Title LIX, Proceedings in Criminal Cases

A person seeking a search warrant shall appear before a court or justice authorized to issue search warrants in criminal cases and shall give a written statement under oath in substantially the form hereinafter prescribed. Such written statement under oath shall contain facts, in…

The personal appearance and authorization for a search warrant under RSA 595-A:4 may be by means of telecommunication or electronic communication, and electronic signature pursuant to RSA 294-E.

The officer taking property under the warrant shall give to the person from whom, or from whose premises, the property was taken, a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken, or shall leave the copy and receipt at the place from which the property was taken. The re…

If an officer in the execution of a search warrant, or by some other authorized method, finds property or articles he is empowered to take, he shall seize and safely keep them under the direction of the court or justice so long as necessary to permit them to be produced or used a…

Every officer to whom a warrant to search is issued shall return the same to the court to which it was made returnable as soon as it has been served, and in any event not later than 7 days from the date of issuance thereof, with a return of his actions thereon.

An officer executing a search warrant may take with him suitable assistants and suffer no others to be with him.

This chapter does not modify any act inconsistent with it regulating search, seizure and the issuance and execution of search warrants in circumstances for which special provision is made. The term "property" is used in this chapter to denote everything which is the subject of ow…