New Hampshire Revised Statutes 41:10-a – Municipal Prosecutors
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 41:10-a
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
The selectmen of towns or the appropriate appointing authorities are hereby authorized to appoint and compensate one or more qualified members of the New Hampshire bar to serve as municipal prosecutors to represent the state, in place of police officers, in cases involving civil causes, violations and misdemeanors within the jurisdiction of the municipal or district courts except as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:20-a and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502:26-c. Said municipal prosecutors shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Two or more municipalities may engage the services of a single municipal prosecutor as provided in RSA 53-A. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the state police from prosecuting any violation or misdemeanor in any district or municipal court in this state.