{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-644-3","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 644:3","heading":"False Public Alarms.","body":"I. Any person who directly or indirectly communicates to any governmental agency that commonly deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property a report known by him to be false regarding a fire, explosion, or other catastrophe or emergency, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; except if the report concerns the presence of an active shooter, the presence of an explosive device, or the presence of a biological or chemical substance, the offense shall constitute a class B felony.\nII. Any person who directly or indirectly communicates to any school, business, office building, hospital, or similar facility open to the public, a report concerning the presence of an active shooter, the presence of an explosive device, or the presence of a biological or chemical substance, knowing such report is false, shall be guilty of a class B felony.\nIII. Any person who knowingly delivers, or causes the delivery of any substance the actor knows could reasonably be perceived as a biological or chemical substance, with the purpose of causing fear or terrorism and with reckless disregard for the risk that emergency services will be dispatched as a result of such delivery, shall be guilty of a class B felony.\nIV. This section shall not apply to false alarms subject to RSA 644:3-a or RSA 644:3-b, or false reports under RSA 158:38.","path":["Title LXII: CRIMINAL CODE","Chapter 644: BREACHES OF THE PEACE AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/644/644-3.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:30:52Z","sha256":"63668ee4604f114d2d9f9cf63fa269084c2e214ff9c4139dd41bf3ddb0de4971","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-644-2-b","next":"us-nh/rsa-644-3-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}