2014 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXII - CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 649-A - CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Section 649-A:3-a - Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Images.

NH Rev Stat § 649-A:3-a (2014) What's This?

    649-A:3-a Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Images. –
    I. No person shall:
       (a) Knowingly sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer, or possess with intent to sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any visual representation of a child engaging in or being engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
       (b) Knowingly publish, exhibit, or otherwise make available any visual representation of a child engaging in or being engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
    II. (a) If such person has had no previous convictions in this state or another state for the conduct prohibited by paragraph I, the defendant may be sentenced to a maximum sentence not to exceed 20 years and a minimum sentence not to exceed 1/2 of the maximum. Upon conviction of an offense under this section based on an indictment alleging that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section or a reasonably equivalent offense in an out-of-state jurisdiction, the defendant may be sentenced to a maximum sentence not to exceed 30 years and a minimum sentence not to exceed 1/2 of the minimum.
       (b) If such person has no previous convictions in this state or another state for the conduct prohibited in paragraph I, and is convicted under subparagraph I(b) with having less than 3 images or visual representations, the defendant will be guilty of a class B felony.
    III. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit any law enforcement agency from possessing or displaying or otherwise make available any images as may be necessary to the performance of a valid law enforcement function.

Source. 2008, 323:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.


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