TITLE XXXI
TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 353
HOTELS, TOURIST CABINS, ETC.

Defrauding an Innkeeper

Section 353:8

    353:8 Prohibition. –
It shall be unlawful for anyone to obtain, or attempt to obtain, service from, in or through any inn or hotel:
I. With intent to defraud the owner thereof on a credit basis by the use of a credit card which has been stolen, forged, revoked, canceled, unauthorized or in any way invalidated for the purpose of obtaining such credit, or on any other basis; or
II. With intent to avoid payment therefor by unjustifiable failure or refusal to pay, by stealth, or by any misrepresentation of fact which he knows to be false.

Source. 1969, 295:1. RSA 580:9-b. 1973, 532:21, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.