Revision: Jan. 24, 2011, midnight
SB 64 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
09/05
SENATE BILL 64
AN ACT removing the oath requirement for criminal complaints filed by police officers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Rep. Sorg, Graf 3
This bill removes the oath requirement for criminal complaints filed by police officers.
This bill was requested by the supreme court and the department of safety.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0926
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT removing the oath requirement for criminal complaints filed by police officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Criminal Complaints. Amend RSA 592-A:7, I to read as follows:
I. Criminal proceedings before a district 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 defined in RSA 188-F:23, I, [for a violation-level offense] shall not require a signature or an oath. Any complaint filed electronically shall include notice that making a false statement on the complaint may result in criminal prosecution.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.