2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 169-B - DELINQUENT CHILDREN
Section 169-B:37 - Publication of Delinquency Restricted.

NH Rev Stat § 169-B:37 (2016) What's This?
    169-B:37 Publication of Delinquency Restricted. –
    I. It shall be unlawful for any newspaper to publish, or any radio or television station to broadcast or make public the name or address or any other particular information serving to identify any juvenile arrested, without the express permission of the court; and it shall be unlawful for any newspaper to publish, or any radio or television station to make public, any of the proceedings of any juvenile court. Nothing in this section or RSA 169-B:35 and RSA 169-B:36 shall be construed to prevent publication without using the name of the delinquent of information which shall be furnished by the court about the disposition of a case when the delinquent act would constitute a felony if it were the act of an adult.
    II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the police, with the written approval of the county attorney or the attorney general, may release to the news media the name and photograph of the juvenile if:
       (a) The juvenile has escaped from court-ordered custody; and
       (b) The juvenile has not been apprehended and there is good cause to believe the juvenile presents a serious danger to the juvenile or to public safety.

Source. 1979, 361:2. 1996, 294:6, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.

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