Title LIX, Proceedings in Criminal Cases

Notwithstanding the witness fees payable pursuant to RSA 592-A:13 to an off duty police officer, when such an officer is employed by a town or city of 50,000 or more population, he may receive from his town or city, in lieu of the witness fee so provided, the regular rate of pay …

Upon complaint for an offense of which a district or municipal court has final jurisdiction, the justice to whom the complaint is made, if he shall deem an arrest unnecessary, may issue a summons requiring the party to appear at a certain time and place to answer to the complaint…

If a party, being summoned by delivering to him an attested copy of the summons as provided in RSA 592-A:14, shall not appear, the justice may then issue a warrant as provided in RSA 592-A:8. Such party shall be in contempt of court for failing to attend after being so summoned a…

A warrant against a minor may require the parent or guardian of the minor to be summoned to attend the examination or trial, by delivering to him an attested copy of the warrant and of the complaint, if annexed thereto, and the parent or guardian, being so summoned, may be adjudg…

The superior court has jurisdiction of all appeals in criminal cases from district or municipal courts.

Trial by jury shall not be afforded in the superior court for any violation as defined in RSA 625:9, except upon being subject to the imposition of a civil penalty which aggregates the total fines and penalties for a violation to an amount in excess of $1,500, in which case an ap…

A justice of a district or municipal court may render final judgment and sentence in any case where the punishment is a fine of $100 or of some specific sum less than $100, or imprisonment for a period of not more than 6 months, or is both such fine and imprisonment, if the accus…

A justice of the circuit court district division may cause to be apprehended and committed to jail or bound over with sufficient sureties to the superior court all persons charged with offenses committed or triable in the county exceeding the justice's jurisdiction to try and any…

A justice of the peace throughout the state may issue his warrant for any offense committed in any county, which may be directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any constable or police officer of any town in the state.

District and municipal courts have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and have jurisdiction as provided in RSA 502-A:11 and 14 and RSA 502:18.

I. (a) Criminal proceedings before a circuit court shall be begun by complaint, signed and under oath, addressed to such court, briefly setting forth, by name or description, the party accused and the offense charged, provided that a complaint filed by a police officer, as define…

A justice of the peace or justice of the circuit court, upon such complaint when signed under oath, may issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so charged with an offense committed or triable in the county, directed to the sheriff of any county or his deputy or to any consta…

If such warrant is issued by a district or municipal court, or by a justice within the town in which a district or municipal court is established, for any offense committed in such town or district, it shall be made returnable before the district or municipal court, and not elsew…