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      "id": "learn_r6697_new_hampshire_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_nh_wiretap_anchor",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire's wiretapping and electronic interception statute is codified at Revised Statutes Annotated Title LVIII, Chapter 570-A, titled 'WIRETAPPING AND EAVESDROPPING' (with a related chapter 570-B on pen registers and trap and trace devices), published on the General Court of New Hampshire official website at gencourt.state.nh.us.",
      "body": "New Hampshire's wiretapping and electronic interception statute is codified at Revised Statutes Annotated Title LVIII, Chapter 570-A, titled 'WIRETAPPING AND EAVESDROPPING' (with a related chapter 570-B on pen registers and trap and trace devices), published on the General Court of New Hampshire official website at gencourt.state.nh.us.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“## LVIII: PUBLIC JUSTICE\n\n-   [CHAPTER 570-A: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY, AND OTHER MISBEHAVIOR](NHTOC-LVIII-570.htm)\n-   [CHAPTER 570-A: WIRETAPPING AND EAVESDROPPING](NHTOC-LVIII-570-A.htm)\n-   [CHAPTER 570-B: PEN REGISTER, TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES](NHTOC-LVIII-570-B.htm)”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The Chapter 570-A listing heading 'WIRETAPPING AND EAVESDROPPING' is the verbatim evidence from the official New Hampshire Revised Statutes Table of Contents.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-LVIII.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
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      "evidence_quote": "## LVIII: PUBLIC JUSTICE\n\n-   [CHAPTER 570-A: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY, AND OTHER MISBEHAVIOR](NHTOC-LVIII-570.htm)\n-   [CHAPTER 570-A: WIRETAPPING AND EAVESDROPPING](NHTOC-LVIII-570-A.htm)\n-   [CHAPTER 570-B: PEN REGISTER, TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES](NHTOC-LVIII-570-B.htm)",
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      "id": "learn_r6697_new_hampshire_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_nh_570a_1_defs",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: consent regime",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire defines 'intercept' as 'the aural or other acquisition of, or the recording of, the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.'",
      "body": "New Hampshire defines 'intercept' as 'the aural or other acquisition of, or the recording of, the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.'\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“III. \"Intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of, or the recording of, the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:1, definition III. The definition focuses on acquisition/recording, not on consent language.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "The General Court of New Hampshire",
      "evidence_quote": "III. \"Intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of, or the recording of, the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: consent regime",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire requires the consent of ALL parties to a telecommunication or oral communication before it may be lawfully intercepted; intercepting without consent of all parties is a class B felony.",
      "body": "New Hampshire requires the consent of ALL parties to a telecommunication or oral communication before it may be lawfully intercepted; intercepting without consent of all parties is a class B felony.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, I(a). New Hampshire is an ALL-PARTY CONSENT state - the statute explicitly prohibits interception 'without the consent of all parties to the communication'.",
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      "evidence_quote": "I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;",
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      "id": "learn_r6697_new_hampshire_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_nh_570a_2_all_party_consent",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: consent regime",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire requires the consent of ALL parties to a telecommunication or oral communication before it may be lawfully intercepted; intercepting without the consent of all parties is a class B felony.",
      "body": "New Hampshire requires the consent of ALL parties to a telecommunication or oral communication before it may be lawfully intercepted; intercepting without the consent of all parties is a class B felony.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, I(a). New Hampshire is an ALL-PARTY CONSENT state - the statute explicitly prohibits interception 'without the consent of all parties to the communication'.",
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      "evidence_quote": "I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: consent regime",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] If a person who is a party to the communication, or who has prior consent of one party, intercepts without the approval required under 570-A:2 II(d), the offense is reduced from a class B felony to a misdemeanor.",
      "body": "If a person who is a party to the communication, or who has prior consent of one party, intercepts without the approval required under 570-A:2 II(d), the offense is reduced from a class B felony to a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I-a. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without consent of all parties to the communication, the person knowingly intercepts a telecommunication or oral communication when the person is a party to the communication or with the prior consent of one of the parties to the communication, but without the approval required by RSA 570-A:2, II(d).”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, I-a. Reduces the offense to a misdemeanor when the interceptor is a party or has one-party consent but lacks the law-enforcement approval under II(d).",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "I-a. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without consent of all parties to the communication, the person knowingly intercepts a telecommunication or oral communication when the person is a party to the communication or with the prior consent of one of the parties to the communication, but without the approval required by RSA 570-A:2, II(d).",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: penalty classification",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Violation of RSA 570-A:2 I, the general prohibition on intercepting telecommunications or oral communications without consent of all parties, is a class B felony.",
      "body": "Violation of RSA 570-A:2 I, the general prohibition on intercepting telecommunications or oral communications without consent of all parties, is a class B felony.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, I(a). Class B felony is the penalty for the core interception prohibition.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without the consent of all parties to the communication, the person:\n(a) Wilfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any telecommunication or oral communication;",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: penalty classification",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The lesser offense under RSA 570-A:2 I-a, for intercepting when the person is a party or has one-party consent but lacks law-enforcement approval, is a misdemeanor.",
