RSA 631:2-b Domestic Violence

• Library: New Hampshire Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: RSA 631:2-b

I.A person is guilty of domestic violence if the person commits any of the following against a family or household member or intimate partner:

(a) Purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury or unprivileged physical contact against another by use of physical force;

(b) Recklessly causes bodily injury to another by use of physical force;

(c) Negligently causes bodily injury to another by means of a deadly weapon;

(d) Uses or attempts to use physical force, or by physical conduct threatens to use a deadly weapon for the purpose of placing another in fear of imminent bodily injury;

(e) Threatens to use a deadly weapon against another person for the purpose to terrorize that person;

(f) Coerces or forces another to submit to sexual contact by using physical force or physical violence;

(g) Threatens to use physical force or physical violence to cause another to submit to sexual contact and the victim believes the actor has the present ability to execute the threat;

(h) Threatens to use a deadly weapon to cause another to submit to sexual contact and the victim believes the actor has the present ability to carry out the threat;

(i) Confines another unlawfully, as defined in RSA 633:2, by means of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, so as to interfere substantially with his or her physical movement;

(j) Knowingly violates a term of a protective order issued pursuant to RSA 173-B:4, I by means of the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon;

(k) Uses physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon against another to block that person's access to any cell phone, telephone, or electronic communication device with the purpose of preventing, obstructing, or interfering with:

(1) The report of any criminal offense, bodily injury, or property damage to a law enforcement agency; or