New Hampshire § 641-5 - Section 641:5 Tampering With Witnesses and Informants.
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§ 641-5. Section 641:5 Tampering With Witnesses and Informants.
A person is guilty of a class B felony if: I. Believing that an official proceeding, as defined in RSA 641:1, II, or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he attempts to induce or otherwise cause a person to: (a) Testify or inform falsely; or (b) Withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; or (c) Elude legal process summoning him to provide evidence; or (d) Absent himself from any proceeding or investigation to which he has been summoned; or II. He commits any unlawful act in retaliation for anything done by another in his capacity as witness or informant; or III. He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of his doing any of the things specified in paragraph I.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 641-5 cover?
Section 641-5 ("Section 641:5 Tampering With Witnesses and Informants.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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