N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 635:2
Criminal Trespass
Effective Jan 1, 20251971, 518:1. 1979, 377:7. 2005, 125:1. 2010, 239:2, eff. July 1, 2010. 2020, 37:41, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2024, 321:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
- I. A person is guilty of criminal trespass if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place.
- II. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor for the first offense and a class B felony for any subsequent offense if the person knowingly or recklessly causes damage in excess of $1,500 to the value of the property of another.
III. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor if:
- (a) The trespass takes place in an occupied structure as defined in RSA 635:1, III; or
(b) The person knowingly enters or remains:
- (1) In any secured premises;
- (2) In any place in defiance of an order to leave or not to enter which was personally communicated to him by the owner or other authorized person;
- (3) In any place in defiance of any court order restraining him from entering such place so long as he has been properly notified of such order;
- (4) On any grounds, lands, or parking areas of any state correctional facility or transitional housing unit operated by the department of corrections without prior authorization or without a legitimate purpose associated with department of corrections operations;
- (5) On open space land in violation of a posted "no trespass except for skiing, snowshoeing, fishing, hunting, hiking, or nature observation" sign authorized pursuant to RSA 79-A:4, II; or
- (6) On the property of another during the commission of any crime under RSA 318-B or RSA 633:7.
- IV. All other criminal trespass is a violation.
- V. In this section, "secured premises" means any place which is posted in a manner prescribed by law or in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, or which is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.
- VI. In this section, "property," "property of another," and "value" shall be as defined in RSA 637:2, I, IV, and V, respectively.
Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 377:7. 2005, 125:1. 2010, 239:2, eff. July 1, 2010. 2020, 37:41, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2024, 321:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.