Bill Text: NH HB1468 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to seizure of personal property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-08 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 23, PG.1406 [HB1468 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1468-Introduced.html

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HB 1468 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2383

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1468

AN ACT relative to seizure of personal property.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lambert, Hills 27; Rep. Manuse, Rock 5

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the police from seizing personal property without a warrant.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2383

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to seizure of personal property.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Seizure of Personal Property. Amend RSA 594:10 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. At no time shall a police officer who does not have a search warrant seize any personal property of a subject who is not under arrest.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.