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

RSA 614:5: What Constitutes Fresh Pursuit.

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  1. Title LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  2. Chapter 614: FRESH PURSUIT
  3. Uniform Law on Interstate Fresh Pursuit

The term "fresh pursuit" as used in this subdivision shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of driving a motor vehicle or operating a boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled drug. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit as used herein shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.

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