{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-597-38","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 597:38","heading":"Forfeit of Recognizance.","body":"If a recognizance is forfeited and paid in any case in which, if the recognizor had been convicted, any sum might have been due and payable to the complainant or to any other person, the superior court may ascertain the amount and may order it to be paid from the state treasury.","path":["Title LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES","Chapter 597: BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCES","Forfeitures of Recognizances and Actions Thereon"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LIX/597/597-38.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:18:02Z","sha256":"9792b378f0bbfe45ea872b8aa622ae8967b13c27761723a09de2ecfaa05f96c8","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-597-37","next":"us-nh/rsa-597-38-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}