TITLE LIX
PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER 597
BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCES

Bail Commissioners

Section 597:20

    597:20 Fees. – The bail commissioners in such cases shall be entitled to a fee of $40. However, clerks of court or members of their staffs who are bail commissioners shall be entitled to collect such fee only when called while not on active duty. In jurisdictions where the bail commissioner is a full-time salaried police officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police employee, or anyone else authorized to execute police powers, such person shall not receive the fee established in this section, but instead such amount shall be remitted to the town or city in which the district court is situated. If the defendant is indigent, the fee shall be waived.

Source. 1895, 37:5. 1905, 9:1. 1921, 83:1. PL 366:31. RL 425:31. 1949, 135:1. RSA 597:20. 1965, 195:1. 1969, 215:1. 1971, 112:1. 1981, 139:1. 1989, 150:1. 1995, 61:1, eff. July 1, 1995. 2001, 154:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2001. 2008, 117:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2008. 2019, 143:5, eff. June 25, 2019.