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New Hampshire · Through 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025

RSA 594:4: Permissible Force.

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  1. Title LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  2. Chapter 594: ARRESTS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Arrest

I. No unnecessary or unreasonable force or means of restraint may be used in detaining or arresting any person.

II. A peace officer is justified in using deadly force to effect an arrest as provided in RSA 627:5, II.

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