      "body": "The lesser offense under RSA 570-A:2 I-a, for intercepting when the person is a party or has one-party consent but lacks law-enforcement approval, is a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I-a. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without consent of all parties to the communication, the person knowingly intercepts a telecommunication or oral communication when the person is a party to the communication or with the prior consent of one of the parties to the communication, but without the approval required by RSA 570-A:2, II(d).”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, I-a. A class A misdemeanor is the penalty for the lesser party-consent offense.",
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      "evidence_quote": "I-a. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or without consent of all parties to the communication, the person knowingly intercepts a telecommunication or oral communication when the person is a party to the communication or with the prior consent of one of the parties to the communication, but without the approval required by RSA 570-A:2, II(d).",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: penalty classification",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Manufacturing, assembling, possessing, or selling devices primarily useful for surreptitious interception, or advertising such devices, is a class B felony under RSA 570-A:3.",
      "body": "Manufacturing, assembling, possessing, or selling devices primarily useful for surreptitious interception, or advertising such devices, is a class B felony under RSA 570-A:3.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, he:\n(a) Manufactures, assembles, possesses, or sells any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of such device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of telecommunications or oral communications; or”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:3, I(a). Class B felony for device manufacture, possession, or sale.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, he:\n(a) Manufactures, assembles, possesses, or sells any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of such device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of telecommunications or oral communications; or",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Communication common carriers may intercept, disclose, or use telecommunications in the normal course of employment for necessary service incidents, but may not use service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.",
      "body": "Communication common carriers may intercept, disclose, or use telecommunications in the normal course of employment for necessary service incidents, but may not use service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(a) Any operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier whose facilities are used in the transmission of a telecommunication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication; provided, however, that said communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(a). Exception for communication common carriers in normal course of employment.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(a) Any operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier whose facilities are used in the transmission of a telecommunication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication; provided, however, that said communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Law enforcement officers investigating organized crime, offenses enumerated in chapter 570-A, solid waste violations, or harassing/obscene telephone calls may intercept telecommunications when the officer is a party or one party has given prior consent, but only after the attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general determines reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived.",
      "body": "Law enforcement officers investigating organized crime, offenses enumerated in chapter 570-A, solid waste violations, or harassing/obscene telephone calls may intercept telecommunications when the officer is a party or one party has given prior consent, but only after the attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general determines reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(d) An investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer's duties pertaining to the conducting of investigations of organized crime, offenses enumerated in this chapter, solid waste violations under RSA 149-M:9, I and II, or harassing or obscene telephone calls to intercept a telecommunication or oral communication, when such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; provided, however, that no such interception shall be made unless the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general determines that there exists a reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived from such interception. Oral authorization for the interception may be given and a written memorandum of said determination and its basis shall be made within 72 hours thereafter. The memorandum shall be kept on file in the office of the attorney general.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(d). The core law-enforcement exception for one-party consent interception with reasonable suspicion and AG approval.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(d) An investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer's duties pertaining to the conducting of investigations of organized crime, offenses enumerated in this chapter, solid waste violations under RSA 149-M:9, I and II, or harassing or obscene telephone calls to intercept a telecommunication or oral communication, when such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; provided, however, that no such interception shall be made unless the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general determines that there exists a reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived from such interception. Oral authorization for the interception may be given and a written memorandum of said determination and its basis shall be made within 72 hours thereafter. The memorandum shall be kept on file in the office of the attorney general.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The owner or operator of a school bus may make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of the interior of the school bus while students are transported, provided the school board authorizes it, parents and students are notified, and a sign is prominently displayed on the bus.",
