New Hampshire Revised Statutes 504-A:5 – Detention of Violators
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 504-A:5
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- 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
Any probationer or parolee who is arrested under the authority of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 504-A:4 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:25 shall be detained at the county jail closest to the location where he or she was arrested or any other suitable confinement facility in reasonable proximity to the location where he or she was arrested. Such probationer or parolee shall be detained there pending a preliminary hearing which shall be held within 72 hours from the time of arrest, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, or, if supervised pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:25, shall be detained pending a hearing, including a final revocation hearing, or transfer to the sending state. No county correctional superintendent shall refuse to accept a probationer or parolee committed to his or her facility for detention by or under the authority of a probation or parole officer.