{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-608-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 608:2","heading":"Order.","body":"If, upon hearing the parties and their evidence, it appears to the justice that there is just cause to fear that the offense described in the complaint filed under RSA 608:1 may be committed, he may order the party named in the complaint to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, to keep the peace toward all the people of the state, and especially toward the complainant, for a term not exceeding one year, to pay costs of prosecution, and to stand committed until the order is complied with.","path":["Title LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES","Chapter 608: SURETY OF THE PEACE"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LIX/608/608-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:21:20Z","sha256":"ce5d395f6c2b812e63230eb6f05c3b3a812369cb7996a6312a30c4196dd129fc","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-608-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-608-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}