      "body": "The owner or operator of a school bus may make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of the interior of the school bus while students are transported, provided the school board authorizes it, parents and students are notified, and a sign is prominently displayed on the bus.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(k)(1) The owner or operator of a school bus, as defined in RSA 259:96, to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of the interior of the school bus while students are being transported to and from school or school activities, provided that the school board authorizes audio recording, the school district provides notification of such recording to the parents and students as part of the district's pupil safety and violence prevention policy required under RSA 193-F, and there is a sign informing the occupants of such recording prominently displayed on the school bus.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(k)(1). Specific exception for school bus audio-video recording with authorization and notice.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(k)(1) The owner or operator of a school bus, as defined in RSA 259:96, to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of the interior of the school bus while students are being transported to and from school or school activities, provided that the school board authorizes audio recording, the school district provides notification of such recording to the parents and students as part of the district's pupil safety and violence prevention policy required under RSA 193-F, and there is a sign informing the occupants of such recording prominently displayed on the school bus.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A uniformed law enforcement officer may make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties, provided the officer first gives notification of such recording to the party unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.",
      "body": "A uniformed law enforcement officer may make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties, provided the officer first gives notification of such recording to the party unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(j) A uniformed law enforcement officer to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties on any way as defined by RSA 259:125, provided that the officer shall first give notification of such recording to the party to the communication unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(j). Exception for law enforcement audio-video recording of routine stops with notice.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(j) A uniformed law enforcement officer to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties on any way as defined by RSA 259:125, provided that the officer shall first give notification of such recording to the party to the communication unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A public utility regulated by the public utilities commission may record emergency calls in the course of employment, provided it provides an automatic tone warning device that produces a distinct signal repeated at regular intervals during the conversation.",
      "body": "A public utility regulated by the public utilities commission may record emergency calls in the course of employment, provided it provides an automatic tone warning device that produces a distinct signal repeated at regular intervals during the conversation.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(i) Any public utility regulated by the public utilities commission, and its employees in the course of employment, when receiving central dispatch calls or calls for emergency service, or when responding to central dispatch calls or calls for emergency service, to intercept, record, disclose or use a telecommunication, while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service, or the protection of life and property. Any public utility recording calls pursuant to this subparagraph shall provide an automatic tone warning device which automatically produces a distinct signal that is repeated at regular intervals during the conversation. The public utilities commission may adopt rules relative to the recording of emergency calls under RSA 541-A.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(i). Exception for public utility emergency call recording with mandatory tone warning device.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "(i) Any public utility regulated by the public utilities commission, and its employees in the course of employment, when receiving central dispatch calls or calls for emergency service, or when responding to central dispatch calls or calls for emergency service, to intercept, record, disclose or use a telecommunication, while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service, or the protection of life and property. Any public utility recording calls pursuant to this subparagraph shall provide an automatic tone warning device which automatically produces a distinct signal that is repeated at regular intervals during the conversation. The public utilities commission may adopt rules relative to the recording of emergency calls under RSA 541-A.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Municipal, county, or state fire or police departments, the division of emergency services and communications, and their employees may intercept, record, disclose or use telecommunications when receiving or responding to emergency calls, as a necessary incident to service or protection of life or property.",
      "body": "Municipal, county, or state fire or police departments, the division of emergency services and communications, and their employees may intercept, record, disclose or use telecommunications when receiving or responding to emergency calls, as a necessary incident to service or protection of life or property.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(h) Any municipal, county, or state fire or police department, the division of emergency services and communications as created by RSA 21-P:48-a, including the bureau of emergency communications as defined by RSA 106-H, or any independently owned emergency service, and their employees in the course of their employment, when receiving or responding to emergency calls, to intercept, record, disclose or use a telecommunication, while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or the protection of life or property.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(h). Exception for fire/police emergency communications.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "(h) Any municipal, county, or state fire or police department, the division of emergency services and communications as created by RSA 21-P:48-a, including the bureau of emergency communications as defined by RSA 106-H, or any independently owned emergency service, and their employees in the course of their employment, when receiving or responding to emergency calls, to intercept, record, disclose or use a telecommunication, while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or the protection of life or property.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Officers, employees, or agents of the Federal Communications Commission may intercept telecommunications or oral communications transmitted by radio in the normal course of employment when enforcing chapter 5 of title 47 of the United States Code.",
