{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-635-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 635:2","heading":"Criminal Trespass.","body":"I. A person is guilty of criminal trespass if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place.\nII. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor for the first offense and a class B felony for any subsequent offense if the person knowingly or recklessly causes damage in excess of $1,500 to the value of the property of another.\nIII. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor if:\n(a) The trespass takes place in an occupied structure as defined in RSA 635:1, III; or\n(b) The person knowingly enters or remains:\n(1) In any secured premises;\n(2) In any place in defiance of an order to leave or not to enter which was personally communicated to him by the owner or other authorized person;\n(3) In any place in defiance of any court order restraining him from entering such place so long as he has been properly notified of such order;\n(4) On any grounds, lands, or parking areas of any state correctional facility or transitional housing unit operated by the department of corrections without prior authorization or without a legitimate purpose associated with department of corrections operations;\n(5) On open space land in violation of a posted \"no trespass except for skiing, snowshoeing, fishing, hunting, hiking, or nature observation\" sign authorized pursuant to RSA 79-A:4, II; or\n(6) On the property of another during the commission of any crime under RSA 318-B or RSA 633:7.\nIV. All other criminal trespass is a violation.\nV. In this section, \"secured premises\" means any place which is posted in a manner prescribed by law or in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, or which is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.\nVI. In this section, \"property,\" \"property of another,\" and \"value\" shall be as defined in RSA 637:2, I, IV, and V, respectively.","path":["Title LXII: CRIMINAL CODE","Chapter 635: UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/635/635-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:29:02Z","sha256":"de9dfe76f078e4b82b1af6e546ad314b9cf5cf6782c3989833bf686f10c807c3","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-635-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-635-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}