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2018 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LIII - Proceedings in Court
Chapter 521-A - Interpreters for the Deaf
Section 521-A:3 - Interpreter Required in Criminal Matters.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 521-A:3 (2018)
521-A:3 Interpreter Required in Criminal Matters. –
Whenever a deaf person is arrested for any alleged violation of criminal law where the penalty may include imprisonment or fine in excess of $100 or both, no attempt to interrogate or take a statement from such person shall be permitted until a qualified interpreter is appointed for said person and then only through the use of such interpreter.
Source. 1977, 542:1, eff. Sept. 13, 1977.
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