      "body": "Officers, employees, or agents of the Federal Communications Commission may intercept telecommunications or oral communications transmitted by radio in the normal course of employment when enforcing chapter 5 of title 47 of the United States Code.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“(f) An officer, employee, or agent of the Federal Communications Commission, in the normal course of employment and in discharge of the monitoring responsibilities exercised by the commission in the enforcement of chapter 5 of title 47 of the United States Code, to intercept a telecommunication, or oral communication transmitted by radio, or to disclose or use the information thereby obtained.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(f). Exception for FCC monitoring under federal law.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(f) An officer, employee, or agent of the Federal Communications Commission, in the normal course of employment and in discharge of the monitoring responsibilities exercised by the commission in the enforcement of chapter 5 of title 47 of the United States Code, to intercept a telecommunication, or oral communication transmitted by radio, or to disclose or use the information thereby obtained.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: civil remedy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Any person whose telecommunication or oral communication is intercepted in violation of Chapter 570-A may bring a civil cause of action for actual damages, liquidated damages of at least $100 a day or $1,000 (whichever is higher), punitive damages, and a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs.",
      "body": "Any person whose telecommunication or oral communication is intercepted in violation of Chapter 570-A may bring a civil cause of action for actual damages, liquidated damages of at least $100 a day or $1,000 (whichever is higher), punitive damages, and a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“Any person whose telecommunication or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, or uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose or use such communications, and be entitled to recover from any such person: (a) actual damages but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is higher; (b) punitive damages; and (c) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:11. Civil remedy provisions including treble-damages-style liquidated damages and attorney fees.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVIII/570-A/570-A-mrg.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "Any person whose telecommunication or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, or uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose or use such communications, and be entitled to recover from any such person: (a) actual damages but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is higher; (b) punitive damages; and (c) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: video vs audio distinction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 570-A does not contain a specific provision stating that video recording without audio is treated as lawful or unlawful; the chapter exclusively governs the interception of 'telecommunication or oral communication' and does not mention visual-only recording.",
      "body": "Chapter 570-A does not contain a specific provision stating that video recording without audio is treated as lawful or unlawful; the chapter exclusively governs the interception of 'telecommunication or oral communication' and does not mention visual-only recording.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“No provisions in Chapter 570-A refer to or distinguish video recording absent audio; the entire chapter governs 'telecommunication or oral communication' exclusively.”\n\nNote: Section 570-A:2, II(j), (k) reference audio recording in conjunction with video, but the chapter never addresses visual-only recording without audio. Confidence is contested because the index alone shows no separate chapter governing video-only recording; searched Title LVIII chapter list and Title LXII (Criminal Code) chapter list for 'video' or 'visual recording' provisions and found none that speak to non-audio recording.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
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      "evidence_quote": "No provisions in Chapter 570-A refer to or distinguish video recording absent audio; the entire chapter governs 'telecommunication or oral communication' exclusively.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire's statute governing pen registers and trap and trace devices is codified at Revised Statutes Annotated Title LVIII, Chapter 570-B, titled 'PEN REGISTER, TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES' on the General Court of New Hampshire official website.",
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      "evidence_quote": "## CHAPTER 570-B: PEN REGISTER, TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES\n\n### Section 570-B:1 Definitions.\n### Section 570-B:2 General Prohibition on Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices.\n### Section 570-B:3 Exceptions.\n### Section 570-B:4 Application for an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.\n### Section 570-B:5 Issuance of an Order for a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.\n### Section 570-B:6 Assistance in Installation and Use of a Pen Register or a Trap and Trace Device.\n### Section 570-B:7 Reports Concerning Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Hampshire: consent regime",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Installing or using a pen register or trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under Chapter 570-B is prohibited, with a first offense being a misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense being a class B felony.",
      "body": "Installing or using a pen register or trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under Chapter 570-B is prohibited, with a first offense being a misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense being a class B felony.\n\nWhat The General Court of New Hampshire actually says:\n\n“I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person is guilty of an offense if he installs or uses a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under this chapter. II. The offense is a misdemeanor if the violation of this chapter is a first offense. If the violation of this chapter is a second or subsequent offense, the person shall be guilty of a class B felony.”\n\nNote: Section 570-B:2. Penalty escalates from misdemeanor to class B felony on repeat offenses.",
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      "evidence_quote": "I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person is guilty of an offense if he installs or uses a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under this chapter. II. The offense is a misdemeanor if the violation of this chapter is a first offense. If the violation of this chapter is a second or subsequent offense, the person shall be guilty of a class B felony.",
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