{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-642-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 642:2","heading":"Resisting Arrest or Detention.","body":"A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when the person knowingly or purposely physically interferes with a person recognized to be a law enforcement official, including a probation or parole officer, seeking to effect an arrest or detention of the person or another regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the act of resisting arrest or detention causes serious bodily injury, as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, to another person. Verbal protestations alone shall not constitute resisting arrest or detention.","path":["Title LXII: CRIMINAL CODE","Chapter 642: OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/642/642-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:30:30Z","sha256":"cd97abed9999accb3991c77bdd77bd828d00684bc4c62b9b7160c38ab38c3473","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-642-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-642-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}