{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-62","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 135-C:62","heading":"Custody and Transportation.","body":"I. Except as provided in RSA 135-C:29, any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary emergency admission; involuntary admission, or temporary revocation of a conditional discharge under RSA 135-C in the following circumstances:\n(a) Upon completion of an involuntary emergency admission certificate in accordance with RSA 135-C:28, I;\n(b) Upon issuance by a justice of the peace of an order for a compulsory mental examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:28, II;\n(c) Upon a finding of probable cause at an involuntary emergency admission hearing held pursuant to RSA 135-C:31;\n(d) Upon issuance of an order for involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 135-C:45;\n(e) Upon issuance of an order for an examination pursuant to RSA 135-C:51, II;\n(f) Upon a determination by a psychiatrist at a county mental health program to revoke a conditional discharge temporarily pursuant to RSA 135-C:51, III; or\n(g) As necessary to ensure the presence of the person at hearings or examinations conducted under this chapter, to effect a transfer between receiving facilities, or to carry out any other lawful order of a court.\nII. A law enforcement officer shall also transport any persons taken into custody to the appropriate receiving facility, court, place of examination, or other location.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 135-C: NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM","Miscellaneous"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/135-C/135-C-62.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:18:47Z","sha256":"a4cce05c3fe0a26376238326d4b137b83324b757fd9b929d30b2fdd0d7b9f1da","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-61","next":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-63"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}