in active state service ordered by the governor under N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 594:1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
The request of the officer making the arrest shall be sufficient authority if accompanied by an arrest report, uniform report of crime form, or other substantiating documentation, for the superintendent of the county department of corrections, for the police station, or for any other officer or person, for keeping the person arrested in custody pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 594:20-a.